Egyptian Literature/The Book of the Dead/Driving Back the Merti

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DRIVING BACK THE MERTI

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

The Chapter of driving back the two Merti goddesses. Nu, the chancellor-in-chief, triumphant, saith:

“Homage to you, ye two Rekht goddesses,^[1] ye two Sisters, ye two Mert goddesses, I bring a message to you concerning my magical words. I shine from the Sektet boat, I am Horus the son of Osiris, and I have come to see my father Osiris.”

1. The two opponent goddesses, or Isis and Nephthys(?).