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Scott Creighton Wrote:
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> I am presently trying to seek the original Edfu
> inscription Aldred cites in order to determine
> exactly what it says.
That's a good idea, if it could be managed ... Sometimes one needs to get back to the original text itself, rather than any intervening layers of translation or interpretation. The problem here, of course, is that one would need a knowledge of hieroglyphs and AE language of the relevant period ...
> Could, for example, "fell
> from heaven" be read as "came from the heavens"
> i.e. copied a pattern of stars in the heavens?
I see what you're trying to say: but you're still considering the passage in terms of
English verbs. The relevant hieroglyphs would have to be closely re-examined before it could be argued that "copied from the heavens" was the meaning that the scribe or author in question was actually trying to convey. I'm afraid that, unlike Ritva or Greg or Lee, I have no knowledge of AE hieroglyphs or language, so couldn't comment any further: apart from observing that, if there is an AE verb meaning "copy", and if the author of the legend really meant "copy", then why didn't he use that, instead of a verb meaning "fall" or "come"?
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