[3.] The juice or gum just mentioned, in which the Tat is dipped.
CHAPTER CLVI.
Chapter of the buckle of carnelian, which is put on the neck of the deceased.
The blood of Isis, the virtue of Isis; the magic power of Isis, the magic power of the Eye are protecting this the Great one; they prevent any wrong being done to him.
This Chapter is said on a buckle of carnelian dipped into the juice of ankhamu, inlaid into the substance of the sycamore-wood, and put on the neck of the deceased.
Whoever has this Chapter read to him, the virtue of Isis protects him; Horus the son of Isis rejoices in seeing him, and no way is barred to him, unfailingly.
Notes.
M. Maspero, who made a special study of this Chapter (Le chapitre de la boucle, Comptes Rendus de l’Acad. des Inscr. et Bell. Lettres, 1871), has shown that there are several recensions. This, which is probably the oldest, is taken from the papyrus of Nebseni, with a few additions from texts of the same date.
The protective power of the buckle is shown in the vignette of Chapter 93, where a buckle with human hands grasps the deceased by the left arm, and prevents him from going towards the East.