Vignette : The soul of the deceased, in the form of a human-headed
bird, standing in front of a pylon (see Papyrus of Ani, sheet I7) .
Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING (2) THE SOUL OF
NU, TRIUMPHANT, BE CAPTIVE IN THE UNDERWORLD . He saith :-
"Hail, thou who art exalted ! [Hail,] thou who art adored!
"O thou mighty one of Souls, thou divine Soul, thou possessor of
"(2) terrible power, who dost put the fear of thyself into the gods,
"thou who art crowned upon thy throne of majesty, I pray thee
"to make a way for the ba (soul), and for the khu, and for the
"khaibit (shade) of the overseer of the palace, the chancellor-in-
"chief, Nu, triumphant (3) [and let him be] provided therewith .
"I am a perfect khu, and I have made [my] way unto the place
"wherein dwell Ra and Hathor."
Rubric : IF THIS CHAPTER HE KNOWN [BY THE DECEASED] HE SHALL BE
ABLE TO TRANSFORM HIMSELF INTO A KHU PROVIDED [WITH HIS SOUL AND
WITH HIS SHADE] IN THE UNDERWORLD, AND HE SHALL NEVER BE HELD
CAPTIVE AT ANY DOOR IN AMENTET, IN ENTERING IN OR IN COMING OUT .
Chap
. XC. THE CFIAPTER OF DRIVING EVIL RECOLLECTIONS FROM THE MOUTH . From the
Papyrus of Nu.
bird, standing in front of a pylon (see Papyrus of Ani, sheet I7) .
Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING (2) THE SOUL OF
NU, TRIUMPHANT, BE CAPTIVE IN THE UNDERWORLD . He saith :-
"Hail, thou who art exalted ! [Hail,] thou who art adored!
"O thou mighty one of Souls, thou divine Soul, thou possessor of
"(2) terrible power, who dost put the fear of thyself into the gods,
"thou who art crowned upon thy throne of majesty, I pray thee
"to make a way for the ba (soul), and for the khu, and for the
"khaibit (shade) of the overseer of the palace, the chancellor-in-
"chief, Nu, triumphant (3) [and let him be] provided therewith .
"I am a perfect khu, and I have made [my] way unto the place
"wherein dwell Ra and Hathor."
Rubric : IF THIS CHAPTER HE KNOWN [BY THE DECEASED] HE SHALL BE
ABLE TO TRANSFORM HIMSELF INTO A KHU PROVIDED [WITH HIS SOUL AND
WITH HIS SHADE] IN THE UNDERWORLD, AND HE SHALL NEVER BE HELD
CAPTIVE AT ANY DOOR IN AMENTET, IN ENTERING IN OR IN COMING OUT .
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.
Related Posts:Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
Chap.
LXXXIII . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A BENNU BIRD . From the
Papyrus of Nu.
Chap.
LXXXVIII . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A CROCODILE . From the
Papyrus of Nu.