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Plates XXXIII and XXXIV.
2. Adding from the Nebseni papyrus: as kua xenen-a uaa pen aa em Se-Hetep.
3. Adding from the Nebseni papyrus: renp-th renp-th xen-na em se-s er sper-a er nut-s xent-a er Hetep-sen entet.
4. I.e., Horus and Set.]
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on a pylon-shaped pedestal, before which are an altar and a god. Three ovals.[1] The legend reads un em
hetep sexet nifu er fent, "Being at peace in the Field [of Peace], and having air for the nostrils."
(b.) Ani reaping wheat, with the words asex Ausar, "Osiris reaps"; guiding the oxen treading out the
corn; standing with hands and holding the kherp sceptre, and kneeling before two vessels of red barley
and wheat. The hieroglyphics seem to mean, "the food of the shining ones." Three ovals.[2]
(c.) Ani ploughing[3] with oxen in a part of the Fields of Peace called "Sekhet-aanre"; with the word
sekau, to plough. The two lines of hieroglyphics read:--
re en hete'et atru 1000 em au-f an t'et usex-f an un remu neb am-f an hefau nebt am-f.
Chapter of the River-horse. The river is one thousand [cubits] in its length. Not can be told its width. Not
exist fishes any in it, not [exist] serpents any in it.
[1. In the Nebseni papyrus they are called Qetqetmu, Hetepmu, and Urmu.
2. Instead of three, the Nebseni papyrus has four ovals, which are called Hetep, An (?), Uakhakha, and Neb-taui.
3 In the Turin papyrus, published by Lepsius, the ploughing, sowing, reaping and treading out the corn are all shown in
one division, and the deceased stands in adoration before "Hapi, the father of the gods."
In the papyrus of Nebseni the deceased adores the company of the gods who live in the Field of Hetep, saying: "Hail to
you, O ye lords of kas, I have come in peace into your fields to receive tchefau food. Grant ye that I may come to the great
god daily, and that I may have sepulchral meals, and that my ka may be supplied with the meat and drink offered to the
dead. May Osiris and the company of the gods, who dwell in the Field of Hetep, give a royal oblation, may they {footnote
p. 365} grant meat and drink and all good things, and bandages and incense every day. And may I sit down at the table [of
the god] daily to receive bread of his bread, and cakes, and wine, and milk, and tchefau food; and may I follow in the train
of the god when he maketh his appearance in his festivals in Res-tau." (For the text see Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. I., Bl.
123.)]
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(d.) A boat bearing a flight of steps and floating on a stream;[1] above is the legend tehefau,[2] (?)~ A
boat of eight oars, each end shaped like a serpent's head, bearing a flight of steps; at the stern is written
and at the bows meter am Un-nefer, "the god therein is Un-nefer." The stream which flows on the convex
side of the small island is called ashet pet, "flood (?) of [heaven]." On the other island is placed a flight
of steps, by the side of which is written The space to the left represents the abode of the blessed dead,
and is described as:--
duset xu au-sen meh sexef at meh xemt an saku aqeru asexet-sen
The seat of the shining ones. Their length is cubits seven the wheat cubits three the blessed dead who are
perfected they reap [it].
[1. In the Turin papyrus this boat is called uda en Ra-Heru-xuti xeft t'a-f er Sexet Aanre: the boat of Ra-Harmachis when
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