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The Egyptian Book of the DeadThe Egyptian Book of the Dead 118

The Egyptian Book of the Dead

The Egyptian Book of the Dead 118

Of Coming Forth from Re-Stau

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English · E. A. Wallis Budge

Of Coming Forth from Re-Stau [From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 9).]

The Chapter of coming forth from Re-stau. The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:

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English · E. A. Wallis Budge

“I was born in Re-stau, and splendor hath been given unto me by those who dwell in their spiritual bodies (sāhu) in the habitation where libations are made unto Osiris. The divine ministers who are in Re-stau shall receive [me] when Osiris is led into the twofold funeral regon of Osiris; oh, let me be a divine being whom they shall lead into the twofold funeral region of Osiris.

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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 Budge's readings of Egyptian are outdated in many places, and names follow his spellings (Tem for Atum, for example).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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