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direction of a god in mummied form, whose name, or description, is HERU-HER-SHE-TUATI, i.e.,
"Horus who is over the lakes in the Tuat." The names of the nine gods are:--
1. SEKHTI.
2. AM-SEKHET-F.
3. NEHEBETI.
4. TCHAMUTI.
5. NEB-AATTI.
6. HEQ-NETERU-F.
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Sekhti. Am-sekhet-f. Nehebeti. Tchamuti. Neb-aatti
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Heq-neteru-f. Pan-ari. Teser-ari. Aha-sekhet. Heru-her-she-tuati
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7. PAN-ARI.
8. TESER-ARI.
9. AHA-SEKHET.
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CHAPTER X.
THE TENTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH IS CALLED
METET-QA-UTCHEBU.
HAVING passed through the NINTH DIVISION of the Tuat, the boat of the sun arrives at the TENTH
DIVISION, which is passed through by the sun during the TENTH HOUR of the night. The opening text
reads:--
"This great god taketh up his place in this Circle, and he uttereth words to the gods who dwell therein.
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The name of the door of this City through which this great god entereth is AA-KHERPU-MES-ARU. The
name Of this City is METET-QA-UTCHEBU. The name of the hour of the night which guideth this great
god to the hidden paths of this City is TENTENIT-UHESET-KHAK-ABU."
In the middle register are:--
1. The boat of the sun, in which the god stands under a canopy formed by the serpent Mehen; he
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The Boat of Af, the dead Sun-god, in the Tenth Hour
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holds the symbol of life in his right hand, and a serpent, which serves as a sceptre, in his left.
2. A large two-headed serpent called THES-HRAU, which is depicted in the form of a pair of horns
deeply curved towards the ends where they meet. The head which faces to the right has on it a White
Crown, and is directly opposite to the face of a goddess, who also wears a White Crown, and is called
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HERT-ERMENT, and the head which faces the left has on it a Red Crown, and is
directly opposite to the face of a goddess, who also wears a Red Crown and is called SHEMERTI, i.e.,
"She of the two bows."
The Serpent is provided with two pairs of legs; one pair is turned to the right and the other to the left
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(Left) Shemerti. (Center) The serpent Thes-hrau. (Right) Hert-erment
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Within the curve is a large hawk, which bears the, name of HERU-KHENTI.
3. A boat, wherein lies at full length the serpent ANKH-TA.
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The serpent Ankh-ta
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4. Four male figures, each of which has a disk in place of a head; each grasps in his right hand an arrow,
with a spear-shaped head, which rests on his shoulder, and is pointed downwards; their names are:--
1. TEPTHRA.
2. SHESERA.
3. TE-MAU.
4. UTU.
5. Four bearded, human-headed figures, each of which has in his right hand a short spear, which rests
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on his shoulder, and is pointed upwards; their names are:--
1. SETU.
2. ERTAU.
3. KHESEFU.
4. SEKENNU.
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Setu. Ertau. Khesefu. Sekennu
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Petthi. Shemerthi. Thesu. Kha-a
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6. Four bearded, human-headed figures, each grasping with both hands a bow, which he holds above his
knees; their names are:--
1. PETTHI,
2. SHEMERTHI.
3. THESU.
4. KHA-A.
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The texts which refer to the above read:--1. "This great god maketh his journey through this City, in this
picture, in his boat, and his sailors, who are the gods, convey him along; this [great] god taketh up his
place in this City in the water, whereupon those who live in the water make use of their weapons, and
they spring into life at the sound of the working of the sailors, who are gods, [in the boat of Ra]."
2. "Those who are in this picture are they who are on the two sides of THES-HRAU, who is the Soil of
SEKRI, the governor of the TUAT. This figure (i.e., the serpent) even in the form in which it is, travelleth
after this great god into its horizon,
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and it entereth in with him in the earth every day."
3. "He who is in this picture in his boat standeth up in the thick darkness in the Hall of the Eastern
Horizon, and he taketh up his position in his place every day; he formeth the serpent watcher of the Tuat
in the holy place of KHENTI-AMENTI."
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4. "To those who are in this picture with their arrows, and to those with javelins, and to those with their
bows, who are in the presence of this great god, and who make their appearance with him in the Eastern
Horizon of the sky, this great god saith:--Speed ye your arrows, make ready your javelins, bend your
bows, and destroy ye for me my enemies who are in darkness; be ye at the portal of your horizon, and
follow ye in my train when I unite myself to those who make adoration to my flesh in the MANTIT
BOAT. It is, they who drive back the SEBI serpent of NEHA-HRA in the thick darkness, and when this
great. god passeth on into the Eastern Hall of the horizon, they also travel on in the train of this god."
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