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Everyday π“‡³π“Ίπ“ŽŸ

Let’s read some hieroglyphs π“ŠΉπ“Œƒπ“ͺ! Today π“‡π“‡‹π“ˆ–π“‡³ we are going to be looking at the word β€œEveryday π“‡³π“Ίπ“ŽŸ.” 

Everyday π“‡³π“Ίπ“ŽŸ
The word Everyday π“‡³π“Ίπ“ŽŸ as seen on a sarcophagus dated to the Middle Kingdom. This sarcophagus is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.

The word everyday π“‡³π“Ίπ“ŽŸ will appear in funerary inscriptions especially on sarcophagi and false doors. 

Let’s break down the word! 

𓇳𓏺 – Day 

π“ŽŸ – Every, All 

Let’s take a closer look at each of the symbols! 

The β€œsun 𓇳” symbol serves many functions and is a very common symbol to see in hieroglyphic inscriptions. It is a determinative for words that involve the sun, day, and time. It is also an ideogram for the words day, sun, and Ra. Depending on its use it will have different phonographic designations, with the most common being rˁ (ra). 

The β€œstroke 𓏺” has many different uses but here it is used not just to fill up extra space but to distinguish the word β€œday 𓇳𓏺” from other words that use the sun symbol – such as the god Ra! 

The β€œbasket π“ŽŸβ€ symbol is a  biliteral phonogram and is associated with the sound nb. Most commonly it can mean all, every, possessor, and Lord. 

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