Come forth to the bliss towards which we are bound;
Let not those Ministrants[M] who deal with a man according to the course of his life give a bad odour to my Name.
Pleasant for us, pleasant for the listener, is the joy of the Weighing of the Words.
Let not lies be uttered in the presence of the great god (Osiris?) Lord of Amenta.
Lo! how great art thou [as the Triumphant one.]
This chapter is found upon numerous papyri and scarabs. The differences in the texts are many, the principal may be considered as in the 30A and 30B, of Naville's Text.
The oldest copy we have on a scarab, is on that of king Sebak-em-saf of the XIIIth Dynasty. In the British Museum, No. 7876. Dr. Samuel Birch has described it[N] in his study on the "Formulas relating to the Heart." He says: "This amulet is of unusual shape; the body of the insect is made of a remarkably fine green jasper carved into the shape of the body and head of the insect. This is inserted into a base of gold in the shape of a tablet. * * * The legs of the insect are * * * of gold and carved in relief * * * The hieroglyphs are incised in outline, are coarse, and not very legible."[O]
FOOTNOTES:
[A] Privately printed for, The Society of Biblical Archæology. London, 1893.