Hermione Wrote:
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> Utterance 319
> 513: To say the words:
> "Unas is the bull of double brilliance in the
> midst of his Eye.
> Safe is the mouth of Unas through the fiery
> breath,
> the head of Unas through the horns of the lord of
> the South.
> Unas leads the god. Unas rules over the Ennead.
> Unas lets the lapis lazuli (xsbD) grow (srwd),
> Unas causes the southern twn-plant to grow.
>
> [www.pyramidtextsonline.com]
>
> Some discussion here (thanks to Paul H.):
>
> [library.oapen.org]
>
> (I couldn't find any mentions of lapis lazuli; and
> only one mention of turquoise).

Thanks for the links. I found some fascinating material in researching these.

Unfortunately I haven't found much about the translation of "makes the stone grow" or "allows the stone to grow". This is probably complicated by the fact that "lapis lazuli" comes from 'blue stone" in many language. In Spanish, for instance, "azul" means 'blue". Determining author intent becomes rather complex but obviously lapis lazuli never "grows" and the authors of the PT would not have believed it did.

"Turquoise" is used a couple of times in the PT with one usage apparently meaning the color and the other is likely the stone.

I found the forward and introduction in the second link quite interesting as well.

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