Note 6 — Chapter XXVIII
P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) Renouf translation
The last words of the chapter were extremely puzzling to the scribes of the later periods, who altered them in ever so many ways. The older MSS. read . And this is borrowed from an ancient text, which may be found on the sarcophagus of Horhotep, line 338. The variants , , of the papyri, and of the sarcophagus show that it is the sacrificial joint which is meant, and not a verb as the scribes of a later period thought. For this verb they had to discover an object and accordingly we find ‘I trod their caverns.’ was in like manner converted into a verb. See the introductory note to chapter 29.
