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[Facts] Re: OZYMANDIUS
The Wikipedia says the following:The name Ozymandias (or Osymandias) is generally believed to refer to Ramesses the Great (i.e., Ramesses II) , Pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt. Ozymandias represents a transliteration into Greek of a part of Ramesses's throne name, User-maat-re Setep-en-re. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias
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Ooooh, interesting!
That I can translate:
User maat re: strong/powerful is the justice of Re
Setep en re: chosen of Relook: www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/orig/pdf/column.pdf
~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

This message was edited 6/6/2005, 11:47 AM

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Thankyou, you have told me just what I needed to
know about this name. Such an evil evil name...
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