“A spell how to go forth by day and live after death”. Chapter 2 of the ancient egyptian Book of the Dead: Translation and commentary

The article is devoted to the Spell/Chapter 2 of the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead in its Theban edition (New Kingdom – Third Intermediate Period). As of today, 193 records of this spell are known, however, these are mainly documents of later editions of the collection (Saite and Ptolemaic). Only 12 obejcts date from the New Kingdom. In a number of documents, Spell 2 is combined with Spell 3 as a single utterance. There are 17 records of Spell 2 from the Third Intermediate Period. The text of this spell has a long history and originates in the Coffin Texts (Spells 93 and 152) (CT, II, 64–66; 260–261). The article provides the first translation into Ukrainian and a commentary on Spell 2 of the Book of the Dead according to the papyrus of Nu (pLondon BM EA 10477 (sheet 13), 18th Dynasty, Thebes). The vignettes of this spell, which had several types of illustrations, are specially considered, differing in the New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period.