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		monoidist 74 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Welcome, the entire land – "Hello, world" in hiero... 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.)

yorwba 74 days ago [–]

Did you forget about the 𓈐 or does it get merged into the preceding word?

monoidist 74 days ago | [–]

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

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