Note 4 — Part I.

Instead of truth, . There are two ways according to which this expression may be translated, but only one of them can be the right one. is a compound preposition, 231instead of, in loco, anstatt, au lieu de, بمنزلة. And this is evidently the right construction. If be taken as the simple preposition governing , the meaning will be that the deceased did not “tell lies in the cemetery.” The Pyramid Texts (Unas, 394) have the expression (sic), “Right instead of Wrong.”