: “is it nothing, this thy terrace which I built for thee?”
[7.] The eye of Shu is either an amulet or a magic power residing in some part of the body, which prevents it from becoming worms. It is the defence against corruption. Further the deceased says: “I do not become worms; I do not lose the eye of Shu.”
[8.] Litt. ploughs into dead bodies.