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38. mn a-ms m[n nta(?)] e-'r-k mh r-k ar-f stm n py
sze Hr T t clk hmm 'r se a p nwn

39. 'r snt p t stm p ych-co scbch-co 'by'h^o n rn e-'r-k
lsls (?) t tm-t e°r-k nt

40. hm 'h tt t ar-f ke e°r-k nt bsws hr 'by t ar-f nte-k
z-t-f cn a wc z n mw nte-k t swr-f-s

2. 'nk pe s stn wr tp 'Np te mw Shm-t 5S-t(?) 7re-s(?)
~>y m-s-y

3. a bl a p t n hr a p sbt n p t n hh a p ts n ny
wm-rm z

4. ys sp-sn tkr sp-sn pe sr s stn wr tp 'Np z twn-t-k
nte-k 'y

5. a Kmy z pe-k yt Wsr e-f n pr-co (a) n Kmy
e-f n wr a {sic) p

6. t tre-f n ntr-w tre-w n Kmy swh a 6 t grep-t n t-t-f

7. t wne-t n z ny a-'re-s fy n-y n wc-t fks-t hy te
nmte-t a-'r-y

1. 38. This seems to imply an original chaos of burning.

1. 39. p seems distinct, stin is extremely doubtful.

Is Is (?): the reading is from Reuvens' copy. tovAo, ' purify,' is

determined by in 5/3, and ' cleanse' fits the sense here.

1. 1. plege — Tr\r]yf], as Max Muller, Rec. tr., viii._ 174. n\riyr] is used
especially of the sting of a scorpion, B. M. Gr. Pap. CXXI, 1. 193,
&c., but also of bites and stings of venomous animals in general, Diosc.,
nepi lo/3oA. 19, and of wounds in general. Except that it bleeds (1. 14)
there is little here to show what is meant by plege so long as 11. 7-8
remain unintelligible.

1. 2. According to this Anubis was the eldest son of Osiris (1. 5), and
his mother was Sekhemt-Isis, called in 1. 9 Isis. The liaison of Osiris
with Nephthys (cf. Plutarch) is referred to in the O. C. of Pap. Bibl. Nat.
nte-s(J)y is a possible reading, a-'r-s is not possible.

1. 3. wm-r?n : there were Anthropophagi and Cynamolgi caninis capi-
tibus (cf. 21/7) associated in Africa, apparently on the Upper Nile, Plin.,

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n mt-t a t plege

Col. XX.