Egyptian Literature/The Book of the Dead/Driving Away Apshait

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DRIVING AWAY APSHAIT

[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 8).]

The Chapter of driving away Apshait. Osiris Nu, the chancellor-in-chief, triumphant, saith:

“Depart from me, O thou that hast lips which gnaw, for I am Khnemu, the lord of Peshennu,^[1] and [I] bring the words of the gods to Ra, and I report [my] message to the lord thereof.”^[2]

1. Read, “the lord of the city of Shennu” i.e., of Kom Ombos.
2. Or, “I report [my] message to Nebes” (or Nebses).