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tion,(2) through the seizure of me, and throughmy being carried
off to the East, throughtherebeingmadeoverme a feast day of the
fiends,throughall the murderous workperpetrateduponme. (3)Notes.
Thischaptercontainsoneof those threats(of which thereare
other instances)made to the gods. Thespeaker is in fact so
identifiedwithdivinitythatany evil which happensto him mustbe
conceivedas involving the same calamityto the gods and to the
universe.
Thereis a very considerabledifferencebetweenthe earlier and
the later texts. Thereis very greatconfusion in the text of the
Turin Todtenbuchas compared withthatof the Cadet papyrus.
(1) Blindness, J O \> ^ in the earlier and I *~*~ in the
/w"/w _Zl I I I *3 ° o
latertexts. The latter form, whichhas for determinative pearls
or globules of some kind,remindsone of the disease formerlycalled
gitttaserena.
(2) Destruction, 9 ^=1 Vv /fe^.-'i^. But this word is written
in different waysin the papyri. WithM* as a suffix it would mean' my destroyer.' Ca gives ^| as a determinative, andthuscreatesa
god Hetmu, or at least a name punninguponthatof Tmu, to which
it is united.- The morerecent texts,likethoseof the Turin Todtenbuch,
inserta negative particlebeforethe mention of each disaster. They
praythatthe Phallus of Ra may not be devoured, thatthe blindness-
maynot come uponTmu,andso on.
CHAPTER XCIV.
Chapterwherebyone prayethfor a Palette and an Inkstand.Oh mighty one,who seestthy father, and whohastchargeof
the Book ofThoth.
Heream I, I come andam glorified andfilled with Souland
Powerandprovidedwiththe writings of Thoth, which I bring in
orderto purify the tunnel whichis in Sutu. (1) I bring the Palette
andI bring the Inkstand as the instruments of Thoth, the secrets.
of which are divine.