APPENDIX
(From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 12)
THE CHAPTER OF GIVING AIR TO NU IN KHERT-NETER.
He saith:- Hail, thou
God Temu, grant thou unto me the sweet breath which dwelleth in thy nostrils! I
am the Egg which is in Kenken-ur (the Great Cackler), and I watch and guard that
mighty thing which hath come into being, wherewith the god Keb hath opened the
earth. I live; it liveth; I grow, I live, I snuff the air. I am the god
Utcha-aabet, and I go about his egg. I shine at the moment of the mighty of
strength, Suti. Hail, thou who makest sweet the time of the Two Lands! Hail,
dweller among the celestial food. Hail, dweller among the beings of blue
(lapis-lazuli), watch ye to protect him that is in his nest, the Child who
cometh forth to you.