Budge, Ernest A. Wallis: Some account of the collection of Egyptian antiquities in the possession of Lady Meux: of Theobalds Park, Waltham Cross (London, 1896)

THE FUNERAL OF AN EGYPTIAN.

sowing it, and he was to be at liberty to come into
the presence of the great god Osiris whenever he
wished to do so.

The inscription upon the green basalt scarab is an
address by the deceased to his heart, and reads:—

" O my heart, my mother ! O my heart, my mother !
O my heart of my existence ! May there be no
obstacle raised against me in (or by) the evidence.
May there be no repulse to me by the children of Horus.*
Mayest thou not be separated from me in the presence
of the Guardian of the Scale. Thou art my double in
my body, the god Khncmu who maketh my limbs sound

and healthy.
Mayest thou come forth to the felicity to which we
go thither. May the Shenit who make men to be es-
tablished not overthrow our name. May
the god Setem cause us double joy of heart when
deeds and words are tried in the balance. May
no falsehood be uttered against me near the god in
the presence of the great god, the lord of the under-
world. How great art thou rising up in triumph ! "

When the amulet utchat

the ring, and the

large green scarab had been placed upon the body,
pieces of obsidian were laid in the sockets of the eyes,
the nostrils were plugged with pledgets of linen, and
the bandaging of the body began. Each bandage
had a special name, and upon each was drawn in ink

* Or the deities who attend upon the great gods.