THE VERSIONS OF THE BOOK OF THE DEAD.
XXXV
Vignette : Three serpents.
Chapter XXXVI. The Chapter of repulsing the tortoise
Theban version :
list of chapters.
apsai).
Vignette : The deceased spearing a beetle.1
Chapter XXXVII. The Chapter of repulsing the two merti
Vignette : Two ursei, which represent the two eyes of Ra.
Chapter XXXVI IIa. The Chapter of living upon the air which is in the
underworld.
Vignette : The deceased holding a sail 2^2, emblematic of air.
Chapter XXXVI IIb. The Chapter of living upon air and of repulsing the two
merti.
Vignette : The deceased attacking three serpents, a knife in his right hand
and a sail in his left.
Chapter XXXIX. The Chapter of repulsing the serpent in the underworld.
Vignette : The deceased spearing a serpent.
Chapter XL. The Chapter of repulsing the eater of the ass.
Vignette : The deceased spearing a serpent which is biting the neck of an ass.
Chapter XLI. The Chapter of doing away with the wounding of the eyes in
the underworld.
Vignette : The deceased holding a knife in the right hand and a roll in the left.
Chapter XLII. [The Chapter] of doing away with slaughter in Suten-henen.
Vignette : A man holding a serpent.2
Chapter XLIII. The Chapter of not allowing the head of a man to be cut
off from him in the underworld.
This Chapter has no vignette.
Chapter XLIV. The Chapter of not dying a second time.
This Chapter has no vignette.
Chapter XLV. The Chapter of not seeing corruption.
This Chapter has no vignette.
Chapter XLVI. The Chapter of not decaying, and of living in the under-
world.
This Chapter has no vignette.
Chapter XLVII. The Chapter of not carrying off the place (or seat) of the
throne from a man in the underworld.
1 Or the deceased holding a knife and staff and standing before .
3 For the variant vignettes see Naville, Todtetibuch, Bd. I., Bl. 57.
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XXXV
Vignette : Three serpents.
Chapter XXXVI. The Chapter of repulsing the tortoise
Theban version :
list of chapters.
apsai).
Vignette : The deceased spearing a beetle.1
Chapter XXXVII. The Chapter of repulsing the two merti
Vignette : Two ursei, which represent the two eyes of Ra.
Chapter XXXVI IIa. The Chapter of living upon the air which is in the
underworld.
Vignette : The deceased holding a sail 2^2, emblematic of air.
Chapter XXXVI IIb. The Chapter of living upon air and of repulsing the two
merti.
Vignette : The deceased attacking three serpents, a knife in his right hand
and a sail in his left.
Chapter XXXIX. The Chapter of repulsing the serpent in the underworld.
Vignette : The deceased spearing a serpent.
Chapter XL. The Chapter of repulsing the eater of the ass.
Vignette : The deceased spearing a serpent which is biting the neck of an ass.
Chapter XLI. The Chapter of doing away with the wounding of the eyes in
the underworld.
Vignette : The deceased holding a knife in the right hand and a roll in the left.
Chapter XLII. [The Chapter] of doing away with slaughter in Suten-henen.
Vignette : A man holding a serpent.2
Chapter XLIII. The Chapter of not allowing the head of a man to be cut
off from him in the underworld.
This Chapter has no vignette.
Chapter XLIV. The Chapter of not dying a second time.
This Chapter has no vignette.
Chapter XLV. The Chapter of not seeing corruption.
This Chapter has no vignette.
Chapter XLVI. The Chapter of not decaying, and of living in the under-
world.
This Chapter has no vignette.
Chapter XLVII. The Chapter of not carrying off the place (or seat) of the
throne from a man in the underworld.
1 Or the deceased holding a knife and staff and standing before .
3 For the variant vignettes see Naville, Todtetibuch, Bd. I., Bl. 57.
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