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Egyptian Book of the Dead

Chapter CXXVII
Ancient Egyptian trans. P. Le Page Renouf & E. Naville • c. c. 1550 BCE
1.
The Book for invoking the gods of the Bounds, which the person reciteth when he approacheth them, that he may enter and see the Strong one in the Great Abode of the Tuat
2.
Hail, ye gods of the Bounds, who are in Amenta
3.
Hail, ye Doorkeepers of the Tuat, who guard this Strong one, and who bring the reports before Osiris; ye who protect them who worship you, and who annihilate the adversaries of Rā: who give light and put away your darkness: ye who see and extol your Great one, who live even as he liveth, and invoke him who is in his Solar disk
4.
Guide me, and let the gates of Heaven, Earth, and the Tuat be opened to me
5.
I am the Soul of Osiris and rest in him
6.
Let me pass through the Gateways, and let them raise acclamation when they see me
7.
Let me enter as I will, and come forth at my pleasure, and make my way without there being found any defect or any evil attaching to me
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The text which has been followed in the translation of this chapter is that of the Royal Tombs of Rameses IV and Rameses VI, called by M. Naville Chapter 127 A . The lost Busca papyrus, of which Lepsius had a tracing, furnishes a different text, (127 B ), and the text of the Turin Todtenbuch has been enlarged by means of numerous interpolations. M. Naville has called attention to the close relationship between this chapter and the second part of the “Solar Litany.”