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Chap. XL. THE CHAPTER OF DRIVING BACK THE EATER OF THE Ass. From the Papyrus of Nu.

Vignette : The deceased spearing a serpent which has sprung upon an
ass and is biting into his neck ; see Brit . Mus . No . 10,47r, sheet 21 ; and
Naville, op . cit., Bd. I . BI . 54 .


Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF DRIVING BACK THE EATER OF
THE ASS. Osiris Ra, triumphant, saith :-

I . "Get thee back, (2) Hai, thou impure one, thou abomina-
tion of Osiris ! Thoth hath cut off thy head, and I have performed
upon thee all the things which the company of the gods
"(3) ordered concerning thee in the matter of the work of thy
"slaughter . Get thee back, thou abomination of Osiris, from the
"Neshntet boat . . . . which (4) advanceth with a fair wind . Ye
"are holy, O all ve gods, and [ye] have cast down headlong
"the enemies (5) of Osiris ; the gods of Ta-ur shout for joy . Get
"thee back, O thou Eater of the (6) Ass, thou abomination of
"the god Haas who dwelleth in the underworld . I know thee,
"I know thee, I know thee, I know thee . Who art thou? (7)
"I am    "

II . (1) "On thy face, [O fiend], and devour me not, for I am
"pure, and I am with the time which cometh of itself. Thou
"shalt not come to me, O thou that comest' without being in-
"yoked, and whose [time of coming] is unknown . I am the lord
"of thy mouth, get thee back (3), thou and thy desires( ?) Hail,
"l-aas, with his stone [knife] Horus hath cut asunder thy members,
"and thou art destroyed within thy company, and thy bend (or
"dwelling-place) is destroyed for thee by the company of thy gods
"who dwell in the cities of Pe and (4) Tep . He that slayeth
"[thee] there is in the form of the Eye of Horus, and I have
"driven thee away as thou wast advancing, and I have vanquished
"thee by the winds of my mouth. O thou Eater (5) of those
"who commit sins, who dolt plunder and spoil, I have [com-
"mitted] no sin ; therefore, let my palette and the writings with
"hostile charges [against me upon them] be given unto me . I
"have done no wrong in the presence of (6) the sovereign princes,
"therefore shoot not thy [venom] at me . I give, do thou take
"according to what I order ; snatch me not away, and eat me
"not, for I am the lord of life, the Prince (Life, Health, Strength!)
"of the horizon ."

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.

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