Chapter VI
P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) Renouf translation
Chapter whereby the funereal Statuettes may be made to do work for a person in the Netherworld.
O Statuette(1) there! Should I be called and appointed to do any of the labours that are done in the Netherworld by a person according to his abilities, lo! all obstacles have been beaten down 16for thee; be thou counted for me at every moment, for planting the fields, for watering the soil, for conveying the sands of east and west.
Here am I, whithersoever thou callest me.
Note.
In the earlier texts , , ; in the later . The latter word being read ušebti, has very naturally been considered as derived from , in Coptic ⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ, ‘to answer.’ For the statuette is addressed at the beginning of the chapter, and it replies at the end. But there is no reason for supposing that the earlier form had the same meaning.
