An alternative explanation of the famous Abydos glyphs:

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

"Ramses II made quite a habit of acquiring the work of previous kings – including his father’s, Seti I.

In Seti I’s temple at Abydos, part of Seti’s royal ‘Two-Ladies’ name was recarved with Ramses II’s titulary.

So Seti’s “Subjugates the Nine Bows” (the traditional enemies of Egypt), became Ramses’ “Protector of Egypt, Subduer of Foreign Lands”.

The old signs were filled in with plaster. When that filling fell out, the overlapping inscriptions gave us the intriguing signs we see today.

Here are the two separate inscriptions highlighted. I’ve reverse the image to match the hieroglyphic computer font."