-Aten ("glory of the sun-disk"), a title apparently of
Amenophis IV (Brugsch, "Hist. Egypt," i. p. 441); but it may, of
course, refer to the god so called (see note, p. 198). The King of
Egypt is called the sun-god in many of the letters in this
collection.

432 The sign KHU means "bird," but also "glory" and "prince." "Ilid
KHUMES" I take to mean "born of princes." Others have rendered it
"who trains birds," but it would rather mean "who gives birth to
birds," which is impossible.

433 The name of the King is everywhere written in full, with the two
cartouches.

434 Here and in other places a gap in the tablet has been filled up by
the corresponding sentence in the inscription of Medinet Habou.

435 The plants.

436 Allusion to the festival of the coronation.

437 The {~GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA~} here and in the title of the King has been
employed as we should say a "century."

438 Literally, life, health, and strength.

_ 439 I.e._, the flocks of the temple's estates.

440 The defaced passages ran thus, "Adoration of Osiris by the steward
of the flocks (Amen-mes), son of the Lady Nefer-t-ari."

441 Ave!

442 Vide Goodwin, in Chabas; Melanges III, Tom. I, pl. 257.

443 Hermopolis magna.

444 The entrance to the dwelling of the dead.

445 The words "paut" and "paut-ti," or double-paut, are connected with
the idea of "creation."

446 {~GREEK CAPITAL LETTER NU~}{~GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON~}{~GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON~}{~GREEK CAPITAL LETTER NU~}, {~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~}, abyssus.

447 "Mesess," sky, vault, and veil.

448 Ritual, ch. XVIII. Lepsius, "Todtenbuch," xi. ch. XVIII. ix. e. 17.
I. 62.

449 Literally, "for a number of times."

450 The two long feathers which adorn the head-attire of the Sun-god.

451 "Sensen," fraternize.

452 Sam.

453 Beneficent force.

454 The great dwelling of Seb is the earth itself.

_ 455 I.e._, To the lord of justice.

456 The