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To: SunkenCiv

I haven’t got a photo. I wanted a blessing translated from English into Egyptian hieroglyphs.The blessing was supposedly an 18th Dynasty text that read, “God be between you and time in all the empty places you must walk.” I have not seen it in hieroglyphs.


971 posted on 08/31/2009 11:06:01 AM PDT by stanz (Those who don't believe in evolution should go jump off the flat edge of the Earth.)
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To: stanz
Didn't find much, except that it's quoted on some game sites:
"May God stand between you and harm in all the empty places where you must walk." -- Ancient Egyptian Blessing
If it's authentic (and it may not be), I'd guess it's older than the 18th Dynasty, i.e., probably Old Kingdom (18th is New Kingdom). I'm not well-versed in Egyptian sayings, but here's a favorite:
"My heart, my mother! My heart whereby I came into being! May naught stand up to oppose me in the judgment."
From (probably) the 18th Dynasty, there's this verse, found in the looted King's Valley tomb 55 (if memory serves):
I inhale the sweet breath that comes from your mouth
I contemplate your beauty every day.
It's my desire to hear your lovely voice
like the north wind's whiff.
Love will rejuvenate my limbs.
Give me your hands that hold your soul,
I shall embrace and live by it.
Call me by name again, again, forever,
and never will it sound without response.
and of course, from the 20th century:

"Hush! I thought I heard her call my name..." -- Son House, "Death Letter"
972 posted on 08/31/2009 7:04:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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