[Egyptian] Brackets in the TLA encoding

[Simon Schweitzer]

Hi all,

@Stéphane: thank you for your .gly-files! In this mail, I want to add 
some remarks concerning the subgroup topic.

As in Ramses, there are many encodings with "(" and ")" in the TLA. I 
collected these encodings ans I want to present you my evaluation:
* In some cases, the encoding is invalid, e.g. (F12-S29):D21, which 
should be understood as F12*S29:D21.
* Sometimes, the encoding of the brackets is superflous. There are many 
cases of Hiero1:(Hiero2*Hiero3) The brackets are not necessary: use 
Hiero1:Hiero2*Hiero3 !
* But in many cases, the parsing without the brackets would be misleading:
1) There are many vertical groups in horizontal groups in vertical 
groups. I list only 10 examples:
N35:"⸮"*"?"*(W22:Z2) (Rezepte Papyrus Zagreb E-597-3, l. 1; 
ID:ABLN5PNQ2BBENE7LWO72KDRPPU)
Aa1&D58:(X1:N35)*N25 (Stele Louvre C 284 ("Bentresch-Stele"), l. 22; 
ID:4VLZLA44UVGJZN22WIWP774LOQ)
Aa13:S40*(X1:O49) (Stele Louvre C 284 ("Bentresch-Stele"), l. 21; 
ID:4VLZLA44UVGJZN22WIWP774LOQ)
Aa15:W19*(X1:X1) (Harfnerlieder Text C, l. 2; ID:H6Z5TORPQFFZXOU6CJODODZHYQ)
D21:V28*(X1:B1) (〈Stele des Montuhotep (Cambridge E.9.1922)〉, l. C.3; 
ID:LQ7QIJTK7NFWTIFBS7R6AIYWGY)
D21:V7*(W24:X1) (〈Stele des Montuhotep (Kairo CG 20539)〉, l. I.b.18; 
ID:ZOLMMIAB2NHV7PSOSOOLAHN64U)
D35A:(X1:Z4A)*G37 (〈Stele des Antef (Louvre C 167 = E 3111)〉, l. C.1; 
ID:DWHZIO5ZCFBURLZ6G4T26YIP7U)
D36:D21:N29*(X1:"⸮"*Z4*"?") (〈Stele des Antef (Glasgow D1922.13)〉, l. 
A.3; ID:OIYODBZ74RHM7OPTR72OLCMJ3A)
I10&I9:X2*(X4:Z2) (〈Stele des Antef (Glasgow D1922.13)〉, l. A.7; 
ID:OIYODBZ74RHM7OPTR72OLCMJ3A)
K4:G1*(Z7:X1) (Sinuhe AOS, vs. 18; ID:RP2F6BGNDBAARDBNDHGFSFPIEM)
As you can see, this kind of grouping occurs in hieroglyphic and in 
hieratic texts, and this feature is also attested in the "classical" 
period from the Middle Kingdom (the examples from the stela of 
Montuhotep and Antef).
2) horizontal grouping of vertical groups in columns
If the text is written vertically, there are cases of horizontal groups 
of vertical groups, e.g. in the Buch von der Himmelskuh 
(ID:WHEOIX5P5ZAVVFU4BGO6OWASV4), M17*(Q3:N35), (X1:Z1)*I12, 
M17*S29*(A2:Z2) and so on.

Best regards,

Simon