I think, in this context, the circle above the scarab is meant to be the sun literally, which is then figuratively Ra, which then even more figuartively basically means ‘Divine’.
Many cartouche encapsulated pharoah names start with this kind of circular/sun figure as the first element.
Oh shit you’re talking about the cartouche!
Ok yeah that should… those are drawn around names of very important people or gods… so the one we have here would be uh…
Ok yeah, that is the cartouche name for Tutankhamen… they’ve kinda stylized the third (second? lol) symbol into 3 perfect squares though.
Usually its closer to 3 strokes than rectangles or squares… I think this is just Z2 by Gardiner’s classification.
So there then! That’s not gibberish!
A modern repro of his name done by presumably actually qualified people, shown as part of an exhibit:
https://thaddeusnowak.com/2014/05/21/pharaoh-tutankhamun-union-station/
I think, in this context, the circle above the scarab is meant to be the sun literally, which is then figuratively Ra, which then even more figuartively basically means ‘Divine’.
Many cartouche encapsulated pharoah names start with this kind of circular/sun figure as the first element.
I’m getting quite the education here! I will have to read more on this when I get home!