A19

A19

𓀗
A·Man and his occupations

Transliteration

oldjkyjꜣksmswwr𓀝ꞽꜣwiAwikwrhntnijAwj
determinativephonogramotherlogogram

Meanings

Old man, standing, with a bent back, right arm forwards, holding a staff/stick near the top, with the staff at a slight backward angle, left arm hanging beside the body.

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determinative

A determinative for words with the sense of 'old,' 'distinguished.'

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

2
phonogram

Biliteral phonogram for jk in the word jky (“miner”).

Represents a sound or phonetic value

3
other

Ideogram for the words jꜣk (“old”), smsw (“eldest”), and wr (“great, chief”).

Has a specialized or contextual function

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other

Variant of the sign 𓀝.

Has a specialized or contextual function

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logogram

Logogram (old, old age)

Represents a complete word or concept

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other

Old man, standing, with a bent back, right arm forwards, holding a staff/stick near the top, with the staff at a slight backward angle, left arm hanging beside the body.

Has a specialized or contextual function

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logogram

Logogram: JAwj — old

Represents a complete word or concept

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logogram

Logogram: Smsw — eldest

Represents a complete word or concept

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logogram

Logogram: Wr — great

Represents a complete word or concept

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logogram

Logogram: Jky — quarryman

Represents a complete word or concept

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determinative

Determinative: Old

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

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determinative

Determinative: Lean

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus

𓌢𓌸𓂋𓂋 𓀗

sn-mrr sms.w

Sen-merer, der Ältere.

2487 BCE – 2475 BCEearlier Egyptian

𓃥𓀗𓉔𓏏𓇿

zꜣb-sms.w-hꜣy.t

Senior-Ältester der Halle.

2494 BCE – 2181 BCEearlier Egyptian

𓀗𓉐 𓏠𓈖𓇋

sms.w-pr mnꞽ

Der Älteste des Hauses Meni.

2345 BCE – 2181 BCEearlier Egyptian

Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) — translations in German.