Egyptian Book of the Dead

Chapter CXXXVI A

Ancient Egyptian trans. P. Le Page Renouf & E. Naville • c. c. 1550 BCE

Lo the Light which riseth up in Cher-āba

He is born, he of the strong cord, his cable is at an end, and his rudder hath been taken in hand

I poise the divine machinery by which I raise up the Bark to the cord above head, by means of which I come forth into Heaven, and am conveyed to Nut

I am conveyed by it along with Rā. I am conveyed by it like the Kaf

I stop the path at the Uārit of Nut, at the staircase where Seb and Nut bewail their hearts