Note 3 — Chapter XXXIX
P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) Renouf translation
The proof. Lit. the taste, ṭepit, with the tongue as a determinative, in the sense of a probe. The hand of an Egyptian hero is said to taste his enemy. In the Bremner Papyrus the god tastes Apep four times. The same conception is found in the Homeric poems,
