Famous Pharaohs

Chap . VI . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE SHABTI FIGURE TO DO WORK FOR A MAN IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Vignette : A standing, bearded male figure .

Text : fit) THE CHAPTER OF' MAKING THE SHABTI FIGURE TO
DO WORK FOR A MAN IN THE UNDERWORLD . The scribe Nebseni,
the draughtsman in the Temples (2) of the North and South,
the man highly venerated in the Temple of Ptah, saith :-

"O thou shabti figure (3) of the scribe Nebseni, the son of
"the scribe Thena, victorious, and of the lady of the house
"Mutrestha, victorious, (4) if I be called, or if I be adjudged to
"do any work whatsoever of the labours which are to be done
"in the underworld behold, [for thee] opposition will there be
"(5) set aside-by a man in his turn, let the judgment fall upon
"thee instead of upon me always, in the matter of sowing the
"fields, of filling (6) the water-courses with water, and of bring-
ing the sands of this east [to] the west ."

[The shabti figure answereth], "Verily I am here [and will
"come] whithersoever thou biddest me ."

The SourceThe Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

Chap. IB. THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE SAHU TO ENTER THE TUAT. From the Papyrus of Nekhtu-Amen.

Chap. II . THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY, AND OF LIVING AFTER DEATH . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap . III . ANOTHER CHAPTER LIKE UNTO THE PRECEDING. From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . IV . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING OVER THE CELESTIAL ROAD OF RE-STAU . From the Papyrus of NU.

Chap. V . THE CHAP'IER OF NOT LETTING WORK BE DONE IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Vignette : A seated man (see Naville op . cit ., Bd. I . Dl . 7) .

Text : ( i) THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING WORK BE DONE IN
THE UNDERWORLD by Nebseni, the scribe and draughtsman in
the Temple of Ptah, who saith :-

"I lift up the hand of the man who is inactive . I have come
"from the city of Unnu (Hermopolis) . I am the divine Soul
"which liveth, and I lead with me the hearts of the apes ."

The SourceThe Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

Chap. IB. THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE SAHU TO ENTER THE TUAT. From the Papyrus of Nekhtu-Amen.

Chap. II . THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY, AND OF LIVING AFTER DEATH . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap . III . ANOTHER CHAPTER LIKE UNTO THE PRECEDING. From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . IV . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING OVER THE CELESTIAL ROAD OF RE-STAU . From the Papyrus of NU.

Vignette : This Chapter has no Vignette .

Text : ( t) THE CHAPTER OF' PASSING OVER THE CELESTIAL .
ROAD OF RE-STAt1. The overseer of the palace, the Chancellor-
in-chief, the Osiris Nu, triumphant, saith :-

"I open out a way over the watery abyss which formeth a
"path between the two Combatants (i . e ., Horus and Set), and
"I have come ; may the fields of Osiris be given over into my "power."

The SourceThe Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

Chap. IB. THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE SAHU TO ENTER THE TUAT. From the Papyrus of Nekhtu-Amen.

Chap. II . THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY, AND OF LIVING AFTER DEATH . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap . III . ANOTHER CHAPTER LIKE UNTO THE PRECEDING. From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . VI . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE SHABTI FIGURE TO DO WORK FOR A MAN IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Chap. V . THE CHAP'IER OF NOT LETTING WORK BE DONE IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Chap . IV . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING OVER THE CELESTIAL ROAD OF RE-STAU . From the Papyrus of NU.

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