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Epiphanius Wilson
Egyptian Book Of the Dead
The Colonial Press
1901
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Rubric: ritual instruction, sacred procedure, ceremonial guidance.
Public Domain (copyright expired)
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[From the Papyrus of Amen-hetep (see Naville, “Todtenbuch,” Bd. II. p.
99).]
THESE WORDS ARE TO BE SAID OVER A SCARAB OF GREEN STONE ENCIRCLED WITH A
BAND OF REFINED COPPER AND [HAVING] A RING OF SILVER, WHICH SHALL BE
PLACED ON THE NECK OF THE _KHU_.
THIS CHAPTER WAS FOUND IN THE CITY OF KHEMENNU (HERMOPOLIS MAGNA) UNDER
THE FEET OF [THE STATUE OF] THIS GOD. [IT WAS INSCRIBED] UPON A SLAB OF
IRON OF THE SOUTH, IN THE WRITING OF THE GOD HIMSELF, IN THE TIME OF THE
MAJESTY OF THE KING OF THE NORTH AND OF THE SOUTH, MEN-KAU-RA,(27)
TRIUMPHANT, BY THE ROYAL SON HERU-TA-TA-F, WHO DISCOVERED IT WHILE HE WAS
ON HIS JOURNEY TO MAKE AN INSPECTION OF THE TEMPLES AND OF THEIR ESTATES.
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