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The Egyptian Book of the Dead

Spells, hymns and the Negative Confession that guided the dead through the underworld to the judgment of Osiris.

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  1. 01The Egyptian Book of the Dead 15A Hymn to the Setting Sun↗
  2. 02The Egyptian Book of the Dead 19The Chapter of the Chaplet of Victory↗
  3. 03The Egyptian Book of the Dead 20The Chapter of the Victory over Enemies↗
  4. 04The Egyptian Book of the Dead 21The Chapter of Giving a Mouth to the Overseer↗

The Book of the Dead, tr. E. A. Wallis Budge
E. A. Wallis Budge, 1901

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E. A. Wallis Budge's translation (1901). Budge's readings of Egyptian are outdated in many places, and names follow his spellings (Tem for Atum, for example). Square brackets are his additions.

The Book of the Dead according to the Theban Recension, translated by E. A. Wallis Budge, in Egyptian Literature, ed. Epiphanius Wilson (New York: Colonial Press, 1901). Public domain. Transcribed and proofread by English Wikisource volunteers; chapter numbers from Budge's The Book of the Dead: An English Translation (1901). · Source ↗

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