Note 246 — Chapter I · HUNTING EXPEDITION TO SHAVOYA.
Reading edition
These arms are represented by the verge of the papyri of the mummies. The bodies were buried with the face turned to the west. In sacrificing to the manes they turned to the west.—Schol. Apoll. Rhod. vol. i. p. 580. In sacrificing on Mount Moriah Abraham turned to the west.