The eighth pylon: the burning flame whose fire is never quenched; she
who is provided with burning heat, who sends forth her hand, and
slaughters without mercy. Nobody goes near her for fear of being hurt.
The name of the doorkeeper is: he who protects his body.
The ninth pylon: the foremost, the Mighty One, the joyous who gives
birth to her lord; whose circumference is 350 measures(5.); she who
shines like southern emerald, who raises Besu, and encourages the dead,
she who provides her lord with offerings every day.
The tenth pylon: she with a loud voice; who shouts curses to those who
make supplications to her; the very brave, the dreadful, who does not
destroy what is within her. The name of the doorkeeper is: he who
embraces the great god.
The eleventh pylon: she who renews her knives, who consumes her enemies,
the mistress of all pylons, to whom acclamations are given in the
daytime and in the twilight. She will prepare the enwrapping of the
dead.
The twelfth pylon: she who addresses her world and destroys those who
come through the morning heat, the lady of brightness, who listens to
the words of her lord every day. She will prepare the enwrapping of the
dead.
The thirteenth pylon: Isis extends her two hands upon her; she lightens
the Nile in its hidden abode. She will prepare the enwrapping of the
dead.
The fourteenth pylon: the lady of fear, who dances on the impure, to
whom the _Haker_ festival is celebrated on the day of the hearing of
yells. She will prepare the enwrapping of the dead.
The fifteenth pylon: the evil one, with red hair and eyes, who comes out
at night, who binds her enemy all round, who puts her hands over the god
whose heart is motionless, in his hour (of danger), who goes and comes.
She will prepare the enwrapping of the dead.
The sixteenth pylon: the terrible, the lady of the morning dew, who
throws out(6.) her burning heat, and sprinkles her sparks of fire over
her enemies when she appears. She who creates (reveals?) the mysteries
of the earth. She will prepare the enwrapping of the dead.
The seventeenth pylon: she who revels in blood; Aahit, the lady of the
_uauai_ plants. She will prepare the enwrapping of the dead.
The eighteenth pylon: she who likes fire, who washes her knives, who
loves cutting heads, the welcome one, the lady of the palace, who slays
her enemies in the evening. She will prepare the enwrapping of the dead.
The nineteenth pylon: she who directs the morning light in her time, and
observes the midday heat, the lady of the books written by Thoth
himself. She will prepare the enwrapping of the dead.
The twentieth pylon: she who is within the cavern of her lord, who
covers her name, and hides what she creates, who takes possession of
hearts, which she swallows. She will prepare the enwrapping of the dead.
The twenty-first pylon: she who cuts the stone by her word, and
sacrifices him on whom fall her flames. She follows the hidden counsels.
NOTES.
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