page_title: Gold (hieroglyph)
section_title: Horus-of-Gold name
hierarchical_section_title: Gold (hieroglyph) / Usage / Horus-of-Gold name
caption_attribution_description: English: Jewels of five princesses of the XIIth Dynasty (c. 2400 B.C.), the result of the excavations of J. de Morgan at Dāhshur in 1894-1895: Gold pectoral worked à jour (with the interstices left open); on the front side it is inlaid with coloured stones, the fine cloisons being the only portion of the gold that is visible; on the back, the gold surfaces are most delicately carved, in low relief.
context_page_description: The Egyptian hieroglyph representing gold, phonetic value nb, is important due to its use in the Horus-of-Gold name, one of the Fivefold Titulary names of the Egyptian pharaoh.
  In its determinative usage, it identifies any precious metal,
  and as an ideogram in "gold" specifically.
  The hieroglyph represents a large gold and pearl necklace. Old Kingdom scenes show dwarfs metalworking the gold, and "stringing the pearls of gold".
context_section_description: One of the older uses of the gold hieroglyph is for the Horus-of-Gold,  name. Also known as the Golden Horus Name, this form of the pharaoh's name typically featured the image of a Horus falcon perched above /or beside the hieroglyph for gold.
   
  The meaning of this particular title has been disputed. One belief is that it represents the triumph of Horus over his uncle Seth, as the symbol for gold can be taken to mean that Horus was "superior to his foes". Gold also was strongly associated in the ancient Egyptian mind with eternity, so this may have been intended to convey the pharaoh's eternal Horus name.
  Similar to the Fivefold Titulary Nebty name, this particular name typically was not framed by a cartouche or serekh. It always begins with the depiction of the horus falcon perched above a representation of the sun-(hieroglyph).
  The combination of the Horus falcon and the gold hieroglyph is frequently found on Ancient Egyptian pectorals (see image).
caption: 12th dynasty pectoral, featuring twice a combination of the Horus falcon with the gold hieroglyph
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