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COL. XXVII
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down in it; for I am Geb, heir of the gods; prayer is
what I make before Phre my father (3) on account of
a thing that hath proceeded from me. O Heknet, great
one, lady of the shrine, the Rishtret open to me, mis-
tress of spirits, (4) open to me primal heaven ; let me
worship the angels! for I am Geb, heir of the gods.
Hail! ye seven kings ; ho ! ye seven (5) Monts, bull that
engendereth, lord of strength, that enlighteneth the
earth, soul of the abyss (?). Ho! lion as lion of (?) the
abyss (?), bull of the night; (6) hail! thou that rulest
the people of the East, Noun, great one, lofty one;
hail! soul of a ram, soul of the people of the West;
hail! soul of souls, (7) bull of the night, bull (?) of (two ?)
bulls, son of Nut. Open to me, I am the Piercer of
earth, he that came forth from Geb ; hail! I am (8)
I, I, I, E, E, E, He, He, He, Ho, Ho, Ho; I am Anepo,
Miri-po-re, Maat (?) Ib, Thibai (9) great, Aroui, Ouoou,
Iaho. The spirit-gathering: blood of a smune-goose,
blood of a hoopoe, blood of a nightjar, (10) ankh-
amu plant, senepe plant, Great-of-Amen-plant, qes-onkh
stone, genuine lapis-lazuli, myrrh, ' foot-print (?)-of-Isis '
plant, pound and make into a ball, and paint (11) your
eyes with it upon (?) a goat's tear, with a ' pleasure-wood '
of ani or ebony; you tie yourself at your side (12)
with a strip (?) of male-palm fibre. (13) The way of
making the vessel-inquiry of the lamp. You take a
clean bright lamp without putting minium (or) gum-
water into it, its wick being of fine linen ; you fill it with
genuine oil (14) or oil of dew; you tie it with four
threads of linen which have not been cooked (?); you
hang it on an East wall (on) (15) a peg of bay-wood;
you make the boy stand before it, he being pure and not
having gone with a woman; you cover his eyes with
your hand; (16) you light the lamp and you recite down
into his head, unto seven times; you make him open
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down in it; for I am Geb, heir of the gods; prayer is
what I make before Phre my father (3) on account of
a thing that hath proceeded from me. O Heknet, great
one, lady of the shrine, the Rishtret open to me, mis-
tress of spirits, (4) open to me primal heaven ; let me
worship the angels! for I am Geb, heir of the gods.
Hail! ye seven kings ; ho ! ye seven (5) Monts, bull that
engendereth, lord of strength, that enlighteneth the
earth, soul of the abyss (?). Ho! lion as lion of (?) the
abyss (?), bull of the night; (6) hail! thou that rulest
the people of the East, Noun, great one, lofty one;
hail! soul of a ram, soul of the people of the West;
hail! soul of souls, (7) bull of the night, bull (?) of (two ?)
bulls, son of Nut. Open to me, I am the Piercer of
earth, he that came forth from Geb ; hail! I am (8)
I, I, I, E, E, E, He, He, He, Ho, Ho, Ho; I am Anepo,
Miri-po-re, Maat (?) Ib, Thibai (9) great, Aroui, Ouoou,
Iaho. The spirit-gathering: blood of a smune-goose,
blood of a hoopoe, blood of a nightjar, (10) ankh-
amu plant, senepe plant, Great-of-Amen-plant, qes-onkh
stone, genuine lapis-lazuli, myrrh, ' foot-print (?)-of-Isis '
plant, pound and make into a ball, and paint (11) your
eyes with it upon (?) a goat's tear, with a ' pleasure-wood '
of ani or ebony; you tie yourself at your side (12)
with a strip (?) of male-palm fibre. (13) The way of
making the vessel-inquiry of the lamp. You take a
clean bright lamp without putting minium (or) gum-
water into it, its wick being of fine linen ; you fill it with
genuine oil (14) or oil of dew; you tie it with four
threads of linen which have not been cooked (?); you
hang it on an East wall (on) (15) a peg of bay-wood;
you make the boy stand before it, he being pure and not
having gone with a woman; you cover his eyes with
your hand; (16) you light the lamp and you recite down
into his head, unto seven times; you make him open