ho hath no power to walk, the great Knot who
is within yesterday. The might of my strength is within my hand. I myself
am not known, but I am he who knoweth thee. I cannot be held with the
hand, but I am he who can hold thee in his hand. Hail, O Egg! Hail, O Egg!
I am Horus who lives for millions of years, whose flame shineth upon you
and bringeth your hearts to me. I have the command of my throne and I
advance at this season, I have opened a path, and I have delivered myself
from all evil things. I am the dog-headed ape of gold three palms and two
fingers [high], which hath neither arms nor legs and dwelleth in
Het-ka-Ptah (Memphis), and I go forth as goeth forth the dog-headed ape
that dwelleth in Het-ka-Ptah."

Air And Water

[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 12).]

THE CHAPTER OF SNUFFING THE AIR AND OF HAVING THE MASTERY OVER THE WATER
IN THE UNDERWORLD. The overseer of the palace, the chancellor-in-chief,
Nu, triumphant, saith:

"Hail, Hap-ur, god of heaven, in thy name of 'Divider of heaven,' grant
thou unto me that I may have dominion over the water, even as the goddess
Sekhet had power over Osiris on the night of the storms and floods. Grant
thou that I may have power over the divine princes who have their
habitations in the place of the god of the inundation, even as they have
power over their own holy god of whose name they are ignorant; and may
they let me have power even as [he hath let them have power]."

"My nostrils are opened in Tattu," or (as others say), "My mouth and my
nostrils are opened in Tatau, and I have my place of peace in Annu, which
is my house; it was built for me by the goddess Sesheta, and the god
Khnemu set it up for me upon its walls. If to this heaven it cometh by the
north, I sit at the south; if to this heaven it cometh by the south, I sit
at the north; if to this heaven it cometh by the west, I sit at the east;
and if to this heaven it cometh by the east, I sit at the west. I draw the
hair of my nostrils, and I make my way into every place in which I wish to
sit."

In the Papyrus of Nefer-uben-f (see Naville, op. cit., Bd. I. Bl. 70) this
chapter ends quite differently, and reads:

"I am strong in my mouth and in my nostrils, for behold Tem has stablished
them; behold, O ye gods and _Khu_s. Rest thou, then, O Tem. Behold the
staff which blossometh, and which cometh forth when a man crieth out in
your names. Behold, I am Tem, the tree (?) of th