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274 HIEROGLYPHS.
tell them their mystical names ; the passage in the barge of the
sun; the chapter of finding Athor, of sitting with the gods.
XII. Certain chapters of going in and coming out of the
gate of the west, and of knowing the spirits of the east and
west of Eshmun, or Hermopolis, and Annu, or Seliopolis.
The going in peace to the fields of Aahlu or TUlysiwm, plough-
ing, sowing, reaping, and transporting the food there made.1
XIII. The chapters of going in and out of the Rusta or plains."
XIV. The Book of the arrival at the Hall of the two
Truths, and the final judgment before Osiris, and the denial of
the forty-two sins to their personifications and demons, and the
weighing of the heart, the record of Thoth.3
XV. The parts of the Hall here call on the deceased to tell
them their mystic names, or they will not let him proceed.4
XVI. The basin of purgatorial fire guarded by four apes.5
XVII. A book called that of adoring the gods of the sun's
orbit; another instructing the dead to stand at the boat of the
sun; another for the same purport, and giving eternal life to
the soul, containing chapters relating to the going out to the
heaven as the soul approached the gate of Hades; others con-
taining adoration to the Sun; of going to the east; adoring
the god Turn, or the setting sun." There is here a book said
to be made on the 30th of the month Epiphi when the Eye is
full. Another separate book or section is that teaching the
dead the names of the gods of the south and north; and a
second book telling them the names of certain other gods.7
XVIII. Contains the account of the Halls of the Aahru or
Aahlu (Elysium). There are seven halls of the meek-hearted
Osiris, of which it is necessary that the deceased should know
the names of the keepers, and the name written over them, and
1 Lepsius, Todt. xxxviii. xlv. 107-16. - Ibid. xlv. xlvi. 117-24.
3 Ibid. xli. 1. 125. < Ibid. Ii. 125. . 6 Ibid. li. 126.
c Ibid. li. lviii. 127-139. ~ Ibid. 140-143.
tell them their mystical names ; the passage in the barge of the
sun; the chapter of finding Athor, of sitting with the gods.
XII. Certain chapters of going in and coming out of the
gate of the west, and of knowing the spirits of the east and
west of Eshmun, or Hermopolis, and Annu, or Seliopolis.
The going in peace to the fields of Aahlu or TUlysiwm, plough-
ing, sowing, reaping, and transporting the food there made.1
XIII. The chapters of going in and out of the Rusta or plains."
XIV. The Book of the arrival at the Hall of the two
Truths, and the final judgment before Osiris, and the denial of
the forty-two sins to their personifications and demons, and the
weighing of the heart, the record of Thoth.3
XV. The parts of the Hall here call on the deceased to tell
them their mystic names, or they will not let him proceed.4
XVI. The basin of purgatorial fire guarded by four apes.5
XVII. A book called that of adoring the gods of the sun's
orbit; another instructing the dead to stand at the boat of the
sun; another for the same purport, and giving eternal life to
the soul, containing chapters relating to the going out to the
heaven as the soul approached the gate of Hades; others con-
taining adoration to the Sun; of going to the east; adoring
the god Turn, or the setting sun." There is here a book said
to be made on the 30th of the month Epiphi when the Eye is
full. Another separate book or section is that teaching the
dead the names of the gods of the south and north; and a
second book telling them the names of certain other gods.7
XVIII. Contains the account of the Halls of the Aahru or
Aahlu (Elysium). There are seven halls of the meek-hearted
Osiris, of which it is necessary that the deceased should know
the names of the keepers, and the name written over them, and
1 Lepsius, Todt. xxxviii. xlv. 107-16. - Ibid. xlv. xlvi. 117-24.
3 Ibid. xli. 1. 125. < Ibid. Ii. 125. . 6 Ibid. li. 126.
c Ibid. li. lviii. 127-139. ~ Ibid. 140-143.