Chapter whereby the Mouth of a person is opened for him in the Netherworld.
He saith: Let my mouth be opened by Ptah, and let the muzzles which are upon my mouth be loosed by the god of my domain.([1])
Then let Thoth come, full and equipped with Words of Power,[[35]] and let him loose the muzzles of Sutu which are upon my mouth, and let Tmu lend a hand to fling them at the assailants.
Let my mouth be given to me. Let my mouth be opened by Ptah with that instrument of steel([2]) wherewith he openeth the mouths of the gods.
I am Sechit([3]) Uat’it who sitteth on the right side of Heaven: I am Sahit encircled by the Spirits of Heliopolis.[[36]]
And all the Words of Power, and all the accusations which are uttered against me—the gods stand firm against them: the cycles of the gods unitedly.
Notes.
[1.] Osiris. On the sense of
