Vignette : The deceased seated with a table before him on which rest
an ink-pot and the palette of a scribe : in the Saite Recension (see Lep-
sius, op . cit ., Bl . 34) the deceased is offering an ink-pot and a palette to
the god Thoth .
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF (2) PRAYING FOR AN INK-POT
AND FOR A PALETTE . The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant,
saith :-
"Hail, aged god, who dost behold thy divine father and who
"art the guardian of the book (3) of Thoth, [behold I have
"come ; I am endowed with glory, I am endowed with strength,
"I am filled with might, and I am supplied with the books of
"Thoth], and I have brought [them to enable me] to pass through
"the god Aker who dwelleth in Set . I have brought the ink-
"pot and the palette as being the objects which are in the hands
"(4) of Thoth ; hidden is that which is in them . Behold me
"in the character of a scribe ! I have brought the offal of Osiris,
"and I have written thereon (5) . I have made (i. e ., copied) the
"words of the great and beautiful god each day fairly. O lieru-
"khuti, thou didst order me and I have made (i . e ., copied)
"what is right and true, and I do bring it unto thee each day ."
Chap.
XCIII . THE CHAPTER OF NOT SAILING TO THE EAST IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the
Papyrus of Nu.
an ink-pot and the palette of a scribe : in the Saite Recension (see Lep-
sius, op . cit ., Bl . 34) the deceased is offering an ink-pot and a palette to
the god Thoth .
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF (2) PRAYING FOR AN INK-POT
AND FOR A PALETTE . The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant,
saith :-
"Hail, aged god, who dost behold thy divine father and who
"art the guardian of the book (3) of Thoth, [behold I have
"come ; I am endowed with glory, I am endowed with strength,
"I am filled with might, and I am supplied with the books of
"Thoth], and I have brought [them to enable me] to pass through
"the god Aker who dwelleth in Set . I have brought the ink-
"pot and the palette as being the objects which are in the hands
"(4) of Thoth ; hidden is that which is in them . Behold me
"in the character of a scribe ! I have brought the offal of Osiris,
"and I have written thereon (5) . I have made (i. e ., copied) the
"words of the great and beautiful god each day fairly. O lieru-
"khuti, thou didst order me and I have made (i . e ., copied)
"what is right and true, and I do bring it unto thee each day ."
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.
LXXXVIII . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A CROCODILE . From the
Papyrus of Nu.