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Egyptian Book of the Dead

Chapter LXXXVII
Ancient Egyptian trans. P. Le Page Renouf & E. Naville • c. c. 1550 BCE
1.
I lay myself down [in death], and I am born daily
2.
I am Seta at the confines of the earth. I lay myself down [in death], I restore myself and I renew myself daily
3.
Se-ta , literally Filius terrae , is a common noun signifying signifying an earth-worm. It is applied to the Sun as rising out of the earth. There are several pictures at Denderah representing the Sun-god Hor-sam-ta in the form of the worm rising out of the Lotus of Dawn. See pl. xxiii, from Mariette, Dend . I, 47 and 48