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

11. In the formula ⁂ ⁂⁂, ⁂ _šes_ is “the measuring

line used by builders,” and _em šes_ signifies ‘ad amussim,’ ‘nach der Schnur,’ ‘au cordeau,’ ‘according to the line,’ hence ‘with the strictest accuracy.’ _Hibbert Lectures_, 1879, p. 121. ‘According to the line of Maāt’ means ‘with undeviating regularity.’ ----- Footnote 30: ⁂⁂⁂⁂. The later recensions read ⁂⁂⁂. The first Coffin of Mentuhotep (_Aelteste Texte_, 4, 61) has the phonetic ⁂⁂⁂. Footnote 31: Literally, “when the things ⁂ are shut up.” Footnote 32: ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. Footnote 33: ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂, North and South. ------------------------------------