was in like manner converted into a verb. See the introductory note to chapter 29.


CHAPTER XXIX.

Chapter whereby the Heart of a person may not be taken from him in the Netherworld.

Back thou Messenger([1]) of thy god! Art thou come to carry off by violence([2]) this Whole Heart of mine, of the Living[Living] XYZZY([3]) But I shall not surrender to thee this Heart of the Living. The gods have regards to my offerings and fall upon their faces, all together, upon their own earth.

Notes.

The two most ancient copies of this chapter are found upon the coffins of Amamu, Plate [XXX], and of Horhotep, Mission Arch. Française au Caire, t. 1, p. 157, lines 335-337. The papyrus of Ani is the only one of the early period in which it occurs. None of these texts is perfect. A part of the text of Amamu has been destroyed, but there remains enough to show that Horhotep has omissions. And in the text of Ani the word