I rise up like Horus, I sit down as Ptah, I am victorious as Thoth, and powerful as Tmu: I walk upon my feet, I speak with my mouth, searching for him who hath been given up to me; he shall not be delivered from me.
Note.
There is unfortunately no early text of this chapter, which we have in a very corrupt form, and can only restore conjecturally. The Eater of his arm is evidently Darkness, which is destroyed by the Sun.
CHAPTER XII.
Chapter for entering and for coming forth out of the Netherworld.
Salutation to thee, O Râ, who guardest the secrets of the gates([1]) over this domain of Seb, and this Balance with which Râ raiseth up Maât ([2]) daily:
Here am I, who cleave open([3]) the earth, grant that I may come and acquire advance in age.([4])
Notes.
This chapter, like the next, occurs only in Pa among the older MSS. It comes twice in the Turin copy, being repeated as Chapter 120.