Egyptian Literature/The Book of the Dead/Of Knowing the Souls of Nekhen

4256559Egyptian LiteratureThe Book of the Dead: Of Knowing the Souls of Nekhen1901

OF KNOWING THE SOULS OF NEKHEN.

[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10477, sheet 18).]

The Chapter of knowing the Souls of Nekhen. The overseer of the palace, the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:

“I know the hidden things of the city of Nekhen, that is to