Vignette : The deceased armed with a knife and a short staff ; see
Naville, op . cit ., Bd. I . Bi. 55 . In the Turin Papyrus the deceased is
piercing a serpent which lies writhing on a barred instrument (see Lepsius,
op . cit ., BI . 19) .
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF DRIVING AWAY THE SLAUGH-
TERINGS WHICH ARE PERFORMED IN THE UNDERWORLD . Nebseni,
the scribe and designer in the Temples of Upper and Lower
Egypt, he to whom fair veneration is paid, (2) the son of the
scribe and artist Thena, triumphant, saith :-
"Hail, Tem, I have become glorious (or a Kku) in the pre-
sence of the double Lion-god, the great (3) god, therefore open
"thou unto me the gate of the god Seb . I smell the earth
"(i . e ., I bow down so that my nose toucheth the ground) of
"the great god who dwelleth in the underworld, and I advance
"(4) into the presence of the company of the gods who dwell
"with the beings who are in the underworld . Hail, thou guardian
"of the divine door of the city of Beta, thou [god] Neti O who
"dwellest in Amentet, (5) I eat food, and I have life through
"the air, and the god Atch-ur leadeth me with [him] to the
"mighty boat of (6) Khepera . I hold converse with the divine
"mariners at eventide, I enter in, I go forth, (7) and I see the
"being who is there ; I lift him up, and I say that which I have
"to say unto him, whose throat stinketh [for lack of air] . I have
"life, (8) and I am delivered, having lain down in death . Hail,
"thou that bringest offerings and oblations, bring forward thy
"mouth and make to draw nigh the writings (9) (or lists) of
"offerings and oblations . Set thou Right and Truth firmly upon
"their throne, make thou the writings to draw nigh, and set
"thou up the goddesses (10) in the presence of Osiris, the mighty
"god, the Prince of everlastingness, who counteth his years, who
"hearkeneth unto those who are in the islands (or pools), who
"raiseth his (11) right shoulder, who judgeth the divine princes,
"and who sendeth [Osiris] into the presence of the great sovereign
princes who live in the underworld .
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Chap.
XL. THE CHAPTER OF DRIVING BACK THE EATER OF THE Ass. From the Papyrus of Nu.
Naville, op . cit ., Bd. I . Bi. 55 . In the Turin Papyrus the deceased is
piercing a serpent which lies writhing on a barred instrument (see Lepsius,
op . cit ., BI . 19) .
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF DRIVING AWAY THE SLAUGH-
TERINGS WHICH ARE PERFORMED IN THE UNDERWORLD . Nebseni,
the scribe and designer in the Temples of Upper and Lower
Egypt, he to whom fair veneration is paid, (2) the son of the
scribe and artist Thena, triumphant, saith :-
"Hail, Tem, I have become glorious (or a Kku) in the pre-
sence of the double Lion-god, the great (3) god, therefore open
"thou unto me the gate of the god Seb . I smell the earth
"(i . e ., I bow down so that my nose toucheth the ground) of
"the great god who dwelleth in the underworld, and I advance
"(4) into the presence of the company of the gods who dwell
"with the beings who are in the underworld . Hail, thou guardian
"of the divine door of the city of Beta, thou [god] Neti O who
"dwellest in Amentet, (5) I eat food, and I have life through
"the air, and the god Atch-ur leadeth me with [him] to the
"mighty boat of (6) Khepera . I hold converse with the divine
"mariners at eventide, I enter in, I go forth, (7) and I see the
"being who is there ; I lift him up, and I say that which I have
"to say unto him, whose throat stinketh [for lack of air] . I have
"life, (8) and I am delivered, having lain down in death . Hail,
"thou that bringest offerings and oblations, bring forward thy
"mouth and make to draw nigh the writings (9) (or lists) of
"offerings and oblations . Set thou Right and Truth firmly upon
"their throne, make thou the writings to draw nigh, and set
"thou up the goddesses (10) in the presence of Osiris, the mighty
"god, the Prince of everlastingness, who counteth his years, who
"hearkeneth unto those who are in the islands (or pools), who
"raiseth his (11) right shoulder, who judgeth the divine princes,
"and who sendeth [Osiris] into the presence of the great sovereign
princes who live in the underworld .
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.
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
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