The Egyptian Book of the dead by P. Le Page Renouf and Edouard Naville

9. ⁂⁂⁂⁂ _Māāāait_ is supposed to be nitre or salt, or some

other substance used in the process of embalming. The more recent recensions thus answer the question about the lakes. “_Eternity_ is the name of one, and the _Great green one_ that of the other, the lake of Natron and the lake of Māāt.”