(78) And they set and enter the portals of the west, and make their revolution by the north, and come forth through the eastern portals on the face of the heaven.

(568) 1431 To say: He is gone who went to his ka; Mnti-'irti is gone to his ka; 1431 N. is gone to his ka, to heaven. 1431 A ladder is made for him, upon which he mounts, in its name of "That which mounts to heaven." 1432 His boat is brought to him by the d`m-sceptres of the imperishable stars. 1432 The bull (or, ox) of heaven lowers its horn, so that he may pass thereon to the lakes of D.t. 1433 O N., thou dost not fall to the ground. 1433 N. lays hold of the two sycamores, which are in the middle of yonder side of the sky, 1433 which ferry him over, and they set him on the eastern side of the sky.

(586) 1582a (Nt. J�quier, VIII 14). To say: N. shines like R`, expelling the dawn, establishing Truth behind R`, 1582b (Nt. VIII 14). shining every day for all of those who are on the horizon of the sky. 1583a (Nt. VIII 15). The upper gates of heaven (?) are open. 1583b (Nt. VIII 15). To say: Great is Atum; the son of a great one is Atum; N. is the d-star in the sky among the gods. 1584a (Nt. VIII 16). Thy mother says to thee that S, like N., weeps for thee; 1584b (Nt. VIII 16). like N. he mourns for thee. 1585a (Nt. VIII 16). To say --- wash, give thou (thine) arm to N. while thou causest her to come. 1585b (Nt. VIII 16). Ho! His-back-behind-him, bring the [d-tp]ladder to N., 1586 (Nt. VIII 17). made by Khnum, that N. may ascend to heaven upon it, to do service of a courtier to R` in heaven. 39. AN EARLY HYMN TO THE SUN,

(513) 1168 To say: When father N. ascends to heaven among the gods who are in heaven; 1168 and when he stands by the great w`r.t; 1168 he hears the words of the blessed dead 1169 R` finds thee on the shores (or, lands) of the sky, in the ntiocean, in Nut. 1169 "He comes, who should come," say the gods. 1170 He gives thee his arm on (at) the 'iskn of the sky. 1170 "He comes who knows his place," say the gods. 1171 Pure one, assume thy throne in the boat of R`, 1171 that thou mayest sail the sky, that thou mayest mount above the ways (or, the far-off ways); 1171 that thou mayest sail with the imperishable stars; 1171 and that thou mayest voyage with the indefatigable (stars). 1172 Thou receivest the tribute of the evening boat; 1172 thou becomest a spirit in the D.t; 1172 thou livest in this sweet life in which the lord of the horizon lives. 1173 "Great Flood dwelling in Nut, who indeed has done this for thee?", 1173 say the gods who follow Atum. 1174 A greater than he hath done that for him, he who is north of the nti-ocean of Nut. 1174 He has heard his appeal; 'he has done for him what he said. 1174 He has received his, body in the court of the prince of Nun, 1174 before the Great Ennead.

(72) The chariot on which he ascends, the wind drives, and the sun goes down from the heaven and returns through the north in order to reach the east, and is so guided that he comes to the appropriate (lit. 'that') portal and shines in the face of the heaven.

(83) And when I had gone forth below and seen the heaven, and the sun rising in the east, and the moon setting in the west, and a few stars, and the whole earth, and everything as †He had known† it in the beginning, then I blessed the Lord of judgement and extolled Him because He had made the sun to go forth from the windows of the east, †and he ascended and rose on the face of the heaven, and set out and kept traversing the path shown unto him.

(72) When the sun rises in the heaven, he comes forth through that fourth portal thirty mornings in succession, and sets accurately in the fourth portal in the west of the heaven.