This Chapter is taken also from London 9900. The vignette at the end
represents Osiris sitting in a naos. Before him are the offerings of
fowl and cattle which Horus presents to his father. At the beginning the
deceased is seen, with raised arms; he is supposed to be Horus, and
above him are written the following words:—“Adoration to Osiris, Khenta
Amenta, the great god, the lord of Abydos, king for ever, prince of
eternity, the venerable god in Restau, pronounced by _N._, I give thee
grain, lord of the gods, the one god who liveth on justice. I am thy son
Horus. I have come to thee. I avenge thee, I bring to thee Maat, to the
place where is the circle of thy gods. Grant me to be among thy
followers, and to smite thy enemies. I have established for thee thy
food offerings on the earth for ever.”
This Chapter was first published and translated in the _Zeitschrift_,
Vol. XIII, p. 83.
1. These words are repeated before every one of the following sentences.
2. This sentence is abridged. It is given in full by the Ritual at
Abydos: “I have anointed thy head with the oil of the brow of Horus; if
it is destroyed there (on his brow) he is destroyed as god; _i.e._, his
divinity is destroyed.”
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PLATE LX.
BOOK OF THE DEAD.
[Illustration:
CHAPTER
CLXXXIII, _A. g._
]
[Illustration:
CHAPTER
CLXXXIV, _P. p._
]
[Illustration:
CHAPTER CLXXXV, _L. a._
]
[Illustration: CHAPTER CLXXV. =Papyrus of Ani.=]
[Illustration: CHAPTER CLXXIV, _A. f._]
[Illustration: CHAPTER CLXXX, _L. a._]
[Illustration: CHAPTER CLXXXVI, _D. a._]
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CHAPTER CLXXIV.
_Chapter of causing the Chu to come out of the great door in the sky._
It is read(1.) to thee by thy son (Horus).
The great ones tremble when they see the sword which is in thy hand,
when thou goest out of the Tuat.
Hail to thee, the wise one, created by Seb, born of Nut. The cycles of
the gods are at rest. Horus rests in his dwelling(2.), Tum rests in his
abode (?). All the gods of East and West rest in the great goddess(3.)
of the birth, between the arms of her who gave birth to the god.
When I am born I see, I recognize where I am, I have been raised on my
place. The order has been accomplished of her who hates sleep and
depression, and who stands in Utenet.
My bread comes from Pu, and I receive my form in Heliopolis. Horus, in
accordance with the command he had received from his father the lord of
clouds, Astes, raised him, and I have been raised by Tmu.
I am the great one. I come forth between the legs of the cycle of the
gods. I have been conceived by Sechet, and Shestet(4.) gave me birth to
be her star, Sothis, the first one, the great walker who brings Rā
through the sky every day.
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