The group of sign is the beginning of the offering formulas. It is found on many stela and tombs. The signs are here for the word written , ``nswt'', ``king''.
The sign is an ideogram/phonogram that reads Hetep, and can mean ``offering'', or ``to be gracious/appeased/in peace''.
The sign writes the verb ``rdi'', ``to give''. Remember it, we will meet it later.
The interpretation of the whole formula seems to have changed with time. It seems that, in the beginning, it meant ``May the king, and the gods X, Y and Z, be gracious and give offerings consisting of ...to the dead''
and that later, the idea was that the king gave offering to the gods
who, in turn, transfered a part of these to the cult of the dead. So,
the formula was to be translated ``An offering which the king gives to
the gods X, Y and Z, that they give offerings, consisting of ...
to the dead''. On the Web, you can find an
example
in the Oriental Institute museum
.