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Egyptian magic (1901)

Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934 · London : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner · leaf 54

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31 THE HEART. possess certain qualities which were beneficial to those who wore it. It will also be remembered that, accord- ing to one tradition,1 the text of the LXIYth Chapter of the Book of the Dead was found written in letters of lapis-lazuli in the reign of Hesep-ti, king of Egypt about b.c.… … pviest, guarding his heart against the destroyer of hearts. Nefer-uben-f, a (From Naville, Todtenbucli, vol. I. plate 39.) But although a heart might be given to a man by means of the above Chapter, it was necessary for the deceased to take the greatest care that it was not carried off from him by…

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