Chap . LXXI. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY. From the Papyrus of Nebseni

Vignette : The deceased kneeling, with both hands raised in adoration,
before the goddess Meh-urt ; the legend reads : "the homage of the
scribe Nebseni to the goddess Meh-urt, lady of heaven, and mistress of
earth ." Elsewhere (Naville, op . cit ., Bd. I . Bt . 83) the deceased is seen
adoring Ra in the presence of Thoth and Osiris .


Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF' COMING FORTH BY DAY . The
libationer, the lord of reverence, Nebseni, saith :-

"Hail, thou hawk who risest in heaven, thou lord of the god-
dess Meb-urt! (2) Strengthen thou me according as thou hast
"strengthened thyself, and shew thyself upon the earth, 0 thou
"that returnest and withdrawest thyself, and let thy will be
"done ."

`Behold the god of One Face (3) is with me . [I am] the
"hawk which is within the shrine ; and I open that which is
"upon the hangings thereof. Behold Horus, the son of Isis ."

"[Behold] Horns the son of Isis! (4) Strengthen thou me,
"according as thou hast strengthened thyself, and shew thyself
"upon earth, 0 thou that returnest and withdrawest thyself, and
"let thy will be done ."

"Behold, (5 ) the god of One Face is with me. [I am] the
"hawk in the southern heaven, and [I am] Thoth in the northern
"heaven ; I make peace with the raging fire and I bring Maat
"(6) to him that loveth her."

"Behold Thoth, even Thoth ! Strengthen thou me according
"as thou hast strengthened thyself, and shew thyself upon earth,
"0 thou that returnest and (7) withdrawest thyself, and let thy
"will be done ."

`Behold the god of One Face is with me . I am the Plant
"(8) of the region where nothing sprouteth, and the Blosson of
"the hidden horizon ."

"Behold Osiris, yea Osiris ! Strengthen thou me according as
"thou hast strengthened thyself, (9) and shew thyself upon earth,
"0 thou that returnest and withdrawest thyself, and let thy will
"be done."

`Behold, the god of One Face (10) is with me . Hail, thou
"who [standest] upon thy legs, in thine hour," or (as others say),
"Hail, thou who art victorious upon thy legs in thine (11) hour,
"thou lord of the two divine Tchafi,I who livest [in] the two
"divine 1 chaJi, strengthen thou me according as thou halt streng-
thened thyself, and (12) shew thyself upon earth, 0 thou that
"returnest and vwithdrawest thyself, and let thy will be done ."

`Behold, the god of One Face is with me . (13) Hail, thou
"Nekhen who art in thine egg, thou lord of the goddess Meh-
"urt, strengthen thou me according as thou bast strengthened
"thyself, (14) and show thyself upon earth, 0 thou that return-
"est and withdrawest thyself, and let thy will be done ."

`Behold, the god of One Face is with (15) me . The god
"Sebek hath stood up within his ground, and the goddess Neith
"hath stood up within her plantation, 0 thou that returnest and
"withdrawest (16) thyself, shew thyself upon earth and let thy
"will be done ."

"Behold, the god of One Face is with me . Hail, ye seven
"beings who make decrees, who (17) support the Scales on the
"night of the judgment of the Utchat, who cut off heads, who
"hack necks in pieces, who take possession of hearts by violence
"and rend the places (18) where hearts are fixed, who make
"slaughterings in the Lake of Fire, I know you and I know
"your names, therefore know ye me even as (19) I know your
"names. I come forth to you, therefore come ye forth to me,
"for ye live in me and I would live in you . Make ye me to be
"vigorous by means of that which is in your hands, that is to
"say, by the rod of power which is (20) in your hands . Decree
"ye for me life by [your] speech year by year ; give me multi-
tudes of years over and above my years of life, and multitudes
"of months over and above my months (21) of life, and multi-
tudes of days over and above my days of life, and multitudes
"of nights over and above my nights of life ; and grant that I
"may come forth and shine upon my statue ; and [grant me]
"(22) air for my nose, and let my eyes have the power to see
"among those divine beings who dwell in the horizon on the
"day when evil-doing and wrong are justly assessed ."

Rubric : IF THIS CHAPTER BE RECITED FOR THE DECEASED HE SHALL
BE STRONG UPON EARTH BEFORE RA, AND HE SHALL HAVE A COMFORTABLE
BURIAL (OR TOMB) WITH OSIRIS, AND IT SHALI, BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO
A MAN IN THE UNDERWORLD . SEPULCHRAL BREAD SHALL 13E GIVEN UNTO
HIM, AND HE SHALI, COME FORTH INTO THE PRESENCE [OF RA] DAY BY
DAY, AND EVERY DAY, REGULARLY, AND CONTINUALLY.


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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The Hieroglyphic Name of Sepa
Sketch for Centipede
God Sepa was an Egyptian god who take the shape of the Centipede from Heliopolis with powers to forestall snake snacks. He can likewise be was with the head  of  a  donkey  or  as  a  mummiform deity just two close horns.





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Sah (god)

The Hieroglyphic Name of Sah
For the Ancient Egyptians, Sah was the apotheosis of configuration Orion. His accord was Sopdet, the goddess of star Sirius. Orion and Sirius both given an important role in Egyptian mythology, and the checking deities were affiliated with God Osiris and Goddess Isis.

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Chap. LXIX. ANOTHER CHAPTER . From the Papyrus of Mes-em-neter

Vignette : This . Chapter is without a vignette both in the Theban and
Saite Recensions of the Book of the Dead .


Text : (I) ANOTHER (2) CHAPTER .
"I am the Fire-god, the divine brother of the Fire-god, and
"[I am] Osiris the brother of Isis . My divine son, together with
"his mother Isis, hath avenged me on mine enemies . (3) My
"enemies have wrought every [kind of] evil, therefore their arms,
"and hands, and feet, have been fettered by reason of their wicked-
ness which they have wrought (4) upon me . I am Osiris, the
"first-born of the divine womb, the first-born of the gods, and
"the heir of my father Osiris-Seb (r) . I am Osiris, the lords of
"the heads (5) that live, mighty of breast and powerful of back,
"with a phallus which goeth to the remotest limits [where] men
"and women [live] . I am Sah (Orion) who travelleth over his
"domain and who journeyeth along before (6) the stars of heaven,
"[which is] the belly of my mother Nut ; she conceived me
"through her love, and she gave birth to me because it was her
"will so to do . I am (7) Anpu (Anubis) on the day of the god
"Sepa. I am the Bull at the head of the meadow . I, even I,
"am Osiris who imprisoned his father together with his mother
"(8) on the day of making the great slaughter ; now, [his] father
"is Seb, and [his] mother is Nut . I am Horus, the first-born of
"Rd of the risings . I am Anpu (Anubis) [on the day of] (9)
"the god Sepa . I, even I, am the lord Tern. I am Osiris . Hail,
"thou divine first-born, who dost enter and dost speak before
"the divine Scribe and Doorkeeper of Osiris, grant that (to) I
"may come . I have become a khu, I have been judged, I have
"become a divine being, I have come, and I have avenged mine
`own body. I have taken up my seat by the divine birth-chamber
"(11) of Osiris, and I have destroyed the sickness and suffering
"which were there . I have become mighty, and I have become
"a divine being by the side of the birth-chamber of Osiris, I am
"brought forth with him, I renew my youth, (12) I renew my
"youth, I take possession of my two thighs which are in the
"place where is Osiris, and I open the mouth of the gods there-
"with, I take my seat by his side, and Thoth cometh forth, (13)
"and [I am] strengthened in heart with thousands of cakes upon
"the altars (14) of my divine father, and with my beasts, and with
"my cattle, and with my red feathered fowl, (15) and with my
"oxen, and with my geese, and with my ducks, for Horus my
"Chieftain, and with the offerings which I make to Thoth, and
"with the sacrifices which I offer up to An-heri-ertaitsa ."

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. LX.VIII . THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY . From the Papyrus of Nu.

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