Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Ancient prayers for todays problems

Here's another print I did recently this past year. You can see it weathered and torn up in that last post's picture on the same electrical box. There is a great translation of the Egyptian book of the dead in my school's library where this came from. The book includes the original hieroglyphics alongside the phonetic pronunciation with the english translation underneath it.

The top bar reads: I HAVE PASSED THROUGH THE FLOOD
and below says: I HAVE GAINED POWER IN THE WATER

FYI: That squiggly zig-zag was the Egyptian symbol for the Nile and all other things water related, which is why it is repeated so often here.

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