Vignette : This Chapter is without a vignette both in the Theban and
Saite Recensions of the Book of the Dead .
Text : (I) ANOTHER CHAPTER.
"I have sacrificed unto An-beri-ertaitsa, and I am decreed to
"be strengthened in heart, for I have made offerings at the altars
"of my divine father (2) Osiris ; I rule in Tattu and I lift myself
up over his land . I sniff the wind of the east by its hair ;
"I lay hold upon the north wind by its (3) hair, I seize and
"hold fast to the west wind by its body, and I go round about
"heaven on its four sides ; I lay hold upon the south wind by
"(4) its eve, and I bestow air upon the venerable beings [who
"are in the underworld] along with the eating of cakes .
Rubric : IF THIS COMPOSITION BE KNOWN [BY THE DECEASED] (5) UPON
EARTH HE SHALL COME FORTH 13Y DAY, AND HE SHALL HAVE THE FACULTY
OF TRAVELLING ABOUT AMONG THE LIVING, AND HIS NAME SHALL NEVER
PERISH.
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Chap.
LXIX. ANOTHER CHAPTER . From the Papyrus of Mes-em-neter.
Saite Recensions of the Book of the Dead .
Text : (I) ANOTHER CHAPTER.
"I have sacrificed unto An-beri-ertaitsa, and I am decreed to
"be strengthened in heart, for I have made offerings at the altars
"of my divine father (2) Osiris ; I rule in Tattu and I lift myself
up over his land . I sniff the wind of the east by its hair ;
"I lay hold upon the north wind by its (3) hair, I seize and
"hold fast to the west wind by its body, and I go round about
"heaven on its four sides ; I lay hold upon the south wind by
"(4) its eve, and I bestow air upon the venerable beings [who
"are in the underworld] along with the eating of cakes .
Rubric : IF THIS COMPOSITION BE KNOWN [BY THE DECEASED] (5) UPON
EARTH HE SHALL COME FORTH 13Y DAY, AND HE SHALL HAVE THE FACULTY
OF TRAVELLING ABOUT AMONG THE LIVING, AND HIS NAME SHALL NEVER
PERISH.
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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