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 workers who have worked iniquity (or, rebellion). Through thee I will keep away from the servants whom this heart [of mine] loatheth. Thou shalt be in my place ( ȧst ), and thou shalt therefore be called, O Thoth, the '.' Moreover, I give thee power to send ( hab ) forth.....; thereupon shall come into being the Ibis ( habi ) bird of Thoth. I moreover give thee [power] to lift up thine hand before the two Companies of the gods who are greater than thou, and what thou doest shall be fairer than [the work of] the god ; therefore shall the divine bird tekni of Thoth come into being. Moreover, I give thee [power] to embrace ( ȧnḥ ) the two heavens with thy beauties, and with thy rays of light; therefore shall come into being the Moon-god ( Ȧāḥ ) of Thoth. Moreover, I give thee [power] to drive back ( ānān ) the Ḥa-nebu; therefore shall come into being the dog-headed Ape ( ānān ) of Thoth, and he shall act as governor for me. Moreover, thou art now in my place in the sight of all those who see thee and who present offerings to thee, and every being shall ascribe praise unto thee, O thou who art God." the words of this composition over himself shall anoint himself with olive oil and with thick unguent, and he shall have propitiatory offerings on both his hands of incense, and behind his two ears shall be pure natron, and sweet-smelling salve shall be on his lips.