Note 5 — Chapter CLIII · A.
P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) Renouf translation
. The instrument in the hand of the deceased. Though the determinative is , it does not necessarily mean that it is made of wood; it may be the determinative of weapons in general. It has prongs, which are compared to nails or claws, so that it probably is a weapon like the bident for spearing fishes, the tines of which are held together by a string (Wilkinson, Manners and Customs, 2nd edition, Vol. II, p. 107). Otherwise it is not unlike a netting needle (Wilkinson, loc. cit., p. 175). If it is a weapon, one does not very well understand why it is said to belong to the net.
