oor of this Hall of the M[=a][=a]ti goddesses, for thou knowest us.'"

After these remarkable prayers follows a dialogue between each part of
the Hall of M[=a][=a]ti and the deceased, which reads as follows:--

_Door bolts_. "We will not let thee enter in through us unless thou
tellest our names."

_Deceased_. "'Tongue of the place of Right and Truth' is your
name."

_Right post_. "I will not let thee enter in by me unless thou tellest
my name."

_Deceased_. "'Scale of the lifter up of right and truth' is thy
name."

_Left post_. "I will not let thee enter in by me unless thou tellest
my name."

_Deceased_. "'Scale of wine' is thy name."

_Threshold_. "I will not let thee pass over me unless thou tellest my
name."

_Deceased_. "'Ox of the god Seb' is thy name."

_Hasp_. "I will not open unto thee unless thou tellest my name."

_Deceased_. "'Leg-bone of his mother' is thy name."

_Socket-hole_. "I will not open unto thee unless thou tellest my
name."

_Deceased_. "'Living Eye of Sebek, the lord of Bakhau,' is thy name."

_Porter_. "I will not open unto thee unless thou tellest my name."

_Deceased_. "'Elbow of the god Shu when he placeth himself to protect
Osiris' is thy name."

_Side posts_. "We will not let thee pass in by us, unless thou tellest
our names."

_Deceased_. "'Children of the uraei-goddesses' is your name."

"Thou knowest us; pass on, therefore, by us" [say these].

_Floor_. "I will not let thee tread upon me, because I am silent and I
am holy, and because I do not know the names of thy feet
wherewith thou wouldst walk upon me; therefore tell them to
me."

_Deceased_. "'Traveller of the god Khas' is the name of my right foot,
and 'Staff of the goddess Hathor' is the name of my left
foot."

"Thou knowest me; pass on, therefore, over me" [it saith].

_Doorkeeper_. "I will not take in thy name unless thou tellest my
name."

_Deceased_. "'Discerner of hearts and searcher of the reins' is thy
name."

_Doorkeeper_. "Who is the god that dwelleth in his hour? Utter his
name."

_Deceased_. "'M[=a]au-Taui' is his name."

_Doorkeeper_. "And who is M[=a]au-Taui?"

_Deceased_.