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determinatebanks. Its course is from southto north, hencethe
referenceto the deities of the South.

12. Shoulder andHaunch. The usualsacrificialjoints. This
    passagewasat an early dateaddedto the paragraph whichopens
    the chapter.

1 3. The two goddesses of the West, \\^s^*S\\^%*

It is said of Ra at Edfu c Q Q. "Hesettethin

the West." Thedeitiesin question are Isis and Nephthys,whoare

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alsothe deities of the East or Sunrise underthe name of

^"^*jj^.UnaS,46l.

In the passage of the Pyramid Textsjustreferredto it is stated

thatthese " divinities in Ununait opentheirarmsto the god as he

standsup erect on the eastern sideof the firmament."

Ununaitis the place of rising, springingup.

14. The Tenaitin Abydos. This feasthas already beenmen
    tioned in Chapter I. It was one of those commemorative and
    representative of the death of Osiris, of his mutilation, mummifica
    tionand burial. Prescriptionsfor carrying it out are found in the
    greattextat Denderah, published by Dumichen andMariette,and
    translatedby Brugsch, andLoret,and(in part) by Dumichen.
    Tenaitis also the name of certain daysof the month, and(Teta,
    229)of the fifth hourof the day.


15. The bolts madefaston the gateways. ThePyramidTextson
    behalfof the deceased invokethe ^"^X 0 Q cs, V)v V|v ftf\

J ' "==::=:'. _W" (j^3 D00, 'the bolt which closes the gateway of

Heaven,'witha prayer thatit may opento him (Teta,235,compare

line200).

16. He who lulleth me, ° \ IK, ° Q V&. The word is

here in the dual, as corresponding to the double lion. Cf.

importantvariantQ v\ $$ is found at Edfu (Rochemonteix,p. 78).

17. I sever the horns. Cf. Psalm lxxv,11.
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