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by monoidist 215 days ago
I think the =f at the end is a possessive, because r ḏr=f is an idiomatic phrase literally meaning β€œto its limit”.

π“‡π“‡‹π“­π“‚»π“˜π“‡‹π“‡Ύπ“‚‹π“‡₯π“‚‹π“ˆπ“†‘

jy.tj t3 r ḏr=f

come [STATIVE] land [VOCATIVE] to limit its

β€œWelcome, entire land”

(I’m not an Egyptologist either.)

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Did you forget about the π“ˆ or does it get merged into the preceding word?
I think π“ˆ is the end of the preceding word, ḏr. It is functioning as a logogram, not a phonogram:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determinative