Egyptian Book of the Dead

Chapter LIII A

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

I am the sharp-horned Bull, who regulateth the sky, the Lord of the risings in heaven; the great Giver of Light, who issueth from Flame; the Bond of Time, richly supplied with years; the god in Lion form, to whom is given a march of Glory

I execrate, I execrate, I do not eat that which my Genius execrateth

Let it not enter into my stomach, let it not approach to my hands, let me not tread upon it with my sandals

Let me not drink lye, let me not advance headlong in the Netherworld

I am the possessor of bread in Heliopolis, who hath bread in Heaven with Râ, and bread upon earth with Seb

It is the Sektit boat which hath brought it from the house of the great god in Heliopolis

I am gladdened in my very entrails, and am associated with the divine mariners, who circle round to the East of Heaven. I eat as they eat, and I feed upon what they feed. I eat bread from the house of the Lord of offerings