cladking Wrote:
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> This is a more difficult utterance because the
> meaning of the word "’Iȝr.w" is not clear so
> the perspective and context are not fully defined.
> I'd guess it is in reference to "sopdu" but the
> way Mercer translates it makes it appear to be
> sekhmet instead. There are a few other
> possibilities and meaning is highly dependent on
> this word most likely. It appears to be a ritual
> read at the very beginning of pyramid building
> season on the second epagomenal day.
>
> I really hesitate to say much because meaning
> might be very different after it is completely
> solved.
>
> Utterance 308.
>
> 487a. To say: Greetings to thee, O Horus, in the
> regions of Horus;
>
> Probably all the regions of horus from the quarry
> to the "Land of Rainbows". The speaker is
> recognizing the existence of horus in all his
> guises.
>
> 487b. greetings to thee, O Set, in the regions of
> Set;
>
> These are the places that set exists from the
> mn-canal in the mehet weret through the winding
> watercourse and all the way to marsh of offerings
> and the related industry.
>
> 487c. greetings to thee, O ’Iȝr.w, in the
> Marshes of Reeds;
>
> ?
>
> 488a. greetings to you, ye two harmonius
> (goddesses), daughters of the four gods, who dwell
> in the great palace (Heliopolis),
>
> These are isis and nephthys who oversee the two
> boats tied together. One goes up and the other
> goes down the exact same amount always in maat.
> The four "parents" are shu (upward), tefnut
> (downward), nut (sky), and geb (earth). They are
> daughters of the earth because they exist in the
> sky and of the sky because they build the earth.
> A "palace" is the place a god works.
>
> 488b. ye who are come forth at the voice of N.,
> naked.
>
> The "voice" of N is the water into which he has
> been transmogrified. They are naked, without
> pretense.
>
> 489a. N. has looked to you, as Horus looked to
> Isis;
>
> Horus (the stone) is dependent and relies on isis
> (counterweight).
>
> 489b. N. has looked to you, as the Nḥb.w-kȝ.w
> (serpent) looked to Śrḳ.t-ḥtw;
>
> The ventilation of the pyramid is dependent on the
> action of the northern counterweight.
>
> 489c. N. has looked to you, as Sebek looked to
> Neit;
>
> Sebek is dependent on the lifting of supplies.
>
> 489d. N. has looked to you, as Set looked to the
> two harmonius (goddesses).
>
> Set is dependent on the harmonious goddesses and
> their discharges.
>
> In each case the latter can't exist without the
> former, as well. The former looks to the latter in
> reverence and "thanks".

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> 489d. N. has looked to you, as Set looked to the
> two harmonius (goddesses). How has the hydraulic cycle looked at

Oh and that all means what exactly and where is the hydraulic cycle?

Set; The water under and on the ground.
You have no meaning for Unas - so what is it?
You have no meaning for Isis in your lexicon but have '[]nw-boat: The counterweight which lifted the stones and in which Osiris became Seker'.
What does Serget mean is it serket?

This doesn't make any sense

Here is 308 again

489: Unas saw you, as Horus saw Isis.
Unas saw you as Neheb-kau saw Serqet.
Unas saw you as Sobek saw Neith.
Unas saw you as Seth saw the Two Harmonious Ones."

Tell me what the builders were saying in ancient language using your definitions