cladking Wrote:
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> And they also said the sun rises in the south;
>
> 1497a. "O Re," say men, when they stand by the
> side of N. on the earth,
> 1497b. while thou dawnest on the southern side of
> the sky, "give thy hand to N.;
> 1497c. take him with thee to the southern side of
> the sky."
> 1498a. "O Rē‘," say men, when they stand by the
> side of N. on the earth,
> 1498b. while thou dawnest at the centre of the
> sky, "give thy hand to N.,

Not when you think of the sky as two halves - the northern side and the southern side.
I would guess that the centre of the sky might mean due east ?