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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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