[55] I. e., of the king's command. The absence of any concluding salutation is noticeable.
[56] The Ka or "double" was one of the spiritual constituents of man; but "thy Ka" is merely a mode of address to the exalted Pharaoh.
[57] I. e., the uræus or cobra.
[58] In this long array of gods, Mentu and Amen rank next to Ra. They were both worshiped at Thebes, which was then probably capital of the whole country. It certainly was so in the next dynasty, during which this tale was presumably written down. It is curious that Ptah the god of Memphis does not appear.
[59] The place of the dead.
[60] As dogs do the bidding of their master and spare his property.
[61] As a man of Natho (the marshes in the north of the Delta) dreams that he is at Elephantine (the rocky southern frontier).
[62] The second is the name of the southernmost nome of Egypt, that of Elephantine, which has practically no corn-land. It was probably made fruitful by artificial irrigation, with culture of plants, trees, and vines.
[63] So the MS., and it conveys a fair meaning; but perhaps the original ran, "Behold, thou art in the palace and I am in this place yet," etc.
[64] Or, "Now thy servant hath finished."