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Plate II.
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beautiful in countenance in Ta-sert.[1] Grant thou to the ka of Osiris, the scribe Ani, splendour in heaven
and might upon earth and triumph in Neter-khert;[1] and that I may sail down to (11) Tattu like a living
soul and up to (13) Abtu like a bennu (phœnix); and that I may go in and come out without repulse at
(15) the pylons of the Tuat.[1] May there be given unto (16) me loaves of bread in the house of coolness,
and (17) offerings of food in Annu, (18) and a homestead for ever in Sekhet-Aru[2] with wheat and
barley (20) therefor."
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