CHAPTER CIII.

_Chapter whereby one openeth the place where Hathor abideth._

I am a pure follower. O Ahi; O Ahi;(1.) let me become one of the

followers of Hathor.

NOTE.

1. _Ahi_ ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂, the _Striker_ is one of the names

of Horus, who in the inscriptions of Benihassan is called

⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂, “Horus who striketh down men.” The

notion of striking was in later days confined to the beating of

the sistrum. Priestly persons bore the title of _Ahi_ as

representatives of the youthful Horus, son of Hathor. See _Proc.

Soc. Bibl. Arch._, XII, p. 460, on “The Sun-stroke in Egyptian.”

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