TAA i.2.4.21a

(1)

B. of the D., Chap. XXXIX. Chapter Whereby the Serpent Rekrek is

repulsed in the Netherworld.

Though the reading of the text of this Chap. is only conjectural, the

following opening lines may through/<ow> light upon the meaning of this/<ese>

statuettes: "Back! down with thee, stabber from Apepi!

Down^sic {drown} in the lake of Heaven, in the spot wherein thy father ordered

that thy murder should be carried out." (see Le Page Renouf, B. of the D.,

p. 87). The figure may have reference to <Chap. XXXVI. (p. 55) Chapter whereby the Apshait is kept back.>

The reed float or raft upon which the King stands is evidently the same

e/<w>śḫt canoe depicted in fowling, harpooning and fishing scenes in

tomb paintings, which were made of bundle[s] of reeds lashed together, and

derived its form/<shape>, no doubt, from the primitive form "The two Sḫu

[ 𓂀  ] <[ 𓂀  ]> [ 𓂀  ] of the Sky" on which the Sun god ferried across the

sky. (cf./<vida> Prof. James H. Breasted, The Earliest Boats on the Nile", Journal

of Arch Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. IV. parts II-III, pp 174-176.).