English · E. A. Wallis Budge
Of Drinking Water [From the Papyrus of Nebseni (British Museum No. 9,900, sheet 4).]
The Chapter of drinking water in the underworld. The scribe Nebseni … saith:
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead 62
Of Drinking Water
English · E. A. Wallis Budge
“May be opened [to me] the mighty flood by Osiris, and may the abyss of water be opened [to me] by Tehuti-Hāpi, the lord of the horizon, in my name of ‘Opener.’ May there be granted [to me] mastery over the water-courses as over the members of Set. I go forth into heaven. I am the Lion-god Rā. I am the Bull. [I] have eaten the Thigh, and I have divided the carcass. I have gone round about among the islands (or lakes) of Sekhet-Aaru. Indefinite time, without beginning and without end, hath been given to me; I inherit eternity, and everlastingness hath been bestowed upon me.”