Egypt's Place in Universal History; The epilogue, or, problems and key

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ... "necks." In c. xxxii. p. 191, the phrase "I have stretched" may be read, "I have called out aloud the length of my throat in the house of my great father." C. xxxiv. in the Rubric is, "the biters of the back of the heads." In c. xxxvi. p. 192 many read "by the eating of bread," "said by the eater," "eater of his bread." C. xxxviii., the two lion-gods are the sems, a title of primogeniture or order of birth from the Sun. In c. xxxix. p. 193, the word fat may mean "terror," or fear of some kind; the subsequent phrase may read "hard," or "thick is thy leaven," khep. The subsequent phrase is literally, "let him sit down in torpor" (naspu), which is repeated in p. 194, " take your nspu," torpor. In c. xlii. p. 192, "the hands" rather than "the arms" belong to Hershaft. The "reposers " in c. 1. p. 201 are им, "weary" or "wretched." The phrase in c. lii. p. 202, "let him call the gods to him," may be read, "Oh, say the gods to him the Osiris eats." The "defenders " are the ab, " workpeople " or cutters." G. Iv. p. 203-, "I have secured the air of the youths," may be read, "I have given breath to the youths." The beginning of c. Ivii. p. 204 is very obscure, but may read, " What have I opened? how saw I the bringing thou madest?" "Draw near," ruau, has been lately read, "keep off." The god whose name is read Aai in c. Ixiii. has been found since to be Beba. The 64th chapter (p. 206) isexceedinglydifficultand obscure. The "orbits," alu (oraru), are supposed also by some to mean "...