.” See Chabas, Papyrus Magique, p. 170, and Devéria, Pap. judiciaire de Turin, p. 131.

[2.] The more recent texts omit this ending and substitute, “I know, I know.” Some MSS. have both readings.


CHAPTER VIII.

Chapter of opening the Tuat by day.

The Hour([1]) discloseth what the head of Thoth keepeth close, who giveth might to the Eye of Horus.([2])

And I call upon the Eye of Horus which gleams as an ornament upon the brow of Râ, the father of the gods.

I am that Osiris, the Lord of Amenta, and Osiris knoweth his day, and that it is in his lot that he should end his being, and be no more.([3])