It is curious that both in 145 and 146 there is a change at the pylon No. 11. In our text, _Lc_, the name of the doorkeeper disappears, and each time, after the name of the pylon, we find these words: ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. In 145 the name of the doorkeeper is still mentioned, but this sentence takes the place of the description of the purifications and ointments which occurred in the previous paragraphs. I should translate these words: _she will direct or prepare the enwrapping or clothing of the dead_. I think that the dead is supposed to wear a different garment at each pylon, which is provided to him by the pylon itself. A still more detailed version of 145 is found in the Paris papyrus _Pg_, of which we have only a very short fragment. At each pylon there is a dialogue between the deceased and doorkeeper, who asks whether the deceased has been purified, in what water, with what oil he has been anointed, which garment he wears, which stick he holds in his hand. Chapters 145 and 146 are among the most incorrect texts of the Book of the Dead, and until we have new copies of the old versions, there will always be a large measure of conjecture in any attempt to translate them. 1. ⁂⁂⁂⁂. Being feminine, the name is that of a woman or a goddess. 2. ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. One of the names of Hathor, the consort of Thoth at Hermopolis (Mariette, _Dendérah_, II, pl. 27, 15). 3. ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. Renouf translates, “words of power.” I should prefer “magic power.” 4. I read with the Turin text ⁂⁂⁂. 5. ⁂. According to Lepsius, the σχοινιον, 40 cubits. 6. I read with the text of chapter 145 in the royal tomb ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. The vignettes vary considerably, according to the papyri. In _Lc_ all the pylons are alike, with a god sitting inside; evidently the artist was free to draw them according to his fancy. The vignettes of the papyrus of Ani, and, still more, _Pc_, are remarkable for their fine colours. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE L. BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Illustration: CHAPTER CXLVII. =Papyrus, Leyden, No. VI.=] [Illustration: CHAPTER CXLVII. =Louvre, III, 8-9.=] [Illustration: CHAPTERS CXLIV AND CXLVII. =British Museum. Papyrus No. 9900.=] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE LI. BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Illustration: CHAPTER CXLVIII. =Papyrus, Berlin Museum, No. 2.=] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHAPTER CXLVII. The first gate. The name of the doorkeeper is: he whose face is overturned, who has many attributes. The name of its warder is: the adjuster. The name of the herald is: he with a loud voice. Said by _N_ when he approaches the first gate. I am the mighty one, who createth his own light.(1.) I come to thee, Osiris, and I worship thee.