Chapter 17

, the Sun.

19. This is perhaps supposed to be said by the priest called ⁂⁂, the ‘Arch-seer,’ at Heliopolis.

20. One of the designations of Osiris. Perhaps the word _Ba_ should be translated Ram, for in the Mendesian Nome Osiris was worshipped under this form, and was called ⁂⁂⁂ _ḣeru šefit_, ‘god of the strong face.’ The fact is that whether applied to the _soul_ or to a _ram_, the word _ba_ is expressive of ‘power, force.’ The same word under the form ⁂⁂⁂⁂ is used in