CHAPTER CLXXI

_Chapter of wrapping up (the deceased) in a pure garment._


O Tmu, Shu, Tefnut, Seb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Sut, Nephthys, Horus of the
two Horizons, Hathor in the great dwelling, Chepera, Mentu lord of
Thebes, Amon lord of Nestaui, ye the great cycle of the gods, ye the
small cycle of the gods, ye gods and goddesses issued from Nu, Sebek of
Shet, Sebek in all his manifold names, in all the abodes where his _ka_
likes to be; ye gods of the South and of the North, ye gods in heaven
and on earth, grant a pure garment to the mighty Chu _N._; give him to
be glorious by it and destroy all that was wrong in him.

This pure garment of _N._ has been allotted to him for ever, for
eternity, for you destroy all that is wrong in him.

NOTES.

This Chapter, which has no vignette, is found in one papyrus only,
written for a deceased of the name of Amenophis. Its Theban origin is
clearly indicated by the mention of Mentu and Amon, the two great gods
of Thebes.

Its character is different from the Book of the Dead in general. It
seems to be part of a ritual such as the Ritual of Amon and Mut, with
which it has a great likeness (see Moret, _Rituel du culte divin_, ch.
6). (1) The clothing in a pure or perhaps a clean garment, will be the
sign that all that was wrong in the deceased has been destroyed by the
gods. Therefore the deceased calls on them, asking them to complete this
destruction in order that he may shine or be glorious, wearing the pure
garment.

It is alluded to in the next Chapter (fifth verse), “thou puttest on the
pure garment, and thou divestest the apron, when thou stretchest thyself
on the funereal bed.”

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