When the Nile will come, when he will give birth to the plants, and cause the herbs to grow; as it is given to the gods, when he appears in peace, grant that the Nile may come to me, and that I may take his plants; for I am thy own son for ever.
The fourteenth domain. O this domain of Cher-āba([15]), which drives the Nile towards Tattu, and which causes the Nile to go and spend its corn in his course from Rokekmu([16]); thou which presentest offerings to the dead, and mortuary gifts to the glorious ones.
There is a serpent belonging to it, who comes from the two wells at Elephantine, at the gate of the water. He goes with the water, and stops at the stream of Cher-āba, near the powers of the high flood; he sees his hour of the silent evening.
Ye gods who live in the water of Cher-āba, ye powers of the high flood, open to me your ponds, open to me your lakes, that I may take of your water, and that I may rest in your stream, that I may eat of your corn, that I may be satisfied with your food.
I have risen, my heart is high, for I am the great god in Cher-āba.
Make me offerings. I have been filled with the vital sap coming out of Osiris. I shall not be despoiled of it. The end.
Notes.
This is one of the interesting chapters of the Book of the Dead. It is more frequently met with than the other ones, and it generally constitutes the end of the Theban papyri. It is the chapter of the various domains which the deceased has to reach, and in which he enjoys special privileges.
The vignettes generally give the plan of the domain, and very often the colour with which it is painted; they are either green
