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Egyptian Book of the Dead

Chapter XII
Ancient Egyptian trans. P. Le Page Renouf & E. Naville • c. c. 1550 BCE
1.
Salutation to thee, O Râ, who guardest the secrets of the gates over this domain of Seb, and this Balance with which Râ raiseth up Maât daily
2.
Here am I, who cleave open the earth, grant that I may come and acquire advance in age
3.
This chapter, like the next, occurs only in Pa among the older MSS. It comes twice in the Turin copy, being repeated as Chapter 120