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May the deceased, Osirian Hemut Unnu, live with
him. May he destroy all the vermin in his heart."

384. Fragments of the 18th Chapter.—Th's
chapter is divided into ten sections, each relating
to the justification of the deceased after death in
different parts of Egypt. Thoth is requested in
each case to justify the deceased as he justified the
god Osiris.

385. Fragments of the Book of the Dead.

386. The 7th, or 9th, and other early chapters of
the Book of the Dead.—The deceased, in the great
majority of these Fragments, is named Hemut Unnu
("The duckling is perceived"), son of Per-het
(" Open heart").

387. Chapter 57 of the Book of the Dead.—
The Chapter on the blast of wind contending with
the waters in Purgatory. In this chapter the god-
dess Saf erects at last a shelter for the deceased,
and the god Noum fixes it on its foundations. When
the wind is North, deceased sits on the South; when
the wind is South, deceased sits on the North, and
so on for the other quarters ; at last, he contracts
his eyebrows over his nose, and makes a rush to a
more eligible spot.

388. Large Piece of Papyrus, bearing a frag-
mentary inscription written with a brush, in Arabic
characters, nearly of the Cufic form—The upper line
is clearly the " B-ism-allah," " in the name of God ;"
and below, the first clause of the profession of faith
of the Mohamedans, " La illah ila Allah," " There
is no divinity but God." The piece of papyrus is