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Chap . LXXXI A . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A LOTUS . From the Papyrus of Nu

Vignette : In the Papyrus of Nebseni (sheet 3) the vignette of this
Chapter is simply a lotus flower in full bloom, but in the Papyrus of
Ani (sheet z8) a human head is seen springing from the lotus which is
growing in a pool of water . See also Lepsius, op . cit ., Bl . 31 .

Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION
INTO A LOTUS . The overseer of the palace, the chancellor-in-
chief, Nu, saith :- (2)

"I am the pure lotus which springeth up from the divine
"splendour that belongeth to the nostrils of Ra . I have made
"[my way], and I follow on seeking for him who is Horns . I am
"the pure one who cometh forth out of the Field ."
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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