Egyptian Literature/The Book of the Dead/The Chapter of Memory

THE CHAPTER OF MEMORY

[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 5).]

The Chapter of making a man to possess memory in the underworld. The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, the overseer of the palace, the son of the chief chancellor Amen-hetep, saith:

“May my name be given to me in the Great House, and may I remember my name in the House of Fire on the night of counting the years and of telling the number of the months. I am with the Divine One, and I sit on the eastern side of heaven. If any god whatsoever should advance unto me, let me be able to proclaim his name forthwith.”