ABSTRACT

This chapter contains the complete hieroglyphic text of the first division of the book Am-Tuat, which is Called Net-Ra, with translations and reproductions of all the illustrations. This text was produced by the priests of Amen-Ra at Thebes. IN the scene that illustrates the FIRST DIVISION of the Tuat, which is passed through by the Sun-god during the FIRST HOUR of the night. In the upper part is the boat of the dead Sun-god. During the THIRD HOUR of the night, we see the boat of the god making its way over the waters of the river in the underworld. The second boat is called UAA-HERER such as 'The boat of Rest', and has in the middle an Osiris god in the form of a mummy; each end of the boat terminates in the head of a cynocephalus, and it is steered by two beings, one of whom is called TESEM-HRA-F.