Mar.6] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCH/EOLOGY. [1894.
- Apple of the eye, literally point,thorn; ^^° II A
- , - The Nemmes I R. t^tn is the royal head-dressin the form
of a wig. Thischapteris the only one in the Book of the Dead in
which it is referred to, but other religious textsmentionit. It is
one of the objects providedfor the deceased in the pictures of
ancientcoffins. (SeeAeltesteTexte,p. 35.)
- [Aahat.] In this plan differentMSS.introduceone or more
words followed by the sign j), determinative of divinity. But the
wholetext which followsis extremely unsatisfactory. Theprudent
scribewho copied Pg has the words " I am the great god,"and with
themendsthe chapter. - Fall uponShu,or before Shu,who represents Daylight.
- The passage is obscure through the absence of the right
determinativemnmr after **= " v. The portals of Shu, the
gates of Morning, answerthe summons of the god who comes as
Horus. »uL_^as the sense of obviam ire, occurrere. - Hematit 9 ^~3, a place near the Horizon, not
A ea e
mentionedin the Book of the Dead except in this chapter. It has
disappearedin the later recensions.
1 1. Here follow one or two divine names unknown to the
copyists,and by them writtenat random.
CHAPTER LXXIX.Chapterwherebyone assumeth the form of the Chief god of the
DivineCycle.Hailto thee, Tmu,Lordof Heaven, whogivestmotionto alt
thingswhich come into being; thou who comestforthfrom the
Earth and createst whatsoever is begotten : Lord of the things
whichare ; who givest birthto the gods ; great god,self-produced;
Lordof Life, who givest vigourto the men now living :
Hail to you, ye Lords of pure things, ye whose abodes are
hidden:
Hailto you, ye Lords of Eternity, ye whose attributesare con
cealed,and the place whereye reside is unknown.
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