Those of the mummy

3. This is the aeknowledgment of the résurrection efïected by the ceremonies of the mummification. I am indebted to the friendly aid of M. Chabas for the translation of this and one or two other passages.

THE BOOK OF RESPIRATIONS

Thou unitest thyself to the Book of Respirations.

Thou dost enter the Lower Heaven ; thine enemies are not (there).

Thou art a divine soûl in Tattu'.

Thy heart is thine ;

it is (no longer) separated from thee.

Thine eyes are thine; they open each day.

lla Words spoken by the gods who accompany Osibis, to the Osiris N. ;

Thou dost follow Ra.

Thou dost follow Osiris.

Thy soûl liveth for ever and ever.

llb Words spoken by the gods who dwell in the Lower Heaven (like)

Osiris of the West, to the Osiris N. :

Let them open to him at the gates of the Lower Heaven.

He is received'1 2 3 in the divine Nether-World, that his soûl raay live for ever.

He buildeth a dwelling in the divine Nether-World.

He is rewarded1.

He hath received the Book of Respirations, that he may breathe.

12 Royal offering to Osiris who resideth in the West, great god, Lord of Abydos, that he may give offerings

of bread, of hak, of oxen, of geese, of wine, of the liquor aket , of bread Hotep, of good provisions of ail kinds, to the Osiris N.

Thy soûl liveth.

Thy body doth germinate, by order of Ra himself,

1. Corrupted passage restored by means of the manuscripts of the Louvre.