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Egyptian Book of the Dead

Chapter LVIII
Ancient Egyptian trans. P. Le Page Renouf & E. Naville • c. c. 1550 BCE
1.
Turn away then front to front, on entering the Meskat
2.
He grants that I may sail to the Abode of those who have found their faces
3.
Collector of Souls is the name of my Bark, Bristler of Hair is the name of the Oars, Point [68] is the name of its Hatch, Right and Straight the name of the Rudder
4.
The picture of it is the representation of my glorious journey upon the Canal
5.
Give me jars of milk and cakes and flesh meat at the House of Anubis
6.
If this chapter is known he entereth after having gone out
7.
The 58th and 122nd chapters are reproductions of the same text, the earliest copy known being that of Ani