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NOTES ON THE STORY OF SINLTIE

distinction. ^ ° ^can only be the imperfect passive participle (Sethe, Verbum, II,

§ 954), the pseudoparticiple from this verb being written à_in Middle

Kingdom texts (Sethe, op. cit., Il, § 135); the predicate of Ifw nb and the
following words is therefore ir(w) hrt-f im. — The word here written «^-^
riD must be identical with <~=> ^, as no other rwd denoting a part

of the tomb isknown; for'rwd "staircase", "shaft" the writing with w is sometimes

found, e. g. ^^^^^ P#r" 279c; ^^^Z] 1 1 1 Cairo stele> M- K->
20512, though the Pyramid texts already seem, curiously enough, to connect the word
with rd "leg", cf. ^ilij Pyr., 1090c. That rwdjneans the "shaft" of the
tomb seems decisively proved by the words ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ aaaaaa (j i

^__Siut, I, 308. "Staircase" was doubtless the original meaning, and in fac;

theburial chambers of mastabas of the lst to 3rd Dynasties are approached by des-
cending staircases. Later when the staircase was replaced by a shaft, the word rwd
was still retained, although its literal sensé no longer applied ; cf. our use of the word
"pen", Freneh "plume", etc.; so too the literal meaning of mr in B300-301 must
not be pressed, mastabas being more probably meant than actual "pyramids".

Translate therefore : "ail kinds of furniturc which are brought to the tomb-
shaft, its (i. e. the tombs) requirements were supplied therewith1 ".

305-306. - ^ — éA^û^tà^ # ~ ^?~"(lf\^!^

^ LAI 11 h | , i HH Q |] i 1 s mi rw] _m X

i

^ - © 9 £)

^cs^f L. It does not seem possible to dérive any good

readings from L; aaaw is certamly a corruption of but aaaaaaWûiiiB

q aaaaaa r*\ —-_Z] t_jl

isbetter; is again here to be emended to , see above B 301-304

<-—^ AAAAAA

note. — In B both_ and -o>- are doubtless the passive sdmw-f, and ^ that

follows in each case is the dative. — " tomb-garden", see Maspero's

instructive note C. P., p. 82 and the examples of , in this sensé quoted by me
À. Z., 45 (1908), 129. — M hnt r I take to be a compouncl préposition "in front
of", though I can produce no other example of this2; after dmi we should probably
understand the suffix of the lst. person singular.

V, tomb of Neferhotep, pl. 3, Pap. Turin, 54, 15) ; (3) more rarelv in a gênerai sensé " utensils"; thus ihe tree

(3

i i 1^_0

0, ^ ^> aaaa/*a r\ r\ r\

Turin Loee-sonf/fi, 2. 9.

1. Gr. translates, '* and ail Ibe instruments applied lo a tomb were tliere employed". Masp., C. /'., p. 82
prives, "Je donnai le mobilier, faisant les agencements nécessaires clans la pvramide même"; but, lie seems

û -R i i i

to have changed bis view, since in M. S., p. 157 we flnd registered an olherwise unknown word

''les matériaux de choix (?)". Erm. ofïers no explanation of the passage.

2. So Erm.; Gr., far le-s probably, "the land in it betler than a farmestate". Masp._(C. P., p^8.2

renders " avec des terres prises sur les bob royaux et un bourg", reading 0 (

/VW\AA

r~ i

; Masp. eau indeed point to in L in support of his version, but the

C J © I aaaaaa i \\ i i w 1

spelliug of fynti-s in B would be most abnormal, and this word, as 1 have showu in A. Z., 45 (1908), 129 never
means "estâtes" before the 18th. Dynasty, but is always a title.