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time, and you cry, ' I cast fury at thee of him who
cutteth thee, of him who devoureth thee. (5) Let the
darkness separate from the light before me. Ho ! god,
Hu-hos, Ri-khetem, Si (bis), Alio (?), Ah, Mai (?) (" I do
not"?), (6) Kha, Ait, Ri-shfe, Bibiu, Iaho, Ariaha (bis),
Arainas ("do for her"), Euesetho ("they will turn the
face"), Bekes, Gs, Gs, Gs, Gs, (7) Ianian, Eren, Eibs,
Ks, Ks, Ks, Ks, let the god come to me in whose hand
is the command and give me answer as to everything
about which I (8) inquire here to-day. Come in, Piatoou,
Khitore ; ho ! Shop, Shope, Shop, Abraham, the apple (?)
of the Eye of the Uzat, (9) Kmr, Kmr, Kmr, Kmr,
Kmro, so as to create, Kom, Kom-wer-wot, Sheknush (?)
is thy real name, let answer be told to me (10) as to
everything about which I ask here to-day. Come to me
Bakaxikhekh, tell me answer to everything which I ask
about here to-day truly (11) without telling me false-
hood.' Formula. Seven times.
(12) A direct (?) inquiry by (?) the voice of Pasash (?)
the priest of Kes ; he (the informant) tells it, saying it is
tested, nine times : (13) 'I am Ramshau, Shau, Ramshau
son of Tapshau, of his mother Tapshau, if it be that
(14) any given thing shall happen, do not come to me
with thy face of Pekhe; thou shalt come to me in thy
form of a priest, (15) in thy figure of a servant of the
temple. (But) if it shall not come to pass, thou (shalt)
come to me in thy form of a Kalashire, (16) for I am
Ramshau, Shau, Ramshau, the son of Tapshau, of his
Ks may be Cusae, or Cynopolis (El Qais), or some other town in
Middle Egypt.
'Nine times tried' seems proverbial, cf. 14/31; and for the whole
sentence, 29/1.
1. 14. Phe-t, a feline goddess worshipped at Speos Artemidos near
Beni-Hasan in Middle Egypt. Lanzone, Diz. Mit., 234.
1. 15. g*lcsyre, see the Glossary.
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time, and you cry, ' I cast fury at thee of him who
cutteth thee, of him who devoureth thee. (5) Let the
darkness separate from the light before me. Ho ! god,
Hu-hos, Ri-khetem, Si (bis), Alio (?), Ah, Mai (?) (" I do
not"?), (6) Kha, Ait, Ri-shfe, Bibiu, Iaho, Ariaha (bis),
Arainas ("do for her"), Euesetho ("they will turn the
face"), Bekes, Gs, Gs, Gs, Gs, (7) Ianian, Eren, Eibs,
Ks, Ks, Ks, Ks, let the god come to me in whose hand
is the command and give me answer as to everything
about which I (8) inquire here to-day. Come in, Piatoou,
Khitore ; ho ! Shop, Shope, Shop, Abraham, the apple (?)
of the Eye of the Uzat, (9) Kmr, Kmr, Kmr, Kmr,
Kmro, so as to create, Kom, Kom-wer-wot, Sheknush (?)
is thy real name, let answer be told to me (10) as to
everything about which I ask here to-day. Come to me
Bakaxikhekh, tell me answer to everything which I ask
about here to-day truly (11) without telling me false-
hood.' Formula. Seven times.
(12) A direct (?) inquiry by (?) the voice of Pasash (?)
the priest of Kes ; he (the informant) tells it, saying it is
tested, nine times : (13) 'I am Ramshau, Shau, Ramshau
son of Tapshau, of his mother Tapshau, if it be that
(14) any given thing shall happen, do not come to me
with thy face of Pekhe; thou shalt come to me in thy
form of a priest, (15) in thy figure of a servant of the
temple. (But) if it shall not come to pass, thou (shalt)
come to me in thy form of a Kalashire, (16) for I am
Ramshau, Shau, Ramshau, the son of Tapshau, of his
Ks may be Cusae, or Cynopolis (El Qais), or some other town in
Middle Egypt.
'Nine times tried' seems proverbial, cf. 14/31; and for the whole
sentence, 29/1.
1. 14. Phe-t, a feline goddess worshipped at Speos Artemidos near
Beni-Hasan in Middle Egypt. Lanzone, Diz. Mit., 234.
1. 15. g*lcsyre, see the Glossary.
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