Feb. 6] PROCEEDINGS. .... [1894.- Green gemof the South \ -=4-". This lias generally been
understood as representing the green feldspar of wnjcb manyob
jectsin our museums are made. But Diimichen(Zeitjthr.*1872)
has shown that the T ° 'of the.£«.f/'is a synonym ofMafkait,
emerald, and M. Naville has referred to Pliny, who(Hist..Nat:>
XXXVII, 1 7) speaks of the Egyptian emeralds' qui eruuntur circa;"
Coptonoppidum Thebaidis in collibus, ex cautibus.' The same'
authorquotesJubain reference to Ethiopic gemsas being 'alacriter
virides,sed non facilepuriaut concolores.' - Nepra is one of the names of Osiris, consideredas giver of
corn. By Throat is here meant the organ or power of swallowing,
deglutition.
CHAPTERLXXVIII.Chapterwherebyone assumeth the form of the Sacred Hawk.(1)Oh Horus! come thouto Tattu, makeclearto me the paths,
and help me to make the round of my dwelling places.
Look thouuponme and exaltme, impart to me Terror, and
rousein me Might, so that the gods of the Tuat mayfearme, that
theirbattlementswar in my behalf there; and that he may not assail
andslayme in the house of darkness, whoenwrappeth the dead ;
the god whohidethhis name ; or that the like be done by them.
Oh ye gods whogiveear to the words ; ye foremost ones,ye who
are in the train of Osiris ; hush ye up, gods, that whicha god
speakethwitha god who is giving ear to a case of Divine Law!
AndthatwhichI have saidto him say thou, Osiris.
Grantto me that changeof existence whichhathissuedfromthy
mouthon my behalf, thatI may see thine ownattributesandsurvey
thy Powers. (2)
GrantthatI may comeforthand have the masteryof my two feet,
andthatI may be there likethe Inviolate Oneon high ; that the
godsof the Tuat mayfearme and their battlementswaron my
behalf.
GrantthatI may run together with thy Runners, butremain
firmuponmy pedestal like the Lord of Life; let me be united with
Isis the Mighty ; may theyprotectme against slaughter,from him
wholookedupondeath.
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