Note 51 — Part III.
P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) Renouf translation
The Truncheon of Hathor, does not appear to be a very familiar word to the scribes, who write it in the most diverse ways possible; one of them even understanding it as the ‘opening of heaven’ . All that we can say is that the word is shown by its determinative to be of wood, and by its etymology (cf. , ) to serve for striking, blinding, or slaying. Some of the texts name Hathor, and others Nephthys. 244The sign occurs in both names, and the scribes have read the rest of the name as best they could.
