Post by Tukuler al~Takruri on Aug 20, 2010 19:04:43 GMT -5
Elsewhere it was brought up that the many African place names
used by the AEs are simply mistranslated as the word "Nubia."
But Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt are also gross mistranslations.
AEs used no conceptual word for either upper or lower in any of
their terms for Nile Valley and Nile Delta states comprising the
Two Lands (TaWy).
TaShamaw is always translated as Upper Egypt but sh-m-a-w
doesn't mean upper it means "thin/fine" and connotes "south"
and its glyph is a sedge plant.
TaMehu gets translated as Lower Egypt though m-hh-w bears
no meaning like lower. Its most often associated determinative
is a papyrus plant, representative of the delta marshes.
Like "Nubia" from the Romans, "Upper and Lower" Egypt comes
from somebody other than the indigenees of the so-named lands.
used by the AEs are simply mistranslated as the word "Nubia."
But Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt are also gross mistranslations.
AEs used no conceptual word for either upper or lower in any of
their terms for Nile Valley and Nile Delta states comprising the
Two Lands (TaWy).
TaShamaw is always translated as Upper Egypt but sh-m-a-w
doesn't mean upper it means "thin/fine" and connotes "south"
and its glyph is a sedge plant.
TaMehu gets translated as Lower Egypt though m-hh-w bears
no meaning like lower. Its most often associated determinative
is a papyrus plant, representative of the delta marshes.
Like "Nubia" from the Romans, "Upper and Lower" Egypt comes
from somebody other than the indigenees of the so-named lands.
