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Egyptian Book of the Dead

Chapter VI
Ancient Egyptian trans. P. Le Page Renouf & E. Naville • c. c. 1550 BCE
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O Statuette there! Should I be called and appointed to do any of the labours that are done in the Netherworld by a person according to his abilities, lo! all obstacles have been beaten down for thee; be thou counted for me at every moment, for planting the fields, for watering the soil, for conveying the sands of east and west