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0 pointsmonoidist7mo ago0 comments

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.)

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yorwba7mo ago· 1 in thread

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:

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