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Egyptian Book of the Dead

Chapter LIV
Ancient Egyptian trans. P. Le Page Renouf & E. Naville • c. c. 1550 BCE
1.
I am the god in Lion-form, the Egg in the Great Cackler, and I watch over that great Egg which Seb hath parted from the earth; my Life is the Life thereof, and the same is true of my advance in life and of my breathing of the air
2.
I am the god who keepeth opposition in equipoise as his Egg circleth round. For me dawneth the moment of the most mighty one, Sut
3.
O ye gods who are pleasant through the alternate successions of the Earth, who preside over sustenance and who live in the Blue, do ye keep watch over him who abideth in his Nest; the Infant god who cometh forth towards you
4.
The text here followed is that of Pa which is much preferable to that of Ani. There is a far older text, that of Horhotep, line 344 and sqq. , but it is too inaccurate to serve as the basis of a translation. It is however very valuable for other purposes