Opening The Underworld
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Epiphanius Wilson
Egyptian Book Of the Dead
The Colonial Press
1901
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Opening The Underworld: access, revelation, passage into hidden realms.
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Opening The Underworld
[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 15).]
THE CHAPTER OF OPENING THE UNDERWORLD. The overseer of the palace, the
chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:
“The chamber of those who dwell in Nu is opened, and the footsteps of
those who dwell with the god of Light are set free. The chamber of Shu is
opened, and he cometh forth; and I shall come forth outside, and I shall
advance from my territory(?), I shall receive ... and I shall lay firm
hold upon the tribute in the House of the Chief of his dead. I shall
advance to my throne which is in the boat of Rā. I shall not be molested,
and I shall not suffer shipwreck from my throne which is in the boat of
Rā, the mighty one. Hail thou that shinest and givest light from
Hent-she!”
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