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17 Homage to thee, Ea! Supreme Power, he who goes always towards 
him who precedes him, his form is that of Isis.* * * § ** * * * 
18 Homage to thee, Ea ! Supreme Power, he whose head shines more 
than he who is before him, his form is that of Nephthys.')' 
19 Homage to thee, Ea ! Supreme Power, the urn % of the creatures, the 
only one, that unites the generative substances, its form is that of 
Hobus. 
20 Homage to thee, Ea ! Supreme Power, the brilliant one who shines in 
the waters of the inundation, his form is that of Nun.§ 
21 Homage to thee, Ea ! Supreme Power, he who creates the water which 
comes from within him, his form is that ofEEMi.|| 
22 Homage to thee, Ea ! Supreme Power, the two vipers that bear 
their two feathers, their form is that of the impure one. 
23 Homage to thee, Ea ! Supreme Power, he who enters and comes forth 
continually from his highly mysterious cavern, his form is that of 
24 Homage to thee, Ea ! Supreme Power, the spirit that causes his 
disappearance, his form is that of NETEBT.ft 
25 Homage to thee, Ea ! Supreme Power, the spirit that sets up (those 
whom he has created), that creates^ { his descendants, his form is that 
of Ntuti.§§ 
26 Homage to thee, Ea ! Supreme Power, he who raised his head and 
who lifts his forehead, the Earn, the greatest of the creatures. |||| 
27 Homage to thee, Ea ! Supreme Power, the light that is in the infernal 
regions, its form is that of Ament. 
28 Homage to thee, Ea! Supreme Power, the penetrating spirit who is 
in the Ament, his form is that of Kerti.^f^f 
29 Homage to thee, Ea ! Supreme Power, the timid one who sheds 
tears,*** his form is that of the afflicted. 
30 Homage to thee, Ea ! Supreme Power, he who raises his hand and 
who glorifies his eye,ftt his form is that of the god with the hidden 
body. 
* Or the Moon. 
t The sister of Isis and the goddess of the lower firmament. 
+ Crater, the receptacle of all life. 
§ The Heavenly waters personified as a male deity. 
j| The weeper, a title of Isis. The sacred ursei of Harhut. 
** A fish, most likely the jphagros, the appearing of which is connected 
with the inundation. 
f t The divine eye of Osiris. ++ Vivifies. 
§S The meaning of this name is doubtful. 
[||| The Earn was the emblem of the god Kneph, the spirit of the 
heaven and of the soul of the world. 
The god of the spheres. 
*** The god whose appearance causes the dew. ftt Glorifies himself. 
