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joinest them in J03\' The scene itself is surmounted by the usual 

 winged globe, and ' ura^i ' called in the tal)let, 'The Hut, great 

 god, lord of heaven, giver of life,' above which appears the heaven 

 itself with stars." At the right side of the picture, going down 

 the whole inscription, is a sceptre (gam), a personification, as it 

 appears from tlie other tablet, of the " Ru-Sta." At the left side 

 is a notched palm branch, having sixty-four notches, rising out 

 of the Hieroglyph " Ten million festivals." The text of the 

 tablet is in fourteen horizontal lines, and reads " Act of homage 

 to Osiris, lord of the Western Ru-Sta, great God in Ru-Kat, to 

 Hapi-Osiris, great god dwelling in the West, king of gods, guar- 

 dian of ages, eternal ruler ; to Isis the great mother Goddess, 

 pupil of the Sun, lady of the heaven, regent of the gods; to 

 Nephthys the sister goddess ; to Horus the defender of his father 

 in Ru-Kat ; to Anup who is over the hill, attached to the em- 

 balmirient, who dwells in the divine abode, lord of the Taser ; to 

 Aiemhetp the son of Ptah ; to the gods and goddesses in the 

 West, who give sepulchral meals of food and drink, oxen and 

 geese, frankincense and wax, linen fabrics, wine, thousands of 

 good and clean things, which heaven has given earth, and pro- 

 duced to the Osirian, lord chief Chancellor, sole counsellor, 

 prophet, priest of Ptah, priest of the gods of the White Wall, 

 prophet of Osiris, great lord of the Ru-Sta, sacred Scribe, incense 

 bearer of the temple of Ptah, prophet of the library, and of the 

 gate, priest of Ptah, priest of (Athor) the lady of the Sycamore, 

 priest of Ptah who dwells in the universe, priest of Bast, living- 

 mistress of the upper and lower country, priest of Osor-Hapi in 

 Ru-Kat, priest of Anup who is on the hill, priest of Aiemhetp 

 (Imouthos) son of Ptah, prophet of Ba, the soul lord of Tatta, 

 who dwells in the pool of the great house of the living, great 

 governor of Egypt, eyes of the king, ears of the king, filling the 

 heart of Horus (the king) in his palace, beloved of the king as 

 he wished, greatly beloved by all in their hearts, high priest of 

 the lord of the world, friend of the king in the temple, roj^al deputy 

 at the setting up, governor of Ru-Sta, of Ru-Kat, of Taser, of 

 Egypt, of Hapi-neb-sat, governor of the temple of Ptah, governor 

 of the gate, superintendent of the priest of all the gods . . . 

 going in the temples of upper and lower Egypt, elevated to the 

 eye in a moment the .... beholding the great gods born 

 of its being, binding to Nu his great uranis, the great attendant 



