Letโs read some hieroglyphs ๐น๐๐ช!ย

Today ๐๐๐๐ณ we are going to be looking at a Title that appears ๐ on statues ๐๐ ฑ๐๐พ๐ช and in funerary inscriptions ๐๐๐ฅ. The title of โ๐๐๐๐ – Kingโs Acquaintanceโ is used to denote people who were close to the pharaoh ๐๐ป and can be written in two ways:
๐๐๐๐ – if the person was female
๐๐๐๐ – if the person was male
In the case of this inscription ๐๐๐ฅ, which was for a female, Kingโs Acquaintance ๐๐๐๐ is written in the female form of the word! The Title has also been translated as โGentlewoman,โ and โCourt Lady,โ while the male version (๐๐๐๐) can also be translated as โCustodian of the Kingโs Property.โ
Letโs take a closer look at the hieroglyphs ๐น๐๐ช that make up this title!
The โSedge ๐โ symbol is one of the most common hieroglyphs you will see in inscriptions! It functions as a biliteral phonogram and is associated with the sound โsw.โ Most commonly, the symbol is used as an ideogram for the word โKing,โ which is associated with the sound โnswt.โ In this case of this title, the sedge is functioning as an ideogram!
The โplacenta or sieve ๐โ symbol is a uniliteral phonogram and is associated with the sound โแธซ.โ This symbol is actually considered โunclassifiedโ because Egyptologists actually donโt know what it exactly represents!
The โmouth ๐โ symbol functions most commonly as a uniliteral phonogram and is used to represent the sound โr.โ It can also be used as an ideogram for the word โmouth ๐๐บ.โ
The โflat loaf of bread ๐โ is a uniliteral phonogram used to represent the sound โt.โ It also functions as the ideogram for the word โbread ๐๐บโ and can be used to make words feminine when placed at the end of the word!