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Lines 1 and 2 read in the original from right to left I Be- 

 low Knes 1 and 2 the god Osiris is represented as sitting on his 

 throne, and the inscription of these two lines refers to him. Be- 

 low lines 8 and 9 we find Amen-neb, the dedicator of the tab- 

 let, kneeling, and below line 11 his wife Hui kneels. 



Transcription: (1) Usar heq zeta nuter a (2) suten anxu 

 (3) mer arat en Amen Amen-neb zedef (4) anez hirek qa 

 amenti heq nefer (5) neb zeta in ena xerek (6) seka-ut siishii (7) 

 nefer-uk duk hotepa (8) em ast ent neheh set hesu (9) amen 

 hati-a nen ger (10) amef (11) himtef nebt per mertef Hui zed 

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Translation : (1) [This is] Osiris, the god of eternity, the 

 great god, (2) The King of the living. (3) The chief of the 

 store-house of Amen, Amen-neb says : (4) Hail to thee, ruler 

 [literally : ' bull '] of the Lower World, gracious god, (5) lord 

 of eternity, let me come before thee, (6) let me extol in praise 

 (7) thy beauty. Give me peace (8) in the abode of eternity, in 

 the country of praise [i. e. Hades] (9) that will hide my heart. 

 There is no de- (10) ceit in it [i. e. the heart]. (11) His \vife, 

 mistress of his house, his beloved, Hui, she [also] repeats [this 

 prayer]. 



