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Pistol Wrote:
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> for the sake of context... all stars are
> imperishable, those in the north, south, east and
> west... where many gods (souls) reside.
I think the AE sense was that as stars (and the sun) set in the west, they "died", only to be reborn when they rose again in the east. The stars that are in the truly
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Hans Wrote:
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> Thanks for he added detail so there were two folks
> with the same name.
I guess the name was not uncommon in the OK - Ranke includes the comment "AR mehrfach:" immediately prior to his listing of citations - meaning, I assume, that there are numerous occurrences from the Old Kingdom, and not just numer
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Those don't appear to be of the same guy - they are in Saqqara, not Giza. Hmmm....seems that Abu-Bakr is the only one so far to publish the Giza Akhet Hetep, but I did find this which clarifies that the "Uninscribed Mastaba A" complex is associated with Nihetepkhnum - although the latter seems to not be numbered as well. This Giza Akhet Hetep seems to have been an official und
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You may be able to find out more on this from the information given by Ranke in his Personennamen I, p. 257 no. 26
Mariette Mastabas and Davies, Ptahhetep II are both online - Ti is too, though I'm not exactly sure which volume Rankle means here. If the reference to "Annales 4" is to ASAE 4, then this is online as well. Hope this helps.
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Pistol Wrote:
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> Hi all I'm trying to find all the names of
> Early-dynastic, Old Kingdom/MK area measures...
> here's what I have and what I'm hopeful to
> find...you'll see I don't have, or I have the
> wrong name with the 'area' ...online seems to be
> all over the place. Though I
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Pistol Wrote:
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> now I know why I.E.S. Edwards doubted it in the first place.
Yes, as best I can tell i'(r) is always written with D36 (arm) - and, interestingly, it seems to have been rarely written with D21 (mouth). In addition, and as I've mentioned, "mr" is almost always written with the U23 (chisel) as its fir
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Pistol Wrote:
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> pr n ws {O1 D21 D54 G17 G43 S29 O1} height of a pyramid
I'm still not quite sure what it is that you are trying to find out, but if it centers around the derivation of the above "pr m ws" term, and not the word "mr", then perhaps Gardiner's explanation in fn 3 on p. 71 of his Hieratic Pap
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I need to better proofread things I post - I of course meant the G17 (owl) glyph, and not the G7 glyph.
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Byrd Wrote:
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> You are reading far too much into a language that
> has been "approximated" into English. We don't
> actually know if the word sounded like "murrrr" or
> "mir" or "maer" or "maour" or "mor" or "meor" or
> "maouer" or a tho
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Pistol Wrote:
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> What a great play on
> words... >>> wbn bnbn bnw <<<, I think they're
> laughing at us
I'm sure they are. We're all like the proverbial blind men and the elephant. But you may have hit upon it with your observation - perhaps the correct pronunciation of the word for "pyr
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Pistol Wrote:
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> so, if we believe that (as Lehner states) the mr
> is a solar icon and the bnbnt is its capstone we
> should see the relation via wbn ...shouldn't we?
Perhaps, but not necessarily. Don't forget that the word "mer" already has a pyramid (O24) as a determinative. Would you (or they) then put
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I think the PT’s make it pretty clear that a pyramid, or any tomb for that matter, was considered – or intended – as potentially being a “place of ascension”. This, however, doesn’t mean that the word “mer” held this meaning or was derived from the concept of “ascension” in any way. That the word “mer”, when spelled as it was, meant “pyramid” seems certain. Its derivation is the question.
When
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Hi Pistol -
> Is Faulkner's translation available online?
As far as I know Faulkner's translation is not available online. Oddly though, the Supplement section is (or was - I just now couldn't find it)
> Also, your references to Re's duality, could you reference where I can find "to
> the writers of these texts Re existed both as a solar entity AND ALSO
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Hi Chris -
> “Rebirth in the circumpolar horizon”? I’m
> aware of an eastern and western akhet, but a
> northern one? Can you elaborate on this intriguing
> idea and why Isis and Nephthys are involved?
To fully answer these questions would be a lengthy undertaking. I may ask Hermione to help me to upload a draft of the paper I am working on to the “Papers” section here - thi
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Hi Pistol,
Thanks for this - there are in fact a few more than these. I did a quick rough count and found about 10 or so - which would be in the range being a bit less than half as many as the ferrying texts. And interestingly, one of these (Utterance 359) then repeats its flying up over the Winding Waterway passage almost word for word as a ferrying across the Winding Waterway passage.
As
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Hi Pistol,
You wrote:
> I would add all pyramidions are the first and last
> to receive the rays of light from Re, I assume
> this has bearing on solar cult worship, which is
> the progenitor of pyramids.
Good point in regard to the pyramidions. They were (or at least some of them were) highly polished, and so one wonders what they looked like on a dark night in starlight.
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Chris Tedder Wrote:
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> From what period?
She was referring to findings from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, but this does not mean this is when any such cross identification began.
> Isis and Nephthys are first attested in the PTs,
> and AFAIK, the Old Kingdom PT’s and the Middle
> Kingdom CTs give no indication of Isis and
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Chris Tedder Wrote:
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Hi Chris - Thanks for your reply. Here are my responses to what you've posted -
> The glyph on the lower row of text is G16 ideogram
> for the ‘Two Ladies’ (nbtj) - the vulture
> goddess Nekhbet (nxbt), protector of Upper Egypt
> and the cobra goddess Wadjet (wADt), protective
> deity of Lowe
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Yes, I did see that - but it was one of many and I let it pass. It was only when you plucked it out and put a highlight on it that I decided to check it out - and indeed found one paper very much of interest in the book. So, I thank you again, and Paul.
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Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals
Many thanks for this, Paul.
I had known of the Waldseemuller map of 1507, but not this of 1516.
It appears to be right up there with the best of the Portolanos, and will require some study. A great winter-time project!
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Pistol Wrote:
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> All good points to consider, though because the
> texts constantly refer to the horizon and the god
> of the horizon I’m inclined to believe the
> winged solar disc would face east because of the
> rebirth aspect.
Okay, here's what I suspect may be going on in this inscription. As you note, the te
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Pistol Wrote:
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> Something has always bugged me after reading M.
> Lehner's translation of Amenemhet III's
> pyramidion...(TCP p.34) .....
> specifically 'Amenemhet beholds the perfection of
> Re'. Shouldn't it be read from top to bottom? 'Re
> behold(s?) the perfection of Amenemhet'
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Mea culpa - I hadn't been aware of the extent of some of these criticisms. However, the fact that Fell over-reached and perhaps discredited himself, does not erase all of the premises. I note David H. Kelley's statement as quoted in the Wiki article on Fell; "David H. Kelley, an archaeologist at the University of Calgary who is credited with a major breakthrough in the deciphermen
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Barry Fell provides all kinds of evidence of Phoenician and Celtic inscriptions found in the new world - finds dating to the earliest settlers. Egyptian inscriptions too, I believe. Fell doesn't strike me as having been a kook. Doubts usually center around questions raised about provenance, more than anything. I'm rereading his America B.C. at the moment, as a result of this thread.
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cladking Wrote:
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> This occurs because of
> the nature of Ancient Language to mirror reality
> itself. It can't really be "translated" at all
> because modern language can not be forced to obey
> natural law.
Any translation from one language to another will have its flaws due to differences in world
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Hi Katherine - Thank you for this info, and for all the work that you and your husband have been doing. A huge job, I'm sure.
The "Latest Posts" had the last 25 as its default, I believe, but you could also ask it for the last 50 posts. I found both to be a very helpful convenience.
Thanks again for everything. Much appreciated.
Lee
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Maybe I can save you both a little time and trouble - anyway, I'll try.
The word "shu" can have a wide variety of meanings - sometimes based upon its spelling, and sometimes based more upon the context in which it appears.
For instance, it can mean: "to be empty, to be lacking, devoid, sun, sunlight, dry, dried, to be needy, the air-god Shu, ascend, raise, bag, umbrella,
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cladking Wrote:
> Two questions. First, where would I find any such
> associations? And are you aware of any sources
> that tie stars to gods or cities/ nomes?
Lull and Belmonte, "In Search of Cosmic Order", Chapter 6 -'The Constellations of Ancient Egypt'. This used to be available free online, but I couldn't find it just now. Interlibrary Loan wi
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Spiros Wrote:
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> The Mooring Post represents the star Arcturus.
Lull and Belmonte are decidedly incorrect about this (Lull more so than Belmonte), as they are about most of their circumpolar identifications. Should it be of interest, Etz's suggestions are closer to the truth.
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