Key to XVIII (a) from Gardiner

• (1)

  iw wD.n.f n pA Hry-pr r Dd ir m-xt hA pA nDs r pA S mi nt-a.f nt ra nb kA.k xAa.k pA msH n mnH r-sA.f r mw
  he commanded this servant, saying: [as to] after this poor man goes down to this lake according to his habit of every day, then thou shalt throw this crocodile of wax after him [in]to the water.

• (2)

  m wi m ^mn-nfr m wi m st tn ntt Hnwt.i imyt ib.i
  whether I am in Memphis, or whether I am in this place, thou art my mistress who is in my heart.

• (3)

  in nn di.k swA.n Hr wAt
  wilt thou not let us pass upon the road?

• (4)

  n rx.Tn ntt sy im
  you do not know that she is there.

• (5)

  xr.tw wrH.tw.f m mrHt pnw
  then he shall be anointed with the oil of a mouse.

• (6)

  mtn is Sm nb qd m irtyw m-a xprt xt tA HA dp.tn m nhy n mAiw iry
  behold ye indeed, the man of character goes in mourning because of what has happened throughout the land; would you might taste a little of the misery thereof!

• (7)

  n-m gm.f n.i hn pf StA imy ^iwnw
  who will find for me that mysterious box which is in Heliopolis?