The Egyptian Book of the Dead

Chapter whereby the person is not devoured by a Serpent in the Netherworld.

Peter Le Page Renouf and Édouard Naville, 1904 · 5 paragraphs · Read at the source

35.1Oh Shu, here is Tattu, and conversely, under the wig of Hathor. They scent Osiris.

35.2Here is the one who is to devour me. They wait apart. The serpent Seksek passeth over me.

35.3Here are wormwood bruised and reeds.

35.4Osiris is he who prayeth that he may be buried.

35.5The eyes of the Great One are bent down, and he doth for thee the work of cleansing; marking out what is conformable to law and balancing the issues.