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THE VERSIONS OF THE BOOK OF THE DEAD.

XXXIII

Scene of the worship of the rising sun by mythological beings.

Chapter XV Ib. Without title or text.

Vignette : Scene of the worship of the setting sun by mythological beings.

Chapter XVII. Here begin the praises and glorifyings of coming out from,
and going into, the underworld in the beautiful Amenta; of coming out by day, and
of making transformations and of changing into any form which he pleaseth ; of
playing at draughts in the seh chamber ; and of coming forth in the form of a living
soul: to be said by the deceased after his death.

Vignette: The deceased playing at draughts; the deceased adoring the lion-
gods of yesterday and to-day ; the bier of Osiris with Isis and Nephthys at the foot
and head respectively ; and a number of mythological beings referred to in the text.

Chapter XVIII. Without title.

Vignette : The deceased adoring the groups of gods belonging to various cities.

Chapter XIX.# The Chapter of the crown(?) of victory.

This Chapter has no vignette.

Chapter XX. Without title.

This Chapter has no vignette.

Chapter XXI.* The Chapter of giving a mouth to a man in the underworld.

This Chapter has no vignette.

ChapterXXII. The Chapter of giving a mouth to the deceased in the
underworld.

Vignette : The guardian of the scales touching the mouth of the deceased.

Chapter XXIII. The Chapter of opening the mouth of the deceased in the
underworld,

Vignette : The sem priest touching the mouth of the deceased with the
instrument Z'—>.

Chapter XXIV. The Chapter of bringing words of magical power to the
deceased in the underworld.

This Chapter has no vignette.

Chapter XXV. The Chapter of causing a man to remember his name in the
underworld.

Vignette : A priest holding up J before the deceased.

Chapter XXVI. The Chapter of giving a heart to the deceased in the
underworld.

Vignette : Anubis holding out a heart to the deceased in the underworld.

Chapter XXVII. The Chapter of not allowing the heart of a man to be
taken from him in the underworld.

Theban version :
list of chapters.

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