Dec.s] PROCEEDINGS. [1893.
Let the Re-hunit (1) be opened to me, let me pass into the
Re-hunit; let the Re-hunit be given to me, that I may comeforth
by day whithersoever my heart desireth.
I,et me have possessionof my heart, let me have possessionof
my Whole heart; let me have possessionof my mouth, let me have
possessionof my legs, let me have possessionof my arms, let me
havepossessionof my limbs absolutely; let me have possessionof
my funereal meals, let me have possession of air, let me have
possessionof water, let me have possessionof the stream, let me
havepossessionof the river, let me have possessionof the banks.
Let me have possessionof all things soever whichwereritually
offeredfor me in the Netherworld. Let me have possession of the
tablewhichwas made for me upon earth—the solicitations (2) which
wereutteredfor me " that he may feeduponthe bread of Seb."
ThatwhichI execrate, I eat it not. Let me feed uponthe bread
of the red corn of the Nile in a pure place,let me sip beer of the
red corn of the Nile in a pure place; let me sit under the branches
of the palm trees [in HeliopolisJ in the train of Hathor, whenthe
solarorb broadeneth (3), as she proceedeth to Heliopolis withthe
writingsof the divine wordsof the Book of Thoth.
Let me have possessionof my heart, let me have possessionof
my Whole heart; let me have possessionof my arms, let me have
possessionof my legs, let me have possessionof my funereal meals,
let me have possessionof air, let me have possessionof water, let nie
havepossessionof the stream, let me have possessionof the river,
let me have possessionof the barks.
Let me have possessionof all things soeverwhich wereritually
offeredfor me in the Netherworld. Letme have possessionof the
tablewhichwas made for me upon earth.
Let me be raised up on the left and on the right; let me be
raisedup on the right andon the left.
Let me sit down andlet me stand up, and strainfor the breeze
[with]my tongue andmouthlike a skilled pilot.(4)
If this scripture is known, he willcomeforthby day andhe will
traveloverthe earth in the midst of the living, uninjuredfor aicr.
Notes.
Copiesof this chapterare found on the coffins of Mentuhotep
andSebak-aaat Berlin, andhavebeenpublished by Lepsius in his
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