Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology

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Nov.6] PROCEEDINGS. [1894.

Notes.
Thischapterdoesnot occur in the earliercollections known
to us.


  1. Horus who resideth in Sot his V^(J -j M ' A °; <f-
    Teta,277.

  2. Menkit is one of the namesof Hathor, but the place is
    corruptandthe true readinguncertain.


CHAPTERCII.

Chapterwherebyone entereth intothe Bark of Ra.

0 Great Onein thy Bark, let me be lifted intothy Bark. Let
me make headfor thy staircase. Let me have chargeof those who
conveythee,whoare attached to thee, whoare of the Stars which
neverset.
ThatwhichI abominate, I eat not : and thatwhichI abominate
is Dirt, let me not eat of it, but of peace offerings andof Ka-
offerings,by which I shall not be upset.
Let me not approach it with my hands, let me not tread upon it
with my sandals, because my bread is of the white corn and my
beerof the red corn of the Nile.
It is the Sektit boatandthe Aatib whichhavebroughtme to the
foodandraimentwhichare upon the altar of the Spirits of Annu.
Salutationto thee, Ur-ar-set, in that voyageof heaven and the
disaster in Tennu, when those dogsweregathered together, not
withoutgivingvoice.
1 have comemyselfanddelivered the god fromthat painand
suffering,thatwas in trunk, in shoulder andin leg
I have comeandhealed(1) the trunk, andfastenedthe shoulde.
andmadefirmthe leg.
AndI embark for the voyage of Ra.


Note.
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17, and Unas214,no less thanin a passage whichdoesnot occur
in the most ancienttextsof Chapter 1 7, but which is found in the



  1. Healed. Suchis the meaning of tt v\ f*, as m Chapter 147,


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