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Chap . VI . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE SHABTI FIGURE TO DO WORK FOR A MAN IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Vignette : A standing, bearded male figure .

Text : fit) THE CHAPTER OF' MAKING THE SHABTI FIGURE TO
DO WORK FOR A MAN IN THE UNDERWORLD . The scribe Nebseni,
the draughtsman in the Temples (2) of the North and South,
the man highly venerated in the Temple of Ptah, saith :-

"O thou shabti figure (3) of the scribe Nebseni, the son of
"the scribe Thena, victorious, and of the lady of the house
"Mutrestha, victorious, (4) if I be called, or if I be adjudged to
"do any work whatsoever of the labours which are to be done
"in the underworld behold, [for thee] opposition will there be
"(5) set aside-by a man in his turn, let the judgment fall upon
"thee instead of upon me always, in the matter of sowing the
"fields, of filling (6) the water-courses with water, and of bring-
ing the sands of this east [to] the west ."

[The shabti figure answereth], "Verily I am here [and will
"come] whithersoever thou biddest me ."

The SourceThe 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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