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bryndos@fedia.io 1 week agoThis ones not too bad, it's not strictly a smiley though.
https://www.codeoftheancients.com/glyphlibrary/glyph/U406
When you look under 'happy' they mostly seem to link to concepts of ripening, harvest, blooming and sweet things.
https://www.codeoftheancients.com/dictionary/egyptian/term/happy
Seems like they also could spell it out sometimes with multiple characters, which sort of surprises me.