Nov.6J PROCEEDINGS. [1894.
I know that mightygod to whose nostrils ye present delicacies.
Tckmu is his name : and whether he, whose name is Tekmu,
turneth from the East or advanceth to the West, let his course be
my course.
Let me not be stopped at the Meskat ; let not the Sebau have
masteryovermy limbs.
I have breadin Pu and beerin Tepu. Let your largessesof
this day be granted to me ; offerings of wheat andbarley,offerings
of an/a andof vestments, offeringsof oxen, and ducks,which are
offeringsfor life, healthand strength,and also offeringsfor coming
forthby day, in all the forms in which it pleaseth me to come forth
in the Garden of Aarru.
If this chapterbe known he will comeforth at the Garden of
Aarru; there willbe given to him the Shensu-rafo, the measure of
drinkandthe persen-M/fo, and fields of wheat and barleyof seven
cubits(It is the follorvers of Horus whoreapthem),forhe eateth of
thatwheatandbarley, andhe is made wholein his limbs through
thatwheatandbarley,andhis limbs springup even as with those
gods. Andhe cometh forthin the Garden of Aarruin all the forms
in which it pleasethhimto comeforth.
Notes.
Oneof the Paris papyri(Pb)containsa composition bearingthe
sametitle as Chapter 99, and M. Naville has published it as an intro
ductionto the usual chapter. It is no doubt of very greatinterest,
but it is the imperfect copy of a quite independent composition
whichreallyhas no claim to be considered a part of our Book of the
Dead.- See Chapter 7, title and notes. Cf the a!0ljp cpij/wsof Pindar
and the Latin expressions'vacuumper inane,' 'permania.'
fastenmy tackle, ^^ ©. Cf. Unas, 508 and 639.
In the latter place the ropes are said to be made of ek Q\^Ti
palmleaf(?).
- Comp. Chapter 44 on the cavern wherethe dead fall into the
darkness,' but the Eye of Horus supportethme, and Apuatreareth
me up.' Theremaybe an allusion here,as there is elsewhere, to
shootingstars. It is worth noticingthat —a group which ought,I
think,to be read I \ (&* an^ Ac) has in most papyrithe
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