Comment on Welcome, the entire land – "Hello, world" in hieroglyphics (2009)parentComments−monoidist10moI think the =f at the end is a possessive, because r ḏr=f is an idiomatic phrase literally meaning “to its limit”.𓇍𓇋𓏭𓂻𓍘𓇋𓇾𓂋𓇥𓂋𓈐𓆑jy.tj t3 r ḏr=fcome [STATIVE] land [VOCATIVE] to limit its“Welcome, entire land”(I’m not an Egyptologist either.)−yorwba10moDid you forget about the 𓈐 or does it get merged into the preceding word?−monoidist10moI think 𓈐 is the end of the preceding word, ḏr. It is functioning as a logogram, not a phonogram:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determinative
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I think the =f at the end is a possessive, because r ḏr=f is an idiomatic phrase literally meaning “to its limit”.
𓇍𓇋𓏭𓂻𓍘𓇋𓇾𓂋𓇥𓂋𓈐𓆑
jy.tj t3 r ḏr=f
come [STATIVE] land [VOCATIVE] to limit its
“Welcome, entire land”
(I’m not an Egyptologist either.)
Did you forget about the 𓈐 or does it get merged into the preceding word?
I think 𓈐 is the end of the preceding word, ḏr. It is functioning as a logogram, not a phonogram:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determinative