TAA i.3.1.12
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p. 47 (2)
"Faring northward in peace to a/<A>bydos in order to ferry across the
god to his festival and in his sailing of the beginning of the year ..."
The x[?]/<in>scription shows that a visit to a/<A>bydos was intended, where the
deceased should take part in the festivals of Osiris.
This journey is a sort of pilgrimage to the holiest spot in Egypt
p. 51 The funeral procession to the bed-chamber (i.e. <a figurative word/<name> for Burial Chamber)
The material in these caskets and boxssic, are features of the like[?]
through of
The material in those caskets and boxssic ,/<were> like the rest of the objects
in this chamber, are/<were> like/<a> regular features of the royal
funeral procession. with the exception with perhaps the exception
of the boats which belong to a the nautical series which <were some> belong
<connected with> to the funeral pilgrimage like that to the [?] spot to the [?] place
Abydos connected Osiris, ferrying across … waters[?], to the
diurnal & nocturnal [?] of the sun.