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In Egyptian, the notion is well expressed by the preposition r 32. An
excellent example of this feature of the preposition r is:
EX. 29 (CT VI 23 o) 33
n-ntt N pn rx.(w) s(y)
because N this know.3SGM 3SGF
r dbA.w Hr.w
from float.PLM upper.PLM
r Dns.wt Xr.(w)t
to weights.PLF lower.PLF
“Because this N knows it (= the net) from the upper
floats to the lower weights (i. e. completely).”
This is why the preposition r can never mark the spatial functions
of course. For the same reason, this preposition is, on the contrary,
bound to mark the adessive of inanimate entities. This function is
quite clear in passages speaking about burials (smA-tA) in relation to
a town, which is usually introduced by the preposition r. 34
EX. 30 (CT V 17 c)
smA-tA r iwnw
join-earth to Heliopolis
“To be buried at Heliopolis.”
The notion of limit is also what explains why the preposition r
must be selected to mark the future III tense (r + infinitive), relation,
opposition, finality, promotion, destiny, model and compari-
32 see VERNUS (1987) 173.
33 In this passage, a previous series of negative jussives
(subjunctive sDm.f + negative particle w) is legitimised by the
officiant in order to avoid the fishermen capturing the deceased.
34 see also CT V 64 d, V 65 d, V 166 j. With the preposition
m in CT V 14 c, V 14 j: In these cases it is perhaps the ensemble
of town and necropolis that should be understood.