Nov.6] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. [1894.
- Mortuary gifts £|^^ 1 , meals offered to the departed.
The meaning of the compoundgroup is plain enoughfrom the
determinatives,andsuchfrequentformsas <=> I V\ f\ Q ' '
MA^ Q « Jf^^ 0 III
"consistingof bread andbeer,"but the origin of it is
not so clear. The usualmeaningof J \ like that of the Coptic
^ptOOTfis voice, but in the present groupit stands for \ \" '-—>
correspondingto £)p€, plur. jfepKOTTI,t/.o0»),PptipaTa,ieiafia™,
and <=>is to be understood as in the very common formula
^^ 1 A-S-V
Thereading f v\ which is sometimes foundin late
textsis faulty andleads to an erroneous interpretation. <^>js a
mistakeeitherfor <^> or for <~>I the phonetic of I.
In such passages of the Pyramid textsas V\ <^;>\\\
J .&&Jj^1*•" JS^, I Q. (Unas 36) t\ is a demonstrative
not a negative particle, " Here is the mortuary mealpresented for
thee,and here are the two Eyes, the Whiteand the Black, of Horus."
- All the early MSS.exceptPd omit this last passage.
CHAPTER CVI.
Chapterwherebya largess is presentedat Hat-ka-Ptah. (1)
Oh thou god of nutriment, oh great one who presidestoverthe
mansionson high; [to whom breadcometh from Annu]ye who
givebreadto Ptah [from Annu],giveme bread and beer: let me
be made pure by the sacrificial joint, together with the white
bread.(2)
Oh thou ship of the Garden of Aarru, let me be conveyed to
thatbreadof thy canal ; as my father, the Great one,whoadvanceth
in the Divine ship[becauseI know thee].
Notes.
This is one of the chapters found on the sarcophagus of
Horhotep. It is also inscribed on a statue, now in the Berlin
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