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"Beginning since the Aamu were in the midst of the Northland [Delta] [in] Avaris, vagrants among them, toppling what had been made, they ruled in the absence of Re, not by divine command down to the time of my Majesty"
H3 Dr definitely means "beginning since" and not "from the time", as some scholars have put it--with prejudice. Even though "n rf m wDw nTr" is clearly there, some have arbitrarily changed "rf" to "iri=f" [he does or did] coming up with "and he did not act by divine decree" [meaning Re did not], which makes no sense. "rf" is merely an emphatic, best left untranslated, emphasizing the notion that there was no "wDw ntr" [best translated by the German "Gottesgebot"] i.e., complete godlessness going on in that Delta right up to the time of Hatshepsut. Then she goes on to say something to the effect that now she is on the throne, the snake on her brow spitting fire at her enemies, she has "banished the abomination of the gods"--meaning those Aamu. No doubt about it--she claims the credit.
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