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)

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THE MUMMY AND COFFIN OF NES-AMSU.

XU - tuk Tanen t
Protecteth thee the god Tanen,

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sa paut
O son of the cycle

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neteru - f per - k em xu

of his gods, and thou shall come forth with splendour."

On the right hand of the horizontal inscription are
figures of the gods Harmachis ^", Seb fes^ J ,
and Horus V^, who "make protection for Ncs-
Amsu"; the first holds a crook ( and whip $\, and
the second and third a whip only. On the left are
figures of the gods Tmu nJ^-, Khepera $ <=>, and
Osiris 1F|j, who also " make protection for Nes-
Amsu;" each god holds a whip ^\ in his hands.

On the left hand side of the cover are four per-
pendicular lines of hieroglyphics, which read :—

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an Ausar seut'eb neter hen sen Amsu

,.._.. ,, . l. u f the prophet second \

Behold Osiris, the seutcheb, j 0/a„isu, J