Chap . III . ANOTHER CHAPTER LIKE UNTO THE PRECEDING. From the Papyrus of Nu.

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Text : (1) ANOTHER CHAPTER LIKE UNTO THE PRECEDING.
The Chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith :-

(2) "Hail, thou god Tem, who comest forth from the Great Deep,
"and who shinest with glory under the form of the double Lion-
"god, send out with might thy words unto those who are in thy
"presence, (3) and let the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant,
"enter into their assembly . He hath performed the decree which
"bath been spoken to the mariners of Ra at eventide, (4) and
"the Osiris Nu, triumphant, liveth after he bath died, even as
"loth Ra day by day    As Ra is born from (5) yesterday
"even so shall the Osiris Nu be born [from yesterday], and every
"god shall rejoice at the life of the Osiris Nu, even as they re-
joice at (6) the life of Ptah when he maketh his appearance from
"the great Temple I of the Aged One which is in Annu ."

The SourceThe Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.


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