The Osiris _N_ inaugurateth the paths of Rā and prayeth that he may drive off the Lock which cometh out of the flame against thy Bark out of the great Stream. But the Osiris _N_ knoweth it, and it attaineth not thy Bark. For the Osiris _N_ is within it; the Osiris _N_ who maketh the divine offerings. _Said over a Bark of Rā, coloured in pure green.(10.) And thou shalt place a picture of the deceased at the prow thereof. And make a Sektit boat on the right side of it and an Atit boat on the left side of it._(11.) NOTES. 1. This title is given to the Chapter in the later recensions, and nearly resembles that given in the Berlin papyrus of Nechtu-amen (of the XIXth dynasty). That given in another papyrus of the older period is quite different,—“_Chapter whereby the Chu is fortified_.” Instead of the _Sheniu of the Tuat, Ba_ (the papyrus of Nechtuamen) has the _Sheniu of Fire_ ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂, a reading suggested by the ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂ _the circuit of fire_, which occurs in the title of another chapter. The _Sheniu_ of this chapter are living personages who attend upon the Osiris and greet him with their acclamations. The word is often translated ‘princes,’ ‘officers,’ but it signifies _those who are in the circle_ of a king or god, hence ‘ministrants,’ ‘courtiers,’ as in the rubric of Chapter CXXV. The words _made on the Birth-day of Osiris_ are only found in the later texts, but the old papyrus _Lc_, which has another title, has the words ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. The important word ⁂⁂⁂ which is here carelessly omitted is supplied by the rubric. For the Birth-day of Osiris, was the first of the five supplementary days, added to the year of 360 days. On this day the chapter was to be recited and the usual oblations offered (see Note 11). So we must understand ⁂, ‘which is to be made or done.’ 2. _Arms of steel_, ⁂⁂⁂⁂. 3. _Cradle_ or _Nest_, ⁂⁂; the ‘Nest of Reeds’ ⁂⁂ so often represented in pictures of the later periods. 4. _The Armed god_, ⁂⁂ _Septu_, called ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. (_Unas_ 282) and ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂ _septu ābu_, ‘armed with horns,’ that is, rays of light. In pictures he is represented as a hawk armed with bow and arrows, and there is one picture in which he is in the form of Bes, destroyer of the _Menti_. 5. _Sejant gods_ ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. I am compelled for want of a better word to use the heraldic term which most nearly expresses the posture of gods sitting on the ground with their knees raised up against their breasts. The posture is a very common one in Egyptian pictures. The second Sallier Papyrus represents an unfortunate artisan as sitting, ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂ “with his two knees at the pit of his stomach.” The ⁂⁂⁂⁂ is the limb between the knee and the pelvis. 6. _This divine Sword_ ⁂⁂⁂. Unseen fate brings down the old and the young alike to the Grave ever ready to receive them. Seb, the φυσίζοος αἶα, is here, as elsewhere, spoken of in reference to his κατοχή of the dead in the Tuat, as in _Unas_ 210.