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2. Another title reads:--"The Chapter of going in to the divine chiefs of Osiris on the day of the burial, and of going in after
coming forth." This chapter had to be recited on the day of the burial.
3. neter xert, the commonest name for the tomb.
4. The Egyptian underworld.
5. sam ta, "the union with the earth."
6. In some papyri Chapters II. and III. are united and have only one title; see Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. I., B1. 6.]
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Theban version: list of chapters.
Chapter V. The Chapter of not allowing the deceased to do work in the underworld.
Vignette: The deceased kneeling on one knee.
Chapter VI. The Chapter of making ushabtiu figures do work for a man in the underworld.
Vignette: An ushabti figure
Chapter VII. The Chapter of passing over the back of Apep, the evil one.
Vignette: The deceased spearing a serpent.
Chapter VIII. Another Chapter of the tuat, and of coming forth by day.
Vignette: The deceased kneeling before a ram.
Chapter IX. The Chapter of passing through the tuat.
Vignette: The deceased kneeling before a ram.
Chapter X. (This Chapter is now known as Chapter XLVIII.)
Chapter XI.* The Chapter of coming forth against his enemies in the underworld.
This Chapter has no vignette.
Chapter XII. Another Chapter of going into, and coming forth from, the underworld.
This Chapter has no vignette.
Chapter XIII. The Chapter of going into, and of coming forth, from Amentet. This Chapter has no
vignette.
Chapter XIV. The Chapter of driving away shame from the heart of the deceased.
This Chapter has no vignette.
Chapter XV. A Hymn of praise to Ra when he riseth in the eastern horizon of heaven.
Vignette: The deceased adoring Ra.
Chapter XVB. 1. A Hymn of praise to Ra when he setteth in the land of life. Vignette: The deceased
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