The Egyptian God Corpus

Source

mercer-1952

Mercer, The Pyramid Texts in Translation and Commentary (1952). Public domain by verified non-renewal (Stanford renewal database, searched 2026-07-31: no records); retrieved via Wayback Machine snapshots of the sacred-texts transcription. The first post-Budge translation on this shelf, and it cites by Sethe § numbers — the modern standard.

4 attestations across 2 entries rest on this source — 0% of every attestation in the corpus.

What rests on it

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EntryLocusAttests
Iunmutef ○name-only**Pyr. §1593a–1594a**, repeated at **§1603a–1604a**"**The doors stand fast upon thee like Inmutef**" — the four quarters shut, open only to **Horus**; the name as a **simile of firmness**
Maa-ha-f ◐partial**Utterance 270, Pyr. §383a–384b**"**(thou) who seest behind him**" beside "whose face is behind him"; **ferryman of heaven, of Nut, of the gods**; the request to cross **in the ferry the gods use**
Maa-ha-f ◐partial**Pyr. §493b–494a**"**whose face is before him, whose face is behind him**"; the ferryman **answers back** — "Which boat shall I bring to thee?"
Maa-ha-f ◐partial**Pyr. §1091a–b**"ferry me over to **the Marsh of Reeds**"; the challenge "**Whence art thou come here?**"

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