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 .
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Chap.
LXI. THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE SOUL OF A MAN BE TAKEN FROM HIM IN THE
UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Ani.
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.
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
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