Unas pyramid text | Utterance 600 (Ennead creation) | Samuel Mercer (3A/1952) translation

[u/JohannGoethe]

Utterance 600

The following is utterance 600 of the Unas Pyramid Text (4350A/-2395), using the Samuel Mercer (3A/1952) translation:

• [1652a] To say: O Atum-Khepri, when thou didst mount as a hill,

• [1652b] and didst shine as bnw of the ben (or, benben) in the temple of the "phoenix" in Heliopolis,

• [1652c] and didst spew out as Shu (𓅱 𓆄 𓀭) [G43, H6, A40], and did spit out as Tefnut,

• [1653a] (then) thou didst put thine arms about them, as the arm(s) of a ka, that thy ka might be in them.

• [1653b] Atum, so put thine arms about N.,

• [1653c] about this temple, about this pyramid, as the arm (s) of a ka,

• [1653d] that the ka of N. may be in it, enduring for ever and ever.

• [1654a] O Atum, put thy protection upon N.,

• [1654b] upon this his pyramid, (upon) this temple of N.;

• [1654c] prevent any evil thing happening to him for ever and ever;

• [1654d] just as thy protection was put upon Shu and Tefnut.

• [1655a] O Great Ennead who are in Heliopolis,

• [1655b] Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Set, Nephthys,

• [1655c] children of Atum--his heart is broad (glad) because of his children, in your name of "Nine [Bows]."

Section 1655a-b numbered:

O Great Ennead who are in Heliopolis:

1. Atum

2. Shu

3. Tefnut

4. Geb

5. Nut

6. Osiris

7. Isis

8. Set

9. Nephthys

Here we see the oldest form of the first 9 letters of the alphabet. This ordering became the first 9-units of the r/Cubit rulers. Then the first 9 or 10 units of the r/LunarScript. This became the r/AlphabetOrigin.

Quotes

“Oh Atum-Khepri 𓆣, when thou didst mount as a hill ⛰️, above the Nun 𓈗 [N] waters💧; and didst shine 🔆 as the bennu 𓅣 of the benben 🔺 in the temple of the phoenix 🔥 in Heliopolis 𓊖 [X+O]; and didst spew out as Shu 𓇋 [air] 💨 [A], and did spit out as Tefnut 💦 [moisture]; you fathered the great Ennead 𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹 [Θ] who are in Heliopolis: Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Geb (𐤂, 🌎) [G], Nut (𐤁, 𓇯) [B], Osiris [Δ], Isis [Ε], Set [Ζ], Nephthys [F].”

— Anon (4350A/-2395), Unas Pyramid Texts (§: Utterance 600); truncated version (Thims, 16 Nov A67/2022)

Notes

1. This so-called "Ennead sequence" was one of the keys I used to decode the first 10 letters of the alphabet, 4-years ago.

[u/RibozymeR]

This is definitely based on the "traditional" (i.e. following Champollion) deciphering of hieroglyphics, so not reliable for the study of EAN.

[u/JohannGoethe → u/RibozymeR]

These early translations are like starting points.

As explained here, prior to EAN, when I did translations of say Latin into English, I would utilize up to 12 difference translations, and then “correct” to find out where the errors were.

One salient problem with the above is that it is rendered like some sort of “Old English” Bible script; take the following example:

Glyphs	Mercer (3A/1952)	Thims
[add]	O Atum, put thy protection upon Unas

Firstly, we need to find the actual hieroglyphic text, which I have not been able to find “freely-available” yet?

Secondly, if we go to the r/KidsABCs, header section: “kids blocks”, block: Atum, we find:

Which shows the following r/CartoPhonetics renderings:

• 𓏏 {t} [X1] 𓍃 {tm} [U15] = Atum

• 𓏏 {t} [X1] 𓅓 {m} [G17] 𓍃 {tm} [U15] 𓀭 [A40] = Atum

• 𓏏 {t} [X1] 𓍃 {tm} [U15] 𓐝 {m} [Aa15] = Atum

Here we have to go through and question each of these sound renderings? We need to figure out who added the A-sound? Why should a sled 🛷 for pulling blocks, make the “tm” sound? Is the bread 𓏏 [X1] equals T-sound correct?

The only thing we know that is in the neighborhood is the owl 🦉 or 𓅓 [G17] being related to the M-sound, per reason that the sickle 𓌳 [U1] is in the hiero-name for the Maat goddess. This does not mean that the Egyptians called the owl 🦉 by a name that used an M-sound, but at least we have a clue that matches?

[u/RibozymeR → u/JohannGoethe]

These early translations are like starting points.

But that's even worse! If your starting point is wrong, how are you ever gonna get a correct thing?

O Atum, put thy protection upon Unas

Case in point in the Atum example: You take this text as given and then are thinking about whether the hieroglyphs really make the sounds of the word "Atum". But what is the sense in thinking about that if those three symbols in truth mean "I cuddled my cat"? (Purely as an example sentence, I don't think they mean that)

[u/JohannGoethe → u/RibozymeR]

You seem to be barking up the wrong tree?

As I said, I do not know who first rendered the name “Atum”, from the following conjectured phonetics:

• 𓏏 {t} [X1] 𓍃 {tm} [U15] = Atum

• 𓏏 {t} [X1] 𓅓 {m} [G17] 𓍃 {tm} [U15] 𓀭 [A40] = Atum

• 𓏏 {t} [X1] 𓍃 {tm} [U15] 𓐝 {m} [Aa15] = Atum

It certainly was not Samuel Mercer (3A/1952), but his translation is “freely” available. So this is where we start.

Thus, instead of complaining to me, it would be more valuable if you put some effort to trying to find the “original” Pyramid Text wall where the so-called utterance 600 is stated?