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Chap. XXI . THE CHAPTER OF GIVING A MOUTH TO Tin,: DECEASED IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu

In the Papyrus of Ani the XXIst Chapter follows the XXIInd,
but it is there given without title and without vignette ; in the
Turin papyrus published by Lepsius (Todtenbuch, Bl. 1 4) the
XXlst and XXIInd Chapters are quite distinct, and each has
its own title, while a single vignette stands over both . In the
Vignette a priest is shewn holding a vase in the left hand, and
the ram-headed serpent-like instrument called "Ur-hekau" (i . e .,
"great of enchantments") in the right ; with the latter he is
about to touch the mouth of the deceased who is standing be-
fore him . Behind the deceased is a man seated on a chair and
holding a staff in his left hand .

Text : ( 1) THE CHAPTER OF GIVING A MOUTH TO THE OVER-
SEER OF THE HOUSE, Nu, TRIUMPHANT, (2) IN THE UNDERWORLD.
He saith :-

"Homage to thee, O thou lord of brightness, thou who art at
"the head of the Great House, prince of the night and of thick
"darkness! I have come unto thee being a pure (3) khu . Thy
"two hands are behind thee, and thou halt thy lot with [thy]
"ancestors . O grant thou unto me my mouth that I may speak
"therewith ; and guide thou to me my heart at the season when
"there is (4) cloud and darkness."

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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