The Book of Gates

by E. A. Wallis Budge

[1905]

(original title) The short form of the Book of am-tuat and the Book of Gates

The Book of Gates is an Ancient Egyptian cosmological treatise describing the architecture and inhabitants of the Tuat, the underworld which the boat of the Sun God, Ra, traverses during the night hours. This is the second volume of the three volume Budge series which deals with the books of the Underworld, the Egyptian Heaven and Hell.

It also includes a short summary of the Book of Am-Tuat, the longer version of which comprises the first volume.

Index

• Note

• Contents

The Short Form of the Book of Am-Tuat

• The First Hour

• The Second Hour

• The Third Hour

• The Fourth Hour

• The Fifth Hour

• The Sixth Hour

• The Seventh Hour

• The Eighth Hour

• The Ninth Hour

• The Tenth Hour

• The Eleventh Hour

• The Twelfth Hour
  

The Book of Gates

• Chapter I. The Alabaster Sarcophagus of Seti I

• Chapter II. The Ante-Chamber of the Tuat

• Chapter III. The Gate Of Saa-Set - The Second Division of the Tuat

• Chapter IV. The Gate Of Aqebi - The Third Division of the Tuat

• Chapter V. The Gate Of Tchetbi - The Fourth Division of the Tuat

• Chapter VI. The Gate Of Teka-Hra - The Fifth Division of the Tuat

• Chapter VII. The Judgment Hall of Osiris - The Sixth Division of the Tuat

• Chapter VIII. The Gate Of Set-em-maat-f - The Sixth Division Of The Tuat - continued

• Chapter IX. The Gate Of Akha-En-Maat - The Seventh Division of the Tuat

• Chapter X. The Gate of Set-hra - The Eighth Division of the Tuat

• Chapter XI. The Gate Of Ab-ta - The Ninth Division of the Tuat

• Chapter XII. The Gate of Sethu - The Tenth Division of the Tuat

• Chapter XIII. The Gate Of Am-netu-f - The Eleventh Division of the Tuat

• Chapter XIV. The Gate of Sebi and Reri - The Twelfth Division of the Tuat