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Chap . XIII . THE CHAPTER OF ENTERING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM AMENTET . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Vignette : This Chapter is without a vignette in both the Theban and
SaIte Recensions .


Text : [THE CHAPTER OF ENTERING INTO AND OF COMING
FORTH FROM AMENTET] .
[Osiris, the scribe Nebseni, victorious, saith :-]

".....    mortals ..... I go in like the Hawk and
"I come forth like the Bennu bird, the morning star(?) of Ra .
"May a path be made for me whereby I may enter in peace into
"the beautiful Amentet ; and may I be by the Lake of Horus ;
"[and may I lead the greyhounds of Horns] ; and may a path
"be made for me whereby I may enter in and adore [Osiris, the
"lord of Life] ."

In the Theban Recension this Chapter appears without a rubric,
but in the Saite Recension as given in the Turin Papyrus (Lepsius,
Todtenbuch, Bll . 4 and 45) we have the following :--

Rubric : [THIS CHAPTER] IS TO BE RECITED OVER A RING [MADE] OF
ANKHAh7 FLOWERS, WHICH SHALL BE LAID ON THE RIGHT EAR OF THE
KHU, TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER RING WRAPPED UP IN A STRIP OF BYSSUS
CLOTH, WHEREON THE NAME OF OSIRIS, AUF-ANKH, VICTORIOUS, BORN
OF THE LADY SHERT-AMSU, VICTORIOUS, SHALL BE DONE [IN WRITING]
ON THE DAY OF SEPULTURE.



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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