Vignette : In many of the papyri containing the Theban Recension
this Chapter has no vignette ; in one, however, the vignette is a heart
standing above a vase, in another the deceased is seen adoring his heart,
and in another the deceased is standing before four gods, one of whom
is offering a heart to him (see Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd . I . B! . 42) .
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF
THE OVERSEER OF THE PALACE, THE CHANCELLOR-IN-CHIEF,
Nu, TRIUMPHANT, BE DRIVEN AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UNDER-
WORLD . He saith :- (2)
"O my heart, my mother ; O my heart, my mother! O my
"heart of my existence upon earth . May naught stand up to
"oppose me in judgment in the presence of the lords of the trial
"(3) ; let it not be said of me and of that which I have done,
"'He hath done deeds against that which is right and true' ;
"may naught be against me in the presence of the great god, the
"lord of Amentet . Homage to thee, O my heart! (4) Homage
"to thee, O my heart! Homage to you, O my reins! Homage
"to you, O ye gods who dwell in the divine clouds, and who
"are (5) exalted (or holy) by reason of your sceptres ! Speak ye
"[for me] fair things to Ra, and make ye me to prosper before
"Nehebka . And behold me, even though I be joined to the
"earth in the mighty innermost parts thereof, let me remain upon
"the earth and let me not die in Amentet, but become a Khu
"therein ."
Chap.
XXX. THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF A MAN BE DRIVEN AWAY FROM HIM IN
THE UNDERWORLD. From the Turin Papyrus.
this Chapter has no vignette ; in one, however, the vignette is a heart
standing above a vase, in another the deceased is seen adoring his heart,
and in another the deceased is standing before four gods, one of whom
is offering a heart to him (see Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd . I . B! . 42) .
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF
THE OVERSEER OF THE PALACE, THE CHANCELLOR-IN-CHIEF,
Nu, TRIUMPHANT, BE DRIVEN AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UNDER-
WORLD . He saith :- (2)
"O my heart, my mother ; O my heart, my mother! O my
"heart of my existence upon earth . May naught stand up to
"oppose me in judgment in the presence of the lords of the trial
"(3) ; let it not be said of me and of that which I have done,
"'He hath done deeds against that which is right and true' ;
"may naught be against me in the presence of the great god, the
"lord of Amentet . Homage to thee, O my heart! (4) Homage
"to thee, O my heart! Homage to you, O my reins! Homage
"to you, O ye gods who dwell in the divine clouds, and who
"are (5) exalted (or holy) by reason of your sceptres ! Speak ye
"[for me] fair things to Ra, and make ye me to prosper before
"Nehebka . And behold me, even though I be joined to the
"earth in the mighty innermost parts thereof, let me remain upon
"the earth and let me not die in Amentet, but become a Khu
"therein ."
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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