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 MUMMY AND COFFIN OF NES-AMSU. 69

On the outside of the coffin under the feet are ten
perpendicular lines of hieroglyphics, which read :—■

i.'h

j

*b

11

an Ausar seut'eb neter hen sen
Behold Osiris, the seutcheb, the prophet second,

I

^

Nes-Amsu maaxeru sa seut'eb neter hen
Nes-Amsu, triumphant, son of the seutcheb the prophet

II.

A__fl—*~

_fl

sen Sept ta - s aaui - s

second, may the goddess Septf give her two hands

er sesep-k an her en mut - k

to receive thee; not may depart thy mother

* Here follow the titles and genealogy (lines 2-4) of Nes-
Amsu as given in the line of inscription on the edge of the
coffin near the cover.

t A name of Hathor.