ẖr st ḥr

Egyptian

Etymology

ẖr (“under”) +‎ st (“place”) +‎ ḥr (“face”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /çɛr sɛt hɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: kher set her

Preposition

1. under the care or supervision of
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 19:

     jp n.f tꜣ r ẖrt.f pt tꜣ ẖr st ḥr.f

     The land was accounted as his possession, and the sky and the land were under his care.

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 163