Chapter CLIX The Chapter of the Column of Green Felspar,() Put on the Neck of the Deceased1
O thou who comest out every day, in the divine house, she who has a big voice, who goeth round.... She takes hold of the potent formulæ of her father, the mummy which is on the bull.(2) She is Renent....
Said on a column of green Felspar, on which this Chapter has been written, and which is put on the neck of the deceased.
Notes
The vignette of this Chapter and the next, show distinctly that the ⁂ is a miniature column or tent-pole, with the papyrus capital, and papyrus leaves at the base.
This Chapter is taken from the Turin text; parts of it are quite unintelligible.
1. ⁂⁂⁂, a mineral which has not yet been determined. Brugsch calls it “Opal.” Lepsius thought its colour was blue. Dr. Budge translates “mother-of-emerald.” Renouf’s translation is “green Felspar” (see Chapter 29B, note).
2. The mummy carried off by the Apis bull, a representation often seen on the coffins after the XXIInd dynasty.