ẖr st ḥr

Egyptian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

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

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