Vignette : The deceased spearing a serpent which has sprung upon an
ass and is biting into his neck ; see Brit . Mus . No . 10,47r, sheet 21 ; and
Naville, op . cit., Bd. I . BI . 54 .
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF DRIVING BACK THE EATER OF
THE ASS. Osiris Ra, triumphant, saith :-
I . "Get thee back, (2) Hai, thou impure one, thou abomina-
tion of Osiris ! Thoth hath cut off thy head, and I have performed
upon thee all the things which the company of the gods
"(3) ordered concerning thee in the matter of the work of thy
"slaughter . Get thee back, thou abomination of Osiris, from the
"Neshntet boat . . . . which (4) advanceth with a fair wind . Ye
"are holy, O all ve gods, and [ye] have cast down headlong
"the enemies (5) of Osiris ; the gods of Ta-ur shout for joy . Get
"thee back, O thou Eater of the (6) Ass, thou abomination of
"the god Haas who dwelleth in the underworld . I know thee,
"I know thee, I know thee, I know thee . Who art thou? (7)
"I am "
II . (1) "On thy face, [O fiend], and devour me not, for I am
"pure, and I am with the time which cometh of itself. Thou
"shalt not come to me, O thou that comest' without being in-
"yoked, and whose [time of coming] is unknown . I am the lord
"of thy mouth, get thee back (3), thou and thy desires( ?) Hail,
"l-aas, with his stone [knife] Horus hath cut asunder thy members,
"and thou art destroyed within thy company, and thy bend (or
"dwelling-place) is destroyed for thee by the company of thy gods
"who dwell in the cities of Pe and (4) Tep . He that slayeth
"[thee] there is in the form of the Eye of Horus, and I have
"driven thee away as thou wast advancing, and I have vanquished
"thee by the winds of my mouth. O thou Eater (5) of those
"who commit sins, who dolt plunder and spoil, I have [com-
"mitted] no sin ; therefore, let my palette and the writings with
"hostile charges [against me upon them] be given unto me . I
"have done no wrong in the presence of (6) the sovereign princes,
"therefore shoot not thy [venom] at me . I give, do thou take
"according to what I order ; snatch me not away, and eat me
"not, for I am the lord of life, the Prince (Life, Health, Strength!)
"of the horizon ."
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Chap
. XXXIX. THE CHAPTER OF DRIVING BACK THE SERPEN'I' REREK IN THE UNDERWORLD .
From the Papyrus of Mes-em-neter.
ass and is biting into his neck ; see Brit . Mus . No . 10,47r, sheet 21 ; and
Naville, op . cit., Bd. I . BI . 54 .
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF DRIVING BACK THE EATER OF
THE ASS. Osiris Ra, triumphant, saith :-
I . "Get thee back, (2) Hai, thou impure one, thou abomina-
tion of Osiris ! Thoth hath cut off thy head, and I have performed
upon thee all the things which the company of the gods
"(3) ordered concerning thee in the matter of the work of thy
"slaughter . Get thee back, thou abomination of Osiris, from the
"Neshntet boat . . . . which (4) advanceth with a fair wind . Ye
"are holy, O all ve gods, and [ye] have cast down headlong
"the enemies (5) of Osiris ; the gods of Ta-ur shout for joy . Get
"thee back, O thou Eater of the (6) Ass, thou abomination of
"the god Haas who dwelleth in the underworld . I know thee,
"I know thee, I know thee, I know thee . Who art thou? (7)
"I am "
II . (1) "On thy face, [O fiend], and devour me not, for I am
"pure, and I am with the time which cometh of itself. Thou
"shalt not come to me, O thou that comest' without being in-
"yoked, and whose [time of coming] is unknown . I am the lord
"of thy mouth, get thee back (3), thou and thy desires( ?) Hail,
"l-aas, with his stone [knife] Horus hath cut asunder thy members,
"and thou art destroyed within thy company, and thy bend (or
"dwelling-place) is destroyed for thee by the company of thy gods
"who dwell in the cities of Pe and (4) Tep . He that slayeth
"[thee] there is in the form of the Eye of Horus, and I have
"driven thee away as thou wast advancing, and I have vanquished
"thee by the winds of my mouth. O thou Eater (5) of those
"who commit sins, who dolt plunder and spoil, I have [com-
"mitted] no sin ; therefore, let my palette and the writings with
"hostile charges [against me upon them] be given unto me . I
"have done no wrong in the presence of (6) the sovereign princes,
"therefore shoot not thy [venom] at me . I give, do thou take
"according to what I order ; snatch me not away, and eat me
"not, for I am the lord of life, the Prince (Life, Health, Strength!)
"of the horizon ."
The Source: The Book oDead,
the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
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