Chapter 130

, line 39, I should translate: ‘Osiris follows the path of Rā

in the morning, and drives away the curling god.’

8. ‘The steel firmament,’ ⁂⁂⁂⁂, generally mentioned in connection with storms and bad weather, so that possibly we have to consider here the colour of the metal, and translate ‘the dark sky, the black sky.’

9. The books of Thoth, the divine writer.

10. Probably the name of the book or of the page which contains also the catalogue of the offerings.

The vignettes of chapter 144 represent the gates, the warder, and the herald; the occupant is not seen, as he is in the vignettes of