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THE KA ON SCARABS
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the faet that we generally find ^ (contracted from^|) 2^ = ofierings) combined
with [j| on scarabs of officiais and ladies, as well as on scarabs with volutes and
spirals. That ^ means the Deceased's, or Glorified One's Ka is further seen from
Chapters lxxii and xcix of the Book of the Dead, where Deceased recites a prayer to
^ ! for food and other blessings, beginning
« Hail ! ye Neferu-kau (Glorified Ones) Lords of the magie powers and provisions of the gods », etc.
To be cLord' of anything is an Eastern way of expressing that you have such
a thing.
That the Glorified, besides receiving offerings from their relatives in the flesh,
were plentifully supplied with provisions from the gods is to be gathered from the
study of funerary papyri. For instance in the papyrus 3162, Berlin Muséum, trans-
lated by Frank-Kamenetzky, Orientalistische Literaturseitung, April, 1914, we read
that the Deceased has daily given him five kinds of drinks :
i\ <-—-> bo; n o /wvw\ \ i p. <ç—;>
Wfl n C,(2) §(20,(3)|zl5,(4)- , (5) A c
wine, must, beer, water, milk.
Also Amen gives him bread, etc.; he receives gifts and offerings and food from
Khonsu-Shu in Thebes.— I give nine examples of on scarabs of officiais, etc., and
eighteen of the same with spirals and allied designs.
1. Uah Ka nefer Scarabs with names of officiais, etc.
(2) Blanchard Collection. « The superintendent, the Uartu, Hersh ; an ofïering he
» loves for his JlJ - »
(3) Pétrie Collection. « The guardian of the store house, Rennef-ankh-Ra ; an offer-
» ing for his ^. »
(4) British Muséum. « The lady Hort ; an ofïering for the 1. of Deceased. »
(5) Blanchard Collection. « Aafuti-Senusert ; an ofïering he loves for his U T. »
British Muséum.
(6) « The guardian of the store house Hat-hotep-u ofïering for his J U. » Cairo
Muséum.
(7) a Rer-a-ankh-u; ofïering he loves for his ^. » Cairo Muséum.
(8) « S-du-ankh-u ; ofïering for his ^. » Petrie's Historical Scarabs.
(9) « The lady Neith-hezt; ofïering she likes for her U » Berlin Muséum.
(10) « The lady Sent-sen, possessor of amakh; an ofïering to her ^. » Timins
Collection, Plate V.
(IOA), Cairo Muséum, has the figure représentative of prayer on it, for an ofïering
for a Royal Sealer.
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the faet that we generally find ^ (contracted from^|) 2^ = ofierings) combined
with [j| on scarabs of officiais and ladies, as well as on scarabs with volutes and
spirals. That ^ means the Deceased's, or Glorified One's Ka is further seen from
Chapters lxxii and xcix of the Book of the Dead, where Deceased recites a prayer to
^ ! for food and other blessings, beginning
« Hail ! ye Neferu-kau (Glorified Ones) Lords of the magie powers and provisions of the gods », etc.
To be cLord' of anything is an Eastern way of expressing that you have such
a thing.
That the Glorified, besides receiving offerings from their relatives in the flesh,
were plentifully supplied with provisions from the gods is to be gathered from the
study of funerary papyri. For instance in the papyrus 3162, Berlin Muséum, trans-
lated by Frank-Kamenetzky, Orientalistische Literaturseitung, April, 1914, we read
that the Deceased has daily given him five kinds of drinks :
i\ <-—-> bo; n o /wvw\ \ i p. <ç—;>
Wfl n C,(2) §(20,(3)|zl5,(4)- , (5) A c
wine, must, beer, water, milk.
Also Amen gives him bread, etc.; he receives gifts and offerings and food from
Khonsu-Shu in Thebes.— I give nine examples of on scarabs of officiais, etc., and
eighteen of the same with spirals and allied designs.
1. Uah Ka nefer Scarabs with names of officiais, etc.
(2) Blanchard Collection. « The superintendent, the Uartu, Hersh ; an ofïering he
» loves for his JlJ - »
(3) Pétrie Collection. « The guardian of the store house, Rennef-ankh-Ra ; an offer-
» ing for his ^. »
(4) British Muséum. « The lady Hort ; an ofïering for the 1. of Deceased. »
(5) Blanchard Collection. « Aafuti-Senusert ; an ofïering he loves for his U T. »
British Muséum.
(6) « The guardian of the store house Hat-hotep-u ofïering for his J U. » Cairo
Muséum.
(7) a Rer-a-ankh-u; ofïering he loves for his ^. » Cairo Muséum.
(8) « S-du-ankh-u ; ofïering for his ^. » Petrie's Historical Scarabs.
(9) « The lady Neith-hezt; ofïering she likes for her U » Berlin Muséum.
(10) « The lady Sent-sen, possessor of amakh; an ofïering to her ^. » Timins
Collection, Plate V.
(IOA), Cairo Muséum, has the figure représentative of prayer on it, for an ofïering
for a Royal Sealer.
RECUEIL, XXXVII. — TROISIÈME SÉR., T. V. 11