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On the left the inscriptions read :— 
Give royal supplies, Nut. 
Daughter of the gods, Lady of Heaven. 
* may she give all things. 
Good, pure * 
Thousands of. 
All things delicious, palm-fruits. 
Things, offerings all, thousands of good offerings. 
Wine, delicious palm-fruits. 
Offerings to the spirit of the Osiris, the Lady of the House. 
* * 
* daughter of Tafneyxt justified. 
Below these is a single chequered band across the middle of the 
lid, from side to side, under which is a single line of hieroglyphs read- 
ing from left to right, thus :— 
Suten ta hetep Asar Unnefer neter aa _ ta nef aka heqt 
Give royal supplies, Osiris Onnophris, great god, may he give bread, beer, 
ahau xa em aptu xa em neter senter ya em hebs meny en ka 
oxen, thousands of ducks, thousands of incense, thousands of clothing, to the 
en Asar nebt pet Tes net per maxeru yer neter aa neb 
spirit of the Osiris, lady of the house, Tesnetper, justified before the great god, 
pet Abutu 
lord of heaven in Abydos. 
Another chequered line comes below this, then a single dark fillet 
with light borders, and still lower is a row of vignettes in a cross line 
representing the judgment scene in the hall of the two truths, as 
shown in the vignette to the 125th chapter of the Ritual of Osiris or 
Todtenbuch. 
This picture is double, the scene being laterally reduplicated. In 
the middle are two figures of Osiris the judge, seated back to back, 
bearing the atef and pschent crowns, and having in his hand the was, 
or sceptre, heqg, or hook, and neyex, or whip. Before him is an upright 
stake, whereon is suspended a slain sacrifice ; but the four genii of the 
Amenti are not represented. Facing Osiris, and next to the altar, 
stands Thoth, ibis-headed, the recorder, with style and tablet, taking 
the place of Horus, and introducing the draped figure of the dead by 
the hand; behind whom stands Ma, the goddess of truth, presenting 
the dead with her two hands. Three figures stand behind: one a re- 
duplication of Ma, the others being Sekhet (cat-headed), and a bearded 
figure. Still farther out is the balance, under one beam of which sits 
Set, superintending one scale; while Horus, as a hawk-headed figure, 
presides over the other. 
Below this line of pictures, after four plain brown fillets, is another 
cross line of hieroglyphs reading thus :—‘‘ Give royal supphes, Osiris 
xenti, lord of Taser, great god, lord of Abydus dwelling in Abydus, 
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