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

2. _But_, ⁂⁂⁂. This is the most frequent reading both in the

earliest and in the latest papyri. But some texts have simply ⁂, which is certainly a mistake, and others omit the conjunction before the verb. The sense is not much affected by this omission. ⁂⁂⁂ signifies _if not_, _unless_, _until_, _but_, _but surely_. _Cf._ the Semitic אִם־לֹא, ܐܷܠܴ, إلَّا