Jan.9] PROCEEDINGS. [1894.- Lords of Rule. Thisis the reading in most documents,but
thereare others whichhave an equal claimto authority. Thein
vocationis sometimes madeto the LJ " those whoare possessed
I I I in ^
of a ka," thatis the " spirits madeperfect,"thosewhohavealready
passedthroughthe requisite trials,besidesthe gods whohavenever
passedthroughthe stage of mortality, all of whom are possessed
of a ka.
Theinvocation,accordingto another reading,which is that of
chapter 99, is addressed to the T ~ v\ 1 LJ " those who are
beautifulor perfect of ka." Herethe papyri addlordsof rule, and
the invocation, whateverthe reading maybe, is always addressedto
thosewhohavein their powerthe laws whichregulatethe universe. - Whose secularperiodis Eternity. 9 \X fepS hentiiis the
period of 120 years(seeProc. Sec.Bibl.Arch.,XIV, 264)which
was their alwv,aevum,correspondingin idea, not in actual time,to
our century. Thesecularperiodof the gods is eternity. - The Crocodile. Are we to understand thisof the crocodile-
headedmonsterpicturedin the represensations of the Psychostasia?
These picturesare not known to us from as early a date as the
chapteritself, buttheymay haveexisted. Perhaps,however,this
passagemayhavesuggestedthem. - Bread. TheEgyptianword£tQ'la, like its homonym. ,,..,
impliessomethingpiercedor perforated. Thesacrificialcake Ji^n
in Leviticus viii, 26 has the same meaningand,like s*/R a pipe, is
connectedwith ^7^, perforavit,confodit,aperuit,profanavit. See
Proc.Soc.Bibl.Arch.,1893,p. 386.
_ j r1 ta, a door or gate, andsomeotherhomonymsevidentlycomeunderthe same conception; cf. porta andirei'pu,.
CHAPTER LXXIII
is identical withChapterIX.CHAPTER LXXIV.
Chapterwherebythe legs are set in motion uponearth.
Do what thouhastto do, O Sekaru (twice); as The godwhois
in his own house,and as The godwhostandeth on his legs in the
Netherworld.
69