140.Cf.the Hymn to Osiris in the Bibl. Nationale, the Hymn of Tunrei (Mariette,Mon. div., pl. 57), and an inscription copied by Mariette from the temple of Ptah at Memphis (Mon. div., pl. 28e). There are plenty others of the same kind.
140.Cf.the Hymn to Osiris in the Bibl. Nationale, the Hymn of Tunrei (Mariette,Mon. div., pl. 57), and an inscription copied by Mariette from the temple of Ptah at Memphis (Mon. div., pl. 28e). There are plenty others of the same kind.
141. See Mariette,Mon. div., pl. 61, where each of the jackals is surmounted with the Eye and bears the nameȦnpu.
141. See Mariette,Mon. div., pl. 61, where each of the jackals is surmounted with the Eye and bears the nameȦnpu.
142. The importance of this sign is manifest in the Pyramid Text (Merenrā, 634), “Nmaketh his appearance as King, he hath possession of his⁂⁂⁂and of histhrone.”throne.”[Since the above was in print M. Naville has published an inscription of Queen Hatshepsit, in which the remarkable expression⁂⁂⁂⁂occurs three times.The word written⁂⁂⁂,⁂⁂⁂⁂, but also⁂⁂⁂⁂or⁂⁂⁂⁂(and also without any vowel, though⁂is understood), has determinatives inPepiI, 635, andMerenrā, 509, which imply the sense ofgirdle,zone. Hence the sense ofneighbourhood, “the men or places round about one.”
142. The importance of this sign is manifest in the Pyramid Text (Merenrā, 634), “Nmaketh his appearance as King, he hath possession of his⁂⁂⁂and of histhrone.”throne.”[Since the above was in print M. Naville has published an inscription of Queen Hatshepsit, in which the remarkable expression⁂⁂⁂⁂occurs three times.
The word written⁂⁂⁂,⁂⁂⁂⁂, but also⁂⁂⁂⁂or⁂⁂⁂⁂(and also without any vowel, though⁂is understood), has determinatives inPepiI, 635, andMerenrā, 509, which imply the sense ofgirdle,zone. Hence the sense ofneighbourhood, “the men or places round about one.”
143. Does⁂represent what we call theBeltof Orion with its three bright stars?
143. Does⁂represent what we call theBeltof Orion with its three bright stars?