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THE BO0K OF THE DEAD.
[Plates VII.-X.
Plate X. i. The Cat, i.e., the Sun, which dwelleth by the persea tree in
Heliopolis, cutting off the head of the serpent Apepi, emblematic of his
enemies.1
2. Three seatecl cleities holding knives. They are probably Sau, Horus
of Sekhem, ancl Nefer-Tmu.
3. Ani and his wife Thuthu, who holds a sistrum ^, kneeling in adoration
before the god Khepera, beetle-headed, who is seated in the boat of the rising
sun (to illustrate lines n6ff.).
4. Two apes, emblematic of Isis and Nephthys (to illustrate lines
124, 125).
5. The gocl Tmu, seated within the Sun-disk in the boat of the setting
sun, facing a table of offerings.
6. The god Rehu, in the form of a lion (to illustrate line 133).
7. The serpent Uatchit, the lady of flame, a symbol of the eye of Ra,
coiled rouncl a lotus flower. Above is the emblem of fire .
Text: [Chapter XVII.] (1.) Here begin the praises and glorifyings3 of
COMING OUT FROM AND GOING INTO (2) TIIE GLORIOUS NeTER-ICHERT IN THE BEAUTIFUL
Amenta, of coming out by day3 in all the forms of existence which
1 Compare the following variant from a papyrus in Dublin. In the papyrus of Hunefer, before
the scene of the Cat cutting off Apepi’s head, is one in which the deceased is represented kneeling
in adoration before five ram-headed gods, whose names are Ra, Shu, Tefnut, Seb and Ba-[neb]-Tattu.
3 Pierret renders, “resurrection des manes.” See Le Livre des Morts, p. 53.
3 Some copies read, “to be with the followers of Osiris, and to feed upon the food of Un-nefer, to
come forth by day ”; and others, “may I drink water at the sources of the streams, and be among the
followers of Un-nefer ; may I see the disk every morning.” For the texts, see Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. II.,
Bl. 29.
THE BO0K OF THE DEAD.
[Plates VII.-X.
Plate X. i. The Cat, i.e., the Sun, which dwelleth by the persea tree in
Heliopolis, cutting off the head of the serpent Apepi, emblematic of his
enemies.1
2. Three seatecl cleities holding knives. They are probably Sau, Horus
of Sekhem, ancl Nefer-Tmu.
3. Ani and his wife Thuthu, who holds a sistrum ^, kneeling in adoration
before the god Khepera, beetle-headed, who is seated in the boat of the rising
sun (to illustrate lines n6ff.).
4. Two apes, emblematic of Isis and Nephthys (to illustrate lines
124, 125).
5. The gocl Tmu, seated within the Sun-disk in the boat of the setting
sun, facing a table of offerings.
6. The god Rehu, in the form of a lion (to illustrate line 133).
7. The serpent Uatchit, the lady of flame, a symbol of the eye of Ra,
coiled rouncl a lotus flower. Above is the emblem of fire .
Text: [Chapter XVII.] (1.) Here begin the praises and glorifyings3 of
COMING OUT FROM AND GOING INTO (2) TIIE GLORIOUS NeTER-ICHERT IN THE BEAUTIFUL
Amenta, of coming out by day3 in all the forms of existence which
1 Compare the following variant from a papyrus in Dublin. In the papyrus of Hunefer, before
the scene of the Cat cutting off Apepi’s head, is one in which the deceased is represented kneeling
in adoration before five ram-headed gods, whose names are Ra, Shu, Tefnut, Seb and Ba-[neb]-Tattu.
3 Pierret renders, “resurrection des manes.” See Le Livre des Morts, p. 53.
3 Some copies read, “to be with the followers of Osiris, and to feed upon the food of Un-nefer, to
come forth by day ”; and others, “may I drink water at the sources of the streams, and be among the
followers of Un-nefer ; may I see the disk every morning.” For the texts, see Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. II.,
Bl. 29.