[10.] Probably the name of the book or of the page which contains also the catalogue of the offerings.

The vignettes of chapter 144 represent the gates, the warder, and the herald; the occupant is not seen, as he is in the vignettes of chapter 147. There seems to be no definite order or rule in these figures, just as in the names, which are not always attributed to the same member (cf. Introd. to the Todtenbuch, p. 172).

[PLATE XLVIII].

[PLATE XLIX].

CHAPTERS CXLV AND CXLVI.

The knowing of the pylons of the house of Osiris, in the Garden of Aarru.

The first pylon([1]) (is named): the lady of trembling whose walls are high, the lady of destruction, who directs the words which drive away the storm, she who forces back the violent([2]) coming towards her. The name of the doorkeeper is: the brave.

The second pylon (is named): the lady of heaven, mistress of the world, the consuming one, the lady of mankind, who counts the human beings. The name of the doorkeeper is: Meshept.

The third pylon: the lady of altars, rich in offerings, with whom all the gods are gathered, on the day when they sail to Abydos. The name of the doorkeeper is: the anointer.

The fourth pylon: she who holds the knives, the mistress of the world, who destroys the enemies of the god whose heart is motionless, who gives advice, who is free from impurity. The name of the doorkeeper is:[is:] the bull.