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Chap. VII . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING OVER THE ABOMINABLE BACK OF Apepi . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Vignette : The deceased spearing a serpent (see Pap. Funeraire de
Nebset, ed . Pierret and Devcria, pl . 5) .


Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF PASSING OVER THE ABOMINABLE
BACK OF (2) APEP. The overseer of the palace, the chancellor-
in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith :-

"Hail, thou creature of wax, who lewdest away [victims] and
"destroyest them, and who livest upon the weak and helpless,
"may I never become weak and helpless (3) [before] thee, may
"I never suffer collapse [before] thee . And thy poison shall never
"enter into my members, for my members are [as] the members
"of the god Tem ; and since thou thyself dost not suffer col-
lapse [I shall not suffer collapse] . O let not the pains of death
"(4) which come upon thee enter into my members . I am the "god
Tem and I am in the foremost part of Nu lr • e . , the sky),
"and the power which protected me is that which is with all
"the gods for ever . I am he whose name is hidden, and whose
"habitation is holy for millions of years . I am he who dweller
"therein (?) and I come forth along with the god Tem . I am
"he who shall not be condemned (?) ; I am strong, I am strong ."

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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