CHAPTER CLIX

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_The Chapter of the column of green Felspar,_(1.) _put on the neck of the deceased._

O thou who comest out every day, in the divine house, she who has a big voice, who goeth round.... She takes hold of the potent formulæ of her father, the mummy which is on the bull.(2.) She is Renent....

_Said on a column of green Felspar, on which this Chapter has been written, and which is put on the neck of the deceased._

NOTES.

The vignette of this Chapter and the next, show distinctly that the ⁂ is a miniature column or tent-pole, with the papyrus capital, and papyrus leaves at the base.

This Chapter is taken from the Turin text; parts of it are quite unintelligible.

1. ⁂⁂⁂, a mineral which has not yet been determined. Brugsch calls it “Opal.” Lepsius thought its colour was blue. Dr. Budge translates “mother-of-emerald.” Renouf’s translation is “green Felspar” (see Chapter 29B, note).

2. The mummy carried off by the Apis bull, a representation often seen on the coffins after the XXIInd dynasty.

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