Aquila Wrote:
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> I've found this:

O24 /mr/
>
> but my opponent said, that "tomb" written in
> hieroglyphs is:
>
O1 /pr/
>
> So what exactly this "pyramid" in "akhet khufu"
> mean? Is it a universal determinative for a tomb,
> or simply only a drawing of a pyramid?

Gardiner states that /mr/ is used for pyramids alone rather than for all tombs. Of the 14 terms for "tomb" in Hannig (2000: 553A-B ), only one term, /ia/, used a /mr/ determinative.

The remainder, below, used either the /pr/ glyph or other determinatives:

Terms for "Tomb"

With /pr/ as a determinative:

/iz/ or /is/
/maHat/
/pr/
/STyt/
/wabt/
/st-wrt/
/qrrt/

With other determinatives:

/Hrt/, with either O20 (shrine/sanctuary) or N1 (/pt/, "portal")
/Hwt/Ht/, with O6 or O7 /Hwt/ determinatives, or O7+O1 combined determinatives.
/Axt/, with N27 (horizon) determinative, used for "the graves of kings" (Hannig 2000: 553A, 8)
/Hwt-kA/, with O6 or O7 /Hwt/ determinatives
/Swrt/ with 3 x N33 (sand) determinative
/qrrt/, with N23 (irrigated land) determinative

Reference:

Hannig, R. 2000. Die Sprache der Pharaonen: Großes Handwörterbuch Deutsch-Ägyptisch (2800 - 950 v. Chr.). (Lexica 3.). Kulturegeschichte der Antiken Welt 86. Mainz: von Zabern.

HTH.

Katherine Griffis-Greenberg

Doctoral Candidate
Oriental Institute
Doctoral Programme in Oriental Studies [Egyptology]
Oxford University
Oxford, United Kingdom