Chap . XII. THE CHAPTER OF GOING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Vignette : This Chapter is without a vignette in both Theban and Sa'fte
Recensions .

Text : ( i) THE CHAPTER OF GOING INTO AND OF COMING
FORTH FROM [THE UNDERWORLD] . The Osiris Nu, triufiiphant,
saith :-

"Hymns of praise to thee, O Ra ! thou keeper (1) of secret (2)
"gates which are on the brow of the god Seb, by the side of
"the Balance of Ra, wherein he lifteth up Right and Truth (Maat)
"(3) day by day. In very truth I have burst through the earth,
"grant [thou] unto me that I may go forward and arrive at the
"state of old age ."

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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