AW.b] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. [1894.I have seizedupon Hu from the place in which I found him.
And I have liftedoff the darkness through my power. I have
rescuedthe Eye from its eclipse againstthe coming of the Fifteenth
day,and balanced Sutuin the mansions above,againstthe Great
one who is with him.
I have equippedThoth[withlight]in the house of the Moon.
I seize uponthe Crown. Maatis upon me, and the Emerald
and the Crystal of her months.
Thisfieldof mine is of Azure in the festival thereof.
I lighten up the darkness and overthrow the devouring
monsters,(i)
Thosewhoare in their owndarknessworshipme, and they rise
up to me, covering theirfaces,whomournand are prostrate : look
ye therefore uponme.
I am the Craftsman (2) of Nu, but I come not up in order that
you should hearof this.
I am the Craftsman of Nu, who lighteneth the darkness, and I
havecometo dissipate the darkness, and that light shouldbe.
Notes.1, Devouring monsters, ^N. (1(1 y\- The laterrecensions have^ or ^ a jjj wife. The older
papyriomitthe feminine ending,which is inconsistent withthe rest
of the chapter. I understand kj xy ^ , in the sense of artist,
craftsman.
CHAPTER LXXXI.
Chapterwherebyone assumeth the form of the Lotus.
I am the pure Lotuswhichcomethforthfromthe glory whichis
at the nostril of-Ra,and I make my journey and pursue it for Horus,
the great god beloved.
I am the pure Lotuswhichcomethforthin the field.
Note.
Thislittlechapteris not without its special difficulty. Are we toread ["[] V\ (](] as a word implying motion, with J\ as its
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