Nov.7] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. [1893.- Those in the Tuat *^\ r— > J) 1 called in the Pyramid
Texts Ik ~ v\ , Pepi I, 185. Themorerecenttextsread
1 " the gods of the West."- Cf. Pepi I, 174.
- Two divineHawksuponyourgables. Theyare mentioned
in the Pyramid Texts*as jj J ^.^,0 O^, Teta, 183.
Theyrepresentthe two divisions, NorthandSouth,of the kingdom
of Horus. Cf. Rochemonteix, Edfu, p. 55 and manyother such
passagesas that foundthere. - The Shrine whichstandethin the centre of the Earth. This
Shrine is also mentioned in the ' Book of Hades.' Cf. Bonomi,
Sarc.4c. - Be is I, and I am He. Cf. the Pyramid Text—"Oh R&
Tetais thou, andthouart Teta.... , thou risestas Teta, and Teta
risethin thee, etc.,"Teta,337. - Ptah f/oatethoverhis firmament. Themeaningof the verb is
shownin early textsby the determinative, as in the parallel passage
of the 17th chapter. - Oh gracious Pmver, ffe^. —. The adjective is also
written ®^-JL-. Theusual determinative %££. hasits origin
in the hieratic formof 3 see Prisse Papyrus. - Kam-ura £ZH \s. -^«w«,'ThegreatExtender,"a name
appliedto Osiris, as the Nile. "Thytwo sisters, Isis and Nephthys,
cometo thee, and they conveyto thee Kamiturit[thegreatExtent]
in thy name of Kam-ura [thegreatExtender]." Teta,274. - / bring to it? fulness, etc. The yearly inundation is the
matureresultof the innate forcebelongingto the god ; the cW/)-/i//<a
of his evepyci'x. This translation remains the same whether the
readingbe <r^ or &.
1 1. Shoreless, -£--s^,^^. ezzzi or t=t, implies an enclosed
space,a basin or channel withfixedlimits. Theinundationhas no
* Here as in the name of ff^31 Tmu,the long sign is written first though
read last.
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