Nov.6] PROCEEDINGS. [1894.Museum, belonging to the early part of the XVIIIth dynasty
(Denkm.,Ill, 25 h and k). Theseauthorities,however,do not give
the title found in the papyri. Theallusionsto Annu (Heliopolis)
are confined to the earliest text,whichsomewhatdiffersfromthe
laterauthorities,andfinishessoonerthantheydo.
- Hat-ka-Ptah is the name of Memphis, but as in so many
otherplacesit is not the earthly city which is meant. M. Naville
haspointed out that the words " in the Netherworld " are added
in the papyrus of Nebseni. - Bread andbeerare not mentioned in the earliest text,which
has other important variants. The latest texts have the verb
n n ^ n ——^ aww\
4 4 - , ivash, makeclean,purify,of which M tv %££,, on the
n n_jj l Jr c )
Berlinstatueandthe Theban papyri mayfairlybe considered an
olderform. ButHorhotephas 4 y QA , a different wordand
occurringin a grammatical constructiondifferingfromthatof the
othertexts.
The words ~^w \ V\ fl 1 "^ <E2 occuras a familiar
formula in the Pyramid texts (Unas, 185, 205 ; Teta, 91); but
Horhotep interpolates| QA after a ] 'V. The determina
tivesof the group «w~*\ Q (sometimes C5V or 'gsb), showthat
the copyist understoodthe word as meant for the sacrificial joint.
It is not uninteresting to note, withreferenceto the correctness
of the title of this chapter, thatthe Pyramid ritual (Unas, 205)
expresslysaysof the deceased that "the sacrificial joint with the
whitebread"are the "largess " I A VJDe)whichhe receives.
CHAPTERCVIII.
[Thechapterso called consists,in fact, of the first twolinesof
Chapter109. Thevignetteoverit really belongsto Chapter 108. It
has no separate existencein any of the papyri of the best periods.]
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