I am Osiris, the great god, the eternal king, who numbereth his seasons and who lifted up his right arm, who judgeth the great ones and giveth mission to the gods of the great Circle(6.) which is in the Netherworld. NOTES. The most noteworthy difference between the older recension of this chapter and that of the Saitic and later periods is that in the latter the god addressed at the opening is Osiris Unneferu, who is identified with Tmu. In the older recensions the identification may be seen in another way. Tmu is the god invoked, and in answer he says that he is Osiris, the great god. 1. _God with the Red Crown_ ⁂⁂ is ⁂⁂⁂, one of titles of Osiris with the ⁂ crown. See Plate XV from Lefébure, _Tombeau de Seti I_, part IV, pl. 34. This title, derived from the crown ⁂⁂, is _Net-tȧ_ or _Nait-tȧ_. It was borne by the high priest at Coptos (Brugsch, _Dict. Geogr._, pp. 1374, 1377), and the King of Egypt derived his title ⁂ from the Crown ⁂ of the North which he wore as representing Osiris, or rather the _heir_ of Osiris, Horus. 2. _The great Cleaver_, ⁂⁂⁂, the name of the god who cleaves his path through the sky. 3. _Breathless one_, ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂ Osiris. 4. Thoth is the person here addressed, and the speaker is Osiris. The tablets are those containing the evidence at the trial at the Balance. 5. _Acceptation_ ⁂⁂⁂ _peḳa_, besides the physical sense of _comprehendere_, ‘to lay hold of’ with the hands, has that of ‘taking in, embracing with the mind,’ and perhaps ‘setting forth in words.’ 6. On the Sarcophagus of Seti (Bonomi, pl. 3. D), and the other copies of the same text, there is a picture of these ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. Such is the title written over them. But the text speaks of them as ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XV. BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Illustration: =Tomb of Rameses IV.= (Musée Guimet, Vol. XV, Plate 27.) CHAPTER XV. Notes 3 and 9. ] [Illustration: =Tomb of Rameses IV.= (Musée Guimet, Vol. XV, Plate 40.)] [Illustration: =Tomb of Rameses IX.= (Musée Guimet, Vol. XVI, Plate 6.)] [Illustration: CHAPTER XLI. Note 1. =Tombeau de Seti I.= (Musée Guimet, Vol. IX, Plate 34.) ] [Illustration: CHAPTER XLVII. =Leyden Papyrus, No. 16.= ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XVI. BOOK OF THE DEAD. CHAPTER XLII. [Illustration: =Papyrus du Boulaq, 21.= (Mariette Papyrus, Bd. III.)] [Illustration: =Papyrus of Ani.=] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ CHAPTER XLII. _Chapter whereby one hindereth the slaughter which is wrought at Sutenhenen._(1.) Land of the Rod, of the White Crown of the Image, and the Pedestal of the gods. I am the Babe.(2.) (_Said Four Times._)