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Chap. XXXV. THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE DECEASED BE DEVOURED BY SERPENTS IN THE UNDERWORLD. From the Papyrus of Nu

Vignette : This Chapter is without a vignette in the Papyrus of Nu, but
in the Brocklehurst Papyrus three serpents form the vignette (see Naville,
op . cit ., Bd. I . BI . 48) ; in the Turin Papyrus (Lepsius, op . cit ., B1 . 17)
the vignette chews the deceased in the act of spearing a serpent .


Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF NOT [LETTING] NU, THE CHAN-
CELLOR-IN-CHIEF, TRIUMPHANT, BE DEVOURED BY SERPENTS IN
THE UNDERWORLD . He saith :-

"Hail, thou god Shu! (2) Behold Tattu! Behold Shu! Hail
"Tattu! [Shu] hath the head-dress of the goddess Hathor . They
"nurse Osiris . Behold the two-fold being who is about to eat
"me! Alighting from the boat I depart (?), (3) and the serpent-
"fiend Seksek passeth me by . Behold sam and aaqet flowers
"are kept under guard (?) . This being is Osiris, and he maketh
"entreaty for his tomb . (4) The eyes of the divine prince are
"dropped, and he performeth the reparation which is to be done
"for thee ; [he] giveth [unto thee thy] portion of right and truth
"according to the decision concerning the states and conditions
"[of men] ."

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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Chap. XXXIV. THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE DECEASED BE BITTEN BY SNAKES IN THE UNDERWORLD. From the Papyrus of Nu.