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May 19, 2024, 3:56 am UTC    
November 10, 2020 05:03AM
Thanks Hans. So for what it's worth, while not finding a more modern translation of spell 106, I do find one of spell 105 from a papyrus held at the British Museum and translated in, presumably, 1997. Comparing this translation to that of Faulkner's, I would say that Faulkner's is better. For instance, after the ka's offerings are weighed, it says about truth being uplifted to the nose of Ra. The BM translation says about truth, though the word "right" is used, being as "tall as the nose of Ra". That doesn't fit, particulalry given the association of Ra with Nefertem, the god of perfumes, and with Nefertem associated with birth as he raised up the newborn Ra on the blue lotus. Also, spell 81 specifically links Nefertem to the rebirth of the dead. Perhaps an analogy to show the difference between the two translations could be the saying "Smell the coffee", being rendered, 3,000 years from now, as "Be as tall as the coffee".

Yeah, a load of waffle, but it shows that sometimes the older translations can be better, I think.
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Question on two parts of the Book of the Dead

Hans November 08, 2020 08:01PM

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Corvidius November 09, 2020 01:26PM

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Hans November 09, 2020 04:42PM

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Corvidius November 09, 2020 05:23PM

Thanks

Hans November 10, 2020 01:26AM

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Corvidius November 10, 2020 05:03AM

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cladking November 10, 2020 09:27AM

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Corvidius November 10, 2020 09:50AM

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Hermione November 10, 2020 11:38AM

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Corvidius November 10, 2020 12:02PM

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Hans November 10, 2020 12:28PM

What holds us back from understanding the AE language is because we don't read it in English like Cladking does

Hans November 10, 2020 12:38PM

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cladking November 11, 2020 01:18PM

Cladking confesses that he has 'just be guessing'.

Hans November 12, 2020 06:36AM

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Corvidius November 12, 2020 08:24AM

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cladking November 12, 2020 09:41AM

The problem is you cannot read the Ancient Egyptian language Cladking

Hans November 12, 2020 01:02PM

Book of the Dead - HoM links

Hermione November 10, 2020 06:29AM



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