CHAPTER XLVIL.

[From the Papyrus of Nu (Brit. Mus. No. 10,477, sheet 8). ]
Vignette: In the Theban Recension this Chapter has no
vignette; but in the Turin Papyrus (Lepsius, op. czt., Bl. 20) a
funeral shrine is depicted with the soul of the deceased on one side of it, and the Bennw bird on the other.
Text: (1) Tue CHAPTER OF NOT ALLOWING THE SEAT AND THRONE OF NU, THE OVERSEER OF THE HOUSE OF THE OVERSEER OF THE SEAL, TO.BE TAKEN
1 The Papyrus of Nebseni reads:—‘‘ Hach dawn gaineth the mastery over [his] diadem with rays of light; [your] hands rise up, [your] heads rise up each day.”
* A class of celestial beings who either haye been or may become men and women,
Chap, xlvii.] OF PRESERVING THE THRONE 189
AWAY (2) FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD. He saith :—
“O my Seat, O my Throne, come ye to me, and go “ye round about me. I am your lord, O ye gods, come “ye and take up your places in my train. (3) I am ‘the son of your lord, and ye belong to me through my “divine father who hath made you.”