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wrongdeterminativeiA instead of -^ , which was misunderstood, and

thatAb has even j 1 5*c II.

4. A corrupt passage,like the next.


5. The corruptionof the whole passagebetween[ ] will be best
   understoodon comparing it with the names of " the Ruddersof
   Heaven" as given in Chapter 148 ; the earliest textof these names
   being(I think) the fine tabletin Denkm. Ill, 25 bis a. Three out
   of four of these namesare represented by the phrases hereprintedin
   italics. Therestis incoherent andwas certainly not understood by
   the copyists. I have followedAa in my translation.


6. ' The Leathers; "^^KHor<r^, ^ ^\ 1+1, leathern

thongs,or straps, like the Greek rpoirolfor fastening the oars,

'ttpiivavroc' iperrpa TpoiroT?eV t*pfi<nivotai : Odyss. 4, 782.

See note of Scholiast and cf. Aesch. Pers.,376.

7. Look out T (1(1 , see Chapter 1 5, note 9.


8. Grounds. 9 I is, technically, the superficial landmeasure
   corresponding to the quarter of the Egyptian arura. The more
   general sense of the word (fill "^ J is land enclosedand
   partedout for cultivation.
   Theveryancientmagicaltext(Unas302) speakscharacterically
   of 1 Ik J T S !k I "T ™, the Hippopotamus wh°
   maketh his appearance at the garden (vineyard, field, &c. Cf.
   Psalmlxxx,13).
   In the great inscriptionpublishedin Mariette's Denderah,IV, 35,
   Q »—I j I ) I


9. ^ .. is used, in a sense like that of the 'A&u'vifo? kiittoi,for a
   stonevesselin which seedsweresownfor ritual purposes.


10. Tiller. J n^ *K\ (1(1 ° bait, or (as it is also written)
    dbait; see Chapter 76, note 1.


11. Merit. <^r>-<3&-(sometimeswrittenwith,»--&and other
    determinatives; BekenranefaddsjIL)is tne name of eacn of the
    twodivinesisters,Isis and Nephthys,see Chapter 37, note ; who are
    called <z^> „ fl I and <^> w'. But, at Edfu, Denderahand
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