The Book of Night
(cited by Gate, Register, section)
1:1:1: |
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:1 He whose name is Hidden (ibis-headed) |
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:2 Lord of Diadems (god with feather0 |
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:3 SRYt (p. 410 fn. 1) (goddess) |
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:4 N<3Yt (loc. cit.) (mummiform) |
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:5 H^FD (loc. cit.) (jackal-headed) |
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:6 Res-ur (or, p. 410 fn. 2 Kes-ur) (standing) |
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:7 She on her Throne (goddess seated on throne) |
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:8 Setepty (ram-headed god with scepter) |
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:9 the Gods of the South (standing) |
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1:1:2: |
[without representations] |
:1 the Gods of fhe North |
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:2 the Gods of the West |
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:3 the Gods of the East |
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:4 the Souls of P (capital of North) |
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:5 the Souls of NH^N (capital of South) |
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:6 the Great Ennead |
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:7 the Small Ennead |
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:8 the god "Mind": receive your heads, gather your bones, receive offerings |
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1:2:1 |
[1st Gate] Lady of Splendor |
1:2:2 |
[2nd Hour] the Skilled One, She who protects her Lord |
1:2:3 |
[guide] the Bull of Light |
1:3:1: |
9 leonine biers with reclining mummies, in groups of 3 |
:1 Spirits |
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:2 Nobles |
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:3 the dead |
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:4 "Mind": count your hearts, receive gifts |
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1:3:2: |
3 groups behind "Mind": in each a woman between 2 men |
:1 the weary one (swimming) |
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:2 the punished ones (clothed horizontal) |
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:3 those who belong to the opposite sky |
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:4 "Mind": measure banks, lift your legs |
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2:1:1 |
[2nd Gate] She who lighteth the fire, She who consumeth with pointed flames, |
She from whom there is no protection, She by whom one cannot pass, |
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She from whom there is no escape, the One who elevateth her Lord |
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2:1:2 |
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:1 Utut |
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:2 She who acteth |
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:3 She who giveth Light |
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:4 The Flame |
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:5 The Deputy of H.R |
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:6 The Youth |
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:7 The She-Hawk |
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:8 Green Head |
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:9 H^NS-WR (p. 412, fn. 4) |
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:10 S^WDW (loc. cit.) |
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:11 H^N-IB (loc. cit.) |
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:12 SMYTWI (loc. cit.) |
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:13 IWNW-MR (?) (loc. cit.) |
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:14 Lady of the Year |
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:15 He who bringeth Life |
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:16 He who giveth Wind |
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:17 He in the Castle of the Atef Crown |
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:18 DFD-DBN (p. 412 fn. 5) |
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2:2:1 |
[3rd Hour] the One who slaughtereth the souls |
2:2:2 |
[guide] the Bull of the Two Lands |
2:3:1: |
6 lion biers |
:1-:3 The awakened ones [3 sitting] |
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:4-:6 The sleeping ones [3 mummies] |
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2:3:2: |
groups of 3 each |
:1-:3 Those of the Silent Region [sitting with finger at mouth] |
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:4-:6 The awakened ones [holding a child] |
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:7-:9 The drowned ones [semireclining] |
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:10-:12 The spirits [wrapped, seated on thrones] |
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:13-:15 The shadows [standing] |
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2:3:3: |
groups of 3 each, stting, holding lock of hair, horizontal facing downward |
:1-:3 Those of the fields |
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:4-:6 Those of the channels (?) |
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3:1:1 |
[3rd Gate] the One with sharp knives, Mistress of the Two Lands, who chastiseth |
the enemies of Weary-Heart, who causeth fear before the Sinless One |
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3:1:2: |
deities of the 1st register |
:1 IMY-SN (p. 414 fn. 6) [with scepter] |
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:2 NBN-NBN (loc. cit.) [standing] |
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:3 Great Heart [with double-plume on head] |
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:4 H.R-SY (p. 414 fn. 7) [mummiform, lion-headed] |
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:5 Power [standing] |
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:6 SWH. (p. 414 fn. 8) [mummiform] |
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:7 The Stable One [standing] |
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:8 H.MSWt (p. 414 fn. 9: feminine aequivalent of the K3) [seated on throne] |
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:9 The Standing One {Dositheus ?} [standing] |
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:10 He in his Sanctuary [holding sides of naos] |
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:11 The High One {Norse Har ?} [with scepter] |
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:12 NH3 (p. 414 fn. 10) [standing] |
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:13 <M-<3 (loc. cit.) [mummiform] |
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3:2 |
[guide] He who divideth the offerings |
3:3:1: |
3 groups of 3 figures each, sitting horizonatally, facing downward, |
each holding lock of own hair on top of head |
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:1-:3 H.TRTYw (p. 415 fn. 11) |
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:4-:6 The inhabitants of the banks |
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:7-:9 Those of the banks |
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3:3:2: |
:1-:6 2 groups of 3 figures each, similarly seated, but with their arms tied |
behind their backs: all fish-headed [nameless] |
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4:1:1 |
[4th Gate] Mistress of Heaven, Mistress of the Two Lands, Nedjebit, |
Great of Sanctity |
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4:1:2 |
gods of the 1st register |
:1 HR-RMNTY (?) (p. 415 fn. 12) |
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:2 D<BTY (loc. cit.) |
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:3 The Great Hidden One |
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:4 The Flame |
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:5 H^TW-R-H^TW |
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:6 He who elevateth his Fore Part |
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:7 Sweet of Heart |
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:8 She who lifteth up his Father |
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:9 RMN-WTT |
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4:2:1 |
[5th Hour] She in the midst of her Barge |
4:2:2 |
[guide] Face of Truth |
4:3:1: |
3 bending decapitated figures, each with knife on neck |
:1-3 The followers of SWTH |
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4:3:2: |
2 groups of 3 figures each, their arms tied behind their backs |
:1-:3 The Rementiou |
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:4-:6 The Utau (enemies) |
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4:3:3: |
3 groups 3, on 9 lion biers |
:1-:3 H.3w (p. 416 fn. 16) |
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:4-:6 B3WTYw (loc. cit.) |
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:7-:9 NG3Yw (loc. cit.) |
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4:3:4 3 |
groups of 3 seated figures each (in triple outlines) |
:1-:3 W<S^ (p. 416 fn. 17) |
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:4-:6 D3MWW (loc. cit.) |
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:7-:9 DTDRW (loc. cit.) |
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5:1:1 |
[5th Gate] Mistress of Life |
5:1:2: |
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:1 H.KN-TP (p. 417 fn. 18) crocodile-headed, holding serpent with head-feather |
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;2 Lord of the Uadjit Serpent |
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:3 Ses^en |
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:4 STNt (p.417 fn. 19) |
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:5 MK.RYt (loc. cit.) |
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:6 He who counteth the Hearts |
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:7 He who cometh to being in the Abyss |
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:8 He who elevateth |
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:9 Long Arm |
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:10 <S^3t-<M3w |
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:11 She who perfecteth |
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:13 The Great Bear (constellation) |
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:14 The Old One (?) |
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5:2:1 |
[6th Hour] Mesperit |
5:2:2 |
[guide] H.R of the Tree |
5:3: |
[7th Hour] |
:1-:3 "The living souls sail, the corpses sail in their places." [on lion biers] |
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:4-:6 The strangers [3 horizontal, seated, facing down] |
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:7-:9 The burned ones [3 lamps, each with an enemy inside] |
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:10-:12 [3 horizontal seated] |
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:13-:15 PH.T(Y)w (?) [3 horizontal seated facing upward] |
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6:1:1 |
[6th Gate] Lady of Mysterious Magnificence |
6:1:2: |
gods of the 1st register |
:1 Great Power |
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:2 Enty |
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:3 IWTW (p. 419 fn. 23) |
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:4 He who doth not swallow |
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:5 The Dancer |
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:6 He who traverseth |
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:7 T3-SNt (p. 419 fn. 24 the Bread of (?)) |
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:8 She who giveth birth to her Son |
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:9 He who cometh to being in the dark |
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:10 H.RRTY (p. 419 fn. 25) |
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:11 The Hidden One |
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:12 KNSTY (p. 419 fn. 26) |
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6:2 |
[7th Hour] She who striketh the allies of SWTH |
[guide] SKR |
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6:3:1 |
[bearded god with arms raised; child sitting; child face downward] Creation |
6:3:2: |
[hawk-headed god leaning on staff; 6 groups:--] |
:1 The Asiatics [4 kneeling with arms tied behind their backs] |
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:2 The Libyans [standing in triple outline] |
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:3 The Madjai [likewise] |
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:4 The Negroes [kneeling with arms tied behind their backs] |
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:5 The Red Men [likewise] |
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:6 The Aegyptians [likewise] |
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6:3:3 |
[hawk-headed god] H.R maketh <Qt-offering (p. 420 fn. 27), restoreth bandlet: |
"Ye are the rebels, the male and female Ut. |
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I, as the Blind One [p. 420 fn. 28 of Letopolis], strike you." |
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7:1:1 |
[7th Gate] The Chieftain[ess], She who fighteth for her Lord |
7:1:2: |
[gods of the 1st register] |
:1 <H.<ty (p. 420 fn. 29) |
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:2 He on the Ladder |
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:3 The Guide |
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7:1:3: |
[2 Anubis figures:--] |
:1 NB-D<Rw (p. 420 fn. 30) |
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:2 H.R-H^Nty (loc. cit.) |
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7:2:1 |
[8th Hour] Mistress of Darkness |
7:2:2 |
[guide] H.R of the Netherworld |
7:3:1: |
[company of deities before WSIR] |
:1 NT |
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:2 INPW |
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:3 S^W |
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:4 Hepuy |
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:5 Mind |
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:6 Dua-mutef |
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:7 3St |
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:8 Qebeh-senuf |
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:9 Nephthys |
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:10 Selqit |
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:11 Hapy |
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:12 Imesty |
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:13 TF-NWt |
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:14 Sendet |
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7:3:2: |
[group of gods with arms raised in adoration] |
:1 The spirits |
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;2 The souls |
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:3 The mummies |
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:4 The dead |
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:5 The tired ones |
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:6 The punished ones |
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:7 The drowned ones |
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:8 The watchful ones |
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:9 Those of the opposite sky |
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:10 The awakened ones |
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:11 the sleeping ones |
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:12 The silent ones |
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7:3:3 |
[door guarded by hawk, 4 cobras, large cobra; above is recumbent lion] |
8:1:1 |
[8th Gate] She whose flames cause pain |
8:1:2 |
"O rampart, hear the words, adore the Luminous One!" |
8:1:3: |
[gods of the 1st register] |
:1 Sementy |
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:2 DB3-HQSt (p. 423 fn. 31) |
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:3 He who protectedth the K3-s |
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:4 Bebty |
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:5 The King |
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:6 Semseru |
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:7 WM3 (or, M3W) (p. 423 fn. 32) |
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:8 He who stretcheth out the arms |
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:9 H^SBDty "the Blue One" (p. 423 fn. 33) |
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8:2:1: |
:1 [9th Hour] She who protecteth her Lord |
:2 [guide] This Soul |
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8:3:1: |
[company of gods addressed by the god "Mind"] |
:1 The spirits |
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:2 The mummies |
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:3 The dead |
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:4 The weary ones |
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:5 The punished ones |
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:6 Those of the opposite sky |
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:7 The awakened ones |
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:8 The sleeping ones |
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:9 The watchful ones |
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:10 The drowned ones |
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:11 The souls |
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:12 The shadows |
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:13 Those of the fields |
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8:3:2 |
[the speech of the god "Mind":] O weary ones & drowned ones, |
the offerings given to you are princely rents, products of the hunt. |
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Do your duty to watch over Unen-nefer. |
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9:1:1 |
[9th Gate] Mistress of Fear |
9:1:2: |
[deities in the 1st register] |
:1 Sert |
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:2 He who elevateth Truth |
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:3 He who reareth his Father |
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:4 Minmin |
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:5 H^Tyw-NTRw (p. 424 fn. 34) |
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:6 PH.RR-H.R-<.F (loc. cit.) |
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:7 Nefert-nefert |
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:8 <H.<ty (p. 424 fn. 35) |
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:9 HPN (loc. cit.) |
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9:2:1 |
[10th Hour] Djendjenit |
9:2:2 |
[guide] Good Fortune of his Mother |
9:3 |
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10:1:1 |
[10th Gate] She who protecteth her Lord |
10:1:2: |
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:1 --- |
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:2 Holy through his Eye |
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:3 Beloved of H.R (?) |
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:4 IN.S-NM<.S (p. 425 fn. 36) |
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:5 NH.M.S-M<QN.S (loc. cit.) |
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:6 Benben |
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:7 The Brilliant One |
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:8 W3H.-<H^W He who placeth the Lamp (p. 425 fn. 37) |
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:9 Flame in his speech |
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:10 He who liketh solitude |
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10:2:1 |
[11th Hour] the One of the Stars (?) |
10:2:2 |
[guide] Gold of the Gods |
10:3 |
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11:1:1 |
[11th Gate] She who repulseth the Adversaries |
11:1:2: |
[gods in the 1st register] |
:1 He who guardedth the landing |
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:2 He who guardeth the shadow |
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:3 QN-SBIw (p. 426 fn. 38) |
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:4 Wind of the Mouth |
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:5 He who is in his overflow |
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:6 He in the midst of the moon |
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:7 He who saveth his members |
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:8 SMH-H^Ft[w]y.F (p. 426 fn. 39) |
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:9 He who bringeth the Brillliant Sky |
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11:2:1 |
[12th Hour] She who seeth the beauty of R< |
11:2:2 |
[guide] (Pauty-Nenty) "the King" |
11:2:3 |
[Solar barge is towed by the "Stars who know not weariness." |
At their head is the king. Before the tow-ers are 4 jackals & |
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the crocodile-headed god of the 12th Hour. Text referring the 4 jackals:--] |
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The Spirits of the West, who protect the Western Horizon & Heliopolis: |
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The Western Country whose name is Niu: The two great rocks in the midst of |
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the Western Sea and whose name is the Land of people who are at |
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the end of the Earth. The two kites (birds, female p. 427 fn. 41) are |
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the live spirits who do not rest. |
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11:3:1: |
[procession of gods with their arms raised in adoration] |
:1 Unen-nefer |
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:2 Lord of Life |
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:3 He who separateth his father |
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:4 NF3-H.R (p. 427 fn. 42) |
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:5 H.3Ywt (loc. cit.) |
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:6 The fighter who cutteth the heads |
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:7 Sedenden-pet (Fury of the Sky p. 427 fn. 43) |
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:8 He who judgeth as far as he knoweth |
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:9 The Snarer of the Sky (?) |
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:10 IW<-N-NH.H. Heir of Aeternity (p. 427 fn. 44) |
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11:3:2: |
[on a sledge, altar whereon lieth a beetle with stream of water issuing |
from its head and falling on heaven below; supported by another beetle, |
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underneath which is a child sitting. Before the altar are kneeling |
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2 primaeval deities:--] |
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:1 H.H. |
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:H.H.t |
Alexandre Piankoff: The Tomb of Ramesses VI. BOLLINGEN SERIES XL.1.
Pantheon Books, N.Y., 1954. pp. 410 to 427