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Plate XXII.<br />

Rubric: These words shall be recited over a great hawk which hath <strong>the</strong> white crown set upon his head.<br />

Then shall <strong>the</strong> names <strong>of</strong> Tmu, (18) Shu, Tefnut, Seb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, be written with green<br />

colour upon a (19) new table, anointed with unguents and placed in a boat toge<strong>the</strong>r with a figure <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

dead man (20). Then shall <strong>the</strong>y put incense upon <strong>the</strong> fire, and set ducks to<br />

{p. 330}<br />

be roasted (21). This is a rite <strong>of</strong> Ra when his boat cometh; and it shall cause <strong>the</strong> dead man to go with Ra<br />

into every place whi<strong>the</strong>rsoever he saileth, and <strong>the</strong> foes <strong>of</strong> Ra shall be (22) slaughtered in very truth. The<br />

Chapter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sektet boat shall be recited on <strong>the</strong> sixth day <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> festival.<br />

Vignette: The ladder by which <strong>the</strong> soul passes from <strong>the</strong> underworld to <strong>the</strong> body.[1]<br />

Next: Plate XXIII. and Plate XXIV.<br />

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