Hey all, figured you would be the best people to ask on thus subject. My name is Tanis and I'm really keen on getting a hieroglyphics tattoo, inspired around the ancient ruins of Tanis, Egypt. I don't want to get some random gibberish on me so I figured I'd ask the experts where I could find a proper spelling of the name of the city.

I was curious so I started doing some research and saw that the ancient Egyptians called the city Djanet, which is basically my mom's name with a D on the front. I love the relation between the names and would love to get the name of the city tattooed on me the way they spelled it back then in hieroglyphics.

Any help on this would be super appreciated! I'm a little unfamiliar with the etiquette on this subreddit, as well as which era the city of Tanis was built so please forgive any transgressions regarding my etiquette and flair

Came across this image on Twitter. I can understand most of it, but I need help with 3 small sections (look at the picture)

1. What’s the meaning of this part and what are the hieroglyphs below the n 𓈖 and next to the p 𓊪?
2. How is rn 𓂋𓈖 used in this context?
3. What is this plant hieroglyph?

I hope this is not too much, thank you

A question from a Classicist who never touched Egyptology. I've looked for this word in some dictionaries, but none of them mention examples or documents where the word is attested. Is there a dictionary or a database that provides such information?

https://preview.redd.it/q71nq8k9anfe1.png?width=762&format=png&auto=webp&s=4ed20ac062b965143285521eeda6fa6131237b67

Great News: Ancient Egyptian language AI teacher

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Thoth is an AI bot that can explain Ancient Egyptian and Coptic grammar and translate them into English or other major languages; even they can do a transcription of Coptic from a picture of printed texts.

So I’m doing some translating work for the word Kftjw/Keftjw and trying to trace back what the Egyptian Scribe heard compared to what the Minoan actually said their home was called. I know Minoan is an SVO language and uses the a,i, and u. In Minoan , the K is a velor stop. Wouldn’t Kh in Egyptian also be some form of a back dorsal to velor stop, regarding phonetics, meaning you don’t pronounce the K since it’s voiceless? Would that “e” actually be pronounced as the letter “i” or “ai” in Minoan? Thanks for viewing what I have been figuring out so far.

What is the difference between Gardiner E1 𓃒 and E38 𓃽? Are they used differently?

Hi everyone, I have another grammar question, or three. Again, this example come from Allen if that is any help.

1. So, let's take the word njwt. In the example I have, it is written with the area with intersection ideogram for town + uniliteral sign bread-loaf 't' + a single stroke. Am I correct in saying that the 't' is a phonetic complement?

2. If so, cool, that makes sense. Second question: why, in some words combining a ideogram and phonetic complement, are the complements not in the same order as the consonants. For example, nswt, which has the sedge ideogram for king + uniliteral sign bread loaf 't' + uniliteral sign water 'n' (with 't' and 'n' being on top of each other, and me reading the signs in this order). Why have the 't' and 'n' switched places? Is there a particular grammatical reason for it? Is it an aesthetic choice, something to do with the grouping? Or is it just because? And does this happen more often with words?

Side note: Are these two uniliteral signs used specifically because they represent the consonants in the word not present in the sedge phonogram 'sw'? or is that also just a coincidence?

Apologies in advance for all the random questions; I just got to wondering and thought maybe somebody here had the answers :)

Any one know about the grandfathers/mothers of ancient Egypt 🇪🇬

I've tried to translate this frame of a door animation commissioned by vtuber Hara Rae Sol but so far I've had no luck because I don't know what I'm doing. Allegedly it's "historically accurate" and "we spent a lot of time getting it to be translatable" but it might just be a troll. It's supposed to tell a some kind of story. (edited to add the image in question because I'm an idiot)

https://preview.redd.it/0ozv4b3symce1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=f04241e3f35c146e69a2f43d1d599d76e0f6e477

Hi, I'm now reading the Story of Sinuhe and I'm beginning to learn about Ancient Egyptian and found this phrase.

https://preview.redd.it/w54r0tm1b0ce1.png?width=688&format=png&auto=webp&s=133be405039a0ee121c4a1199e72b56d03add34e

The translation (in French) gives "Welcome to my home (lit. "Be good, you, with me"). I understand the language of Kemet" and I'm trying to dissect this phrase, so I can understand word by word.

Could you explain the construction of the phrase? Especially in the part "I understand the language of Kemet"?

I bought this and I want to know who it is. I can know how to read it I just can’t tell what it says. I don’t know what time period it’s from either. I just need the cartouche.

Hi, I am currently studying Middle Egyptian, and was wondering if anyone knows the answer to my question?

So, I’m reading that the word for mother is ‘mjwt’, and I have written here with a triliteral (mwt), phonetic compliment (t), and a determinative. So, why does the transcription contain an j? Where does it come from?

Words from ancient Egyptian language we still use till now in colloquial Egyptian and reached us through Coptic language

Ϩⲁⲛⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲁⲡⲁⲥ ⲧⲉⲛⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲙ̀ⲙⲱⲟⲩ ϣⲁ ϯⲛⲟⲩ

كلمات من أصل مصرى قديم لسة بنتكلمها لغاية دلوقتي