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The Egyptian Book of the dead

CHAPTER LXXXVIII.

Project Gutenberg EPUB edition Renouf, P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) and Naville, Edouard
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Chapter whereby one assumeth the form of the Crocodile god [Sebak(1).
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For I am the Crocodile god in all his terrors.
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I am the Crocodile god in the form of man.(2) I am he who carrieth off with violence. I am the almighty Fish in Kamurit.
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I am the Lord to whom one bendeth down(3) in Sechem.
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1. Sebak is not always named in the papyri. The ideogram of the crocodile was in some copies read emsuḥ and in others sebak.
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2.In the form of man. Of the very different readings this is the most intelligible.
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3.To whom one bendeth down, literally ‘master of bendings.’

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The Egyptian Book of the dead, Project Gutenberg eBook #69566

CHAPTER LXXXVII. CHAPTER LXXXIX.