the festival of the half month. They are Thoth the Hidden one, and Sa, and Tem.”
if this chapter be known [by the deceased] offal shall be an abomination unto him, and he shall not drink filthy water.
OF RECEIVING PATHS
[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 9).]
The Chapter of receiving paths [whereon to walk] in Re-stau. The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:
“The paths which are above me [lead] to Re-stau. I am he who is girt about with his girdle and who cometh forth from the [goddess of] the Ureret crown. I have come, and I have stablished things in Abtu (Abydos), and I have opened out paths in Re-stau. The god Osiris hath eased my pains. I am he who maketh the waters to come into being, and who setteth his throne [thereon], and who maketh his path through the funeral valley and through the Great Lake. I have made my path, and indeed I am [Osiris].
"[Osiris was victorious over his enemies, and the Osiris Nebqet is victorious over his enemies. He hath become as one of yourselves, [O ye gods], his protector is the Lord of eternity, he walketh even as ye walk, he standeth even as ye stand, he sitteth even as ye sit, and he talketh even as ye talk in the presence of the Great God, the Lord of Amentet.]”[1]
OF COMING FORTH FROM RE-STAU
[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 9).]
The Chapter of coming forth from Re-stau. The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:
“I was born in Re-stau, and splendor hath been given unto me by those who dwell in their spiritual bodies (sāhu) in the habitation where libations are made unto Osiris. The divine ministers who are in Re-stau shall receive [me] when Osiris
- ↑ The words in brackets are from the Papyrus of Neb-qet (sheet 3).
