Vignette : This Chapter is without a vignette in the Papyrus of Nu, but
in the Brocklehurst Papyrus three serpents form the vignette (see Naville,
op . cit ., Bd. I . BI . 48) ; in the Turin Papyrus (Lepsius, op . cit ., B1 . 17)
the vignette chews the deceased in the act of spearing a serpent .
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF NOT [LETTING] NU, THE CHAN-
CELLOR-IN-CHIEF, TRIUMPHANT, BE DEVOURED BY SERPENTS IN
THE UNDERWORLD . He saith :-
"Hail, thou god Shu! (2) Behold Tattu! Behold Shu! Hail
"Tattu! [Shu] hath the head-dress of the goddess Hathor . They
"nurse Osiris . Behold the two-fold being who is about to eat
"me! Alighting from the boat I depart (?), (3) and the serpent-
"fiend Seksek passeth me by . Behold sam and aaqet flowers
"are kept under guard (?) . This being is Osiris, and he maketh
"entreaty for his tomb . (4) The eyes of the divine prince are
"dropped, and he performeth the reparation which is to be done
"for thee ; [he] giveth [unto thee thy] portion of right and truth
"according to the decision concerning the states and conditions
"[of men] ."
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Chap.
XXXIV. THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE DECEASED BE BITTEN BY SNAKES IN THE
UNDERWORLD. From the Papyrus of Nu.
in the Brocklehurst Papyrus three serpents form the vignette (see Naville,
op . cit ., Bd. I . BI . 48) ; in the Turin Papyrus (Lepsius, op . cit ., B1 . 17)
the vignette chews the deceased in the act of spearing a serpent .
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF NOT [LETTING] NU, THE CHAN-
CELLOR-IN-CHIEF, TRIUMPHANT, BE DEVOURED BY SERPENTS IN
THE UNDERWORLD . He saith :-
"Hail, thou god Shu! (2) Behold Tattu! Behold Shu! Hail
"Tattu! [Shu] hath the head-dress of the goddess Hathor . They
"nurse Osiris . Behold the two-fold being who is about to eat
"me! Alighting from the boat I depart (?), (3) and the serpent-
"fiend Seksek passeth me by . Behold sam and aaqet flowers
"are kept under guard (?) . This being is Osiris, and he maketh
"entreaty for his tomb . (4) The eyes of the divine prince are
"dropped, and he performeth the reparation which is to be done
"for thee ; [he] giveth [unto thee thy] portion of right and truth
"according to the decision concerning the states and conditions
"[of men] ."
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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