Endnotes
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This, I take it, is a portrait of Amenemhat himself. —Editor ↩
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Doubtless Amenemhat and his wife. —Editor ↩
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This roll contained the third unfinished book of the history. The other two rolls were neatly fastened in the usual fashion. All three are written by one hand in the Demotic character. —Editor ↩
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This accounts for the gaps in the last sheets of the second roll. —Editor ↩
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The Egyptian Hades or Purgatory. —Editor ↩
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The Egyptian Parcae or Fates. —Editor ↩
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The soul when it has been absorbed in the Godhead. —Editor ↩
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The dog-star, whose appearance marked the commencement of the overflow of the Nile. —Editor ↩
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For a somewhat similar definition of the Godhead see the funeral papyrus of Nesikhonsu, a Princess of the Twenty-first Dynasty. —Editor ↩
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According to the Egyptian religion the being Man is composed of four parts: the body, the double or astral shape (ka), the soul (bi), and the spark of life sprung from the Godhead (khou). —Editor ↩
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A musical instrument peculiarly sacred to Isis of which the shape and rods had a mystic significance. —Editor ↩
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In Ancient Egypt an unskilful or negligent physician was liable to very heavy penalties. —Editor ↩
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Alluding to his name. Harmachis was the Grecian title of the divinity of the Sphinx, as Horemkhu was the Egyptian. —Editor ↩
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Papyrus was manufactured from the pith of rushes. Hence Atoua’s saying. —Editor ↩
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In other words, what is Divine is beyond the reach of human praise. —Editor ↩
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The “Upper,” now known as the Third Pyramid. —Editor ↩
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That is, “Horus on the horizon”; and signifies the power of Light and Good overcoming the power of Darkness and Evil incarnate in his enemy, Typhon. —Editor ↩
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About forty thousand pounds of our money. —Editor ↩
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Referring to the Roman custom of chaining a living felon to the body of one already dead. —Editor ↩
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About eight thousand pounds of English money. —Editor ↩
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Thebes. —Editor ↩