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 ."
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. LXXIII . See Chapter IX.
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.
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
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