Egyptian Book of the Dead

Chapter XXII

Ancient Egyptian trans. P. Le Page Renouf & E. Naville • c. c. 1550 BCE

I shine forth out of the Egg which is in the unseen world. Let there be given my mouth that I may speak with it in presence of the great god, Lord of the Tuat. Let not my hand be repulsed by the Divine Circle of the great god

I am Osiris, the Lord of Restau, the same who is at the head of the Staircase

I am come to do the will of my heart, out of the Tank of Flame, which I extinguish when I come forth