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their papyri reads : " He was never graven in stone ; his shrine was 

 " never formed with painted figures ; he has neither ministrants nor 

 "offerings." And if it be asked what was their name for the great 

 uncreated Creator of all things, Brugsch replies it was inscribed on 

 a scroll which the initiated took to the grave, and which reads " nuk 

 pu NUK," '■'■ I am that I am'' 



