Jan.9] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. [1894.alightethat the Western Horizonof Heaven, let his departure be
my departure, andhis progress be my progress.
Let me not be stopped at the Meskat ; let not the Sebau have
masteryover me ; let me not be repulsed at your gates, let not
yourdoorsbe closed againstme;for I have bread(5) in Pu and
beerin Tepu. Andlet me join my two hands together(6) in the
divine dwellingwhichmy father Tmu hathgiven me, who hath
established for me an abode abovethe earth whereinis wheat and
barleyof untold quantity,whichthe son of my own bodyoffereth
to me there as oblations uponmy festivals.
Grantme the funereal gifts, beef, fowl,bindings, incense, oil,
andall things goodand pure uponwhicha deity subsists,regularly
andeternally,in all the forms I please.
Let me come down or go up to Sechit-aarru and arrive in
Sechit-hotep.
I am the god in Lion form.
If this bookis learnt uponearth,or executedin writing upon the
coffin, he will comeforthby day in all the forms he pleaseth, with
entranceinto his house withoutrepulse. Andthenshallbe given to
him bread and beer and flesh-meat uponthe table of Osiris. He will
comeforthto Sechit-aarru, andthereshallbe given to him 70heatand
barleythere,for he will flourish as though he were uponearth,andhe
willdo all that pleaseth him, like thosegods whoare there : un-
deviatingly,for times infinite.
Notes.
Thischapteris often foundnot only in papyri but upon coffins,
in accordance withthe rubric at the end. Theearliestcopyis on
the coffin of Queen Mentuhotep. A very finecopyis on the ala
bastersarcophagusof Seti I, and our museums are rich in funereal
monumentsinscribedwiththis ancient text. A very similartext is
foundat the end of chapter 99.
- Ammehit is the name givenin chapter 149 to the sixth abode
in Amenta, but here and in other placesit is simply one of the
namesof the Netherworld. In the inscriptions, for instance, of the
tombof Queen Tita,*"passingthroughthe two folding doorsof the
Ammehit" is in parallelism with"going in and outof the divine
Netherworld."
- Brugsch, Kec,II, pi. 63. Thewholetombhas now beenpublishedby
M. Benedite in the Menwircs de la Mission Archiologiqiuau Caire, tome5.
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