Chapter XII
P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) Renouf translation
Chapter for entering and for coming forth out of the Netherworld.
Salutation to thee, O Râ, who guardest the secrets of the gates(1) over this domain of Seb, and this Balance with which Râ raiseth up Maât (2) daily:
Notes.
This chapter, like the next, occurs only in Pa among the older MSS. It comes twice in the Turin copy, being repeated as Chapter 120.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · So Pa; the Turin copy has ‘the Tuat.’Note 2 · In many places it is important to treat Maât as a proper name.Note 3 · or , a word not confined to agricultural operations. See note 20, p. 8. ⁂ ⁂ ⁂ ⁂ ⁂ ⁂ ⁂Note 4 · As the sun, who is represented as an infant at dawn and as an aged man at sunset.