See also:
| Facsimile #1 Examination | Facsimile #3 Examined |
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References:
Joseph Smith's Interpretation available at: http://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/abr/fac-2
Modern Eqyptological Interpretation at: http://www.bookofabraham.com/boamathie/BOA_7.html
FAIR LDS explanation at http://en.fairmormon.org/Book_of_Abraham/Joseph_Smith_Papyri
Joseph
Smith's Interpretation
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Figure
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Modern
Egyptological Interpretation
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Kolob, The residence of God
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1
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The
god Khnumu.
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Stands next to Kolob
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2
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"Amun-Re",
god with two faces representing rising & setting sun.
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God sitting on his throne, clothed with power and authority
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3
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"Horus-Re"
riding in his boat
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Raukeeyang; also the number 1,000; The measuring of time of
Oliblish
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4
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Represents
Sokar, not a number
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Enish-go-on-dosh; a governing planet
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5
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Cow
of Hathor, behind which stands a uzat-headed goddes holding a sacred tree.
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Represents this earth in it's four quarters
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6
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The
four (4) sons of Horus, they can represent the four cardinal points of earth
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God sitting on his throne, revealing through the heavens the
grand Key-words of the Priesthood
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7
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The
god "Min", an ithyphallic god; that is, a sexually aroused male
deity.
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Contains writings that can only be revealed in the temple.
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8
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"grant
that the soul of Osiris Shechonk may live."
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Ought not to be revealed at the present time.
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9
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"the
netherworld (below the earth) and his great waters"
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10
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"O
might god, lord of heaven and earth"
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11
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"O
god of the sleeping ones from the time of creation"
(Read in order 11, 10, 9, 8)
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Will be given in the own due time of the Lord
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12
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"near"
and "wrap"
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13
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"which
made by"
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14
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"breathings"
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15
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"this
book"
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16
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"and
may this soul and its possessor never be desecrated in the netherworld"
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17
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"May
this tomb never be desecrated"
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18
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"I
am Djabty in the house of Benben in Heliopolis, so exalted and glorious. [I am] copulating bull without equal. [I am] that mighty god in the house of
Benben of Heliopolis… that might god…"
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19
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"You
shall be as that god, the Busirian"
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20
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21
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No Annotation Given
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22
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Writing:
"The name of this mighty god"
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23
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Figures
22,23; Baboons are adoring souls of that realm
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Well now are you sure you would consider #7 incorrect? The Mormon god and a phallic god could be considered one and the same... I mean with All those wives...
ReplyDeleteI would like more detail on #12. Listed as "Near and Wrap". I have seen other stating "Like and Near". What is the original Egyptian phonetic of #12, including any possible variations?
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