I received a scan of a wonderful commission from  starling today.

I'd commissioned her to do a memorial piece for my cat Circe meeting Anubis on her journey to the afterlife. She brought her turkey toy to be weighed on the scales of life. I love how this came out. I got a smile of how Laura added the red panda plush which Circe kept on pulling off the shelf for her own.

Starling's notes on the piece and the work on hieroglyphics were:

I took the time to learn basic hieroglyphics and the grammar as a language (but lazy) dork with pride. So it actually does mean something. The top is a typical offering formula but it was still confusing to find the various parts to change a few parts to it... so it is more a generic offering prayer.

It was hard to find academic (and free) sources that were not for children/inaccurate translators. I had to use way back machine to load up web-chain days free sources of back when learning was a share thing.
it says "an offering that the king (because I didn't find a lady term) gives to osiris, the lord of the west of ta-netjer, the lord abydos. 1000 invocation offerings, bulls and birds and every good and pure thing on behalf of the one who is venerable with anubis, who is up on his mountain, the royal seal bearer, the sole friend of the king, the overseer of the royal audience room, and some person's name true of voice." ( which is a typical prayer)

The bottom part was my attempt at grammar. "behold I am here, mistress of the heavens (female cat) true of voice to do any task that is done in the underworld (to give a bird/turkey) beloved of."

See the original here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/39210425/