CHAPTER XXXVI.

[From the Papyrus of Nu (Brit. Mus. No. 10,477, sheet 8). ]
From the Papyrus of Nekht,
Vignette : This Chapter is without a vignette in the Papyrus of Nu, but in others containing the Theban Recension (see Naville, op. cit., Bd. I. Bl. 49) the vignettes either show the deceased spearing a beetle, or standing, with a knife in one hand and a staff in the other, before a pedestal upon which stands the insect Apshait, which has been identified with the cockroach. The dpshait.is probably the beetle which is often found crushed between the bandages of poorly made mummies, or even inside the body itself, where it has forced its way in search of food.
Text : (1) Toe CHAprer or DriviInG Away ApsHalr. Osiris Nu, the overseer of the house of the overseer of the seal, triumphant, saith :—(2)
“Depart from me, O thou that hast lips which gnaw, “for I am Khnemu, the lord of Peshennu,' and [I]
1 Read: ‘‘ the lord of the city of Shennu,” 7.e., of Kom Ombos. Se VOLN Ts M
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“bring the words of the gods to Ra, and I report (3) ‘“‘Imy] message to the lord thereof.” !
In the Papyrus of Nekht (Brit. Mus. No. 10,471, sheet 14) is a chapter entitled, “The Chapter of Repulsing the Pig,” and the accompanying vignette represents the deceased piercing a pig with a spear, and at the same time holding with one hand the end of a rope by which a huge serpent is fettered. The text which follows the title of this chapter is that of