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Chap . LXIII A. THE CHAPTER OF DRINKING WATER AND OF NOT BEING BURNT BY FIRE IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu

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