Also I was led in secret by the High Priest and two others into the holy presence of the God Apis, the Ptah who deigns to dwell among men in the form of a bull.

The God was black, and on his forehead there was a white square, on his back was a white mark shaped like an eagle, beneath his tongue was the likeness of a scarabaeus, in his tail were double hairs, and a plate of pure gold hung between his horns.

I entered the place of the God and worshipped, while the High Priest and those with him stood aside, watching earnestly.

And when I had worshipped, saying the words which had been told me, the God knelt, and lay down before me.

Then the High Priest and those with him, who, as I heard in after time, were great men of Upper Egypt, approached wondering, and, saying no word, made obeisance to me because of the omen.