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Chap . LI . THE CHAPTER OF NOT MARCHING TO BE OVERTHROWN IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Vignette : This Chapter is without a vignette in the Theban Recension ;
in the Turin Papyrus (Lepsius, op . cit ., BI . 21) an upright figure of the
deceased forms the vignette .

Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF NOT MARCHING TO BE OVERTHROWN
IN THE UNDERWORLD . The overseer of the palace, Nu,
triumphant, saith :- (2)

"That which is an abomination unto me, that which is an
"abomination unto me, let me not eat . That which is an abomination
unto me, that which is an abomination unto me is filth ;
"let me not eat it [in the place of] the sepulchral cakes which
"are offered unto the Kas.I (3) Let me not be destroyed there-
by ; let me not be compelled to take it into my hands ; and
"let me not be compelled to walk thereon in my sandals ."

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.


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