Vignette :
This Chapter, in the Theban Version, has neither vignette
nor title .
Text : (1) "Hail,
Thoth, who didst make
Osiris (2) to triumph
"over his enemies, snare thou the enemies of Osiris, the scribe
"Nebseni, the lord of piety, in the presence of the great sovereign
"princes of every god and of every goddess ; (3) in the presence
"of the great sovereign princes who are in Annu (Heliopolis)
"on the night of the battle and of the overthrow of the Sebau-
"fiend in Tattu ; on (4) the night of making to stand up the
"double Tet in Sekhem (Letopolis) ; on the night of the things
"of the night in Sekhem, in Pe, (5) and in Tepu ;t on the night
"of the stablishing of Horus in the heritage of the things of his
"father in the double land of Rekhti (?) ; (6) on the night when
"Isis maketh lamentation at the side of her brother Osiris in
"Abtu (
Abydos) ; on the night of the Haker festival (7) of the
"distinguishing [between] the dead (i . e ., the damned) and the
"Klu.s on the path of the dead (i . e ., the damned) ; on the night
"of the judgment of those who are to be annihilated at the great
"[festival of] the ploughing and the turning up of the earth (8)
"in Naarerut-f in Re-stau ; and on the night of making Horus
"to triumph over his enemies . Horus is mighty, the northern and
"southern halves of heaven rejoice, (9) Osiris is content thereat
"and his heart is glad . Hail, Thoth, make thou to triumph Osiris,
"the scribe Nebseni, over his enemies (10) in the presence of the
"sovereign princes of every god and every goddess, and in the
"presence of you, ye sovereign princes who passed judgment on
"Osiris behind the shrine ."
In the Saite Recension this Chapter has no vignette, but it
has the title, "Another Chapter of the Chaplet of victory", and
is arranged in tabular form. The words, "Hail, Thoth, make
"Osiris Auf-ankh, triumphant, to triumph over his enemies even
"as thou didst make Osiris to triumph over his enemies," which
are written in two horizontal lines, are to be repeated before each
column of text . The "great sovereign princes" invoked are those
of :- (1) . Annu (Heliopolis), (2) . Tattu, (3) . Sekhem (Letopolis),
(4) . Pe and Tep, (5) . An-arut-f, (6) . the double land of Rekhti,
(7) . Re-stau, (8) . Abtu, (g) . the paths of the dead, (10) . the plough-
ing festival in Tattu, (11) . Kher-aba, (12) . Osiris, (I3) . heaven
and earth, (14) . every god and every goddess . The rubric reads :-
IF THIS CHAPTER BE RECITED REGULARLY AND ALWAYS BY A MAN
WHO HATH PURIFIED HIMSELF IN WATER OF NATRON, HE SHALL COME
FORTH BY DAY AFTER HE HATH COME INTO PORT (I . E., IS DEAD), AND HE
SHALL PERFORM ALL THE TRANSFORMATIONS WHICH HIS HEART SHALL
DICTATE, AND HE SHALL, COME FORTH FROM EVERY FIRE .
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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