Vignette : The deceased drinking water from a running stream, or the
deceased kneeling by the side of a pool of water and receiving water in a
bowl, which he holds in his left hand, from a vessel which the goddess of
the sycamore tree (Nut) is emptying into it . In the Turin Papyrus (Lepsius,
op. cit ., Bl . z3) the deceased is pouring out water from two vessels be-
fore the symbol of flame .
Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF DRINKING WATER AND OF NOT
BEING BURNT (2) BY FIRE [IN THE UNDERWORLD] . The overseer
of the palace, the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith :-
"Hail, Bull of Amentet ! I am brought unto thee, I am the
"oar of Rd (3) wherewith he ferried over the divine aged ones ;
"let me neither be burnt up nor destroyed by fire . I am Bet,
"the first-born son of Osiris, who doth meet every god (4) within
"his Eye in Annu . I am the divine Heir, the exalted one(?),
"the Mighty One, the Resting One . I have made my name to
"germinate, (5) I have delivered [it], and thou shalt live through
"me day by day ."
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. LXII . THE CHAPTER OF DRINKING WATER IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of
Nebseni.
deceased kneeling by the side of a pool of water and receiving water in a
bowl, which he holds in his left hand, from a vessel which the goddess of
the sycamore tree (Nut) is emptying into it . In the Turin Papyrus (Lepsius,
op. cit ., Bl . z3) the deceased is pouring out water from two vessels be-
fore the symbol of flame .
Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF DRINKING WATER AND OF NOT
BEING BURNT (2) BY FIRE [IN THE UNDERWORLD] . The overseer
of the palace, the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith :-
"Hail, Bull of Amentet ! I am brought unto thee, I am the
"oar of Rd (3) wherewith he ferried over the divine aged ones ;
"let me neither be burnt up nor destroyed by fire . I am Bet,
"the first-born son of Osiris, who doth meet every god (4) within
"his Eye in Annu . I am the divine Heir, the exalted one(?),
"the Mighty One, the Resting One . I have made my name to
"germinate, (5) I have delivered [it], and thou shalt live through
"me day by day ."
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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. LI . THE CHAPTER OF NOT MARCHING TO BE OVERTHROWN IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the
Papyrus of Nu.