The Egyptian Book of the dead

Part 3 — CHAPTER CXXXVIII.

P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) Renouf translation

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Chapter whereby one is enabled to enter into Abydos.

Oh all ye gods who are in Abydos, [each one and his](1) divine circle likewise in its entirety, who are coming with acclamation to meet me: let me see my father Osiris: let me be held as one who cometh forth as of his house(2).

I am Horus, the Lord of Kamit, and the heir of Tesherit,(3) which I have also seized. I, the invincible one, whose eye is potent against his adversaries: who avengeth his father, and is fierce at the drowning of his mother;(4) who smiteth his adversaries and putteth an end to violence on their part....(5).

OhOh thou of the potent Lock, king of hosts, who art seized of the Two Worlds; whose father’s house is seized(6) [by him] in virtue of the writs(7); my balance is perfectly even, my voice is law, and I prevail over all mine adversaries.(8)

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Note 1 · [Each one and his.] These words are necessary for the purpose of bringing out the meaning of the text. Every god, it has already been said, Note 2 · The exact text here is doubtful, and the sense of depends upon it. or is the well known title of a priestly official, whose presence was req Note 3 · Kamit , the “Black Land” is Egypt; Tesherit 278, the “Red Land,” is whatever lies beyond the limits of Egypt. ⁂ ⁂ ⁂ ⁂ ⁂Note 4 · The drowning of his mother . Drowning maybe too strong a word, but immersion at least is meant. We are at present without any other referenc Note 5 · Here occurs a word, or of doubtful meaning. As the next word to it begins a sentence, it must be considered as connected with the words prec Note 6 · Seized (throughout this chapter) in the juridical sense of seisin or feudal possession.Note 7 · Writs , a reading of three early papyri, which has disappeared in the later ones. The Turin Todtenbuch has , “with his two hands.” ⁂ ⁂ ⁂ ⁂ ⁂Note 8 · Here the chapter ends in Pi, and even sooner in the later texts. The three older papyri differ as to the words which immediately follow, and