June5] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. [1894.
- Two of the ancient papyriCa and Ad read Horus,the others
havethe Great goddess,andso has Ad in the next line. Themore
recenttextshave(noturit,'thegreatone,'but)urerit,'thecrown.' - The Sprinklinggod ^^C3a ^> Jj Aashu. Thisgod
is mentioned but once in the Book of the Dead, andhis name is
here interpreted conjecturally in consequence of the function
assignedto him andof the not unlike word(1 %..j$ as4 'spit.' - Protection. I read V" | instead of §,| in the early papyri.
- Thoth. The recent texts have Chepera, an evident error.
Theallusion is to the storm or distress fromwhichThothrescues
the Eye of Horus.
CHAPTERXCVI.
Chapterwherebyis opened [the place]whereThoth[restetlt].
I am he who dwellethin the middle of his own Eye. I have
comethatI may deliverMaatto Ra, and maypropitiateSutuwith
the libations for Akar andthe red victims of the Faithful of Seb.
CHAPTER XCVII.
Saidat the Bark : Staff of Anubis, mayI propitiate thosefour
Glorifiedoneswhofollowafterthe Master of [all] things.
I am the Master of the champaign at their behest,andI am the
Fatherof the inundation, whenhe who hathchargeof the canals is
athirst.
Lookthereforeuponme, oh ye great andmightygods,whoare
foremost among the Spirits of Annu ; let me be exalted in your
presence. I am a well-doer towardsyou. Lo I come, thatI may
purify this Soul of mine in the most highdegree; let not that
impediment proceeding from your mouth be issued against me
whichgivethone over to ruin : let me be purified in the lake of
propitiationandof equipoise : let me plunge intothe divine pool
beneaththe two divine sycomoresof Heaven andEarth.
Now let my Fold be fitted for me as one victoriousagainstall
adversarieswhowouldnot that rightshouldbe done to me.
I am the Only one ; just andtrueuponthe Earth. It is I who
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