Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life by E. A. Wallis Budge
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_Threshold_. "I will not let thee pass over me unless thou tellest my
name." _Deceased_. "'Ox of the god Seb' is thy name." _Hasp_. "I will not open unto thee unless thou tellest my name." _Deceased_. "'Leg-bone of his mother' is thy name." _Socket-hole_. "I will not open unto thee unless thou tellest my name." _Deceased_. "'Living Eye of Sebek, the lord of Bakhau,' is thy name." _Porter_. "I will not open unto thee unless thou tellest my name." _Deceased_. "'Elbow of the god Shu when he placeth himself to protect Osiris' is thy name." _Side posts_. "We will not let thee pass in by us, unless thou tellest our names." _Deceased_. "'Children of the uraei-goddesses' is your name." "Thou knowest us; pass on, therefore, by us" [say these]. _Floor_. "I will not let thee tread upon me, because I am silent and I am holy, and because I do not know the names of thy feet wherewith thou wouldst walk upon me; therefore tell them to me." |
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