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The text of the speech which the god makes to the eight gods reads:--
"The Majesty of this great god saith unto them, Hail, ye who stand at the blocks of torture, and who keep
ward at the destruction of the dead, ye whose voices have come into being for you, who have received
your words of power, who are endowed with your souls, who sing hymns to the accompaniment of your
sistra, who take vengeance on the enemies, who annihilate the dead, who hack in pieces shades [of men
and women], who destroy and cut in pieces the
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The Kingdom of Seker
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The Kingdom of Seker
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dead, who avenge Osiris and hearken unto words near Unnefer, provide ye yourselves with your
slaughtering knives, fetter and bind with your hands [this] figure which is with you, so that I may journey
past you in peace. Whosoever knoweth this shall pass by the goddess in peace."
The entrance into the Sixth Division of the Tuat is made through a door in the lower register, which is
guarded by a serpent "who openeth it himself," here, too, appears the large five-rayed star which is the
symbol of the planet VENUS, and is described as the "living god which journeyeth, and journeyeth, and
travelleth."
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CHAPTER VI.
THE SIXTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH IS CALLED
METCHET-MU-NEBT-TUAT.
IN the scene which illustrates the SIXTH DIVISION Of the Tuat, which is passed through by the
Sun-god during the SIXTH HOUR of the night, we see, in the middle register, the dead Sun-god
AFU-RA.
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The Boat of Af, the dead Sun-god, in the Sixth Hour
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once again standing in his boat, under the canopy, accompanied by his usual company of gods. He is no
longer in the serpent boat wherein he passed through the domain of Sekri, and he is no longer being
towed along. In front of the boat are:--
1. The god Thoth, in the form of a man with the head of a cynocephalus ape, seated on a throne, and
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bearing the name TEHUTI-KHENTI-NEB-TUAT.
2. A female figure, with her hands turned behind her, holding in each the pupil of an eye of Horus or Ra;
she is called AMENT-SEMU-SET. The text above the boat reads:
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(Left) The goddess Ament-semu-set. (Right) Thoth of the Tuat
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"This great god travelleth through this city, being provided with [his] boat, on the water;
be worketh the paddle in this country towards the place of the body of Osiris." . . . "The Majesty of this
great god [speaketh to] the gods who are in this country when he arriveth at these houses which are
hidden, and which contain the image of Osiris. This god crieth [to the hidden forms which
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are in them, and they hearken to the voice of this god, and then he passeth them by."
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The Four Kings of the South
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In the abode of Osiris are sixteen gods in mummied forms. The first four are bearded, and wear the
menat and the White Crown, and each is described by the title suten, i.e., "King of the South." The
second four are bearded, and are described as HETEPTIU, the third four are bearded, and wear the
menat and the Red Crown, and each is described by the title bat, and the fourth four are bearded, and are
called
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The Four Heteptiu gods
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The Four Kings of the North
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The Four "Spirits."
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KHU, i.e., "Spirits." Immediately in front of these gods is an enormous serpent with five heads, which is
called ASH-HRAU, i.e., the "Many-faced." The body of this serpent is bent round to form an oval, and
within it lies on his back the god AFU, who is holding upon his head a beetle, which is the symbol of the
god KHEPERA. The text written above reads:--
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The Serpent Ash-hrau
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"Saith the Majesty of this great god to the kings of the South, to the HETEPTIU, to the kings of the North,
and to the Spirits who are in this City:--May your royal state and condition be with you, may ye receive
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your White Crowns, and ye HETEPTIU [may ye receive] your offerings, and ye kings of the North may
ye receive your Red Crowns, and ye SPIRITS may ye receive your appointed rites; may your offerings be
unto you, and may ye be in peace. May ye have power over your souls, may ye be adored(?), may ye
have sovereignty over your city, may ye have peace in your fields, may ye join yourselves to (i.e., attain
to) your secret things with your crowns (?), may your appointed rites be paid to you, may your sacrifices
of propitiation be made to you, and give to the gods their mouth. Avenge ye me in [this] land, and hack
in pieces the serpent Apep, O ye kings of the South, ye Heteptiu, ye kings of the North, and ye Spirits,
who dwell in [this] land."
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