78 COL. X

20. e°r-k wh a V-f n line wcet-k e°r-k mh yr-t-k n
py leys ei5r-k [hms hr ? p hne ?] a h p nt hry e yr-t-k

21. htm e 3r-k cs p cs nt hry n sp VII e°r-k wn
yr-t-k e°r-k sn-t-f a mt-t nb [nt e°r-k wh-f? . . .] hr
5r-k-f n 6 n p hw

22. n mh IV n p wrs sc p hw n mh XV nte . . .
pe e ch mh wz-t [sn hn]e wcet a nw

23. a p wtn n p rc z-mt-t [a-]wn n-y t p-t t mw-t n
n ntr-w my [nw-y a p wt]n n p rc e-f hty-hn[t]

24. hn-s z ?nk Gb 5rpe ntr-w sll p nt e-y V n^m-f
mbh p rc pe y[t e-tbe] n mt-t-w 3r se n t-t

25. >y hkne-t wr-t nb qnh-t t'-rc-st(?j a-wn n-y t
nb 5yh-[w a-wn] n-y t p-t hy[t]-t my

26. wste-y n n wpt-w [z] ank Gb ?rpe ntr-w 7y p VII
stn hy p [VII mnt] k syt nb sfe-t

27. shz t by nn(?) hy rw(?) ml rw(?) nn(?) k kke hy
hnt-ybt-w

28. nwn wr he hy by sre by ?mnt-w hy [by by-w k]
kke k k-w

1. 22. e/i mh wz-t, i.e. at full moon.

sn hne W'et — (jke^r) 81a \e<avr]s civtotctov, Pap. Bibl. Nat. 1. 162 ; avdo-
tttikrj XeKavo/xavteia, ib. 1. 22 1 * and civtuttt^iicos^ Xoyoj, B. M. Pap. XLVI. 53'
This passage to the end of the column is repeated in 27/1-12.

1. 23. hty hn[t\. The parallel 27/2 gives in hieratic ht followed by the
nose hnt and the det. of a boat, hi means ' float down the river,' ' go
north,' and hnt, ' sail up the river,' ' go south.' With this clue it is easy
to read in Leemans' facsimile the verb hty in demotic, written as in the
word mhty, V. 1, with its proper det. of water, and following it the verb
hnt, also in demotic, with its proper det. the boat. Thus, though Leemans'
facsimile cannot be confirmed owing to the wear of the papyrus, it is clear
that we have a compound expression hty-hnt,' go down and up.' This is
the proper order for the two verbs, as is shown by hn m hd m hit,' rowing
to and fro,' in the Westcar Papyrus, V. 4. It of course refers to the

sinking to the horizon and rising to the zenith of the sun-boat.

1. 24. rpc ntr-w is a very ancient title of Geb.

1. 25. hkne-t, cf. Lanzone, Diz. Mit., 855'; Maspero, Rec. tr., i. 21.

1. 26. Whether the number 7 originally acquired its sacred character in
Babylonia or not, it had that character in Egypt, cf. Brugsch, Thes.,