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delightest to multiply thy name, places and districts carrying thy 
beauty. Corn has never failed to be tall uuder thy form.* * * § Thy place 
is arranged, in the time of a division 
27 of an hour thou traver&est the earth from the Manu. Thou risest 
from the waters as the hidden egg, the female Amen is in thy 
company .f 
21. In a similar strain the hymn proceeds through several 
more series too tautologous to repeat, as we have met with their 
import in the texts previously cited. Verses 40 to the middle 
of verse 46, where the direct invocation in honour of Darius is 
introduced, are noteworthy, as they again prove the identity of 
Ra with the other deities, one of them especially being his 
pseudo-father Pthah. 
39 Thou hast placed thy throne in the life of the two countries as Amen 
Ra. Thy soul is the ark and four pillars of the two heavens. 
40 Thy form emanated at first while thou shinest as Amen Ra and Pthah. 
Thy heart is at rest in thy city of Uas.f Thy two uran, thy eyes, 
thy sceptre, thy whip § opens the doors of the heaven in 
41 Thebes ; Shu, Tefnu, Mut, and Khons are thy form, dwelling in thy 
shrine under the types of the god Khem, raising his tall plumes, 
king of the gods, lifting the hand, lord of the crown, 
42 powerful by it, all fear emanates from the fear of him the Kamutf 
who resides in his fields, horned in all his beauty, engendering the 
depths. Black and crystal the [faces of those attached to him, the 
two mystical eyes, the decorations of 
43 Hor-ti || dwelling in the nome Pe^[ over his strong house. Turn the 
great lord of created beings. He is the hawk** created at first, Mentu 
Ra in Uas.+t The powerful bull, he is the arm striking. 
44 the cowards of Nahi, Pthah in Uas,ftthe luminous body ever golden 
for an age and ever. Thou art Sekar, thy transformations are in to 
the Wile, the person-greater than the other gods. Thou art youthful 
water and old water.JJ 
45 They repose in the merits of thee. Thou givest life to the earth by 
thy stream. Thou art heaven, thou art earth, thou art fire, thou art 
* For form read “presence,” the idea being the same, 
t The same as the Ament/with the feminine article. See first note § III. 
f The district of Thebes. 
§ The flabellum of Amen Khem, the god of generation. 
|| The Coptites’ nome. Buto. ** \eprr, same as the " soarabteus.’’ 
ft Thebaid. Or the Hannu or Ether. 
