The Chapters numbered 51 and 52 are not found in the most ancient papyri, but the substance of them and their formulas are met with on the ancient coffins[65] and in the Pyramid texts. See, for instance, Unas 189, Teta 68, with M. Maspero’s note on the latter text. I do not, however, believe, as M. Maspero does, that these texts convey the idea “so frequent[!] among half-civilised peoples, of another life in which the deceased will have nothing to eat and drink but excremental matter.” That the ⁂⁂⁂ which I translate ‘dirt’ and ⁂⁂ ‘lye’ are of this nature is quite certain, but they are objects of abhorrence to the Sun-god, like the dead rat and the putrid cat in chapter 33, because he is a consuming fire, and “whatsoever he findeth upon his path he devoureth it,” ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂ Unas 515. It is only natural then that the deceased who is identified with the Sun-god in these texts should express his execration of such offensive matter. He is not afraid of being limited to this food, his fear springs from the opposite extreme. ----- Footnote 65: There is a chapter in Lepsius, _Älteste Texte_, p. 34, with the same title as chapter 51, but the contents are different. ------------------------------------ CHAPTER LII. _Chapter whereby one eateth not dirt in the Netherworld._ I execrate, I execrate, I do not eat it. That which I execrate is dirt. I eat it not, that I may appease my Genius(1.). Let it not fall upon me; let me not approach it with my hands, let me not tread upon it with my sandals. Henceforth let me live upon corn(2.) in your presence, ye gods, and let there come one who bringeth to me that I may feed from those seven loaves which he hath brought for Horus and upon the loaves for Thoth. “What willst thou eat?” say the gods to him. Let me eat under the Sycamore of Hathor the Sovereign, and let my turn be given to me among those who rest there. And let me manage the fields in Tattu and prosper in Heliopolis. And let me feed upon the bread of the white corn and upon the beer of the red barley. And let the forms(3.) of my father and of my mother be granted to me; the gate-keepers of the stream. Let room be thrown open for me, let the path be made, and let me sit in any place that I desire. NOTES. 1. Here, as in the corresponding passage in the preceding chapter and in several other places, the later texts often read ⁂, which is a serious error. 2. The unintelligible ⁂⁂⁂ of the later texts should be corrected to ⁂⁂ (_Älteste Texte_ 42, lines 50, 54 and 67). The error may be traced to a form of the word with the prothetic ⁂. There are several words varying in their applications which may be traced to the same origin.