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Egyptian Book of the Dead

Chapter CXVII
Ancient Egyptian trans. P. Le Page Renouf & E. Naville • c. c. 1550 BCE
1.
O paths which are high above me at Restau: I am the Girdled and the Mighty one, coming forth triumphantly
2.
I am come: I am come that I may firmly secure my suit in Abydos, and that the path may be open to me at Restau
3.
Let my suit be made pleasant for me by Osiris
4.
I am he who produceth the water which balanceth his throne, and who maketh his way from the Great Valley
5.
Let the path be made for me; for behold I am N the triumphant
6.
Osiris is made triumphant over his adversaries, and the Osiris N is made triumphant over his adversaries, and is as one of you, his patron is the Lord of Eternity: he walketh even as ye walk, he standeth as ye stand, he speaketh as ye speak, before the great god, the Lord of Amenta