line used by builders,” and _em šes_ signifies ‘ad amussim,’ ‘nach der
Schnur,’ ‘au cordeau,’ ‘according to the line,’ hence ‘with the
strictest accuracy.’ _Hibbert Lectures_, 1879, p. 121. ‘According to the
line of Maāt’ means ‘with undeviating regularity.’
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Footnote 30:
⁂⁂⁂⁂. The later recensions read ⁂⁂⁂. The
first Coffin of Mentuhotep (_Aelteste Texte_, 4, 61) has the phonetic
⁂⁂⁂.
Footnote 31:
Literally, “when the things ⁂ are shut up.”
Footnote 32:
⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂.
Footnote 33:
⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂, North and South.
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