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A little appetizer. The Four Sons of Horus were identified by Joseph Smith on Facsimile 1 as the gods of Elkanah, Libnah, Mahmackrah, and Korash. Egyptologists have the names of these figures as - Duatmutef, Qebhensenuef, Hapy, and Imsety. If you read the hieroglyphs in a straightforward way then you will get those names, but if you apply the principles in Ptolemaic Writing, then you get what Joseph said. Let's start with Elkanah. Kevin Barney and Hugh Nibley both surmise that "El" means God and Kenah or Kenner or Kenahi means Canaan. Barney says that in Arabic, kana'a refers to going towards the horizon, westward; actually referring to the "West" (Astour, 1965). 𓇼 (N14) is the first sign. The standard sound for this is dwꜣ meaning star or netherworld. The alternate sound value from this is nṯr, meaning god, or is can just be "n." This accomplished two things, we found "El" (god) and we have an "n" in Kanah. The next sign 𓅐, the vulture, G14. This standard sound is "m," but in the Ptolemaic Sign list Kurth (2010) gives "ḳ" a kah sound. The next sign is bread 𓏏 usually meaning t, but Kurth (2010) says it can be j, ṯ, t, ḏ, or d. Either j or t can work here. The last sign is 𓆑, the horned viper (I9). The alternate sound value here can be a vowel, " ' " like a long A sound. There can two more alternate sounds here. Via the Rebus principle, taking the actual name of the sign, snake can be ḥrrt, using ḥ, or j'rt, using r, the most primary consonant. So we have god (nṯr) or n, ḳ, j/t, and '/ḥ/r Via anagram, attested by Noegel (2022), we have: (god) ḳnjt or ḳnḥt or knjr Even if we just use the attested sounds by Kurth (2010), (god) ḳnjt works just find because the "t" in Ptolemaic writing was largely voiceless when at the end of a word. Joseph Smith said the Duamutef's name was Elkanah, and via Ptolemaic Writing, that is definitely a possibility. ---------------------------------------------------------- Libnah is the next. His standard name is Qebensenuef. 𓏁 (W15) is the libation jar. The usual sound is ḳbḥ, however Kurth (2010) says that ḥ can fit for the alternative sound value. The foot sign is next, 𓃀, D58. This standard sign value is "b," also the Rebus principle takes the actual name for foot in Egyptian, and that is rrt, making R as well. Next is the sechem scepter, 𓌂, S42. This is usually s, but Kurth (2010) states 3b' can work here. Taking B as the principle consonant. The ripple of water 𓈖 is the next sign, N35. The usual sound value is "n." The final sign is the horned viper, 𓆑, I9. It has alternative values of either a vowel, ' , or the another Rebus with j'rt meaning snake or uraeus, taking R as the primary consonant via the consonantal principle (Fairman, 1945). This anagram unsolved is ḥ r b n j or ḥ b n n r. Since Ancient Egyptian doesn't have L's, R's are used as a phonetic replacement - this is attested by Loprieno. L j b n ḥ or L b n n ḥ - Libnah ---------------------------------------------------------- Korash is next. His standard name is Imsety. Aa13, 𓐛, is the first sign with a standard sound of "g." Gardiner's book talks about how phonetically, Aa13 𓐛 and its precursor 𓎼 having k sounds. Rosmorduc also talks about how phonetic shift between k and g was common. O34 is the door bolt, 𓊃. The standard sound is s. U33, the pestle 𓍘, usually has a sound value of "t," but Kurth (2010) points to š as a possible consonant. The Reed, M17 𓇋, is usually j but Kurth (2010) gives r as an option. The anagram unsolved is k/g s š r. Krsš or Korash. ---------------------------------------------------------- The final son is Hapy, Joseph called him Mahmackrah. First are two squares, these can either be Aa5 𓐑 or two O38 - 𓊋, corner of a wall. Surprisingly, both signs have a value of n, since it is double O38, and due to phonetic shift, as per Rosmorduc, we have two m's. Second is the either the stone sign, O39 𓊌, or Q3 the stool 𓊪. Both of these signs were confused at times. Can either be ' or Q3 or ẖ (like ch in loch) for O39. Third and fourth are the M17 Reeds. Both 3 and R can be signs here. The anagram is m m ' r 3 or m m ẖ R 3 or mh ' r 3. Very clock to M(a)m(a)ch-r-3 or Mahmackrah. ---------------------------------------------------------- I did this to show that there is a connection between what Joseph Smith interpreted from the papyri and what is possible to interpret from that data as well using a interpretation method that was widespread during 300 BC to 100 AD in Egypt, during the same timeframe the papyri were copied down and put into their tomb.

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