The texts are of two kinds.

One kind--of which there are the fewest-- refer to the nourishment of the Double, and are literal transcriptions of the formulae by which the priests ensured the transmission of each object to the other world; this was a last resource for him, in case the real sacrifices should be discontinued, or the magic scenes upon the chapel walls be destroyed.

The greater part of the inscriptions were of a different kind.

They referred to the soul, and were intended to preserve it from the dangers which awaited it, in heaven and on earth.

They revealed to it the sovereign incantations which protected it against the bites of serpents and venomous animals, the passwords which enabled it to enter into the company of the good gods, and the exorcisms which counteracted the influence of the evil gods.