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The Serpent Sata

[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 11).]

The Chapter of making the transformation into the serpent Sata. The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:

“I am the serpent Sata whose years are many. I die and I am born again each day. I am the serpent Sata which dwelleth in the uttermost parts of the earth. I die, and I am born again, and I renew myself, and I grow young each day.”