The Egyptian Book of the dead

by Unknown

CHAPTER CIII.

Chapter whereby one openeth the place where Hathor abideth.

I am a pure follower. O Ahi; O Ahi;([1]) let me become one of the followers of Hathor.

Note.

[1.] Ahi

, the Striker is one of the names of Horus, who in the inscriptions of Benihassan is called

, “Horus who striketh down men.” The notion of striking was in later days confined to the beating of the sistrum. Priestly persons bore the title of Ahi as representatives of the youthful Horus, son of Hathor. See Proc. Soc. Bibl. Arch., XII, p. 460, on “The Sun-stroke in Egyptian.”

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