Heh, &c., and then he must proclaim that he is Ra himself, and his word
of power Heka. If he recites the Chapter correctly he shall have life
in the Other World, and he will be held in greater fear there than
here. A rubric adds that he must be dressed in new linen garments, and
be well washed with Nile water; he must wear white sandals, and his
body must be anointed with holy oil. He must burn incense in a censer,
and a figure of Maat (Truth) must be painted on his tongue with green
paint. These regulations applied to the laity as well as to the
clergy.




III.



THE LEGEND OF RA AND ISIS.



The original text of this very interesting legend is written in the
hieratic character on a papyrus preserved at Turin, and was published
by Pleyte and Rossi in their Corpus of Turin Papyri.[FN#16] French and
German translations of it were published by Lefebure,[FN#17] and
Wiedemann[FN#18] respectively, and summaries of its contents were given
by Erman[FN#19] and Maspero.[FN#20] A transcript of the hieratic text
into hieroglyphics, with transliteration and translation, was published
by me in 1895.[FN#21]