M4

M4

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M·Trees and plants

Transliteration

Ideogramrnptrnpt-ḥsbrnpjtrsnfrnp.trnpHAt-sp
otherdeterminativelogogram

Shape tags

Variants (2)

Meanings

Representation of the rib of a palm branch.

1
other

Ideogram for rnpt (“year”) and rnpt-ḥsb (“regnal year”).

Has a specialized or contextual function

2
determinative

Determinative in rnpj (“young”) and tr (“time, season”).

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

3
other

When duplicated (M4 M4), serves as an ideogram for snf (“last year”).

Has a specialized or contextual function

4
logogram

Logogram (year)

Represents a complete word or concept

5
other

A palm branch, stripped of leaves and notched with a round notch.

Has a specialized or contextual function

6
logogram

Logogram: HAt-sp — regnal year

Represents a complete word or concept

7
logogram

Logogram: Snf — last year

Represents a complete word or concept

8
logogram

Logogram: Rnp — year

Represents a complete word or concept

9
determinative

Determinative: Rnpj — young

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus

𓆳 𓊢 𓊪𓊖

rnp.t ꜥḥꜥ pꞽ

Jahr: Aufenthalt in Pe.

3150 BCE – 2800 BCEearlier Egyptian

𓋴𓌉𓂖 𓄤𓆳𓏏

sḥḏ-ḥm(.w)-kꜣ nfr-rnp.t

Der Aufseher der Totenpriester Nefer-renpet.

2494 BCE – 2345 BCEearlier Egyptian

𓆳𓋴 𓊃𓈙𓈙𓈖

šms.w zššn

Der Gefolgsmann Zescheschen.

2487 BCE – 2475 BCEearlier Egyptian

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