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of the Altar Paslier-oii-ptali, justified, l)ovn of tlic good assistant 

 priestess of Ptah, greatest of the Southern Wall, living lord of 

 the upper and lower world — Ilerank justified : He says, Hail to 

 those who approach this chamber, record ye iny name with the 

 best of the Gods, in the festivals of the West, make ye offerings 

 to me of sweet water and frankincense ; say ye. May thy body 

 be renewed, may thy soul live, may the delicious air which ema- 

 nates from Atum come to thy nostril for ever and ever, for I am 

 the mumm3' of him who was found to have done good, and not 

 to have done any evil ; I am good, doing what every one loves. 



The 25th year, the 21st Paophi of the King of Upper and 



Tjower Egypt, the lord of the two countries, Ptoleraaios the 

 saviour god, the justified, was the day of his birth — Thirteen 

 years were passed before (my) father — the King of Upper and 

 Lower Egypt, the lord of the two conntries, the father-loving, 

 the brother-loving, the young Osiris, the son of the sun, lord of 

 diadems, Ptolemaios the ever-living, gave me the great dignity 

 of chief of the attendants on the altar, in his tenth j'ear : I was 

 placing the uroens crown on the head, at the conducting of the 

 King on the day when he united the Upper and Lower Countries, 

 and performed all the cei-emonies in the temples and festivals ; I 

 was arranging all the secret ceremonies, I gave the homage, I 

 off'ered water to (or purified) the Horus, at his divine birth in 

 the gold house, coming and conducting(?) the king of the lonians, 

 who are on the banks of the Ocean at the West, the titles of his 

 name in Ru-Kat — ' The King of Upper and Lower Egypt, the 

 ruler of the North and South, the father-loving, the brother-lov- 

 ing young Osiris is crowned in his palace, and living ' — He 

 passed to the temple of Isis, mistress of the region of the eye ; 

 he made very numerous offerings, proceeding to the north of the 

 temple which belongs to Isis, on his chariot ; the king himself 

 drove ; he wore on his head a crown of gold and gems ; the king 

 delighted in his heart ; he made me his priest ; he issued a royal 

 ordinance throughout Egypt, saying, The chief attendant, Pash- 

 ereui)tah, has been made my priest, and there is given to him an 

 annual salary of the things belonging to the temples of Upper 

 and Lower Egypt. The monarch went to the white wall daily, 

 passing and repassing at Maamat ; he walked over the canal of the 

 life of the North and South ; he went to m^- temple with his 

 chiefs, his women and roj'al children, and all things, seating me 



