Nicholson, Charles: Aegyptiaca (London, 1891)

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The 22nd Chapter—" Saith the Osirian Hemut
Unnu, deceased, I shine like the egg in the land of
mystery, my mouth is restored to me and I speak
with it, I am in presence of the great pioneers, in
presence of the great god of the house of glory, my
arms are not impeded (in the published edition the
word ' not; is omitted), before the pioneers of any
god or any goddess, I am the Osiris worshipped at
Rostu, at the head of the place called the staircase.
I approach, I perform the desire of my heart in the
day of flame, I extinguish the flame as it ap-
proaches."

377. Belongs to the same person as No. 341.

378. A and D belong to Chapter 15, B and C to
Chapter 148.—In D, in the first picture, the
deceased is sitting in the barque of the sun during
his daily journey; in the second the sun has just
sunk beneath the horizon ; and in the third the de-
ceased gets to shore to get his supper, which is seen
on the altar. Chapter 148 is also connected with
the worship of the sun, and very likely may have
come next to Chapter 15. The picture represents
the four oars of the north, south, east, and west
quarters of the heavens ; also the seven kine of the
sun.

379. This deserves notice as the beginning of the
passages of which the collection contains so many
pieces. As usual, the person who pasted them on to
the board has inverted their proper order. B is the
first chapter of the Book of the Dead. It begins :
" Hail, Osiris, Bull of the West, with Thoth, eternal
King. I am the great deity in his ark ; I have con-