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The Egyptian Book of the dead

Note 8 — Chapter LXX

P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) Renouf translation

Its hair. All this paragraph sounds very strangely, and translators are tempted to understand that the hair, side-lock, and skin of the deceased are acted upon by the winds.[82] But the feminine suffix shows that the converse is the case. The speaker catches the air and distributes it, as we are afterwards told, to the faithful departed.

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