Chapter 406
CHAPTER CLIX.
_The Chapter of the column of green Felspar,_(1.) _put on the neck of
the deceased._
O thou who comest out every day, in the divine house, she who has a big
voice, who goeth round.... She takes hold of the potent formulæ of her
father, the mummy which is on the bull.(2.) She is Renent....
_Said on a column of green Felspar, on which this Chapter has been
written, and which is put on the neck of the deceased._
NOTES.
The vignette of this Chapter and the next, show distinctly that the
⁂ is a miniature column or tent-pole, with the papyrus capital, and
papyrus leaves at the base.
This Chapter is taken from the Turin text; parts of it are quite
unintelligible.
1. ⁂⁂⁂, a mineral which has not yet been determined. Brugsch
calls it “Opal.” Lepsius thought its colour was blue. Dr. Budge
translates “mother-of-emerald.” Renouf’s translation is “green Felspar”
(see Chapter 29B, note).
2. The mummy carried off by the Apis bull, a representation often seen
on the coffins after the XXIInd dynasty.
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