chapter complete. It consists of 21 paragraphs, each of which begins

with a sentence giving the names of the pylon. It is followed by that

of the ⁂⁂⁂⁂, which I translate, with Renouf, the

_porter_ or _doorkeeper_ though I should prefer, he who is within the

door, since the vignettes show that the so-called porter or doorkeeper

is the god who occupies the cell. There are 21 pylons, out of which

the papyri give us a certain number. Brugsch finds in their names

those of some of the hours of night or day; but the fact of their

being 21, absolutely precludes the idea of these pylons being the

hours.

The papyrus of _Nu_ in the British Museum gives a slightly different

version of this chapter 146. Each pylon is introduced by these words,

“said by Nu when he arrives at the first pylon: I have arrived, I know

thee, I know the name of the god who guardeth thee; the lady of

trembling, &c., is thy name, the name of the doorkeeper is the brave.”

The other version which constitutes chapter 145 shows that the god who

guardeth the pylon and the doorkeeper are the same person.