Now that it has become apparent that the Mesopotamian astronomers included the line numbers in their encoded references to the precession of the equinoxes [grahamhancock.com] and, more generally, those astronomical references embedded in the Giza plateau:
It’s not by coincidence that the composite version of the King List, pre- and post-diluvian combined[etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk] ends abruptly on line 431 and that the reference to the next number is found by returning to line 12. This is very much in line with the astronomers’ circular word and number games:
12. MU 43200 NI AK
NI is one of the words that became Arabic Al Nitak, the 'girdle', belt stars of Orion (all three of them and later just one). It's also the word that begins the acrostic in The Story of Sukurru (in 6th position over three lines 223-225). [grahamhancock.com]
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Line 36 of the King List reads:
36. 5 URU KE ME-EŠ
Transliterated EŠ is the number 3. Multiplication of the numbers appearing to be the standard for most if not all of these numerical games, that line gives:
36 x 5 x 3 = 540.
URU on that line takes the form of a three-step pyramid or, in most cases, one half of it – creating a ladder effect. URU/ERI has been linked by others to the name Orion (through Uru-anna).
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I have already suggested that ME-ESH (3) is part of the name Hermes. In my view, with KI they can translate to ‘place of three ships’ among other options, potentially a reference to the three unexplained boat pits on the eastern flank of the Great Pyramid. They may also be elements of the ancient name of Egypt: Kemet.
The antediluvian portion ends on lines 39-40 with the officialised translation:
Then the flood swept over.
It's not so easy to see that lines 1 and 41 are in fact identical - the necessary addition of the ‘little words’ like ‘after’ make a huge difference. Prepositions are integrated by the translator according to the context and should be chosen with great care.
Looking through the search engine here, I see that Audrey pointed out the precession numbers in the King List a few years ago although not through the line numbers. I don’t know if she is still around to read this, but she was right of course.
I see that Graham will be the lead speaker at the Precession conference on the 20th October. [grahamhancock.com] The earliest existing version of the King List apparently dates to ca.2000 BC. I wonder if this info will be of interest given the present belief that precession was discovered very much later.
Madeleine Daines
It’s not by coincidence that the composite version of the King List, pre- and post-diluvian combined[etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk] ends abruptly on line 431 and that the reference to the next number is found by returning to line 12. This is very much in line with the astronomers’ circular word and number games:
12. MU 43200 NI AK
NI is one of the words that became Arabic Al Nitak, the 'girdle', belt stars of Orion (all three of them and later just one). It's also the word that begins the acrostic in The Story of Sukurru (in 6th position over three lines 223-225). [grahamhancock.com]
Line 36 of the King List reads:
36. 5 URU KE ME-EŠ
Transliterated EŠ is the number 3. Multiplication of the numbers appearing to be the standard for most if not all of these numerical games, that line gives:
36 x 5 x 3 = 540.
URU on that line takes the form of a three-step pyramid or, in most cases, one half of it – creating a ladder effect. URU/ERI has been linked by others to the name Orion (through Uru-anna).
I have already suggested that ME-ESH (3) is part of the name Hermes. In my view, with KI they can translate to ‘place of three ships’ among other options, potentially a reference to the three unexplained boat pits on the eastern flank of the Great Pyramid. They may also be elements of the ancient name of Egypt: Kemet.
The antediluvian portion ends on lines 39-40 with the officialised translation:
Then the flood swept over.
It's not so easy to see that lines 1 and 41 are in fact identical - the necessary addition of the ‘little words’ like ‘after’ make a huge difference. Prepositions are integrated by the translator according to the context and should be chosen with great care.
Looking through the search engine here, I see that Audrey pointed out the precession numbers in the King List a few years ago although not through the line numbers. I don’t know if she is still around to read this, but she was right of course.
I see that Graham will be the lead speaker at the Precession conference on the 20th October. [grahamhancock.com] The earliest existing version of the King List apparently dates to ca.2000 BC. I wonder if this info will be of interest given the present belief that precession was discovered very much later.
Madeleine Daines