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The Versions Of The Book Of The Dead.
Chapter LV. Another Chapter of giving air.
Vignette: The deceased holding a sail in each hand.[2]
Chapter LVI. The Chapter of snuffing the air in the earth.
Vignette: The deceased kneeling, and holding a sail to his nose.
Chapter LVII. The Chapter of snuffing the air and of gaining the mastery over the waters in the
underworld.
Vignette: A man holding a sail, and standing in a running stream.
Chapter LVIII.* The Chapter of snuffing the air and of gaining power over
the water which is in the underworld.
Vignette: The deceased holding a sail.
Chapter LIX. The Chapter of snuffing the air and of gaining power over
the water which is in the underworld.
Vignette: The deceased standing with his hands extended.
Chapters LX., LXI., LXII. The Chapters of drinking water in the under
world.
[1. Lepsius, Todtenbuch, Bl. 21.
2. A variant vignette of Chapters LV. and XXXVIII. represents the deceased being led into the presence of Osiris by
Anubis; see Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. I., Bl. 68.]
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Theban version: list of chapters.
Vignettes: The deceased holding a lotus; the deceased holding his soul in his arms; and the deceased
scooping water into his mouth from a pool.
Chapter LXIIIA. The Chapter of drinking water, and of not being burnt with fire.
Vignette: The deceased drinking water from a stream.
Chapter LXIIIB. The Chapter of not being boiled (or scalded) in the water.
Vignette: The deceased standing by the side of two flames.
Chapter LXIV. The Chapter of coming forth by day in the underworld.
Vignette: The deceased adoring the disk, which stands on the top of a tree.
Chapter LXV. [The Chapter of] coming forth by day, and of gaining the mastery over foes.
Vignette: The deceased adoring Ra.
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