Chap. LXXIV . THE CHAP'T'ER OF LIFTING UP THE FEET AND OF COMING FORTH UPON THE EARTH. From the Papyrus of Nu

Vignette : The deceased kneeling, with both hands raised in adoration,
before the Seker boat placed upon its sledge (Papyrus of Ani, sheet t8) .
In the Saite Recension the deceased is standing near a two-legged serpent
(Lepsius, op . cit ., Bl . 27) .

Text : ( I) THE CHAPTER OF LIFTING UP THE FEET AND OF
COMING FORTH UPON THE EARTH . (2) The chancellor-in-chief,
Nu, triumphant, saith :-

"Perform thy work, O Seker, perform thy work, O Seker, O
"thou [who dwellest in thy house], and who [standest] on [thy]
"feet in the underworld! I am the god who sendeth forth rays of
"light over the Thigh of (3) heaven, and I come forth to heaven
"and I sit myself down by the God of Light (Kku). Hail, I
"have become helpless! Hail, I have become helpless! but I go
"forward. I have become helpless, I have become helpless (4)
"in the regions of those who plunder in the underworld ."

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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