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THE BOOK OF THE DEAD

double offering. I have come onward to its land, I have put on my girdle(?), I have come forth so that the gifts which are about to be given unto me may be given, I have made gladness for myself. I have laid hold upon my strength which the god Hetep hath greatly increased for me. O Unen-em-hetep,[1] I have entered in to thee and my soul followeth after me, and my divine food is upon both my hands, O Lady of the two lands,[2] who stablishest my word whereby I remember and forget; I would live without injury, without any injury [being done] unto me, oh, grant to me, oh, do thou grant to me, joy of heart. Make thou me to be at peace, bind thou up my sinews and muscles, and make me to receive the air. O Un[en]-em-hetep, thou Lady of the winds, I have entered in to thee and I have opened (i.e., shown) my head. Rā falleth asleep, but I am awake, and there is the goddess Hast at the gate of heaven by night. Obstacles have been set before me, but I have gathered together what he hath emitted. I am in my city. O Nut-urt,[3] I have entered into thee and I have counted my harvest, and I go forward to Uakh.[4] I am the Bull enveloped in turquoise, the lord of the Field of the Bull, the lord of the divine speech of the goddess Septet (Sothis) at her hours. O Uakh, I have entered into thee, I have eaten my bread, I have gotten the mastery over choice pieces of the flesh of oxen and of feathered fowl, and the birds of Shu have been given unto me; I follow after the gods and [I come after] the divine kas. O Tchefet,[5] I have entered in to thee. I array myself in apparel, and I gird myself with the sa garment of Rā; now behold, [he is] in heaven, and those who dwell therein follow Rā, and [I] follow Rā in heaven. O Unen-em-hetep, lord of the two lands, I have entered in to thee, and I have plunged into the lakes of Tchesert; behold me, for all filth hath departed from me. The Great God groweth therein, and behold, I have found [food therein]; I have snared feathered fowl and I feed upon the finest [of them]. O Qenqentet,[6] I have entered into thee, and I have seen the Osiris [my father], and I have gazed upon my mother, and I

  1. I.e., “Existence in Peace,” the name of the first large section of the Elysian Fields.
  2. The name of a pool in the second section of the Elysian Fields.
  3. The name of a pool in the first section of the Elysian Fields.
  4. The name of a pool in the second section of the Elysian Fields.
  5. The name of a district in the third section of the Elysian Fields.
  6. The name of a pool in the first section of the Elysian Fields.