72 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [apBIL 13, 



The first five lines of a Papyrus (containing 75 lines), being 

 the beginning of an ancient hymn addressed to the Deity, are 

 added in the original Hieratic, with the transcription in Hiero- 

 glyphic characters. The Hieratic is read from right to left, the 

 Hieroglyphic from left to right. The dots in the middle or 

 end of the lines, written in red ink in the original manuscript, 

 indicate that this is a poetic composition. 



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