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Chap . LXII . THE CHAPTER OF DRINKING WATER IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nebseni

Vignette : The deceased scooping up running water out of a stream
into his mouth with both hands .

Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF DRINKING WATER IN THE UNDER-
WORt .D . The scribe Nebseni    saith :- (3)

"May be opened [to me] the mighty flood by Osiris, and
"may the abyss of water be opened [to me] by Tehuti-Hapi,
"(k) the lord of the horizon, in my name of `Opener' . May there
"be granted [to me] mastery over the water-courses as over the
"members (5) of Set . I go forth into heaven . I am the Lion-
"god Ra. I am the Bull . (6) [I] have eaten the Thigh, and I have
"divided the carcase . I have gone round about among the islands
"(o) - lakes) of Sekhet-(7)Aaru . Indefinite time, without beginning
"and without end, hath been given to me ; I inherit eternity, and
"everlastingness hath been bestowed upon me ."

The last three Chapters, with a single vignette, are grouped
in one in the Papyrus of Nefer-uben-f (see Naville, op . cit.,
Bd. I . BI. 72) ; but the order of them as there given is 61, 6o,
62 . In the Turin Papyrus (Lepsius, op. cit., Bl. 23) the vignette
of each is the same, i . e ., the deceased holding a sail in his
left hand .
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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