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NINE APES AND TWELVE FIERY SERPENTS
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who sing to Rā as he entereth into the Ṭuat,"
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. Their names are:-- 1. Ȧm-kar,
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. 2. Khenti-she-f
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. 3. ...... ḥen,
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. 4. Ḥeken-em-ben-f,
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. 5, 6. ...... 7. Hethti,
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. 8. Pa-theth,
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. 9. ......[1]
The nine singing apes. The twelve light-giving uraei.
II. Twelve serpents, who throw fire forth from their mouths, and are described as "those who make light
- ↑ The variants are:--1.
. 4.
. In Dümichen's edition (pl. iii.) three of the apes are called Besi,
, Ṭuai,
, and Ābti,A32B