Chapter 155

represents a Tat of gold. The various versions of the Chapter differ mostly in the rubric. I followed the papyrus of Nebseni (Aa), filling up the gaps from other texts.

1. The rubric seems to explain that the text refers to a Tat of gold, which is inlaid into the wood of a mummy-shaped coffin, on the neck, and which holds fast by means of the sap or gum of a tree or fruit called _ankhamu_.

2. This shows that the Tat is originally a conventional representation of a backbone.

3. The juice or gum just mentioned, in which the Tat is dipped.

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