CHAPTER LY.

{From the Papyrus of Nu (Brit. Mus. No. 10,477, sheet 12). ]
Vignette : The deceased holding a sail in each hand (see Naville, op. cit., Bd. I. BL 67).
Text: (1) THE CHAPTER OF GIVING AIR IN THE UNDERWORLD. Saith Nu, triumphant :—(2)
“Tam the Jackal of jackals, I am Shu, and [1] draw “air from the presence of the god of Light [ Khu] to the “bounds of heaven, and to the bounds of (8) earth, and
! Literally, ‘‘ Dweller in lapis-lazuli.”
Chap. lvi. 4] OF SNUFFING THE AIR 199
“to the bounds of the uttermost limits of the flight “ (literally feather) of the Nebeh bird. May air be given “unto these young divine beings.” !