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The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) · 32 of 357 · tr. E.A. Wallis Budge

Chapter 4 (part 29)

The Chapter of going into the great house ( i.e. , tomb). Vignette: The soul of the deceased standing before a tomb. Chapter CXXIV. The Chapter of going in to the princes of Osiris. Vignette: The deceased adoring Mestha, Hapi, Tuamautef and Qebbsennuf. Chapter CXXV. The words which are to be uttered by the deceased when he cometh to the hall of Maati, which separateth him from his sins, and which maketh him to see God, the Lord of mankind. Vignette: The hall of Maati, in which the heart of the deceased is being weighed in a balance in the presence of the great gods. Chapter CXXVI. [Without title.] Vignette: A lake of fire, at each corner of which sits an ape. Chapter CXXVII A . The book of the praise of the gods of the qerti . This Chapter has no vignette. Chapter CXXVII B . The Chapter of the words to be spoken on going to the chiefs of Osiris, and of the praise of the gods who are leaders in the tuat . This Chapter has no vignette. Chapter CXXVIII.* The Chapter of praising Osiris. Vignette: The deceased adoring three deities. Chapter CXXIX. (This Chapter in now known as Chapter C.) Chapter CXXX. The Chapter of making perfect the khu . Vignette: The deceased standing between two boats. Chapter CXXXI.* The Chapter of making a man go into heaven to the side of Ra. This Chapter has no vignette. Chapter CXXXII. The Chapter of making a man to go round about to see his house. Vignette: A man standing before a house or tomb. Chapter CXXXIII. The Chapter of making perfect the khu in the under world in the presence of the great company of the gods. Vignette: The deceased adoring Ra, seated in a boat. Chapter CXXXIV. The Chapter of entering into the boat of Ra, and of being among those who are in his train. Vignette: The deceased adoring Shu, Tefnut, Seb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Horus, Hathor. {p. xlii} Theban version: list of chapters. Chapter CXXXV.* Another Chapter, which is to be recited at the waxing of the moon [each] month. This Chapter has no vignette. Chapter CXXXVI A . The Chapter of sailing in the boat of Ra. Vignette: The deceased standing with hands raised in adoration. Chapter CXXXVI B . The Chapter of sailing in the great boat of Ra, to pass round the fiery orbit of the sun. This Chapter has no vignette. Chapter CXXXVII A . The Chapter of kindling the fire which is to be made in the underworld. This Chapter has no vignette. Chapter CXXXVII B . The Chapter of the deceased kindling the fire. Vignette: The deceased seated, kindling a flame. Chapter CXXXVIII. The Chapter of making the deceased to enter into Abydos. Vignette: The deceased adoring the standard ###. Chapter CXXXIX. (This Chapter is now known as Chapter CXXIII.) Chapter CXL.* The Book which is to be recited in the second month of pert , when the utchat is full in the second month of pert . Vignette: The deceased adoring Anpu, the utchat , and Ra. Chapters CXLI-CXLIII. The Book which is to be recited by a man for his father and for his son at the festivals of Amentet. It will make him perfect before Ra and before the gods, and he shall dwell with them.
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Funerary Navigationpraxis

Texts and rituals guiding the soul through death.

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