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
If this source were withdrawn, these are the claims that would need re-sourcing. That is the point of listing them.
| Entry | Locus | Attests |
|---|---|---|
| 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?**" |