240 BCTHE PAPYRUS OF ANI(THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD)Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge
HYMN TO OSIRIS
"Homage to thee, Osiris, Lord of eternity, King
of the Gods, whose names are manifold, whose forms are holy, thou being of
hidden form in the temples, whose Ka is holy. Thou art the governor of Tattu
(Busiris), and also the mighty one in Sekhem (Letopolis). Thou art the Lord to
whom praises are ascribed in the nome of Ati, thou art the Prince of divine
food in Anu. Thou art the Lord who is commemorated in Maati, the Hidden Soul,
the Lord of Qerrt (Elephantine), the Ruler supreme in White Wall (Memphis).
Thou art the Soul of Ra, his own body, and hast thy place of rest in Henensu
(Herakleopolis). Thou art the beneficent one, and art praised in Nart. Thou
makest thy soul to be raised up. Thou art the Lord of the Great House in
Khemenu (Hermopolis). Thou art the mighty one of victories in Shas-hetep, the
Lord of eternity, the Governor of Abydos. The path of his throne is in
Ta-tcheser (a part of Abydos). Thy name is established in the mouths of men.
Thou art the substance of Two Lands (Egypt). Thou art Tem, the feeder of Kau
(Doubles), the Governor of the Companies of the gods. Thou art the beneficent
Spirit among the spirits. The god of the Celestial Ocean (Nu) draweth from thee
his waters. Thou sendest forth the north wind at eventide, and breath from thy
nostrils to the satisfaction of thy heart. Thy heart reneweth its youth, thou
producest the.... The stars in the celestial heights are obedient unto thee,
and the great doors of the sky open themselves before thee. Thou art he to whom
praises are ascribed in the southern heaven, and thanks are given for thee in
the northern heaven. The imperishable stars are under thy supervision, and the
stars which never set are thy thrones. Offerings appear before thee at the
decree of Keb. The Companies of the Gods praise thee, and the gods of the Tuat
(Other World) smell the earth in paying homage to thee. The uttermost parts of
the earth bow before thee, and the limits of the skies entreat thee with
supplications when they see thee. The holy ones are overcome before thee, and
all Egypt offereth thanksgiving unto thee when it meeteth Thy Majesty. Thou art
a shining Spirit-Body, the governor of Spirit-Bodies; permanent is thy rank,
established is thy rule. Thou art the well-doing Sekhem (Power) of the Company
of the Gods, gracious is thy face, and beloved by him that seeth it. Thy fear
is set in all the lands by reason of thy perfect love, and they cry out to thy
name making it the first of names, and all people make offerings to thee. Thou
art the lord who art commemorated in heaven and upon earth. Many are the cries
which are made to thee at the Uak festival, and with one heart and voice Egypt
raiseth cries of joy to thee.
"Thou art the Great Chief, the first among thy
brethren, the Prince of the Company of the Gods, the stablisher of Right and
Truth throughout the World, the Son who was set on the great throne of his
father Keb. Thou art the beloved of thy mother Nut, the mighty one of valour,
who overthrew the Sebau-fiend. Thou didst stand up and smite thine enemy, and
set thy fear in thine adversary. Thou dost bring the boundaries of the mountains.
Thy heart is fixed, thy legs are set firm. Thou art the heir of Keb and of the
sovereignty of the Two Lands (Egypt). He (Keb) hath seen his splendours, he
hath decreed for him the guidance of the world by thy hand as long as times
endure. Thou hast made this earth with thy hand, and the waters, and the winds,
and the vegetation, and all the cattle, and all the feathered fowl, and all the
fish, and all the creeping things, and all the wild animals therof. The desert
is the lawful possession of the son of Nut. The Two Lands (Egypt) are content
to crown thee upon the throne of thy father, like Ra.
"Thou rollest up into the horizon, thou hast set
light over the darkness, thou sendest forth air from thy plumes, and thou
floodest the Two Lands like the Disk at daybreak. Thy crown penetrateth the
height of heaven, thou art the companion of the stars, and the guide of every
god. Thou art beneficent in decree and speech, the favoured one of the Great
Company of the Gods, and the beloved of the Little Company of the Gods.
His sister [Isis] hath protected him, and hath
repulsed the fiends, and turned aside calamities (of evil). She uttered the
spell with the magical power of her mouth. Her tongue was perfect, and it never
halted at a word. Beneficent in command and word was Isis, the woman of magical
spells, the advocate of her brother. She sought him untiringly, she wandered
round and round about this earth in sorrow, and she alighted not without
finding him. She made light with her feathers, she created air with her wings,
and she uttered the death wail for her brother. She raised up the inactive
members of whose heart was still, she drew from him his essence, she made an
heir, she reared the child in loneliness, and the place where he was not known,
and he grew in strength and stature, and his hand was mighty in the House of
Keb. The Company of the Gods rejoiced, rejoiced, at the coming of Horus, the
son of Osiris, whose heart was firm, the triumphant, the son of Isis, the heir
of Osiris."
REFERENCES
Following is a list of frequently-mentioned
geographical locations, and their commonly-known names:
Abtu AbydosAbu ElephantineAnu HeliopolisBast BubastisHensu HerakleopolisHet-ka-Ptah MemphisKhemenu HermopolisPer-Menu PanopolisQerrt ElephantineSau SaisSekhem LetopolisSuat AsyutTetu BusirisTwo Lands Upper and Lower EgyptUnu Hermopolis A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA WHEN HE RISETH IN THE EASTERN
PART OF HEAVEN:
Behold, the Osiris Ani, the scribe of the holy
offerings of all the gods, saith: Homage to thee, O thou who hast come as
Khepera, Khepera the creator of the gods, Thou art seated on thy throne, thou
risest up in the sky, illumining thy mother [Nut], thou art seated on thy
throne as the king of the gods. [Thy] mother Nut stretcheth out her hands, and
performeth an act of homage to thee. The domain of Manu receiveth thee with
satisfaction. The goddess Maat embraceth thee at the two seasons of the day.
May Ra give glory, and power, and thruth-speaking, and the appearance as a
living soul so that he may gaze upon Heru-khuti, to the KA of the Osiris the
Scribe Ani, who speaketh truth before Osiris, and who saith: Hail, O all ye
gods of the House of the Soul, who weigh heaven and earth in a balance, and who
give celestial food [to the dead]. Hail, Tatun, [who art] One, thou creator of
mortals [and] of the Companies of the Gods of the South and of the North, of
the West and of the East, ascribe ye praise to Ra, the lord of heaven, the
KING, Life, Strength, and Health, the maker of the gods. Give ye thanks unto
him in his beneficent form which is enthroned in the Atett Boat; beings
celestial praise thee, beings terrestial praise thee. Thoth and the goddess
Maat mark out thy course for thee day by day and every day. Thine enemy the
Serpent hath been given over to the fire. The Serpent- fiend Sebau hath fallen
headlong, his forelegs are bound in chains, and his hind legs hath Ra carried
away from him. The Sons of Revolt shall never more rise up. The House of the
Aged One keepeth festival, and the voices of those who make merry are in the
Great Place. The gods rejoice when they see Ra crowned upon his throne, and
when his beams flood the world with light. The majesty of this holy god setteth
out on his journey, and he goeth onwards until he reacheth the land of Manu;
the earth becometh light at his birth each day; he proceedeth until he reacheth
the place where he was yesterday. O be thou at peace with me. Let me gaze upon
thy beauties. Let me journey above the earth. Let me smite the Ass. Let me slit
asunder the Serpent-fiend Sebau. Let me destroy Aepep at the moment of his
greatest power. Let me behold the Abtu Fish at his season, and the Ant Fish
with the Ant Boat as it piloteth it in its lake. Let me behold Horus when he is
in charge of the rudder [of the Boat of Ra], with Thoth and the goddess Maat on
each side of him. Let me lay hold of the tow-rope of the Sektet Boat, and the
rope at the stern of the Matett Boat. Let Ra grant to me a view of the Disk
(the Sun), and a sight of Ah (the Moon) unfailingly each day. Let my Ba- soul
come forth to walk about hither and thither and whithersoever it pleaseth. Let
my name be called out, let it be found inscribed on the tablet which recordeth
the names of those who are to receive offerings. Let meals from the sepulchral
offerings be given to me in the presence [of Osiris], as to those who are in
the following of Horus. Let there be prepared for me a seat in the Boat of the
Sun on the day wheron the god saileth. Let me be received in the presence of
Osiris in the Land of Truth-speaking- the Ka of Osiris Ani.
APPENDIX (From the Papyrus of Nekht, Brit. Mus. No.
10471, Sheet 21)
NEKHT, THE CAPTAIN OF SOLDIERS, THE ROYAL SCRIBE,
SINGETH A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA, and saith:- Homage to thee, O thou glorious
Being, thou who art dowered [with all sovereignty]. O Tem-Heru-Khuti (Tem-
Harmakhis), when thou risest in the horizon of heaven a cry of joy goeth forth
to thee from all people. O thou beautiful Being, thou dost renew thyself in thy
season in the form of the Disk, within thy mother Hathor. Therefore in every
place every heart swelleth with joy at thy rising for ever. The regions of the
South and the North come to thee with homage, and send forth acclamations at
thy rising on the horizon of heaven, and thou illuminest the Two Lands with
rays of turquoise-[coloured] light. O Ra, who art Heru-Khuti, the divine
man-child, the heir of eternity, self-begotten and self-born, king of the
earth, prince of the Tuat (the Other World), governor of Aukert, thou didst
come from the Water-god, thou didst spring from the Sky-god Nu, who doth
cherish thee and order thy members. O thou god of life, thou lord of love, all
men live when thou shinest; thou art crowned king of the gods. The goddess Nut
embraceth thee, and the goddess Mut enfoldeth thee at all seasons. Those who
are in thy following sing unto thee with joy, and they bow down their foreheads
to the earth when they meet thee, the lord of heaven, the lord of the earth,
the King of Truth, the lord of eternity, the prince of everlastingness, thou
sovereign of all the gods, thou god of life, thou creator of eternity, thou
maker of heaven wherin thou art firmly stablished.
The Company of the Gods rejoice at thy rising, the
earth is glad when it beholdeth thy rays; the people who have been long dead
come forth with cries of joy to behold thy beauties every day. Thou goest forth
each day over heaven and earth, and thou art made strong each day be thy mother
Nut. Thou passest over the heights of heaven, thy heart swelleth with joy; and
the Lake of Testes (the Great Oasis) is content thereat. The Serpent-fiend hath
fallen, his arms are hewn off, the Knife hath severed his joints. Ra liveth by
Maat (Law), the beautiful! The Sektet Boat advanceth and cometh into port. The
South and the North, and the West and East, turn to praise thee. O thou First,
Great God (PAUTA), who didst come into being of thine own accord, Isis and
Nephthys salute thee, they sing unto thee songs of joy at thy rising in the
boat, they stretch out their hands unto thee. The Souls of the East follow
thee, and the Souls of the West praise thee. Thou art the Ruler of all the
gods. Thou in thy shrine hast joy, for the Serpent-fiend Nak hath been judged
by the fire, and thy heart shall rejoice for ever. Thy mother Nut is esteemed
by thy father Nu.
HYMN TO OSIRIS UN-NEFER
A Hymn of Praise to Osiris Un-Nefer, the great god who
dwelleth in Abtu, the king of eternity, the lord of everlastingness, who
traverseth millions of years in his existence. Thou art the eldest son of the
womb of Nut. Thou was begotten by Keb, the Erpat. Thou art the lord of the Urrt
Crown. Thou art he whose White Crown is lofty. Thou art the King (Ati) of gods
[and] men. Thou hast gained possession of the sceptre of rule, and the whip,
and the rank and dignity of thy divine fathers. Thy heart is expanded with joy,
O thou who art in the kingdom of the dead. Thy son Horus is firmly placed on
thy throne. Thou hast ascended thy throne as the Lord of Tetu, and as the Heq
who dwelleth in Abydos. Thou makest the Two Lands to flourish through Truth-speaking,
in the presence of him who is the Lord to the Uttermost Limit. Thou drawest on
that which hath not yet come into being in thy name of
"Ta-her-sta-nef." Thou governest the Two Lands by Maat in thy name of
"Seker." Thy power is wide-spread, thou art he of whom the fear is
great in thy name of "Usar" (or "Asar"). Thy existence
endureth for an infinite number of double henti periods in thy name of
"Un-Nefer."
Homage to thee, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and
Prince of Princes. Thou hast ruled the Two Lands from the womb of the goddess
Nut. Thou hast governed the Lands of Akert. Thy members are of silver-gold, thy
head is of lapis-lazuli, and the crown of thy head is of turquoise. Thou art An
of millions of years. Thy body is all pervading, O Beautiful Face in
Ta-tchesert. Grant thou to me glory in heaven, and power upon earth, and
truth-speaking in the Divine Underworld, and [the power to] sail down the river
to Tetu in the form of a living Ba-soul, and [the power to] sail up the river
to Abydos in the form of a Benu bird, and [the power to] pass in through and to
pass out from, without obstruction, the doors of the lords of the Tuat. Let
there be given unto me bread-cakes in the House of Refreshing, and sepulchral
offerings of cakes and ale, and propitiatory offerings in Anu, and a permanent
homestead in Sekhet-Aaru, with wheat and barley therein- to the Double of the
Osiris, the scribe Ani.
THE CHAPTERS OF COMING FORTH BY DAY
HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF COMING FORTH BY DAY, AND
THE SONGS OF PRAISING AND GLORIFYING WHICH ARE TO BE RECITED FOR "COMING
FORTH" AND FOR ENTERING INTO KHERT-NETER, AND THE SPELLS WHICH ARE TO BE
SAID IN BEAUTIFUL AMENTET. THEY SHALL BE RECITED ON THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL,
ENTERING IN AFTER COMING FORTH.
The Osiris Ani, the Osiris the scribe Ani saith:-
Homage to thee, O Bull of Amentet, Thoth the king of eternity is with me. I am
the great god by the side of the divine boat, I have fought for thee, I am one
of those gods, those divine chiefs, who proved the truth-speaking of Osiris
before his enemies on the day of the weighing of words. I am thy kinsman
Osiris. I am [one of] those gods who were the children of the goddess Nut, who
hacked in pieces the enemies of Osiris, and who bound in fetters the legion of
Sebau devils on his behalf. I am thy kinsman Horus, I have fought on thy
behalf, I have come to thee for thy name's sake. I am Thoth who proved the
truth of the words of Osiris before his enemies on the day of the weighing of
words in the great House of the Prince, who dwelleth in Anu. I am Teti, the son
of Teti. My mother conceived me in Tetu, and gave birth to me in Tetu. I am
with the mourners [and with] the women who tear out their hair and make lament
for Osiris in Taui-Rekhti, proving true the words of Osiris before his enemies.
Ra commanded Thoth to prove true the words of Osiris before his enemies; what
was commanded [for Osiris], let that be done for me by Thoth. I am with Horus
on the day of dressing Teshtesh. I open the hidden water-springs for the
ablutions of Urt-ab. I unbolt the door of the Shetait Shrine in Ra-stau. I am
with Horus as the protector of the left shoulder of Osiris, the dweller in
Sekhem. I enter in among and I come forth from the Flame-gods on the day of the
destruction of the Sebau fiends in Sekhem. I am with Horus on the day[s] of the
festivals of Osiris, at the making of offerings and oblations, namely, on the
festival which is celebrated on the sixth day of the month, and on the day of
the Tenat festival in Anu. I am the UAB priest (libationer) in Tetu, Rera, the
dweller in Per-Asar. I exalt him that is upon the high place of the country. I
look upon the hidden things (the mysteries) in Ra-stau. I recite the words of
the liturgy of the festival of the Soul- god in Tetu. I am the SEM priest, and
[perform] his duties. I am the UR- KHERP-HEM priest on the day of placing the
Henu Boat of Seker upon its divine sledge. I have taken in my hand the digging
tool on the day of digging up the earth in Hensu.
Hail, O ye who make perfect souls to enter into the
House of Osiris, make ye the well-instructed soul of the Osiris the scribe Ani,
whose word is true, to enter in and to be with you in the House of Osiris. Let
him hear even as ye hear; let him have sight even as ye have sight; let him
stand up even as ye stand up; let him take his seat even as ye take your seats.
Hail, O ye who give cakes and ale to perfect souls in
the House of Osiris, give ye cakes and ale twice each day (in the morning and
in the evening) to the soul of the Osiris Ani, whose word is true before the
gods, the Lords of Abydos, and whose word is true with you. Hail, O ye who open
up the way, who act as guides to the roads [in the Other World] to perfect
souls in the House of Osiris, open ye up for him the way, and act ye as guides
to the roads to the soul of the Osiris, the scribe, the registrary of all the
offerings made to the gods, Ani, [whose word is true] with you. May he enter
the House of Osiris with boldness, and may he come forth therefrom in peace.
May there be no opposition made to him, and may he not be sent back
[therefrom]. May he enter in under favour [of Osiris], and may he come forth
gratified [at the acceptance of] his true words. May his commands be performed
in the House of Osiris, may his words travel with you, may he be glorious as ye
are. May he be not found to be light in the Balance, may the Balance dispose of
his case.
(In the Turin Papyrus, ed. Lepsius, this Chapter ends
with the following.)
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Permit thou not me to be judged according to the
mouths of the multitude. May my soul lift itself up before [Osiris], having
been found to have been pure when on earth. May I come into thy presence, O
Lord of the gods; may I arrive at the Nome of Maati (Truth); may I rise up on
my seat like a god endowed with life; may I give forth light like the Company
of the Gods who dwell in heaven; may I become like one of you; may I lift up my
footsteps in the town of Kher-Aha; may I look upon the Sektet Boat of the god,
Saah, the holy one, as it passeth across the sky; may I not be repulsed; may I
look upon the Lords of the Tuat, or, according to another reading, the Company
of the Gods; may I smell the savour of the divine food of the Company of the
Gods; may I sit down with them; may my name be proclaimed for offerings by the
KHER-HEB priest at the sacrificial table; may I hear the petitions which are
made when offerings are presented; may I draw nigh unto the Neshem Boat; and
may neither my Heart-soul nor its lord be repulsed.
Homage to thee, O Chief of Amentet, thou god Osiris,
who dwellest in the town of Nifu-ur. Grant thou that I may arrive in peace in
Amentet. May the Lords of Ta-Tchesert receive me, and may they say unto me:
"Hail, hail; welcome, welcome!" May they make ready for me a seat by
the side of the President of the Chiefs; may the Nursing-goddesses receive me
at the seasons, and may I come forth into the presence of Un-Nefer true of
word. May I be a Follower of Horus in Ra-stau, and of Osiris in Tetu; and may I
perform all the transformations which my heart may desire to make in every
place wherein my Double (KA) wisheth to be.
RUBRIC: If this text be known [by the deceased] upon
earth or if he causeth it to be done in writing upon [his] coffin, then will he
be able to come forth on any day he pleaseth, and to enter into his habitation
unrepulsed. Cakes and ale and joints of meat from those which are on the altar
of Ra shall be given unto him, and his homestead shall be among the fields of
the Field of Reeds (Sekhet-Aaru), and wheat and barley shall be given unto him
therein, and he shall flourish there even as he flourished upon earth.
APPENDIX (From the Papyrus of Nekhtu-Amen, ed.
Naville, I, 5)
THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE SAHU TO ENTER THE TUAT ON
THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL, WHEN THE FOLLOWING WORDS ARE TO BE SAID: Homage to
thee, O thou who dwellest in the Holy Hill (Set-Tchesert) of Amentet! the
Osiris, the royal scribe, Nekhtu-Amen, whose word is true, knoweth thee, he
knoweth thy name. Deliver thou him from the worms which are in Ra-stau, which
live upon the bodies of men and women, and feed upon their blood, for Osiris,
the favoured servant of the god of his city, the royal scribe Nekhtu-Amen,
knoweth you, and he knoweth your names. Let the order for his protection be the
first command of Osiris, the Lord to the Uttermost Limit, who keepeth his body
hidden. May he give him release from the Terrible One who dwelleth at the bend
of the River of Amentet, and may he decree the acts that will make him to rise up.
Let him pass on to him whose throne is placed within the darkness, who giveth
light in Ra-stau. O thou Lord of Light, come thou and swallow up the worms
which are in Amentet. Let the Great God who dwelleth in Tetu, and who is
himself unseen, hear his prayers, and let those who cause afflictions hold him
in fear as he cometh forth with the sentence of their doom to the Divine Block.
I the Osiris, the royal scribe, Nekhtu-Amen, come, bearing the decree of
Neb-er-tcher, and I am the Horus who taketh possession of his throne for him.
His father, the lord of all those who are in the Boat of his Father Horus, hath
ascribed praise unto him. He cometh bearing tidings....... let him see the town
of Anu. Their chief shall stand on the earth before him, the scribes shall
magnify him at the doors of their assemblies, and thy shall swathe im with
swathings in Anu. He hath led heaven captive, and he hath seized the earth in
his grasp. Neither the heavens nor the earth can be taken away from him, for,
behold, he is Ra, the firstborn of the gods. His mother shall nurse him, and
shall give him her breast on the horizon.
RUBRIC: The words of this Chapter shall be said after
[the deceased] is laid to rest in Amentet; by means of them the region Tenn-t
shall be contented with her lord. And the Osiris, the royal scribe,
Nekhtu-Amen, whose word is truth, shall come forth, and he shall embark in the
Boat of Ra, and [his] body upon its bier shall be counted up, and he shall be
established in the Tuat.
THE CHAPTER OF GIVING A MOUTH TO THE OSIRIS ANI, THE
SCRIBE, AND TELLER OF THE OFFERINGS WHICH ARE MADE TO ALL THE GODS, WHOSE WORD
IS TRUE, WHO SAITH:- I rise up out of the Egg in the Hidden Land. May my mouth
be given unto me that I may speak therewith in the presence of the Great God,
the Lord of the Tuat. Let not my hand and my arm be repulsed in the presence of
the Chiefs (Tchatchau) of any god. I am Osiris, the Lord of Ra-stau. May I, the
Osiris, the scribe Ani, whose word is true, have my portion with him who is on
the top of the Steps (Osiris). According to the desire of my heart I have come
forth from the Island of Nesersert, and I have extinguished the fire.
APPENDIX [The following passage is taken from the
Saite Recension]
[THE CHAPTER OF GIVING A MOUTH TO THE OSIRIS, THE
SCRIBE ANI, WHO SAITH]:- Homage to thee, O thou lord of brightness, Governor of
the Temple, Prince of the night and of the thick darkness. I have come unto
thee. I am shining, I am pure. My hands are about thee, thou hast thy lot with
thy ancestors. Give thou unto me my mouth that I may speak with it. I guide my
heart at its season of flame and of night.
RUBRIC: If this Chapter be known by the Osiris the
scribe Ani, upon earth, [or if it be done] in writing upon [his] coffin, he
shall come forth by day in every form which he pleaseth, and he shall enter
into [his] abode, and shall not be repulsed. And cakes, and ale, and joints of
meat [from those which are on] the altar of Osiris shall be given unto him; and
he shall enter in peace into Sekhet-Aaru, conformably to the decree of the
Dweller in Busiris. Wheat and barley (dhura) shall be given unto him therein,
and he shall flourish there just as he did upon earth; and he shall do
whatsoever it pleaseth him to do, even as do the Company of the Gods who are in
the Tuat, regularly and continually, for millions of times.
(From the Paprys of Nebseni, Sheet 3)
THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AND OF OPENING UP A
WAY THROUGH THE AMEHET: Behold, the scribe Nebseni, whose word is truth,
saith:- Homage to you, O ye Lords of Kau, ye who are without sin, and who live
for the endless and infinite aeons of time which make up eternity. I have
opened up a way for myself to you. I have become a spirit in my forms, I have
gotten the mastery over my words of magical power, and I am adjudged a spirit;
therefore deliver ye me from the Crocodile [which liveth in] this Country of
Truth. Grant ye to me my mouth that I may speak therewith, and cause ye that
sepulchral offerings shall be made unto me in your presence, for I know you,
and I know your names, and I know also the name of the mighty god before whose
face ye set your celestial food. His name is "Tekem." [When] he
openeth up his path on the eastern horizon of heaven, [when] he alighteth
towards the western horizon of heaven, may he carry me along with him, and may
I be safe and sound. Let not the Mesqet make an end of me, let not the Fiend
(Sebau) gain the mastery over me, let me not be driven away from the doors of
the Other World, let not you doors be shut in my face, for my cakes are in the
city of Pe, and my ale is in the city of Tep. And there, in the celestial
mansions of heaven which my divine father Tem hath stablished, let my hands lay
hold upon the wheat and the barley, which shall be given unto me therein in
abundant measure, and may the son of my own body make ready for me my food
therein. And grant ye unto me when I am there sepulchral meals, and incense,
and unguents, and all the pure and beautiful things whereon the god liveth, in
every deed for ever, in all the transformations which it pleaseth me [to
perform], and grant unto me the power to float down and to sail up the stream
in the Field of Reeds (Sekhet-Aaru), [and may I reach Sekhet-hetepet (the Field
of Offerings)]. I am the twin Lion-gods (Shu and Tefnut).
TEXTS RELATING TO THE WEIGHING OF THE HEART OF ANI
THE NAMES OF THE GODS OF THE GREAT COMPANY:- 1. Ra
Harmakhis, the Great God in his boat. 2. Temu. 3. Shu. 4. Tefnut. 5. Keb. 6.
Nut, the Lady of Heaven. 7. Isis. 8. Nephthys. 9. Horus, the Great God. 10.
Hathor, Lady of Amentet. 11. Hu. 12. Sa.
THE PRAYER OF ANI:- My heart, my mother; my heart, my
mother! My heart whereby I came into being! May nought stand up to oppose me at
[my] judgment, may there be no opposition to me in the presence of the Chiefs
(Tchatchau); may there be no parting of thee from me in the presence of him
that keepeth the Balance! Thou art my KA, which dwelleth in my body; the god
Khnemu who knitteth together and strengtheneth my limbs. Mayest thou come forth
into the place of happiness whither we go. May the Sheniu officials, who make
the conditions of the lives of men, not cause my name to stink, and may no lies
be spoken against me in the presence of the God. [Let it be satisfactory unto
us, and let the Listener god be favourable unto us, and let there be joy of
heart (to us) at the weighing of words. Let not that which is false be uttered
against me before the Great God, the Lord of Amentet. Verily, how great shalt
thou be when thou risest in triumph.]
THE SPEECH OF THOTH:- Thoth, the judge of right and
truth of the Great Company of the Gods who are in the presence of Osiris,
saith: Hear ye this judgment. The heart of Osiris hath in very truth been
weighed, and his Heart-soul hath borne testimony on his behalf; his heart hath
been found right by the trial in the Great Balance. There hath not been found
any wickedness in him; he hath not wasted the offerings which have been made in
the temples; he hath not committed any evil act; and he hath not set his mouth
in motion with words of evil whilst he was upon earth.
SPEECH OF THE DWELLER IN THE EMBALMMENT CHAMBER
(ANUBIS):- Pay good heed, O righteous Judge to the Balance to support [the
testimony] thereof. Variant: Pay good heed to the weighing in the Balance of
the heart of the Osiris, the singing-woman of Amen, Anhai, whose word is truth,
and place thou her heart in the seat of truth in the presence of the Great God.
THE SPEECH OF THE GODS:- The Great Company of the Gods
say to Thoth who dwelleth in Khemenu: That which cometh forth from thy mouth shall
be declared true. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is true, is holy and
righteous. He hath not committed any sin, and he hath done no evil against us.
The devourer Am-mit shall not be permitted to prevail over him. Meat offerings
and admittance into the presence of the god Osiris shall be granted unto him,
together with an abiding habitation in the Field of Offerings (Sekhet-hetepet),
as unto the Followers of Horus.
THE SPEECH OF HORUS TO OSIRIS IN INTRODUCING ANI TO
HIM:- Horus, the son of Isis, saith: I have come to thee, O Un-Nefer, and I
have brought unto thee the Osiris Ani. His heart is righteous, and it hath come
forth from the Balance; it hath not sinned against any god or any goddess.
Thoth hath weighed it according to the decree pronounced unto him by the
Company of the Gods, and it is most true and righteous. Grant thou that cakes
and ale may be given unto him, and let him appear in the presence of the god
Osiris, and let him be like unto the Followers of Horus for ever and ever.
THE SPEECH OF ANI:- And the Osiris Ani saith: Behold,
I am in thy presence, O Lord of Amentet. There is no sin in my body. I have not
spoken that which is not true knowingly, nor have I done anything with a false
heart. Grant thou that I may be like unto those favoured ones who are in thy
following, and that I may be an Osiris greatly favoured of the beautiful god,
and beloved of the Lord of the Two Lands, I who am a veritable royal scribe who
loveth thee, Ani, whose word is true before the god Osiris.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BEAST AM-MIT:- Her forepart is like
that of a crocodile, the middle of her body is like that of a lion, her hind
quarters are like those of a hippopotamus.
HERE BEGIN THE PRAISES AND GLORIFYINGS OF COMING OUT
FROM AND OF GOING INTO THE GLORIOUS KHERT-NETER, WHICH IS IN THE BEAUTIFUL
AMENTET, OF COMING FORTH BY DAY IN ALL THE FORMS OF EXISTENCE WHICH IT MAY
PLEASE THE DECEASED TO TAKE, OF PLAYING AT DRAUGHTS, OF SITTING IN THE SEH
HALL, AND OF APPEARING AS A LIVING SOUL: The Osiris the scribe Ani saith after
he hath arrived in his haven of rest- now it is good for [a man] to recite
[this work whilst he is] upon earth, for then all the words of Tem come to
pass-
"I am the god Tem in rising. I am the Only One. I
came into existence in Nu. I am Ra who rose in the beginning, the ruler of this
[creation]."
Who is this?
"It is Ra, when at the beginning he rose in the
city of Hensu, crowned like a king for his coronation. The Pillars of the god
Shu were not as yet created, when he was upon the steps of him that dwelleth in
Khemenu. "I am the Great God who created himself, even Nu, who made his
names to become the Company of the Gods as gods."
Who is this?
"It is Ra, the creator of the names of his limbs,
which came into being in the form of the gods who are in the train of Ra.
"I am he who cannot be repulsed among the gods."
Who is this?
"It is Temu, the dweller in his disk, but others
say that it is Ra when he riseth in the eastern horizon of the sky. "I am
Yesterday, I know To-day."
Who is this?
"Yesterday is Osiris, and To-day is Ra, when he
shall destroy the enemies of Neb-er-tcher (the lord to the uttermost limit),
and when he shall establish as prince and ruler his son Horus. "Others,
however, say that To-day is Ra, on the day when we commemorate the festival of
the meeting of the dead Osiris with his father Ra, and when the battle of the
gods was fought, in which Osiris, the Lord of Amentet, was the leader."
What is this?
"It is Amentet, [that is to say] the creation
ofthe souls of the gods when Osiris was leader in Set-Amentet. "Others,
however, say that it is the Amentet which Ra hath given unto me; when any god
cometh he must rise up and fight for it. "I know the god who dwelleth
therein."
Who is this?
"It is Osiris. Others, however, say that his name
is Ra, and that the god who dwelleth in Amentet is the phallus of Ra, wherewith
he had union with himself. "I am the Benu bird which is in Anu. I am the
keeper of the volume of the book (the Tablet of Destiny) of the things which have
been made, and of the things which shall be made."
Who is this?
"It is Osiris. "Others, however, say that it
is the dead body of Osiris, and yet others say that it is the excrement of
Osiris. The things which have been made, and the things which shall be made
[refer to] the dead body of Osiris. Others again say that the things which have
been made are Eternity, and the things which shall be made are Everlastingness,
and that Eternity is the Day, and Everlastingness the Night. "I am the god
Menu in his coming forth; may his two plumes be set on my head for me."
Who is this?
"Menu is Horis, the Advocate of his father
[Osiris], and his coming forth means his birth. The two plumes on his head are
Isis and Nephthys, when these goddesses go forth and set themselves thereon,
and when they act as his protectors, and when they provide that which his head
lacketh. "Others, however, say that the two plumes are the two exceedingly
large uraei which are upon the head of their father Tem, and there are yet
others who say that the two plumes which are upon the head of Menu are his two
eyes. "The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is true, the registrar of all
the offerings which are made to the gods, riseth up and cometh into his
city."
What is this [city]?
"It is the horizon of his father Tem. "I
have made an end of my shortcomings, and I have put away my faults."
What is this?
"It is the cutting of the navel string of the
body of the Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is true before all the gods, and
all his faults are driven out.
What is this ?
"It is the purification [of Osiris] on the day of
his birth. "I am purified in my great double nest which is in Hensu on the
day of the offerings of the followers of the Great God who dwelleth
therein."
What is the "great double nest"?
"The name of one nest is 'Millions of years,' and
'Great Green [Sea]' is the name of the other, that is to say 'Lake of Natron'
and 'Lake of Salt.' "Others, however, say the name of the one is 'Guide of
Millions of Years,' and that 'Great Green Lake' is name of the other. Yet
others say that 'Begetter of Millions of Years' is the name of one, and 'Great
Green Lake' is the name of the other. Now, as concerning the Great God who
dwelleth therein, it is Ra himself. "I pass over the way, I know the head
of the Island of Maati."
What is this?
"It is Ra-stau, that is to say, it is the gate to
the South of Nerutef, and it is the Northern Gate of the Domain (Tomb of the
god). "Now, as concerning the Island of Maati, it is Abtu. "Others,
however, say that it is the way by which Father Tem travelleth when he goeth
forth to Sekhet-Aaru, [the place] which produceth the food and sustenance of
the gods who are [in] their shrines. "Now the Gate Tchesert is the Gate of
the Pillars of Shu, that is to say, the Northern Gate of the Tuat.
"Others, however, say that the Gate of Tchesert is the two leaves of the
door through which the god Tem passeth when he goeth forth to the eastern
horizon of the sky. "O ye gods who are in the presence [of Osiris], grant
to me your arms, for I am the god who shall come into being among you."
Who are these gods?
"They are the drops of blood which came forth
from the phallus of Ra when he went forth to perform his own mutilitation.
These drops of blood sprang into being under the forms of the gods Hu and Sa,
who are in the bodyguard of Ra, and who accompany the god Tem daily and every
day. "I, Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, have filled for thee
the utchat (the Eye of Ra, or of Horus), when it had suffered extinction on the
day of the combat of the Two Fighters (Horus and Set)."
What was this combat?
It was the combat which took place on the day when
Horus fought with Set, during which Set threw filth in the face of Horus, and
Horus crushed the genitals of Set. The filling of the utchat Thoth performed
with his own fingers. "I remove the thunder-cloud from the sky when there
is a storm with thunder and lightning therein."
What is this?
"This storm was the raging of Ra at the
thunder-cloud which [Set] sent forth against the Right Eye of Ra (the Sun).
Thoth removed the thunder- cloud from the Eye of Ra, and brought back the Eye
living, healthy, sound, and with no defect in it to its owner. "Others,
however, say that the thunder-cloud is caused by sickness in the Eye of Ra,
which weepeth for its companion Eye (the Moon); at this time Thoth cleanseth
the Right Eye of Ra. "I behold Ra who was born yesterday from the thighs
of the goddess Mehurt; his strength is my strength, and my strength is his
strength."
Who is this?
"Mehurt is the great Celestial Water, but others
say that Mehurt is the image of the Eye of Ra at dawn at his birth daily.
"[Others, however, say that] Mehurt is the utchat of Ra. "Now Osiris
the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, is a very great one among the gods who are
in the following of Horus; they say that he is the prince who loveth his
lord."
Who are the gods who are in the train of Horus?
"[They are] Kesta, Hapi, Taumutef, and Qebhsenuf.
"Homage to you, O ye lords of right and truth, ye sovereign princes
(Tchatcha) who [stand] round about Osiris, who do away utterly sins and
offences, and who are in the following of the goddess Hetepsekhus, grant ye
that I may come unto you. Destroy ye all the faults which are within me, even
as ye did for the Seven Spirits who are among the followers of their lord Sepa.
Anpu (Anubis) appointed to them their places on the day [when he said unto
them], "Come ye hither."
Who are the "lords of right and truth"?
"The lords of right and truth are Thoth and
Astes, the Lord of Amentet. "The Tchatcha round about Osiris are Kesta,
Hapi, Tuamutef, and Qebhsenuf, and they are also round about the Constellation
of the Thigh (the Great Bear), in the northern sky. "Those who do away
utterly sins and offences, and who are in the following of the goddess Hetepsekhus,
are the god Sebek and his associates who dwell in the water. "The goddess
Hetepsekhus is the Eye of Ra. "Others, however, say that it is the flame
which accompanieth Osiris to burn up the souls of his enemies. "As
concerning all the faults which are in Osiris, the registrar of the offerings
which are made unto all the gods, Ani, whose word is truth, [these are all the
offences which he hath committed against the Lords of Eternity] since he came
forth from his mother's womb. "As concerning the Seven Spirits who are
Kesta, Hapi, Tuamutef, Qebhsenuf, Maa-atef, Kheribeqef and
Heru-khenti-en-ariti, these did Anubis appoint to be protectors of the dead
body of Osiris. "Others, however, say that he set them round about the
holy place of Osiris. "Others say that the Seven Spirits [which were
appointed by Anubis] were Netcheh-netcheh, Aatqetqet,
Nertanef-besef-khenti-hehf, Aq-her-ami- unnut-f, Tesher-ariti-ami-Het-anes,
Ubes-her-per-em-khetkhet, and Maaem- kerh-annef-em-hru. "The chief of the
Tchatcha (sovereign princes) who is in Naarutef is Horus, the Advocate of his
father. "As concerning the day wherein [Anubis said to the Seven Spirits],
'Come ye hither,' [the allusion here] is to the words 'Come ye hither,' which
Ra spake unto Osiris."
Verily may these same words be said unto me in
Amentet.
"I am the Divine Soul which dwelleth in the
Divine Twin-gods."
Who is this Divine Soul?
"It is Osiris. [When] he goeth into Tetu, and
findeth there the Soul of Ra, the one god embraceth the other, and two Divine
Souls spring into being within the Divine Twin-gods."
APPENDIX
(From the Papyrus of Nebseni, Brit. Mus. No. 9900,
Sheet 14, ll. 16ff.)
"As concerning the Divine Twin-gods they are
Heru-netch-her-tefef and Heru-khent-en-Ariti (Horus the Advocate of his father
[Osiris], and Horus the sightless). "Others say that the double Divine
Soul which dwelleth in the Divine Twin-gods is the Soul of Ra and the Soul of
Osiris, and yet others say that it is the Soul which dwelleth in Shu, and the
Sould which dwelleth in Tefnut, and that these two Souls form the double Divine
Soul which dwelleth in Tetu. "I am the Cat which fought near the Persea
Tree in Anu on the night when the foes of Neb-er-tcher were destroyed."
Who is this Cat?
"This male Cat is Ra himself, and he was called
'Mau' because of the speech of the god Sa, who said concerning him: 'He is like
(mau) unto that which he hath made'; therefore, did the name of Ra become
'Mau.'
"Others, however, say that the male Cat is the god
Shu, who made over the possessions of Keb to Osiris. "As concerning the
fight which took place near the Persea Tree in Anu [these words have reference
to the slaughter] of the children of rebellion, when righteous retribution was
meted out to them for [the evil] which they had done. "As concerning the
'night of the battle,' [these words refer to] the invasion of the eastern
portion of the heaven by the children of rebellion, whereupon a great battle
arose in heaven and in all the earth. "O thou who art in thine egg (Ra,)
who showest from thy Disk, who risest on thy horizon, and dost shine with
golden beams in the height of heaven, like unto whom there is none among the
gods, who sailest above the Pillars of Shu, who sendest forth blasts of fire
from thy mouth, [who illuminest the Two Lands with thy splendour, deliver] thou
Nebseni, the lord of fealty [to Osiris], from the god whose form is hidden, and
whose eyebrows are like unto the two arms of the Balance on the night when the
sentences of doom are promulgated."
Who is this invisible god?
"It is An-a-f (he who bringeth his arm.).
"As concerning 'the night when the sentences of doom are promulgated,' it
is the night of the burning of the damned, and of the overthrow of the wicked
at the Block, and of the slaughter of souls."
Who is this [slaughterer of souls]?
"It is Shesmu, the headsman of Osiris.
"[Concerning the invisible god] some say that he is Aapep when he riseth
up with a head bearing upon it [the feather of] Maat (Truth). But others say
that he is Horus when he riseth up with two heads, whereon one beareth [the
feather of] Maat, and the other [the symbol of] wickedness. He bestoweth
wickedness on him that worketh wickedness, and right and truth upon him that
followeth righteousness and truth. "Others say that he is Heru-ur (the Old
Horus), who dwelleth in Sekhem; others say that he is Thoth; others say that he
is Nefer-Tem; and others say that he is Sept who doth bring to nought the acts
of the foes of Nebertcher. "Deliver thou the scribe Nebseni, whose word is
truth, from the Watchers, who carry murderous knives, who possess cruel
fingers, and who would slay those who are in the following of Osiris." May
these Watchers never gain the mastery over me, and may I never fall under their
knives!
Who are these Watchers?
"They are Anubis and Horus, [the latter being] in
the form of Horus the sightless. Others, however, say that they are the
Tchatcha (sovereign princes of Osiris), who bring to nought the operations of
their knives; and others say that they are the chiefs of the Sheniu chamber.
"May their knives never gain the mastery over me. May I never fall under
the knives wherewith they inflict cruel tortures. For I know their names, and I
know the being, Matchet, who is among them in the House of Osiris. He shooteth
forth rays of light from his eye, being himself invisible, and he goeth round
about heaven robed in the flames which come from his mouth, commanding Hapi,
but remaining invisible himself. May I be strong on earth before Ra, may I
arrive safely in the presence of Osiris. O ye who preside over your altars, let
not your offerings to me be wanting, for I am one of those who follow after
Nebertcher, according to the writings of Khepera. Let me fly like a hawk, let
me cackle like a goose, let me lay always like the serpent-goddess Neheb-
ka."
Who are those who preside over their altars?
"Those who preside over their altars are the
similitude of the Eye of Ra, and the similitude of the Eye of Horus. "O
Ra-Tem, thou Lord of the Great House [in Anu], thou Sovereign (life, strentgh,
health [be to thee]) of all the gods, deliver thou the scribe Nebseni, whose
word is truth, from the god whose face is like unto that of a greyhound, whose
brows are like those of a man, who feedeth upon the dead, who watcheth at the
Bend of the Lake of Fire, who devoureth the bodies of the dead, and swalloweth
hearts, and who voideth filth, but who himself remaineth unseen."
Who is this greyhound-faced god?
"His name is 'Everlasting Devourer,' and he
liveth in the Domain [of Fire] (the Lake of Unt). "As concerning the
Domain of Fire, it is that Aat which is in Naarutef, and is near the Sheniu
chamber. The sinner who walketh over this place falleth down among the knives
[of the Watchers]. "Others, however, say that the name of this god is
'Mates,' and that he keepeth watch over the door of Amentet; others say that
his name is 'Beba,' and that he keepeth watch over the Bend [of the stream] of
Amentet, and yet others say that his name is 'Herisepef.' "Hail, Lord of
Terror, Chief of the Lands of the South and North, thou Lord of the Desert, who
dost keep prepared the block of slaughter, and who dost feed on the intestines
[of men]!"
Who is this Lord of Terror?
"It is the Keeper of the Bend [of the stream] of
Amentet."
Who is this Keeper?
"It is the Heart of Osiris, which is the devourer
of all slaughtered things. "The Urrt Crown hath been given unto him, with
gladness of heart, as Lord of Hensu."
Who is this?
"He to whom the Urrt Crown hath been given with
gladness of heart as Lord of Hensu is Osiris. He was bidden to rule among the
gods on the day of the union of earth [with earth] in the presence of
Nebertcher."
Who is this?
"He who was bidden to rule among the gods is the
son of Isis (Horus), who was appointed to rule in the room of his father
Osiris. "As concerning [the words] 'day of the union of earth with earth,'
they have reference to the union of earth with earth in the coffin of Osiris,
the Soul that liveth in Hensu, the giver of meat and drink, the destroyer of
wrong, and the guide to the everlasting paths."
Who is this?
"It is Ra himself."
"[Deliver thou the Osiris the scribe Ani, whose
word is truth] from the great god who carrrieth away souls, who eateth hearts,
who feedeth upon offal, who keepeth watch in the darkness, who dwelleth in the
Seker Boat; those who live in sin fear him."
Who is this?
"It is Suti, but others say that it is Smamur,
the soul of Keb. "Hail, Khepera in thy boat, the two Companies of the Gods
are in thy body. Deliver thou the Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth,
from the Watchers who pass sentences of doom, who have been appointed by the
god Nebertcher to protect him, and to fasten the fetters on his foes, and who
slaughter in the torture chambers; there is no escape from their fingers. May
they never stab me with their knives, may I never fall helpless into their
chambers of torture. I have never done the things which the gods hate. I am he
who is pure in the Mesqet chamber. And saffron cakes have been brought unto him
in Tannt."
Who is this?
"It is Khepera in his boat; it is Ra himself.
"As concerning the Watchers who pass sentences of doom, they are the Apes
Isis and Nephthys. "As concerning the things which the gods hate, they are
acts of deceit and lying. He who passeth through the place of purification
within the Mesqet chamber is Anpu (Anubis), who is hard by the coffer which
containeth the inward parts of Osiris. He to whom saffron cakes have been
brought in Tannt is Osiris. "Others, however, say that the saffron cakes
in Tannt represent heaven and earth, and others say that they represent Shu,
the strengthener of the Two Lands in Hensu; and others say that they represent
the Eye of Horus, and that Tannt is the burial-place of Osiris. "Tem hath
builded thy house, and the double Lion-god hath laid the foundations of thy
habitation. Lo! medicaments have been brought. Horus purifieth Set and Set
strengtheneth, and Set purifieth and Horus strengtheneth. "The Osiris the
scribe Ani, whose word is truth before Osiris, hath come into this land, and he
hath taken possession thereof with his two feet. He is Tem, and he is in the
city. "Turn thou back, O Rehu, whose mouth shineth, whose head moveth,
turn thou back before his strength." Another reading is, 'Turn thou back
from him who keepeth watch, and is himself unseen.' Let the Osiris Ani be
safely guarded. He is Isis, and he is found with her hair spread over him; it
is shaken out over his brow. He was conceived by Isis, and engendered by
Nephthys, and they have cut away from him the things which should be cut from
him. "Fear followeth after thee, terror is about thine arms. Thou hast
been embraced for millions of years by arms; mortals go round about thee. Thou
smitest down the mediators of thy foes, and thou seizest the arms of the power
of darkness. Thy two sisters (Isis and Nephthys) are given to thee for thy
delight. Thou hast created that which is in Kher-aha, and that which is Anu.
Every god feareth thee, for thou art exceedingly great and terrible; thou [avengest]
every god on the man who curseth him, and thou shootest arrows at him. Thou
livest according to thy will. Thou art Uatchet, the Lady of Flame, evil
befalleth those who set themselves up against thee."
What is this?
"'Hidden in form, given of Menhu,' is the name of
the "tomb. 'He who seeth what is on his hand' is the name of Qerau, or, as
others say, it is the name of the Block. "Now, he whose mouth shineth and
whose head moveth is the phallus of Osiris, but others say it is [the phallus]
of Ra. 'Thou spreadest thy hair, and I shake it out over his brow" is said
concerning Isis, who hideth in her hair, and draweth it round about her.
"Uatchet, the Lady of Flames, is the Eye of Ra."
THE SEVEN ARITS
The First Arit.
The name of the Doorkeeper is Sekhet-her-asht-aru. The
name of the Watcher is Smetti. The name of the Herald is Hakheru. The Osiris
Ani, whose word is truth, shall say when he cometh unto the First Arit: "I
am the mighty one who createth his own light. I have come unto thee, O Osiris,
and, purified from that which defileth thee, I adore thee. Lead on. Name not
the name of Ra-stau to me. Homage to thee, O Osiris, in thy might and in thy
strength in Ra-stau. Rise up and conquer, O Osiris, in Abtu. Thou goest round
about heaven, thou sailest in the presence of Ra, thou lookest upon all the
beings who have knowledge. Hail, Ra, thou who goest round about in the sky, I
say, O Osiris in truth, that I am the Sahu (Spirit-body) of the god, and I
beseech thee not to let me be driven away, nor to be cast upon the wall of
blazing fire. Let the way be opened in Ra-stau, let the pain of the Osiris be
relieved, embrace that which the Balance hath weighed, let a path be made for
the Osiris in the Great Valley, and let the Osiris have light to guide him on
his way."
The Second Arit.
The name of the Doorkeeper is Unhat. The name of the
Watcher is Seqt- her. The name of the Herald is Ust. The Osiris Ani, whose word
is truth, shall say [when he cometh to this Arit]: "He sitteth to carry
out his heart's desire, and he weigheth words as the Second of Thoth. The
strength which protecteth Thoth humbleth the hidden Maati gods, who feed upon
Maat during the years of their lives. I offer up my offerings [to him] at the
moment when he maketh his way. I advance, and I enter on the path. O grant thou
that I may continue to advance, and that I may attain to the sight of Ra, and
of those who offer up [their] offerings."
The Third Arit.
The name of the Doorkeeper is Unem-hauatu-ent-pehui.
The name of the Watcher is Seres-her. The name of the Herald is Aa. The Osiris
the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, shall say [when he cometh to this Arit]:
"I am he who is hidden in the great deep. I am the Judge of the Rehui, I
have come and I have done away the offensive thing which was upon Osiris. I tie
firmly the place on which he standeth, coming forth from the Urt. I have
stablished things in Abtu, I have opened up a way through Ra-stau, and I have
relieved the pain which was in Osiris. I have balanced the place whereon he
standeth, and I have made a path for him; he shineth brilliantly in
Ra-stau."
The Fourth Arit.
The name of the Doorkeeper is Khesef-her-asht-kheru.
The name of the Watcher is Seres-tepu. The name of the Herald is Khesef-at. The
Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, shall say [when he cometh to this
Arit]: "I am the Bull, the son of the ancestress of Osiris. O grant ye
that his father, the Lord of his god-like companions, may bear witness on his
behalf. I have weighed the guilty in judgment. I have brought unto his nostrils
the life which is ever lasting. I am the son of Osiris, I have accomplished the
journey, I have advanced in Khert-Neter."
The Fifth Arit.
The name of the Doorkeeper is Ankhf-em-fent. The name
of the Watcher is Shabu. The name of the Herald is Teb-her-kha-kheft. The
Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, shall say [when he cometh to this
Arit]: "I have brought unto thee the jawbone in Ra-stau. I have brought
unto thee thy backbone in Anu. I have gathered together his manifold members
therein. I have driven back Aapep for thee. I have spit upon the wounds [in his
body]. I have made myself a path among you. I am the Aged One among the gods. I
have made offerings to Osiris. I have defended him with the word of truth. I
have gathered together his bones, and have collected all his members."
The Sixth Arit.
The name of the Doorkeeper is Atek-tau-kehaq-kheru.
The name of the Watcher is An-her. The name of the Herald is
Ates-her-[ari]-she. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, shall say
[when he cometh to this Arit]: "I have come daily, I have come daily. I
have made myself a way. I have advanced over that which was created by Anpu
(Anubis). I am the Lord of the Urrt Crown. I am the possessor [of the knowledge
of] the words of magical power, I am the Avenger according to law, I have
avenged [the injury to] his Eye. I have defended Osiris. I have accomplished my
journey. The Osiris Ani advanceth with you with the word which is truth."
The Seventh Arit:
The name of the Doorkeeper is Sekhmet-em-tsu-sen. The
name of the Watcher is Aa-maa-kheru. The name of the Herald is Khesef-khemi.
The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, shall say [when he cometh to
this Arit]: "I have come unto thee, O Osiris, being purified from foul
emissions. Thou goest round about heaven, thou seest Ra, thou seest the beings
who have knowledge. [Hail], thou, ONE! Behold, thou art in the Sektet Boat
which traverseth the heavens. I speak what I will to his Sahu (Spirit-body). He
is strong, and cometh into being even [as] he spake. Thou meetest him face to
face. Prepare thou for me all the ways which are good [and which lead] to
thee."
RUBRIC: If [these] words be recited by the spirit when
he shall come to the Seven Arits, and as he entereth the doors, he shall
neither be turned back nor repulsed before Osiris, and he shall be made to have
his being among the blessed spirits, and to have dominion among the ancestral
followers of Osiris. If these things be done for any spirit he shall have his
being in that place like a lord of eternity in one body with Osiris, and at no
place shall any being contend against him.
THE PYLONS OF THE HOUSE OF OSIRIS
The following shall be said when one cometh to the
FIRST PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith: "Lady
of tremblings, high-walled, the sovereign lady, the lady of destruction, who
uttereth the words which drive back the destroyers, who delivereth from
destruction him that cometh." The name of her Doorkeeper is Neruit.
The following shall be said when one cometh to the
SECOND PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith: "Lady
of heaven, Mistress of the Two Lands, devourer by fire, Lady of mortals, who
art infinitely greater than any human being." The name of her Doorkeeper
is Mes-Ptah.
The following shall be said when one cometh to the
THIRD PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith: "Lady
of the Altar, the mighty lady to whom offerings are made, greatly beloved one
of every god sailing up the river to Abydos." The name of her Doorkeeper
is Sebqa.
The following shall be said when one cometh to the
FOURTH PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:
"Prevailer with knives, Mistress of the Two Lands, destroyer of the
enemies of the Still-Heart (Osiris), who decreeth the release of those who
suffer through evil hap." The name of her Doorkeeper is Nekau.
The following shall be said when one cometh to the
FIFTH PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:
"Flame, Lady of fire, absorbing the entreaties which are made to her, who
permitteth not to approach her the rebel." The name of her Doorkeeper is
Henti-Reqiu.
The following shall be said when one cometh to the
SIXTH PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith: "Lady
of light, who roareth mightily, whose breadth cannot be comprehended. Her like
hath not been found since the beginning. There are serpents over which are
unknown. They were brought forth before the Still-Heart." The name of her
Doorkeeper is Semati.
The following shall be said when one cometh to the
SEVENTH PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:
"Garment which envelopeth the helpless one, which weepeth for and loveth
that which it covereth." The name of her Doorkeeper is Saktif.
The following shall be said when one cometh to the
EIGHTH PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:
"Blazing fire, unquenchable, with far-reaching tongues of flame,
irresistible slaughterer, which one may not pass through fear of its deadly attack."
The name of her Doorkeeper is Khutchetef.
The following shall be said when one cometh to the
NINTH PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:
"Chieftainess, lady of strength, who giveth quiet of heart to the
offspring of her lord. Her girth is three hundred and fifty khet, and she is
clothed with green feldspar of the South. She bindeth up the divine form and
clotheth the helpless one. Devourer, lady of all men." The name of her
Doorkeeper is Arisutchesef.
The following shall be said when one cometh to the
TENTH PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:
"Goddess of the loud voice, who maketh her suppliants to mourn, the awful
one who terrifieth, who herself remaineth unterrified within." The name of
her Doorkeeper is Sekhenur.
Nu, the steward of the keeper of the seal, saith when
he cometh to the ELEVENTH PYLON of Osiris: "I have made my way, I know
you, and I know thy name, and I know the name of her who is within thee: She
who slayeth always, consumer of the fiends by fire, mistress of every pylon,
the lady who is acclaimed on the day of darkness" is thy name. She
inspecteth the swathing of the helpless one.
The Osiris Nu, the steward of the keeper of the seal,
saith when he cometh to the TWELFTH PYLON of Osiris: "I have made my way,
I know you, and I know thy name, and I know the name of her who is within thee:
Invoker of thy Two Lands, destroyer of those who come to thee by fire, lady of
spirits, obeyer of the word of thy Lord" is thy name. She inspecteth the swathing
of the helpless one.
The Osiris Nu, the steward of the keeper of the seal,
saith when he cometh to the THIRTEENTH PYLON of Osiris: "I have made my
way, I know you and I know thy name, and I know the name of her who is within
thee: Osiris foldeth his arms about her, and maketh Hapi (the Nile-god), to
emit splendour out of his hidden places" is thy name. She inspecteth the
swathing of the helpless one.
The Osiris Nu, the steward of the keeper of the seal,
saith when he cometh to the FOURTEENTH PYLON of Osiris: "I have made my
way, I know thee, and I know thy name, and I know the name of her who is within
thee. Lady of might, who trampleth on the Red Demons, who keepeth the festival
of Haaker on the day of the hearing of faults" is thy name. She inspecteth
the swathing of the helpless one.
THE FIFTEENTH PYLON. The Osiris Heru-em-khebit, whose
word is truth, shall say when he cometh to this pylon: "Fiend, red of hair
and eyes, who appeareth by night, and doth fetter the fiend in his lair. Let
her hands be given to the Still-Heart in his hour, let her advance and go
forward" is thy name. She inspecteth the swathing of the helpless one.
THE SIXTEENTH PYLON. The Osiris Heru-em-khebit, whose
word is truth, shall say when he cometh to this pylon: "Terrible one, lady
of the rain- storm, destroyer of the souls of men, devourer of the bodies of
men, orderer, producer, and maker of slaughter" is thy name. She
inspecteth the swathing of the helpless one.
THE SEVENTEENTH PYLON. The Osiris Heru-em-khebit,
whose word is truth, shall say when he cometh to this pylon:
"Hewer-in-pieces in blood, Ahibit, lady of hair" is thy name. She
inspecteth the swathing of the helpless one.
THE EIGHTEENTH PYLON. The Osiris Heru-em-khebit, whose
word is truth, shall say when he cometh to this pylon: "Fire-lover, pure
one, lover of slaughterings, cutter off of heads, devoted one, lady of the
Great House, slaughterer of fiends at eventide" is thy name. She
inspecteth the swathing of the helpless one.
THE NINETEENTH PYLON. The Osiris Heru-em-khebit, whose
word is truth, shall say when he cometh to this pylon: "Light-giver for
life, blazing all the day, lady of strength [and of] the writings of the god
Thoth himself" is thy name. She inspecteth the swathings of the White
House.
THE TWENTIETH PYLON. The Osiris Heru-em-khebit, whose
word is truth, shall say when he cometh to this pylon: "Dweller in the
cavern of her lord, her name is Clother, hider of her creations, conqueror of
hearts, swallower [of them]" is thy name. She inspecteth the swathings of
the White House.
THE TWENTY-FIRST PYLON. The Osiris Heru-em-khebit,
whose word is truth, shall say when he cometh to this pylon: "Knife which
cutteth when [its name] is uttered, slayer of those who approach thy
flame" is thy name. She possesseth hidden plans.
APPENDIX (From the Turin Papryus, ed. Lepsius, Bl. 64,
the text referring to the twenty-first Pylon.)
THE OSIRIS AUFANKH, WHOSE WORD IS TRUTH, SAITH: Hail,
saith Horus, O Twenty-first pylon of the Still-Heart! I have made the way. I
know thee. I know thy name. I know the name of the goddess who guardeth thee.
"Sword that smiteth at the utterance of its own name, stinking face,
overthrower of him that approacheth her flame" is thy name. Thou keepest
the hidden things of the avenger of the god, thou guardest them. Amam is his
name. He maketh the ash trees (cedars) not to grow, and the shenu trees
(acacias) not to blossom, and preventeth copper from being found in the
mountain. The Tchatcha (Chiefs) of this Pylon are Seven Gods. Tchen, or Anthch
(At), is the name of the one at the door. Hetepmes is the name of another
there. Messep is the name of another there. Utchara is the name of another
there. Beq is the name of another there. Anp (Anubis) is the name of another
there.
I have made the way. I am Menu-Heru, the avenger of
his father, the heir of his father Un-Nefer. I have come. I have given
[offerings] to my father Osiris. I have overthrown all his enemies. I have come
daily with the word of truth, the lord of fealty, in the house of my father
Tem, the Lord of Anu, I, the Osiris Auf-ankh, whose word is truth in the
southern heaven. I have done what is right for him that made the right, I have
celebrated the Haker festival to the lord thereof. I have acted as the leader
of the festivals. I have given cakes to the Lords of the Altar. I have been the
leader of the propitiatory offerings, cakes, ale, oxen, geese, to my father
Osiris Un-Nefer. I am the protector of the Ba- soul, I have made the Benu bird
to appear [by my] words. I have come daily into the house of the god to make
offerings of incense. I have come with the shenti tunic. I have set the Neshem
Boat afloat on the water. I have made the word of Osiris Khenti Amenti to be
truth before his enemies. I have carried away in a boat all his enemies to the
slaughter-house of the East, and they shall never escape from the wardship of
the god Keb who dwelleth therein. I have made the Kefaiu gods of Ra to stand
up, I have made his word to be truth. I have come as a scribe. I have explained
[the writings]. I have made the god to have power over his legs. I have come
into the house of him that is upon his mountain (Anubis). I have seen the Chief
of the Seh hall. I have entered into Ra-stau. I have made myself invisible. I
have found for myself the boundary. I have approached Nerutef. I have clothed
the naked. I have sailed up the river to Abydos. I have performed the
ceremonies of Hu and Sa. I have entered the house of Astes. I have made
supplication to the Khati gods and to Sekhmet in the temple of Net (Neith), or the
Aged Ones. I have entered Ra-stau. I have made myself invisible. I have found
the frontier. I have approached Nerutef. I have clothed the naked. I have
sailed up the river to Abydos. I have performed the ceremonies of Hu and Sa. I
have received. I have risen like a king crowned. I fill my seat on the throne
in the place of my father, the God Who was at the beginning. I have praised the
Meskhen of Ta-tchesert. My mouth is full of Maat (Truth). I have overwhelmed
the Akhekhau serpents. I have come into the Great House with [my] body in a
flourishing condition. I have caused myself to travel in the Boat of Hai. The
myrrh unguent of..... is in the hair of men (Rekhit). I have entered into the
House of Astes. I have approached with worship the two Khati gods and Sekhmet,
who are in the temple of the Aged One [in Anu].
[And the god Osiris saith:] "Thou hast come, thou
shalt be a favoured one in Tetu, O Osiris Auf-ankh, whose word is truth, the
son of the lady Shert-en-Menu, whose word is truth."
THE PRIESTS ANMUTEF AND SAMEREF
THE SPEECH OF THE PRIEST ANMUTEF.
I have come unto you, O ye great Tchatcha Chiefs who
dwell in heaven, and upon earth, and in Khert-Neter, and I have brought unto
you the Osiris Ani. He hath not committed any act which is an abomination
before all the gods. Grant ye that he may live with you every day.
The Osiris the scribe Ani adoreth Osiris, Lord of
Rasta, and the Great Company of the Gods who live in Khert-Neter. He saith:
"Homage to thee, Khenti Amenti, Un-Nefer, who dwellest in Abtu. I come to
thee. My heart holdeth Truth. There is no sin in my body. I have not told a lie
wittingly, I have not acted in a double manner. Grant thou to me cakes, let me
appear in the presence, at the altar of the Lords of Truth, let me go in and
come forth from Khert-Neter [at will], let not my Heart- soul be driven away
[from me]; and grant me a sight of the Disk and the beholding of the Moon for
ever and ever.
THE SPEECH OF THE PRIEST SAMEREF.
I have come unto you, O ye Tchatcha Chiefs who dwell
in Rasta, and I have brought unto you the Osiris Ani, grant ye unto him cakes,
and water, and air, and a homestead in Sekhet-hetep as to the followers of
Horus.
The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, adoreth
Osiris, the Lord of everlastingness, and the Tchatcha Chiefs, the Lords of
Rasta. He saith: "Homage to thee, O King of Khert-Neter, thou Governor of
Akert! I have come unto thee. I know thy plans, I am equipped with the forms
which thou takest in the Tuat. Give thou to me a place in Khert-Neter, near the
Lords of Truth. May my homestead be lasting in Sekhet-hetep, may I receive
cakes in thy presence."
THE JUDGES IN ANU
Hail, Thoth, who madest to be true the word of Osiris
against his enemies, make thou the word of the scribe Nebseni to be true
against his enemies, even as thou didst make the word of Osiris to be true
against his enemies, in the presence of the Tchatcha Chiefs who are with Ra and
Osiris in Anu, on the night of the "things of the night," and the
night of battle, and of the fettering of the Sebau fiends, and the day of the
destruction of the enemies of Neb-er-tcher.
Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs in Anu are Tem, Shu,
Tefnut, [Osiris and Thoth]. Now the "fettering of the Sebau fiends"
signifieth the destruction of the Smaiu fiends of Set, when he wrought iniquity
a second time.
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris to be
true against his enemies, make thou the word of the Osiris Ani to be true
against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Tetu, on the
night of setting up the Tet in Tetu.
Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Tetu are
Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, and Horus the avenger of his father. Now the
"setting up of the Tet in Tetu" signifieth [the raising up of] the
shoulder of Horus, the Governor of Sekhem. They are round about Osiris in the
band [and] the bandages.
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris to be
true against his enemies, make thou the word of the Osiris Ani to be true
against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Sekhem, on the
night of the "things of the night" in Sekhem.
Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Sekhem are
Heru-khenti-en- ariti and Thoth who is with the Tchatcha Chiefs of Nerutef. Now
the night of the "things of the night festival" signifieth the dawn
on the sarcophagus of Osiris.
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris to be
true against his enemies, make thou the word of the Osiris the scribe Ani to be
true against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in the double
town Pe-Tep, on the night of setting up the "Senti" of Horus, and of
establishing him in the inheritance of the possessions of his father Osiris.
Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Pe-Tep are
Horus, Isis, Kesta (Mesta) and Hapi. Now the "setting up of the 'Senti' of
Horus" hath reference to the words which Set spake to his followers,
saying "Set up the Senti."
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris to be
true against his enemies, make thou the word of the Osiris the scribe Ani to be
true, in peace, against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in
the Lands of the Rekhti (Taiu-Rekhti), in the night when Isis lay down, and
kept watch to make lamentation for her brother Osiris.
Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Taiu-Rekhti
are Isis, Horus, Kesta (Mesta) [Anpu and Thoth].
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris true
against his enemies, make thou the word of Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is
truth, in peace, to be true against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs
who are in Abtu, on the night of the god Haker, when the dead are separated,
and the spirits are judged, and when the procession taketh place in Teni.
Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Abtu are
Osiris, Isis, and Up-uat.
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris to be
true against his enemies, make thou the word of the Osiris, the scribe and
assessor of the sacred offerings which are made to all the gods, Ani, to be
true against his enemies, with the Tchatcha Chiefs who examine the dead on the
night of making the inspection of those who are to be annihilated.
Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are present at the
examination of the dead are Thoth, Osiris, Anpu and Asten (read Astes). Now the
inspection (or, counting) of those who are to be annihilated signifieth the
shutting up of things from the souls of the sons of revolt.
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris true
against his enemies, make thou the word of the Osiris the scribe Ani to be true
against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are present at the
digging up of the earth [and mixing it] with their blood, and of making the
word of Osiris to be true against his enemies.
As concerning the Tchatcha Chiefs who are present at
the digging up of the earth in Tetu: When the Smaiu fiends of Set came [there],
having transformed themselves into animals, these Tchatcha Chiefs slew them in
the presence of the gods who were there, and they took their blood, and carried
it to them. These things were permitted at the examination [of the wicked] by
those [gods] who dwelt in Tetu.
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris to be
true against his enemies, make thou the word of the Osiris [the scribe] Ani to
be true against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Nerutef
on the night of the "Hidden of Forms."
Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Nerutef are
Ra, Osiris, Shu and Bebi.
Now, the night of the "Hidden of Forms"
referreth to the placing on the sarcophagus [of Osiris] the arm, the heel, and
the thigh of Osiris Un-Nefer.
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris true
against his enemies, make thou the word of the Osiris, whose word is truth, to
be true against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Rasta,
on the night when Anpu lay with his arms on the things by Osiris, and when the
word of Horus was make to be true against his enemies.
The great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Rasta are Horus,
Osiris, and Isis. The heart of Osiris is happy, the heart of Horus is glad, and
the two halves of Egypt (Aterti) are well satisfied thereat.
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris true
against his enemies, make thou the word of the Osiris the scribe Ani, the
assessor of the holy offerings made to all the gods, to be true against his
enemies, with the Ten great Tchatcha Chiefs who are with Ra, and with Osiris,
and with every god, and with every goddess, in the presence of the god
Nebertcher. He hath destroyed his enemies, and he hath destroyed every evil
thing which appertained to him.
RUBRIC: If this Chapter be recited for, or over, the
deceased, he shall come forth by day, purified after death, according to the
desire of his heart. Now if this Chapter be recited over him, he shall progress
over the earth, and he shall escape from every fire, and none of the evil
things which appertain to him shall ever be round about him; never, a million
times over, shall this be.
THE CHAPTER OF OPENING THE MOUTH OF THE OSIRIS ANI. To
be said:- The god Ptah shall open my mouth, and the god of my town shall
unfasten the swathings, the swathings which are over my mouth. Thereupon shall
come Thoth, who is equipped with words of power in great abundance, and shall
untie the fetters, even the fetters of the god Set which are over my mouth. And
the god Tem shall cast them back at those who would fetter me with them, and
cast them at him. Then shall the god Shu open my mouth, and make an opening
into my mouth with the same iron implement wherewith he opened the mouth of the
gods. I am the goddess Sekhmet, and I take my seat upon the place by the side
of Amt-ur the great wind of heaven. I am the great Star-goddess Saah, who
dwelleth among the Souls of Anu. Now as concerning every spell, and every word
which shall be spoken against me, every god of the Divine Company shall set
himself in opposition thereto.
THE CHAPTER OF BRINGING WORDS OF POWER TO THE OSIRIS
ANI, who saith:- I am Tem-Khepera who produced himself on the thighs of his
divine mother. Those who dwell in Nu have been made wolves, and those who are
among the Tchatcha Chiefs have become hyenas. Behold, I will gather together to
myself this charm from the person with whom it is [and from the place] wherein
it is [and it shall come to me] quicker than a greyhound, and swifter that
light. Hail, thou who bringest the Ferry- Boat of Ra, thou holdest thy course
firmly and directly in the north wind as thou sailest up the river towards the
Island of Fire which is in Khert-Neter. Behold, thou shalt gather together to
thee this charm from wheresoever it may be, and from whomsoever it may be with
[and it shall come to me] quicker than a greyhound, and swifter than light. It
(the charm) made the transformations of Mut; it fashioned the gods [or] kept them
silent; by it Mut gave the warmth [of life] to the gods. Behold, these words of
power are mine, and they shall come unto me from wheresoever they may be, or
with whomsoever they may be, quicker than greyhounds and swifter than light,
or, according to another reading, "swifter than shadows."
APPENDIX
THE CHAPTER WHICH MAKETH A MAN TO REMEMBER HIS NAME IN
KHERT-NETER. [The deceased] saith:- Let my name be given to me in the Great
House (Per-ur), and let me remember my name in the House of Fire (Per Neser), on
the night wherein the years are counted up, and the number of the months is
told. I am dwelling with the Divine One, I take my seat on the eastern side of
the sky. If any god cometh after me, I shall be able to declare his name
forthwith.
THE CHAPTER OF GIVING A HEART TO THE OSIRIS ANI IN
KHERT-NETER. He saith:- Let my heart be with me in the House of Hearts. Let my
heart- case be with me in the House of heart-cases. Let my heart be with me,
and let it rest in [me or] I shall not eat the cakes of Osiris in the eastern
side of the Lake of Flowers, nor have a boat wherein to float down the river,
nor a boat to sail up the river to thee, nor be able to embark in a boat with
thee. Let my mouth be to me that I may speak therewith. Let my legs be to me
that I may walk therewith. Let my arms be to me that I may overthrow the foe
therewith. Let the two doors of the sky be opened to me. May Keb, the Erpat of
the gods, open his jaws to me. May he open my two eyes which are blinded by
swathings. May he make me to lift up my legs in walking which are tied
together. May Anpu make my thighs to become vigorous. May the goddess Sekhmet
raise me, and lift me up. Let me ascend into heaven, let that which I command
be performed in Het-ka-Ptah. I know how to use my heart. I am master of my
heart-case. I am master of my hands and arms. I am master of my legs. I have
the power to do that which my KA desireth to do. My Heart-soul shall not be
kept a prisoner in my body at the gates of Amentet when I would go in in peace
and come forth in peace.
THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF THE OSIRIS,
THE ASSESSOR OF THE DIVINE OFFERINGS OF ALL THE GODS, ANI, WHOSE WORD IS TRUTH
BEFORE OSIRIS, BE DRIVEN BACK FROM HIM IN KHERT-NETER. He saith:- My heart of
my mother. My heart of my mother. My heart-case of my transformations. Let not
any one stand up to bear testimony against me. Let no one drive me away from
the Tchatcha Chiefs. Let no one make thee to fall away from me in the presence
of the Keeper of the Balance. Thou art my KA, the dweller in my body, the god
Khnemu who makest sound my members. Mayest thou appear in the place of
happiness whither we go. Let not make my name to stink Shenit Chiefs, who make
men to be stable. [Let it be satisfactory unto us, and let the listening be satisfactory
unto us, and let there be joy of heart to us at the weighing of words. Let not
lies be told against me before the Great God, the Lord of Amentet. Verily, how
great shalt thou be when thou risest up in triumph!]
RUBRIC I: These words are to be said over a scarab of
green stone encircled with a band of refined copper, and [having] a ring of
silver; which shall be placed on the neck of the Khu (the deceased), etc.
RUBRIC II (From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 21): If this
Chapter be known [by the deceased] he shall be declared a speaker of the truth
both upon earth and in Khert-Neter, and he shall be able to perform every act
which a living human being can perform. Now it is a great protection which hath
been given by the god. This Chapter was found in the city of Khemenu upon the
slab of ba, which was inlaid with [letters of] genuine lapis-lazuli, and was
under the feet of [the statue] of the god, during the reign of His Majesty, the
King of the South and North, Menkaura (Mycerinus), true of word, by Prince Herutataf,
who found it during a journey which he made to inspect the temples. One Nekht
was with him who was diligent in making him to understand it, and he brought it
to the king as a wonderful object when he perceived that it was a thing of
great mystery, [the like of] which had never [before] been seen or looked upon.
This Chapter shall be recited by a man who is ceremonially clean and pure, who
hath not eaten the flesh of animals, or fish, and who hath not had intercourse
with women. And behold, thou shalt make a scarab of green stone, with a rim
[plated] with gold, which shall be placed above the heart of a man, and it
shall perform for him the "opening of the mouth." And thou shalt
anoint it with myrrh unguent, and thou shalt recite over it the following words
of magical power. [Here follows the text of the Chapter of Not Letting the
Heart of Ani Be Taken from Him.]
THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART-SOUL OF A MAN BE
SNATCHED AWAY FROM HIM IN KHERT-NETER. The Osiris the scribe Ani saith:--I,
even I, am he who cometh forth from the Celestial Water (Akeb). He (Akeb)
produced abundance for me, and hath the mastery there in the form of the River.
(This is a portion of a longer Chapter which is
included in the appendix.)
APPENDIX (The following is from the Papyrus of
Nefer-uben-f, Naville, op. cit., I, Bl. 72.)
THE CHAPTER OF DRINKING WATER IN KHERT-NETER. The am
khent priest, Nefer-uben-f, whose word is truth, saith:- I, even I, am he who
cometh forth from the god Keb. The water-flood is given to him, he hath become
the master thereof in the form of Hapi. I, the am khent Nefer-uben-f, open the
doors of heaven. Thoth hath opened to me the doors of Qebh (the Celestial
Waters). Lo, Hepi Hepi, the two sons of the Sky, mighty in splendour, grant ye
that I may be master over the water, even as Set had dominion over his evil
power on the day of the storming of the Two Lands. I pass by the Great Ones,
arm to shoulder, even as they pass that Great God, the Spirit who is equipped,
whose name is unknown. I have passed by the Aged One of the shoulder. I am
Nefer-uben-f, whose word is truth. Hath opened to me the Celestial Water
Osiris. Hath opened to me the Celestial Water Thoth-Hapi, the Lord of the
horizon, in his name of "Thoth, cleaver of the earth." I am master of
the water, as Set is master of his weapon. I sail over the sky, I am Ra, I am
Ru. I am Sma. I have eaten the Thigh, I have seized the bone and flesh. I go
round about the Lake of Sekhet-Ar. Hath been given to me eternity without
limit. Behold, I am the heir of eternity, to whom hath been given
everlastingness.
(The following two Chapters are from the Papyrus of
Nu, Sheets 7 and 12)
THE CHAPTER OF DRINKING WATER AND OF NOT BEING BURNT
UP BY FIRE [IN KHERT-NETER]. Nu saith:- Hail, Bull of Amentet! I am brought
unto thee. I am the paddle of Ra wherewith he transported the Aged Gods. Let me
neither be burnt up nor destroyed by fire. I am Beb, the firstborn son of
Osiris, to whom every god maketh an offering in the temple of his Eye in Anu. I
am the divine Heir, the Mighty One, the Great One, the Resting One. I have made
my name to flourish. Deliverer, thou livest in me [every day].
THE CHAPTER OF NOT BEING BOILED IN FIRE. Nu saith:- I
am the paddle which is equipped, wherewith Ra transported the Aged Gods, which
raised up the emissions of Osiris from the Lake of blazing fire, and he was not
burned. I sit down like the Light-god, and like Khnemu, the Governor of lions.
Come, cut away the fetters from him that passeth by the side of this path, and
let me come forth therefrom.
THE CHAPTER OF GIVING AIR IN KHERT-NETER. The Osiris
Ani saith:- I am the Egg which dwelt in the Great Cackler. I keep ward over
that great place which Keb hath proclaimed upon earth. I live; it liveth. I
grow up, I live, I snuff the air. I am Utcha-aab. I go round about his egg [to
protect it]. I have thwarted the moment of Set. Hail, Sweet one of the Two
Lands! Hail, dweller in the tchefa food! Hail, dweller in the lapis-lazuli!
Watch ye over him that is in his cradle, the Babe when he cometh forth to you.
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.
THE CHAPTER OF GIVING AIR IN KHERT-NETER. Nu saith:- I
am the jackal of jackals. I am Shu. I draw air from the presence of the
Light-god, from the uttermost limits of heaven, from the uttermost limits of
earth, from the uttermost limits of the pinion of Nebeh bird. May air be given
unto this young divine Babe. [My mouth is open, I see with my eyes.]
THE CHAPTER OF SNUFFING THE AIR WITH WATER IN
KHERT-NETER. Hail, Tem. Grant thou unto me the sweet breath which dwelleth in
thy nostrils. I am he who embraceth that great throne which is in the city of
Unu. I keep watch over the Egg of Kenken-ur (the Great Cackler). I grow and
flourish as it groweth and flourisheth. I live as it liveth. I snuff the air as
it snuffeth the air.
THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF A MAN BE
SNATCHED AWAY FROM HIM IN KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth,
saith:- Get thee back, O messenger of every god! Art thou come to [snatch away]
my heart-case which liveth? My heart-case which liveth shall not be given unto
thee. [As] I advance, the gods hearken unto my propitiation [prayer] and they
fall down on their faces [whilst] they are on their own land.
APPENDIX (From the Papyrus of Nu)
THE CHAPTER OF NOT ALLOWING THE HEART.... TO BE
CARRIED AWAY DEAD IN KHERT-NETER. [Nu, whose word is truth, saith]:- My heart
is with me, and it shall never come to pass that it be carried away. I am the
Lord of Hearts, the slayer of the heart-case. I live in truth, I have my being
therein. I am Horus, the Dweller in Hearts, [I am] in the Dweller in the body.
I have life by my word, my heart hath being. My heart-case shall not be
snatched away from me, it shall not be wounded, it shall not be put in
restraint if wounds are inflicted upon me. [If] one take possession of it I
shall have my being in the body of my father Keb and in the body of my mother
Nut. I have not done that which is held in abomination by the gods. I shall not
suffer defeat [for] my word is truth.
THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART-CASE OF A MAN BE
TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM IN KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, ye who steal
and crush heart-cases [and who make the heart of a man to go through its
transformations according to his deeds: let not what he hath done harm him
before you]. Homage to you, O ye Lords of Eternity, ye masters of
everlastingness, take ye not this heart of Osiris Ani into your fingers, and
this heart-case, and cause ye not things of evil to spring up against it,
because this heart belongeth to the Osiris Ani, and this heart-case belongeth
to him of the great names (Thoth), the mighty one, whose words are his members.
He sendeth his heart to rule his body, and his heart is renewed before the
gods. The heart of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is to him; he hath
gained the mastery over it. He hath not said what he hath done. He hath
obtained power over his own members. His heart obeyeth him, he is the lord
thereof, it is in his body, and it shall never fall away therefrom. I command
thee to be obedient unto me in Khert-Neter. I, the Osiris Ani, whose word is
truth, in peace; whose word is truth in the Beautiful Amentet, by the Domain of
Eternity.
APPENDIX (From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 5)
THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF NU, WHOSE WORD
IS TRUTH, BE CARRIED AWAY FROM HIM IN KHERT-NETER. He saith:- Hail, thou
Lion-god! I am Unb (the Blossom). That which is held in abomination to me is
the block of slaughter of the god. Let not this my heart-case be carried away
from me by the Fighting Gods in Anu. Hail, thou who dost wind bandages round
Osiris, and who hast seen Set. Hail, thou who returnest after smiting and
destroying him before the mighty ones! This my heart weepeth over itself before
Osiris; it hath made supplication for me. I have given unto him and I have
dedicated unto him the thoughts of the heart in the House of the god
(Usekh-her), have brought unto him sand at the entry to Khemenu. Let not this
my heart-case be carried away from me. I make you to ascend his throne, to
fetter heart-cases for him in Sekhet-hetep, [to live] years of strength away from
things of all kinds which are abominations to him, to carry off food from among
the things which are thine, and which are in thy grasp through thy strength.
And this my heart-case is devoted to the decrees of the god Tem, who guideth me
through the caverns of Suti, but let not this my heart, which hath performed
its desire before the Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Khert-Neter, be given to him.
When they find the leg and the swathings they bury them.
THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF NU, WHOSE WORD
IS TRUTH, BE DRIVEN AWAY FROM HIM IN KHERT-NETER. He saith:- My heart of my
mother. My heart of my mother. My heart-case of my existence upon the earth.
Let no one stand up against me when I bear testimony in the presence of the
Lords of Things. Let it not be said against me and of that which I have done
"He hath committed acts which are opposed to what is right and true,"
and let not charges be brought up against me in the presence of the Great God,
the Lord of Amentet. Homage to thee, O my heart (ab). Homage to thee, O my
heart-case. Homage to you, O my reins. Homage to you, O ye gods, who are
masters of [your] beards, and who are holy by reason of your sceptres. Speak ye
for me words of good import to Ra, and make ye me to have favour in the sight
of Nehebkau.
THE CHAPTER OF BREATHING THE AIR AND OF HAVING POWER
OVER WATER IN KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani saith:- Open to me! Who art thou?
Whither goest thou? What is thy name? I am one of you. Who are these with you?
The two Merti goddesses (Isis and Nephthys). Thou separatest head from head
when [he] entereth the divine Mesqen chamber. He causeth me to set out for the
temple of the gods Kem-heru. "Assembler of souls" is the name of my
ferry-boat. "Those who make the hair to bristle" is the name of the
oars. "Sert" ("Goad") is the name of the hold.
"Steering straight in the middle" is the name of the rudder;
likewise, [the boat] is a type of my being borne onward in the lake. Let there
be given unto me vessels of milk, and cakes, and loaves of bread, and cups of
drink, and flesh, in the Temple of Anpu.
RUBRIC: If the deceased knoweth this Chapter, he shall
go into, after coming forth from Khert-Neter of [the Beautiful Amentet].
THE CHAPTER OF SNUFFING THE AIR, AND OF HAVING POWER
OVER THE WATER IN KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, thou Sycamore tree
of the goddess Nut! Give me of the [water and of the] air which is in thee. I
embrace that throne which is in Unu, and I keep guard over the Egg of Nekek-ur.
It flourisheth, and I flourish; it liveth, and I live; it snuffeth the air, and
I snuff the air, I the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in [peace].
THE CHAPTER OF NOT DYING A SECOND TIME IN KHERT-NETER.
The Osiris Ani saith:- My hiding place is opened, my hiding place is opened.
The Spirits fall headlong in the darkness, but the Eye of Horus hath made me
holy, and Upuati hath nursed me. I will hide myself among you, O ye stars which
are imperishable. My brow is like the brow of Ra. My face is open. My
heart-case is upon its throne, I know how to utter words. In very truth I am Ra
himself. I am not a man of no account. I am not a man to whom violence can be
done. Thy father liveth for thee, O son of Nut. I am thy son, O great one, I
have seen the hidden things which are thine. I am crowned upon my throne like the
king of the gods. I shall not die a second time in Khert-Neter.
THE CHAPTER OF NOT ROTTING IN KHERT-NETER. The Osiris
Ani saith:- O thou who art motionless, O thou who art motionless, O thou whose
members are motionless, like unto those of Osiris. Thy members shall not be
motionless, they shall not rot, they shall not crumble away, they shall not
fall into decay. My members shall be made [permanent] for me as if I were
Osiris.
RUBRIC: If this Chapter be known by the deceased he
shall never see corruption in Khert-Neter.
APPENDIX (From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 18)
THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE BODY PERISH. The Osiris
Nu saith:- Homage to thee, O my divine father Osiris! I come to embalm thee. Do
thou embalm these my members, for I would not perish and come to an end [but
would be] even like unto my divine father Khepera, the divine type of him that
never saw corruption. Come then, strengthen my breath, O Lord of the winds, who
dost magnify these divine beings who are like unto thyself. Stablish me,
stablish me, and fashion me strongly, O Lord of the funeral chest. Grant thou
that I may enter into the land of everlastingness, according to that which was
done for thee, along with thy father Tem, whose body never saw corruption, and
who himself never saw corruption. I have never done that which thou hatest,
nay, I have acclaimed thee among those who love thy KA. Let not my body become
worms, but deliver thou me as thou didst deliver thyself. I pray thee, let me
not fall into rottenness, as thou lettest every god, and every goddess, and
every animal, and every reptile, see corruption, when the soul hath gone out of
them, after their death.
And when the soul hath departed, a man seeth
corruption, and the bones of his body crumble away and become stinking things,
and the members decay one after the other, the bones crumble into a helpless
mass, and the flesh turneth into foetid liquid. Thus man becometh a brother
unto the decay which cometh upon him, and he turneth into a myriad of worms,
and he becometh nothing but worms, and an end is made of him, and perisheth in
the sight of the god of day (Shu), even as do every god, and every goddess, and
every bird, and every fish, and every creeping worm, and every reptile, and
every beast, and every thing whatsoever. Let [all the Spirits fall] on their
bellies [when] they recognize me, and behold, the fear of me shall terrify
them; and thus also let it be with every being that hath died, whether it be
animal, or bird, or fish, or worm, or reptile. Let life [rise out of] death. Let
not the decay caused by any reptile make an end [of me], and let not [enemies]
come against me in their various forms. Give thou me not over to the
Slaughterer in this execution-chamber, who killeth the members, and maketh them
rot, being [himself] invisible, and who destroyeth the bodies of the dead, and
liveth by carnage. Let me live, and perform his order; I will do what is
commanded by him. Give me not over to his fingers, let him not overcome me, for
I am under thy command, O Lord of the Gods.
Homage to thee, O my divine father Osiris, thou livest
with thy members. Thou didst not decay, thou didst not become worms, thou didst
not wither, thou didst not rot, thou didst not putrefy, thou didst not turn
into worms. I am the god Khepera, and my members shall have being
everlastingly. I shall not decay, I shall not rot, I shall not putrefy, I shall
not turn into worms, and I shall not see corruption before the eye of the god
Shu. I shall have my being, I shall have by being; I shall live, I shall live; I
shall flourish, I shall flourish, I shall flourish, I shall wake up in peace, I
shall not putrefy, my intestines shall not perish, I shall not suffer injury.
My eye shall not decay. The form of my face shall not disappear. My ear shall
not become deaf. My head shall not be separated from my neck. My tongue shall
not be removed. My hair shall not be cut off. My eyebrows shall not be shaved
away, and no evil defect shall assail me. My body shall be stablished. It shall
neither become a ruin, nor be destroyed on this earth.
THE CHAPTER OF NOT PERISHING AND OF BEING ALIVE IN
KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail ye children of the god Shu. The Tuat
hath gained the mastery over his diadem. Among the Hamemet Spirits may I arise,
even as did arise Osiris.
THE CHAPTER OF NOT GOING IN TO THE BLOCK OF THE GOD.
The Osiris Ani saith:- My head was fastened on my body in heaven, O Guardian of
the Earth, by Ra. [This] was granted [to me] on the day of my being stablished,
when I rose up out of a state of weakness upon [my] two feet. On the day of
cutting off the hair Set and the Company of the Gods fastened my head to my
neck, and it became as firm as it was originally. Let nothing happen to shake
it off again! Make ye me safe from the murderer of my father. I have tied together
the Two Earths. Nut hath fastened together the vertebrae of my neck, and [I]
behold them as they were originally, and they are seen in the order wherein
they were when as yet Maat was not seen, and when the gods were not born in
visible forms. I am Penti. I am the heir of the great gods, I the Osiris the
scribe Ani, whose word is truth.
THE CHAPTER OF NOT BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE EAST IN
KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, Phallus of Ra, which advanceth and
beateth down opposition. Things which have been without motion for millions of
years have come into life through Baba. I am stronger thereby than the strong,
and I have more power thereby than the mighty. Now, let me not be carried away
in a boat, or be seized violently and taken to the East, to have the festivals
of Sebau Devils celebrated on me. Let not deadly wounds be inflicted upon me,
and let me not be gored by horns. Thou shalt neither fall [nor] eat fish made
by Tebun.
Now, no evil thing of any kind whatsoever shall be
done unto me by the Sebau Devils. [I shall not be gored by] horns. Therefore
the Phallus of Ra, [which is] the head of Osiris, shall not be swallowed up.
Behold, I shall come into me fields and I shall cut the grain. The gods shall
provide me with food. Thou shalt not then be gored, Ra-Khepera. There shall not
be then pus in the Eye of Tem, and it shall not be destroyed. Violence shall
not be done unto me, and I shall not be carried away in [my] boat to the East
to have the festivals of the Sebau Devils celebrated on me in evil fashion.
Cruel gashes with knives shall not be inflicted upon me, and I shall not be
carried away in [my] boat to the East. I the Osiris, the assessor of the holy
offerings of all the gods, Ani, whose word is truth, happily, the lord of
fealty [to Osiris].
THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEAD OF A MAN BE CUT
OFF FROM HIS BODY IN KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani saith:- I am a Great One, the
son of a Great One. [I am] Fire, the son of Fire, to whom was given his head
after it had been cut off. The head of Osiris was not removed from his body,
and the head of Osiris Ani shall not be removed from his body. I have knitted
myself together, I have made myself whole and complete. I shall renew my youth.
I am Osiris Himself, the Lord of Eternity.
THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE SOUL TO BE JOINED TO ITS
BODY IN KHERT- NETER. The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, thou god Aniu! Hail, thou
god Pehreri, who dwellest in thy hall, the Great God. Grant thou that my soul
may come to me from any place wherein it may be. Even if it would tarry, let my
soul be brought unto me from any place wherein it may be. Thou findest the Eye
of Horus standing by thee like unto those beings who resemble Osiris, who never
lie down in death. Let not the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, lie down dead
among those who lie in Anu, the land wherein [souls] are joined to their bodies
in thousands. Let me have possession of my Ba-soul and of my Spirit-soul, and
let my word be truth with it (the Ba-soul) in every place wherein it may be.
Observe then, O ye guardians of Heaven, my soul [wherever it may be]. Even if
it would tarry, cause thou my Ba-soul to see my body. Thou shalt find the Eye
of Horus standing by thee like [the Watchers].
Hail, ye gods who tow along the boat of the Lord of
Millions of Years, who bring it over the sky of the Tuat, who make it to
journey over Nent, who make Ba-souls to enter into their Spirit-bodies, whose
hands hold the steering poles and guide it straight, who grasp tightly your
paddles, destroy ye the Enemy; thus shall the Boat rejoice, and the Great God
shall travel on his way in peace. Moreover, grant ye that the Ba-soul of the
Osiris Ani, whose word is truth before the gods, may come forth with your navel
cords in the eastern part of the sky, and that it may follow Ra to the place
where he was yesterday, and may set in peace, in peace in Amentet. May it gaze
upon its earthly body, may it take up its abode and its Spirit-body, may it
neither perish nor be destroyed for ever and for ever.
RUBRIC: These words shall be said over a model of the
Ba-soul made of gold, and inlaid with precious stones, which shall be placed on
the breast of the Osiris.
THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE SOUL OF A MAN BE HELD
CAPTIVE IN KHERT- NETER. The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, thou who art exalted!
Hail, thou who art adored! Hail, Mighty One of Souls, thou divine Soul who
inspirest great dread, who dost set the fear of thyself in the gods, who are
enthroned upon thy mighty seat. Make thou a path for the Spirit-soul and the
Ba-soul of the Osiris Ani. I am equipped with [words of power]. I am a
Spirit-soul equipped with [words of power]. I have made my way to the place
where are Ra and Hathor.
RUBRIC: If this Chapter be known by the deceased he
shall be able to transform himself into a Spirit-soul who shall be equipped
with [his soul and his shadow] in Khert-Neter, and he shall not be shut up
inside any door in Amentet, when he is coming forth upon the Earth, or when he
is going back into [Khert-Neter.]
THE CHAPTER OF OPENING THE TOMB TO THE BA-SOUL AND THE
SHADOW, AND OF COMING FORTH BY DAY, AND OF HAVING MASTERY OVER THE TWO LEGS.
The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- The place which is
closed is opened, the place which is shut (or sealed) is sealed. That which
lieth down in the closed place is opened by the Ba-soul which is in it. By the
Eye of Horus I am delivered. Ornaments are stablished on the brow of Ra. My
stride is made long. I lift up my two thighs [in walking]. I have journeyed
over a long road. My limbs are in a flourishing condition. I am Horus, the
Avenger of his Father, and I bring the Urrt Crown [and set it on] its standard.
The road of souls is opened. My twin soul seeth the Great God in the Boat of
Ra, on the day of souls. My soul is in the front thereof with the counter of
the years. Come, the Eye of Horus hath delivered for me my soul, my ornaments
are stablished on the brow of Ra. Light is on the faces of those who are in the
members of Osiris. Ye shall not hold captive my soul. Ye shall not keep in
durance my shadow. The way is open to my soul and to my shadow. It seeth the
Great God in the shrine on the day of counting souls. It repeateth the words of
Osiris. Those whose seats are invisible, who fetter the members of Osiris, who
fetter Heart-souls and Spirit-souls, who set a seal upon the dead, and who
would do evil to me, shall do no evil to me. Haste on the way to me. Thy heart
is with thee. My Heart-soul and my Spirit-soul are equipped; they guide thee. I
sit down at the head of the great ones who are chiefs of their abodes. The
wardens of the members of Osiris shall not hold thee captive, though they keep
ward over souls, and set a seal on the shadow which is dead. Heaven shall not
shut thee in.
RUBRIC: If this Chapter be known by the deceased he
shall come forth by day, and his soul shall not be kept captive.
APPENDIX (From the Papryus of Nebseni, Sheet 6)
That which was shut hath been opened [that is] the
dead. That which was shut fast hath been opened by the command of the Eye of
Horus, which hath delivered me. Established are the beauties on the forehead of
Ra. My steps are long. My legs are lifted up. I have performed the journey, my
members are mighty and are sound. I am Horus, the Avenger of his Father. I am
he who bringeth along his father, and his mother, by means of his staff. The
way shall be opened to him that hath power over his feet, and he shall see the
Great God in the Boat of Ra, when souls are counted therein at the bows, and
when the years also are counted up. Grant that the Eye of Horus, which maketh
the adornments of splendour to be firm on the forehead of Ra, may deliver my
soul for me, and let darkness cover your faces, O ye who would imprison Osiris.
O keep not captive my soul. O keep not ward over my shadow, but let a way be
opened for my soul and my shadow, and let them see the Great God in the shrine
on the day of the counting of souls, and let them hold converse with Osiris,
whose habitations are hidden, and those who guard the members of Osiris, and
who keep ward over the Spirit-souls, and who hold captive the shadows of the
dead, and who would work evil against me, so that they shall [not] work evil
against me. A way shall be for KA with thee, and thy soul shall be prepared by
those who keep ward over the members of Osiris, and who hold captive the
shadows of the dead. Heaven shall not keep thee fast, the earth shall not hold
thee captive. Thou shalt not live with the beings who slay, but thou shalt be
master of thy legs, and thou shalt advance to thy body straightway in the
earth, [and to] those who belong to the shrine of Osiris and guard his members.
THE CHAPTER OF LIFTING UP THE FEET, AND OF COMING
FORTH ON THE EARTH. The Osiris Ani saith:- Perform thy work, O Seker, perform
thy work, O Seker, O thou who dwellest in thy circle, and who dwellest in my
feet in Khert-Neter. I am he who sendeth forth light over the Thigh of heaven.
I come forth in heaven. I sit down by the Light-god (Khu). O I am helpless. O I
am helpless. I would walk. I am helpless. I am helpless in the regions of those
who plunder in Khert-Neter, I the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in peace.
THE CHAPTER OF FORCING A WAY INTO AMENTET [AND OF
COMING FORTH] BY DAY. The Osiris Ani saith:- The town of Unu is opened. My head
is sealed up, Thoth. Perfect is the Eye of Horus. I have delivered the Eye of
Horus which shineth with splendours on the brow of Ra, the Father of the gods,
[I am] that self-same Osiris, [the dweller in] Amentet. Osiris knoweth his day,
and he knoweth that he shall live through his period of life; I shall have by
being with him. I am the Moon-god Aah, the dweller among the gods. I shall not
come to an end. Stand up therefore, O Horus, for thou art counted among the
gods.
APPENDIX (Naville, op. cit., I, Bl. X)
THE CHAPTER OF FORCING A WAY INTO THE TUAT. The Am
Khent priest Nefer- uben-f, whose word is truth, saith:- Hail, Soul, thou
mighty one of terror. Behold, I have come unto thee. I see thee. I have forced
a way through the Tuat. I see my father Osiris. I drive away the darkness. I
love him. I have come. I see my father Osiris. He hath counted the heart of
Set. I have made offerings for my father Osiris. I have opened all the ways in
heaven and on earth. I love him. I have come. I have become a Spirit-body and a
Spirit-soul, who is equipped. Hail, every god and every Spirit-soul, I have
made the ways. I am Thoth....
ANOTHER CHAPTER OF THE TUAT AND OF COMING FORTH BY
DAY.
Open is the land of Unu. Shut is the head of Thoth.
Perfect is the Eye of Horus. I have delivered the Eye of Horus, the shining
one, the ornament of the Eye of Ra, the Father of the Gods. I am that same
Osiris who dwelleth in Amentet. Osiris knoweth his day, which cometh to an end.
I am Set, the Father of the Gods. I shall never come to an end.
THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AND OF LIVING AFTER
DEATH. The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, thou One, who shinest from the moon. Hail,
thou One, who shinest from the moon. Grant that this Osiris Ani may come forth
among thy multitudes who are at the portal. Let him be with the Light-God. Let
the Tuat be opened to him. Behold, the Osiris Ani shall come forth by day to
perform everything which he wisheth upon the earth among those who are living
[thereon].
APPENDIX (From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 13)
Hail, thou god Tem, who comest forth from the Great
Deep, who shinest gloriously under the form of the twin Lion-gods, send forth
with might thy words unto those who are in thy presence, and let the Osiris Nu
enter into their assembly. He hath performed the decree which hath been spoken
to the mariners at eventide, and the Osiris Nu, whose word is truth, shall live
after his death, even as doth Ra every day. Behold, most certainly Ra was born
yesterday, and the Osiris Nu was born yesterday. And every god shall rejoice in
the life of the Osiris Nu, even as they rejoice in the life of Ptah, when he
appeareth from the Great House of the Aged One which is in Anu.
THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AFTER FORCING AN
ENTRANCE THROUGH THE AAMHET. The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, Soul, thou mighty one
of terror! Verily, I am here. I have come. I behold thee. I have passed through
the Tuat. I have seen Father Osiris. I have scattered the gloom of night. I am
his beloved one. I have come, I have seen my Father Osiris. I have stabbed the
heart of Suti. I have made offerings to my Father Osiris. I have opened every
way in heaven and on the earth. I am the son who loveth his Fathers (sic)
Osiris. I am a Spirit-body. I am a Spirit-soul. I am equipped. Hail, every god
and every Spirit-soul. I have made the way [to Osiris]. I the Osiris the scribe
Ani, whose word is truth.
THE CHAPTER OF MAKING A MAN TO RETURN TO LOOK UPON HIS
HOUSE ON EARTH. The Osiris Ani saith:- I am the Lion-god who cometh forth with
long strides. I have shot arrows, and I have wounded my prey. I have shot
arrows, and I have wounded my prey. I am the Eye of Horus, I traverse the Eye
of Horus at this season. I have arrived at the domains. Grant that the Osiris
Ani may come in peace.
ANOTHER CHAPTER OF THE COMING FORTH OF A MAN BY DAY
AGAINST HIS ENEMIES IN KHERT-NETER. [The Osiris Ani saith:-] I have divided the
heavens. I have cleft the horizon. I have traversed the earth [following in]
his footsteps. I have conquered the mighty Spirit-souls because I am equipped
for millions of years with words of power. I eat with my mouth. I evacuate with
my body. Behold, I am the God of the Tuat! Let these things be given unto me,
the Osiris Ani, in perpetuity withou fail or diminution.
APPENDIX (From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 21)
THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH AGAINST ENEMIES IN KHERT-NETER.
The Osiris Nu saith:- Hail, Am-a-f (Eater of his arm), I have passed over the
road. I am Ra. I have come forth from the horizon against my enemies. I have
not permitted him to escape from me. I have stretched out my hand like that of
the Lord of the Urrt Crown. I have lifted up my feet even as the
Uraei-goddesses lift themselves up. I have not permitted the enemy [to be
saved] from me. As for mine enemy, he hath been given to me, and he shall not
be delivered from me. I stand up like Horus. I sit down like Ptah. I am strong
like Thoth. I am mighty like Tem. I walk with my legs. I speak with my mouth. I
chase my enemy. He hath been given unto me, and he shall not be delivered from
me.
A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA WHEN HE RISETH UPON THE
HORIZON, AND WHEN HE SETTETH IN THE LAND OF LIFE. Osiris the scribe Ani saith:-
Homage to thee, O Ra, when thou risest as Tem-Heru-Khuti. Thou art to be
adored. Thy beauties are before mine eyes, [thy] radiance is upon my body. Thou
goest forth to thy setting in the Sektet Boat with [fair] winds, and thy heart
is glad; the heart of the Matet Boat rejoiceth. Thou stridest over the heavens
in peace, and all thy foes are cast down; the stars which never rest sing hymns
of praise unto thee, and the stars which are imperishable glorify thee as thou
sinkest to rest in the horizon of Manu, O thou who art beautiful at morn and at
eve, O thou lord who livest, and art established, O my Lord!
Homage to thee, O thou who art Ra when thou risest,
and who art Tem when thou settest in beauty. Thou risest and thou shinest on
the back of thy mother [Nut], O thou who art crowned the king of the gods! Nut
welcometh thee, and payeth homage unto thee, and Maat, the everlasting and
never-changing goddess, embraceth thee at noon and at eve. Thou stridest over
the heavens, being glad at heart, and the Lake of Testes is content. The
Sebau-fiend hath fallen to the ground, his fore-legs and his hind-legs have
been hacked off him, and the knife hath severed the joints of his back. Ra hath
a fair wind, and the Sektet Boat setteth out on its journey, and saileth on
until it cometh into port. The gods of the South, the gods of the North, the
gods of the West, and the gods of the East praise thee, O thou Divine
Substance, from whom all living things came into being. Thou didst send forth
the word when the earth was submerged with silence, O thou Only One, who didst
dwell in heaven before ever the earth and the mountains came into being. Hail,
thou Runner, Lord, Only One, thou maker of the things that are, thou hast
fashioned the tongue of the Company of the Gods, thou hast produced whatsoever
cometh forth from the waters, thou springest up out of them above the submerged
land of the Lake of Horus. Let me breathe the air which cometh forth from thy
nostrils, and the north wind which cometh forth from thy mother Nut. Make thou
my Spirit-soul to be glorious, O Osiris, make thou my Heart-soul to be divine.
Thou art worshipped as thou settest, O Lord of the gods, thou art exalted by
reason of thy wondrous works. Shine thou with the rays of light upon my body
day by day, upon me, Osiris the scribe, the assessor of the divine offerings of
all the gods, the overseer of the granary of the Lords of Abydos, the real
royal scribe who loveth thee, Ani, whose word is truth, in peace.
Praise be unto thee, O Osiris, the Lord of Eternity,
Un-Nefer, Heru- Khuti (Harmakhis), whose forms are manifold, whose attributes
are majestic [Praise be unto thee], O thou who art Ptah-Seker-Tem in Anu, thou
Lord of the hidden shrine, thou Creator of the House of the KA of Ptah
(Het-ka-Ptah) and of the gods [therein], thou Guide of the Tuat, who art
glorified when thou settest in Nu (the Sky). Isis embraceth thee in peace, and
she driveth away the fiends from the entrances of thy paths. Thou turnest thy
face towards Amentet, and thou makest the earth to shine as with refined
copper. Those who have lain down in death rise up to see thee, they breathe the
air, and they look upon thy face when the disk riseth on the horizon. Their hearts
are at peace since they behold thee, o thou who art Eternity and
Everlastingness.
THE SOLAR LITANY
Homage to you, O ye gods of the Dekans in Anu, and to
you, O ye Hememet-spirits in Kher Aha, and to thee, O Unti, who art the most
glorious of all the gods who are hidden in Anu, O grant thou unto me a path
whereover I may pass in peace, for I am just and true; I have not spoken
falsehood wittingly, nor have I done aught with deceit.
Homage to thee, O An in Antes, Heru-khuti, who dost
with long strides march across the heavens, O grant thou unto me a path
whereover I may pass in peace, for I am just and true; I have not spoken
falsehood wittingly, nor have I done aught with deceit.
Homage to thee, O Everlasting Soul, thou Soul who
dwellest in Tetu, Un-Nefer, the son of Nut, who art the Lord of Akert, O grant
thou unto me a path whereover I may pass in peace, for I am just and true; I
have not spoken falsehood wittingly, nor have done aught with deceit.
Homage to thee in thy dominion over Tetu, upon whose brow
the Urrt Crown is established, thou One who createst the strength to protect
thyself, and who dwellest in peace, O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may
pass in peace, for I am just and true; I have not spoken falsehood wittingly,
nor have I done aught with deceit.
Homage to thee, O Lord of the Acacia Tree, whose Seker
Boat is set upon its sledge, who turnest back the Fiend, the Evildoer, and dost
cause the Eye of Ra (utchat) to rest upon its seat, O grant thou unto me a path
whereover I may pass in peace, for I am just and true; I have not spoken
falsehood wittingly, nor have I done aught with deceit.
Homage to thee, O thou who art mighty in thine hour,
thou great and mighty Prince who dost dwell in Anrutef, thou Lord of Eternity
and Creator of the Everlastingness, thou Lord of Hensu, O grant thou unto me a
path whereover I may pass in peace, for I am just and true; I have not spoken
falsehood wittingly, nor have I done aught with deceit.
Homage to thee, O thou who restest upon Truth, thou
Lord of Abtu, whose limbs form the substance of Ta-tchesert, unto whom fraud
and deceit are abominations, O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may pass
in peace, for I am just and true; I have not spoken falsehood wittingly, nor
have I done aught with deceit.
Homage to thee, O thou who dwellest in thy boat, who
dost bring Hapi (the Nile) forth from his cavern, whose body is the light, and
who dwellest in Nekhen, O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may pass in
peace, for I am just and true; I have not spoken falsehood wittingly, nor have
I done aught with deceit.
Homage to thee, O thou Creator of the gods, thou King
of the South and North, Osiris, whose word is truth, who rulest the world by
thy gracious goodness, thou Lord of the Atebui, O grant thou unto me a path
whereover I may pass in peace, for I am just and true; I have not spoken
falsehood wittingly, nor have I done aught with deceit.
APPENDIX (From the Saite Recension, ed. Lepsius, Bl.
V)
Homage to thee, O thou who comest as Tem, who didst
come into being to create the Company of the Gods. Homage to thee, O thou who
comest as the Soul of Souls, the Holy One in Amentet. Homage to thee, O
President of the Gods, who illuminest the Tuat with thy beauties. Homage to
thee, O thou who comest as the Light-god, who travellest in thy Disk. Homage to
thee, O thou greatest of all gods, who are crowned King in heaven, Governor in
the Tuat. Homage to thee, O thou who makest a way through the Tuat, who dost
lead the way through all doors. Homage to thee, O thou who art among the gods,
who dost weigh words in Khert-Neter. Homage to thee, O thou who dwellest in thy
secret places, who dost fashion the Tuat with thy might. Homage to thee, O
great one, O mighty one, thine enemies have fallen in places where they were
smitten. Homage to thee, O thou who hast hacked the Sebau-fiends in pieces, and
hast annihilated Aapep. Grant thou the sweet breeze of the north wind to the
Osiris Auf-ankh, whose word is truth.
A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA WHEN HE RISETH IN THE EASTERN
PART OF HEAVEN. Those who are in his following rejoice, and the Osiris, the
scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- Hail, thou Disk, thou lord of rays,
who risest on the horizon day by day. Shine thou with thy beams of light upon
the face of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, for he singeth hymns of praise
to thee at dawn, and he maketh thee to sit at eventide [with words of
adoration]. May the soul of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, come forth
with thee into heaven! May he set out with thee in the Matet Boat [in the
morning], may he come into port in the Sektet Boat [in the evening], and may he
cleave his path among the stars of heaven which never rest.
The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, being at peace
[with his god], maketh adoration to his Lord, the Lord of Eternity, and saith:-
Homage to thee, O Heru-khuti, who art the god Khepera, the self-created. When
thou risest on the horizon and sheddest thy beams of light upon the Lands of
the South and of the North, thou art beautiful, yea beautiful, and all the gods
rejoice when they behold thee, the king of heaven. The goddess, the Lady of the
Hour, is stablished upon thy head, her Uraei of the South and of the North are
upon thy brow, and she taketh up her place before thee. The god Thoth is
stablished in the bows of thy boat to destroy utterly all thy foes. Those who
dwell in the Tuat come forth to meet thee, and they bow to the earth in homage
as they come towards thee, to look upon thy beautiful Form. And I, Ani, have
come into thy presence, so that I may be with thee, and may behold thy Disk
every day. Let me not be kept captive [by the tomb], and let me not be turned
back [on my way]. Let the members of my body be made new again when I
contemplate thy beauties, even as are the members of all thy favoured ones, because
I am one of those who worshipped thee upon earth. Let me arrive in the Land of
Eternity, let me enter into the Land of Everlastingness. This, O my Lord,
behold thou shalt ordain for me.
AND MOREOVER, THE OSIRIS ANI, WHOSE WORD IS TRUTH, IN
PEACE, THE TRUTH-SPEAKER, SAITH:- Homage to thee, O thou who risest on thy
horizon in the form of Ra, who restest upon Law, [which can neither be changed
nor altered]. Thou passest over the sky, and every face, watcheth thee and thy
course, for thou thyself art hidden from their gaze. Thou dost show thyself [to
them] at dawn and at eventide each day. The Sektet Boat, wherein Thy Majesty
dwelleth, setteth forth on its journey with vigour. Thy beams [fall] upon all
faces, thy light with its manifold colours is incomprehensible [to man], and
thy brilliant rays cannot be reported. The Lands of the Gods see thee, they
could write [concerning thee]; the Deserts of Punt could count thee. Thy
creation is hidden. It is one by the opening of thy mouth. Thy form is the head
of Nu. May he (Ani) advance, even as thou dost advance, without cessation, even
as Thy Majesty [ceaseth not to advance] even for a moment. With great strides
thou dost in one little moment pass over limitless distances which would need
millions and hundreds of thousands of years [for a man to pass over; this] thou
doest, and then thou sinkest to rest. Thou bringest to an end the hours of the
night, even as thou stridest over them. Thou bringest them to an end by thine
own ordinance, and dawn cometh on the earth. Thou settest thyself before thy
handiwork in the form of Ra, and thou rollest up on the horizon....... Thou
sendest forth light when thy form raiseth itself up, thou ordainest the
increase of thy splendours. Thou mouldest thy limbs as thou advancest, thou bringest
them forth, thou who wast never brought forth, in the form of Ra, who rolleth
up into the height of heaven. Grant thou that I may reach the heaven of
eternity, and the region where thy favoured ones dwell. May I unite with those
holy and perfect Spirit-souls of Khert-Neter. May I come forth with them to
behold thy beauties as thou rollest on at eventide, as thou journeyest to thy
mother Nut (the Night-sky), and dost place thyself at the right hand (in the
West). My two hands are raised to thee in praise and thanksgiving when thou
settest in life. Behold, thou art the Creator of Eternity, who art adored when
thou settest in Nu. I have set thee in my heart, without wavering, O thou who
art more divine than the gods.
The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- Praise
and thanksgiving be unto thee, O thou who rollest on like unto gold, thou
Illuminer of the Two Lands on the day of thy birth. Thy mother brought thee
forth on her hand, and thou didst light up with splendour the circle which is
travelled over by the Disk. O Great Light who rollest across Nu, thou dost
raise up the generations of men from the deep source of thy waters, and dost
make to keep festivals all districts and cities, and all habitations. Thou
protectest [them] with thy beauties. Thy KA riseth up with the celestial food
hu and tchefau. O thou mightily victorious one, thou Power of Powers, who
makest strong thy throne against the sinful ones, whose risings on thy throne
in the Sektet Boat are mighty, whose strength is widespread in the Atett Boat,
make thou the Osiris Ani to be glorious by virtue of his word, which is truth,
in Khert-Neter. Grant thou that he may be in Amentet free from evil, and let
[his] offences be [set] behind thee. Grant thou that he may [live there] a
devoted slave of the Spirit-souls. Let him mingle among the Heart-souls who
live in Ta-tchesert (the Holy Land). Let him travel about in the Sekhet-Aaru
(the Elysian Fields), conformably to [thy] decree with joy of heart- him the
Osiris Ani, whose word is truth.
[And the god maketh answer]:--Thou shalt come forth
into heaven, thou shalt sail over the sky, and thou shalt hold loving
intercourse with the Star-gods. Praises shall be made to thee in the Boat. Thy
name shall be proclaimed in the Atett Boat. Thou shalt look upon Ra within his
shrine. Thou shalt make the Disk to set [with prayer] every day. Thou shalt see
the Ant Fish in his transformations in the depths of the waters of turquoise.
Thou shalt see the Abtu Fish in his time. It shall be that the Evil One shall fall
when he deviseth a plan to destroy thee, and the joints of his neck and back
shall be hacked asunder. Ra saileth with a fair wind, and the Sektet Boat
progresseth and cometh into port. The mariners of Ra rejoice, and the heart of
the Lady of the Hour is glad, for the enemy of her Lord hath been cast to the
ground. Thou shalt behold Horus standing on the pilot's place in the Boat, and
Thoth and Maat shall stand one on each side of him. All the gods shall rejoice
when they behold Ra coming in peace to make the hearts of the Spirit- souls to
live, and the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, the assessor of the holy
offerings of the Lords of Thebes, shall be with them!
THE CHAPTER OF THE NEW MOON
THE FOLLOWING IS TO BE RECITED ON THE DAY OF THE MONTH
(NEW MOON DAY). The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, in peace, whose
word is truth, saith:- Ra ascendeth his throne on his horizon, and the Company
of his Gods follow in his train. The God cometh forth from his hidden place,
[and] tchefau food falleth from the eastern horizon of heaven at the word of
Nut. They (the gods) rejoice over the paths of Ra, the Great Ancestor [as] he
journeyeth round about. Therefore art thou exalted, O Ra, the dweller in thy
Shrine. Thou swallowest the winds, thou drawest into thyself the north wind,
thou eatest up the flesh of thy seat on the day when thou breathest truth. Thou
dividest [it among] the gods who are [thy] followers. [Thy] Boat saileth on
travelling among the Great Gods at thy word. Thou countest thy bones, thou gatherest
together thy members, thou settest thy face towards Beautiful Amentet, and thou
comest there, being made new every day. Behold, thou art that Image of Gold,
thou hast the unitings of the disks of the sky, thou hast quakings, thou goest
round about, and art made new each day. Hail! There is rejoicing in the
horizon! The gods who dwell in the sky descend the ropes [of thy Boat] when
they see the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, they ascribe praise unto him as
unto Ra. The Osiris Ani is a Great Chief. [He] seeketh the Urrt Crown. His
provisions are apportioned to him- the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth. [His]
fate is strong from the exalted body of the Aamu gods, who are in the presence
of Ra. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is strong on the earth and in
Khert-Neter. O Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, wake up, and be strong like
unto Ra every day. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, shall not tarry, he
shall not remain motionless in this land for ever. Right well shall he see with
his two eyes, right well shall he hear with his two ears, the things which are
true, the things which are true. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is in
Anu, the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is as Ra, and he is exalted by reason
of [his] oars among the Followers of Nu. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth,
cannot tell what he hath seen [or] narrate [what he hath heard] in the House of
the God of Mysteries. Hail! Let there be shouts of acclamation of the Osiris
Ani, whose word is truth, the divine body of Ra in the Boat of Nu, who beareth
propitiatory offerings for the KA of the god of that which he loveth. The
Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in peace, whose word is truth, is like Horus,
the mighty one of transformations.
RUBRIC: This Chapter is to be recited over a boat
seven cubits long, made of green stone of the Tchatchau. Make a heaven of
stars, and purify it and cleanse it with natron and incense. Make then a figure
of Ra upon a tablet of new stone in paint, and set it in the bows of the boat.
Then make a figure of the deceased whom thou wilt make perfect, [and place it]
in the boat. Make it to sail in the Boat of Ra, and Ra himself shall look upon
it. Do not these things in the presence of any one except thyself, or thy
father, or thy son. Then let them keep guard over their faces, and they shall
see the deceased in Khert-Neter in the form of a messenger of Ra.
A HYMN TO RA [WHICH IS TO BE SUNG] ON THE DAY OF THE
MONTH (THE DAY OF THE NEW MOON) [WHEN] THE BOAT OF RA SAILETH. [The Osiris the
scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:-] Homage to thee, O thou who dwellest
in thy Boat. Thou rollest on, thou rollest on, thou sendest forth light, thou
sendest forth light. Thou decreest rejoicing for [every] man for millions of
years unto those who love him. Thou givest [thy] face to the Hememet spirits,
thou god Khepera who dwellest in thy Boat. Thou hast overthrown the Fiend
Aapep. O ye Sons of Keb, overthrow ye the enemies of the Osiris Ani, whose word
is truth, and the fiends of destruction who would destroy the Boat of Ra. Horus
hath cut off your heads in heaven. Ye who were in the forms of geese, your
navel strings are on the earth. The animals are set upon the earth..... in the
form of fish. Every male fiend and every female fiend shall be destroyed by the
Osiris Ani, whose word is truth. Whether the fiends descend from out of heaven,
or whether they come forth from the earth, or whether they advance on the
waters, or whether they come from among the Star-gods, Thoth, [the son of
Aner], coming forth from Anerti shall hack them to pieces. And the Osiris Ani
shall make them silent and dumb. And behold ye, this god, the mighty one of
slaughters, the terror of whom is most great, shall wash himself clean in your
blood, and he shall bathe in your gore, and ye shall be destroyed by the Osiris
Ani in the Boat of his Lord Ra- Horus. The heart of the Osiris Ani, whose word
is truth, shall live. His mother Isis giveth birth to him, and Nephthys nurseth
him, just as Isis gave birth to Horus, and Nephthys nursed him. [He] shall repulse
the Smait fiends of Suti. They shall see the Urrt Crown stablished upon his
head, and they shall fall down upon their faces [and worship him]. Behold, O ye
Spirit-souls, and men, and gods, and ye dead, when ye see the Osiris Ani, whose
word is truth, in the form of Horus, and the favoured one of the Urrt Crown,
fall ye down upon your faces. The word of the Osiris Ani is truth before his
enemies in heaven above, and on earth beneath, and before the Tchatchau Chiefs
of every god and of every goddess.
RUBRIC: This Chapter shall be recited over a large
hawk standing upright with the White Crown upon his head, [and over figures of]
Tem, Shu, Tefnut, Keb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, [Suti] and Nephthys. And they shall
be painted in colour upon a new tablet, which shall be placed in a boat,
together with a figure of the deceased. Anoint them with heken oil, and offer
unto them burning incense, and geese, and joints of meat roasted. It is an act
of praise to Ra as he journeyeth in his boat, and it will make a man to have his
being with Ra, and to travel with him wheresoever he goeth, and it will most
certainly cause the enemies of Ra to be slain. And the Chapter of travelling
shall be recited on the sixth day of the festival.
APPENDIX (From the Turin Papyrus)
ANOTHER CHAPTER WHICH IS TO BE RECITED WHEN THE MOON
RENEWETH ITSELF ON THE DAY OF THE MONTH [WHEREON IT DOETH THIS]. Osiris
unfettereth the storm-cloud in the body of heaven, and is unfettered himself;
Horus is made strong happily each day. He whose transformations are many hath
had offerings made unto him at the moment, and he hath made an end of the storm
which is in the face of the Osiris, Auf-ankh, whose word is truth. Verily, he
cometh, and he is Ra in journeying, and he is the four celestial gods in the
heavens above. The Osiris Auf-ankh, whose word is truth, cometh forth in his
day, and he embarketh among the tackle of the boat.
RUBRIC: If this Chapter be known by the deceased he
shall become a perfect Spirit-soul in Khert-Neter, and he shall not die a
second time, and he shall eat his food side by side with Osiris. If this
Chapter be known by the deceased upon earth, he shall become like unto Thoth,
and he shall be adored by those who live. He shall not fall headlong at the
moment of the intensity of the royal flame of the goddess Bast, and the Great
Prince shall make him to advance happily.
THE CHAPTER OF ADVANCING TO THE TCHATCHAU CHIEFS OF
OSIRIS. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I have built a house for
my Ba-soul in the sanctuary in Tetu. I sow seed in the town of Pe (Buto). I
have ploughed the fields with my labourers. My palm tree [standeth upright and
is] like Menu upon it. I abominate abominable things. I will not eat the things
which are abominations unto me. What I abominate is filth: I will not eat it. I
shall not be destroyed by the offerings of propitiation and the sepulchral
meals. I will not approach filth [to touch it] with my hands, I will not tread
upon it with my sandals. For my bread shall be made of the white barley, and my
ale shall be made from the red grain of the god Hapi (the Nile-god), which the
Sektet Boat and the Atett Boat shall bring [unto me], and I will eat my food
under the leaves of the trees whose beautiful arms I myself do know. O what
splendour shall the White Crown make for me which shall be lifted up on me by
the Uraei-goddesses! O Doorkeeper of Sehetep-taui, bring thou to me that
wherewith the cakes of propitiation are made. Grant thou to me that I may lift
up the earth. May the Spirit-souls open to me [their] arms, and let the Company
of the Gods hold their peace whilst the Hememet spirits hold converse with the
Osiris Ani. May the hearts of the gods lead him in his exalted state into
heaven among the gods who appear in visible forms. If any god, or any goddess,
attack the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, when he setteth out, the Ancestor
of the year who liveth upon hearts [Osiris] shall eat him when he cometh forth
from Abydos, and the Ancestors of Ra shall reckon with him, and the Ancestors
of Light shall reckon with him. [He is] a god of splendour [arrayed in] the
apparel of heaven, and he is among the Great Gods. Now the subsistence of the
Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is among the cakes and the ale which are made
for your mouths. I enter in by the Disk, I come forth by the god Ahui. I shall
hold converse with the Followers of the Gods. I shall hold converse with the
Disk. I shall hold converse with the Hememet-spirits. He shall set the terror
of me in the thick darkness, in the inside of the goddess Mehurt, by the side
of his forehead. Behold, I shall be with Osiris, and my perfection shall be his
perfection among the Great Gods. I shall speak unto him with the words of men,
I shall listen, and he shall repeat to me the words of the gods. I, the Osiris
Ani, whose word is truth, in peace, have come equipped. Thou makest to approach
[thee] those who love thee. I am a Spirit-soul who is better equipped than any
[other] Spirit-soul.
THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A
SWALLOW. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am a swallow, [I am] a
swallow. [I am] that Scorpion, the daughter of Ra. Hail, O ye gods whose odour
is sweet. Hail, O ye gods whose odour is sweet. Hail, Flame, who comest forth
from the horizon. Hail, thou who art in the city. I have brought the Warder of
his corner there. Give me thy two hands, and let me pass my time in the Island
of Flame. I have advanced with a message, I have come having the report thereof
[to make]. Open to me. How shall I tell that which I have seen there? I am like
Horus, the governor of the Boat, when the throne of his father was given unto
him, and when Set, that son of Nut, was [lying] under the fetters which he had
made for Osiris. He who is in Sekhem hath inspected me. I stretch out my arms over
Osiris. I have advanced for the examination, I have come to speak there. Let me
pass on and deliver my message. I am he who goeth in, [I am] judged, [I] come
forth magnified at the Gate of Nebertcher. I am purified at the Great Uart. I
have done away my wickednesses. I have put away utterly my offences. I have put
away utterly all the taints of evil which appertained to me [upon the earth]. I
have purified myself, I have made myself to be like a god. Hail, O ye
Doorkeepers, I have completed my journey. I am like unto you. I have come forth
by day. I have advanced on my legs. I have gained the master over [my]
footsteps. [Hail, ye] Spirit-souls! I, even I, do know the hidden roads and the
Gates of Sekhet Aaru. I live there. Verily, I, even I, have come, I have
overthrown my enemies upon the earth, although my body lieth a mummy in the
tomb. APPENDIX
RUBRIC: (Naville, op. cit., II, Bl. 202) If this
Chapter be known by the deceased, he shall enter in after he hath come forth by
day.
RUBRIC: (Saite Recension)
If this Chapter be known by the deceased, he shall
come forth by day from Khert-Neter, and he shall go [again] after he hath come
forth. If this Chapter be not known [by the deceased], he shall not go in again
after he hath come forth [and he] shall not know [how] to come forth by day.
[THE CHAPTER] OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A HAWK
OF GOLD. The Osiris Ani saith:- I have risen up out of the seshett chamber,
like the golden hawk which cometh forth from his egg. I fly, I alight like a
hawk with a back of seven cubits, and the wings of which are like unto the
mother-of-emerald of the South. I have come forth from the Sektet Boat, and my
heart hath been brought unto me from the mountain of the East. I have alighted
on the Atet Boat, and there have been brought unto me those who dwelt in their
substance, and they bowed in homage before me. I have risen, I have gathered
myself together like a beautiful golden hawk, with the head of the Benu, and Ra
hath entered in [to hear my speech]. I have taken my seat among the great gods,
[the children of] Nut. I have settled myself, the Sekhet-hetepet (the Field of
Offerings) is before me. I eat therein, I become a Spirit-soul therein, I am
supplied with food in abundance therein, as much as I desire. The Grain-god (Nepra)
hath given unto me food for my throat, and I am master over myself and over the
attributes of my head.
[THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A
DIVINE HAWK. The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, thou Great God, come thou to Tetu.
Make thou ready for me the ways, and let me go round [to visit] my thrones. I
have laboured. I have made myself perfect. O grant thou that I may be held in
fear. Create thou awe of me. Let the gods of the Tuat be afraid of me, and let
them fight for me in their halls. Permit not thou to come nigh unto me him that
would attack me, or would injure me in the House of Darkness. Cover over the
helpless one, hide him. Let do likewise the gods who hearken unto the word [of
truth], the Khepriu gods who are in the following of Osiris. Hold ye your peace
then, O ye gods, whilst the God holdeth speech with me, he who listeneth to the
truth. I speak unto him my words. Osiris, grant thou that that which cometh
forth from thy mouth may circulate to me. Let me see thine own Form. Let thy
Souls envelop me. Grant thou that I may come forth, and that I may be master of
my legs, and let me live there like Nebertcher upon his throne. Let the gods of
the Tuat hold me in fear, and let them fight for me in their halls. Grant thou
that I may move forward with him and with the Ariu gods, and let me be firmly
stablished on my pedestal like the Lord of Life. Let me be in the company of
Isis, the goddess, and let [the gods] keep me safe from him that would do an
injury unto me. Let none come to see the helpless one. May I advance, and may I
come to the Henti boundaries of the sky. Let me address words to Keb, and let
me make supplicaion to the god Hu with Nebertcher. Let the gods of the Tuat be
afraid of me, and let them fight for me in their halls. Let them see that thou
hast provided me with food for the festival. I am one of those Spirit-souls who
dwell in the Light-god. I have made my form in his Form, when he cometh to
Tetu. I am a Spirit-body among his Spirit- bodies; he shall speak unto thee the
things [which concern] me. Would that he would cause me to be held in fear!
Would that he would create [in them] awe of me! Let the gods of the Tuat be
afraid of me, and let them fight for me [in their halls]. I, even I, am a
Spirit-soul, a dweller in the Light-god, whose form hath been created in divine
flesh. I am one of those Spirit-souls who dwell in the Light-god, who were
created by Tem himself, and who exist in the blossoms of his Eye. He hath made
to exist, he hath made glorious, and he hath magnified their faces during their
existence with him. Behold, he is Alone in Nu. They acclaim him when he cometh
forth from the horizon, and the gods and the Spirit-souls who have come into
being with him ascribe fear unto him.
I am one of the worms which have been created by the
Eye of the Lord One. And behold, when as yet Isis had not given birth to Horus,
I was flourishing, and I had waxed old, and had become pre-eminent among the
Spirit-souls who had come into being with him. I rose up like a divine hawk,
and Horus endowed me with a Spirit-body with his soul, so that [I] might take
possession of the property of Osiris in the Tuat. He shall say to the twin
Lion-gods for me, the Chief of the House of the Nemes Crown, the Dweller in his
cavern: Get thee back to the heights of heaven, for behold, inasmuch as thou
art a Spirit-body with the creations of Horus, the Nemes Crown shall not be to
thee: [but] thou shalt have speech even to the uttermost limits of the heavens.
I, the warder, took possession of the property of Horus [which belonged] to
Osiris in the Tuat, and Horus repeated to me what his father Osiris had said
unto him in the years [past], on the days of his burial. Give thou to me the
Nemes Crown, say the twin Lion-gods for me. Advance thou, come along the road of
heaven, and look upon those who dwell in the uttermost limits of the horizon.
The gods of the Tuat shall hold thee in fear, and they shall fight for thee in
their halls. The god Auhet belongeth to them. All the gods who guard the shrine
of the Lord One are smitten with terror at [my] words.
Hail, saith the god who is exalted upon his coffer to
me! He hath bound on the Nemes Crown, [by] the decree of the twin Lion-gods.
The god Aahet hath made a way for me. I am exalted [on the coffer], the twin
Lion-gods have bound the Nemes Crown on me and my two locks of hair are given
unto me. He hath stablished for me my heart by his own flesh, and by his great,
two-fold strength, and I shall not fall headlong before Shu. I am Hetep, the
Lord of the two Uraei-goddesses who are to be adored. I know the Light-god, his
winds are in my body. The Bull which striketh terror [into souls] shall not
repulse me. I come daily into the House of the twin Lion-gods. I come forth
therefrom into the House of Isis. I look upon the holy things which are hidden.
I see the being who is therein. I speak to the great ones of Shu, they repulse
him that is wrathful in his hour. I am Horus who dwelleth in his divine Light.
I am master of his crown. I am master of his radiance. I advance towards the
Henti boundaries of heaven. Horus is upon his seat. Horus is upon his thrones.
My face is like that of a divine hawk. I am one who is equipped [like] his
lord. I shall come forth to Tetu. I shall see Osiris. I shall live in his
actual presence.... Nut. They shall see me. I shall see the gods [and] the Eye
of Horus burning with fire before my eyes. They shall reach out their hands to
me. I shall stand up. I shall be master of him that would subject me to
restraint. They shall open the holy paths to me, they shall see my form, they
shall listen to my words.
[Homage] to you, O ye gods of the Tuat, whose faces
are turned back, whose powers advance, conduct ye me to the Star-gods which
never rest. Prepare ye for me the holy ways to the Hemat house, and to your
god, the Soul, who is the mighty one of terror. Horus hath commanded me to lift
up your faces; do ye look upon me. I have risen up like a divine hawk. Horus
hath made me to be a Spirit-body by means of his Soul, and to take possession
of the things of Osiris in the Tuat. Make ye for me a path. I have travelled
and I have arrived at those who are chiefs of their caverns, and who are
guardians of the House of Osiris. I speak unto them his mighty deeds. I made
them to know concerning his victories. He is ready [to butt with his] two horns
at Set. They know him who hath taken possession of the god Hu, and who hath
taken possession of the Powers of Tem.
Travel thou on thy way safely, cry out the gods of the
Tuat to me. O ye who make your names pre-eminent, who are chiefs in your
shrines, and who are guardians of the House of Osiris, grant, I pray you, that
I may come to you. I have bound up and I have gathered together your Powers. I
have directed the Powers of the ways, the wardens of the horizon, and of the Hemat
House of heaven. I have stablished their fortresses for Osiris. I have prepared
the ways for him. I have performed the things which [he] hath commanded. I come
forth to Tetu. I see Osiris. I speak to him concerning the matter of his Great
Son, whom he loveth, and concerning [the smiting of] the heart of Set. I look
upon the lord who was helpless. How shall I make them to know the plans of the
gods, and that which Horus did without the knowledge of his father Osiris?
Hail, Lord, thou Soul, most awful and terrible, behold
me. I have come, I make thee to be exalted! I have forced a way though the
Tuat. I have opened the roads which appertain to heaven, and those which
appertain to the earth, and no one hath opposed me therein. I have exalted thy
face, O Lord of Eternity.
APPENDIX (In the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 14, the Chapter
ends with the following.)
Exalted art thou on thy throne, O Osiris! Thou hast
heard fair things, O Osiris! Thy strength is vigorous, O Osiris! Thy head is
fastened on thy body, O Osiris! Thy neck is made firm, O Osiris! Thy heart is
glad, [O Osiris!]. Thy speech is made effective, O Osiris! Thy princes rejoice
Thou art established the Bull in Amentet. Thy son Horus hath ascended thy
trrone, and all life is with him. Millions of years minister unto him, and
millions of years hold him in fear. The Company of the Gods are his servants,
and they fold him in fear. The god Tem, the Governor, the only One among the
gods, hath spoken, and his word passeth not away. Horus is both the divine food
and the sacrifice. He made haste to gather together [the members of] of his
father. Horus is his deliverer. Horus is his deliverer. Horus hath sprung from
the essence of his divine father and from his decay. He hath become the
Governor of Egypt. The gods shall work for him, and they shall toil for him for
million of years. He shall make millions of years to live through his Eye, the
only one of its lord, Nebertcher.]
(From the Turin Papyrus, Bl. XXX)
Exalted is thy throne, O Osiris. Thou hearest well, O
Osiris. Thy strength flourisheth, O Osiris. I have fastened thy head [on thy]
body for thee. I have stablished thy throat, the throne of the joy of thy
heart. Thy words are stable. Thy shenit princes are glad. Thou art stablished
as the Bull of Amentet. Thy son Horus hath ascended thy throne. All life is
with him. Millions of years work for him. The Company of the Gods fear him.
Tem, the One Power of the Gods, hath spoken, and what he hath said is not
changed, Hetu Aabi. Horus hath stood up. I have gone about collecting his
father. Horus hath delivered his father. Horus hath delivered [his mother]. My
mother is Horus. My brother is Horus. My uncle is Horus. I have come. Horus
followeth his father.... there the dirt of his head. The gods shall serve him.
Millions of years...... in his Eye, the Only One of its Lord, Neb-er- tcher.
THE CHAPTER OF BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE PRINCE OF
THE TCHATCHAU CHIEFS. The Osiris Nu, whose word is truth, saith:- I am the god
Tem, the maker of the sky, the creator of the things which are, who cometh
forth from the earth, who made the seed of man to come into being, the Lord of
things, who fashioned the gods, the Great God, who created himself, the Lord of
Life, who made to flourish the Two Companies of the Gods. Homage to you, O ye divine
Lords of things, ye holy beings, whose seats are veiled! Homage to you, O ye
Lords of Eternity, whose forms are concealed, whose sanctuaries are mysteries,
whose places of abode are not known! Homage to you, O ye gods, who dwell in the
Tenait (Circle of Light)! Homage to you, O ye gods of the Circle of the country
of the Cataracts! Homage to you, O ye gods who dwell in Amentet! Homage to you,
O ye gods who dwell within Nut! Grant ye to me that I may come before you, I am
pure, I am like a god. I am endowed with a Spirit-soul. I am strong. I am
endowed with a Heart-soul. I bring unto you incense, and spice, and natron. I
have done away with the chidings of your mouths. I have come, I have done away
the evil which was in your hearts, and I have removed the offences which
appertained to you [against me]. I bring to you deeds of well-doing, and I
present before you truth. I know you. I know your names. I know your forms
which are not known. I come into being among you. My coming is like unto that
god who eateth men, and who feedeth upon the gods. I am strong before you even
like that god who is exalted upon his pedestal, unto whom the gods come with
rejoicing, and the goddesses make supplication when they see me. I have come
unto you. I have ascended my throne like your Two Daughters. I have taken my
seat in the horizon. I receive my offerings of propitiation upon my altars. I
drink my fill of seth wine every evening. I come to those who are making
rejoicings, and the gods who live in the horizon ascribe unto me praises, as
the divine Spirit-body, the Lord of mortals. I am exalted like that holy god
who dwelleth in the Great House. The gods rejoice greatly when they see my
beautiful appearances from the body of the goddess Nut, and when the goddess
Nut bringeth me forth.
[THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE
SERPENT SATA. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am the serpent
Sata whose years are infinite. I lie down dead. I am born daily. I am the
serpent Sa-en-ta, the dweller in the uttermost parts of the earth. I lie down
in death. I am born, I become new, I renew my youth every day.
[THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE
CROCODILE-GOD. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am the
Crocodile-god (Sebak) who dwelleth amid his terrors. I am the Crocodile-god and
I seize [my prey] like a ravening beast. I am the great Fish which is in Kamui.
I am the Lord to whom bowings and prostrations are made in Sekhem. And the
Osiris Ani is the lord to whom bowings and prostrations are made in Sekhem.
(From the Papyrus of Nebseni)
Behold, I am the dweller in his terrors, I am the
crocodile, his firstborn. I bring (prey) from a distance. I am the Fish of
Horus, the Great One in Kamui. I am the lord of bowings in Sekhem.
THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO PTAH.
The Osiris Ani [whose word is truth, saith]:- I eat bread. I drink ale. I gird
up my garments. I fly like a hawk. I cackle like the Smen goose. I alight upon
that place hard by the Sepulchre on the festival of the Great God. That which
is abominable, that which is abominable I will not eat. [An abominable thing]
is filth, I will not eat thereof. That which is an abomination unto my KA shall
not enter my body. I will live upon that whereon live the gods and the
Spirit-souls. I shall live, and I shall be master of their cakes. I am master
of them, and I shall eat them under the trees of the dweller in the House of
Hathor, my Lady. I will make an offering. My cakes are in Tetu, my offerings
are in Anu. I gird about myself the robe which is woven for me by the goddess
Tait. I shall stand up and sit down in whatsoever place it pleaseth me to do
so. My head is like unto that of Ra. I am gathered together like Tem.
Here offer the four cakes of Ra, and the offerings of
the earth. I shall come forth. My tongue is like that of Ptah, and my throat is
like unto that of Hathor, and I remember the words of Tem, of my father, with
my mouth. He forced the woman, the wife of Keb, breaking the heads near him;
therefore was the fear of him there. [His] praises are repeated with vigour. I
am decreed to be the Heir, the lord of the earth of Keb. I have union with
women. Keb hath refreshed me, and he hath caused me to ascend his throne. Those
who dwell in Anu bow their heads to me. I am [their] Bull, I am stronger than
[the Lord] of the hour. I unite with women. I am master for millions of years.
[THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE
SOUL OF TEM. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I shall not enter
into the place of destruction, I shall not perish, I shall not know [decay]. I
am Ra, who came forth from Nu, the Soul of the God who created his own members.
What I abominate is sin; I will not look thereon. I cry not out against truth,
nay, I live therein. I am the god Hu, the imperishable god, in my name of
"Soul." I have created myself with Nu, in the name of
"Khepera." I exist in them like Ra. I am the Lord of Light.
APPENDIX (From the Papyrus of Nu)
That which is an abomination unto me is death; let me
not go into the chamber of torture which is in the Tuat. I am the delight of
the Khu of Osiris. I make to be content the heart[s] of those who dwell among
the divine things which are beloved [by me]. They cause the fear of me [to
abound], they create the awe of me to be in those divine beings who dwell in
their own circles. Behold, I am exalted on my own standard, and upon my throne,
and upon my seat which is assigned [to me]. I am the god Nu, and those who
commit sin shall not destroy me. I am the firstborn of the primeval god, and my
soul is the Souls of the Eternal Gods, and my body is Everlastingness. My
created form is [that of] the god Eternity, the Lord of Years, and the Prince
of Everlastingness. I am the Creator of the Darkness, who maketh his seat in
the uttermost limits of the heavens, [which] I love. I arrive at their
boundaries. I advance upon my two legs. I direct my resting place. I sail over
the sky. I fetter and destroy the hidden serpents which are about my footsteps
[in going to] the Lord of the Two Arms. My soul is the Souls of the Eternal
Gods, and my body is Everlastingness. I am the exalted one, the Lord of the
Land of Tebu. I am the Child in the city: "Young man in the country"
is my name. "Imperishable one" is my name. I am the Soul Creator of
Nu. I make my habitation in Khert-Neter. My nest is invisible, my egg is not
broken. I have done away the evil which is in me. I shall see my Father, the
Lord of the Evening. His body dwelleth in Anu. I am made to be the Light-god, a
dweller in the Light-god, over the Western Domain of the Hebt bird.
[THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE
BENU BIRD. The Osiris, the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I flew up
out of primeval matter. I came into being like the god Khepera. I germinated like
the plants. I am concealed like the tortoise [in his shell]. I am the seed of
every god. I am Yesterday of the Four [Quarters of the Earth, and] the Seven
Uraei, who came into being in the Eastern land. [I am] the Great One (Horus)
who illumineth the Hememet spirits with the light of his body. [I am] that god
in respect of Set. [I am] Thoth who [stood] between them (Horus and Set) as the
judge on behalf of the Governor of Sekhem and the Souls of Anu. [He was like] a
stream between them. I have come. I rise up on my throne. I am endowed with
Khu. I am mighty. I am endowed with godhood among the gods. I am Khensu, [the
lord] of every kind of strength.
RUBRIC: [If] this Chapter [be known by the deceased],
he shall come forth pure by day after his death, and he shall perform every
transformation which hs soul desireth to make. He shall be among the Followers
of Un-Nefer, and he shall satisfy himself with the food of Osiris, and with
sepulchral meals. He shall see the Disk [of the Sun], he shall be in good case
upon earth before Ra, and his word shall be truth in the sight of Osiris, and
no evil thing whatsoever shall have dominion over him for ever and ever.
[THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A
HERON. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am the master
of beasts brought for sacrifice, [and] of the knives which are [held] at their
heads [and] their beards; those who dwell in their emerald [fields], the Aged
Gods, and the Spirit-souls, are ready at the moment for the Osiris Ani, whose
word is truth, in peace. He maketh slaughter on the earth, and I make slaughter
on the earth. I am strong. I follow the heights unto heaven. I have made myself
pure. I walk with long strides to my city. I have become an owner of land
there. I advance to Sepu...... is given to me in Unu. I have set the gods upon
their roads. I have made splendid the houses and towns of those who are in
their shrines. I know the stream of Nut. I know Tatun. I know Teshert. I have
brought along their horns. I know Heka. I have hearkened to this words. I am
the Red Bull-calf which is marked with markings. The gods shall say when they
hear [of me]: Uncover your faces. His coming is to me. There is light which ye
know not. Times and seasons are in my body. I do not speak [lies] in the place
of truth, daily. The truth is hidden on the eyebrows. [By] night [I] sail up
the river to keep the feast of him that is dead, to embrace the Aged God, and
to guard the earth, I the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth.
APPENDIX (From the Saite Recension)
RUBRIC: If this Chapter be known [by the deceased], he
will live like a perfect Spirit-soul in Khert-Neter; no evil thing whatsoever
shall overthrow him.
[THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE
LOTUS. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am the holy lotus that
cometh forth from the light which belongeth to the nostrils of Ra, and which
belongeth to the head of Hathor. I have made my way, and I seek after him, that
is to say, Horus. I am the pure lotus that cometh forth from the field [of Ra].
APPENDIX (Naville, op. cit., I, Bl. XCIII)
Chapter of making the transformation into a lotus. The
Osiris, the lady of of the house, Aui, whose word is truth, in peace, saith:-
Hail, thou Lotus, thou type of the god Nefer-Temu! I am the man who knoweth
your names. I know your names among the gods, the lords of Khert-Neter. I am
one among you. Grant ye that I may see the gods who are the Guides of the Tuat.
Grant ye to me a seat in Khert-Neter, near the Lords of Amentet. Assign to me a
habitation in the land of Tchesert. Receive ye me in the presence of the Lords
of Eternity. Let my soul come forth in whatsoever place it pleaseth. Let it not
be rejected in the presence of the Great Company of the Gods.
[THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE
GOD WHO LIGHTENETH THE DARKNESS. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is
truth, saith:- I am the girdle of the garment of the god Nu, which giveth
light, and shineth, and belongeth to his breast, the illuminer of the darkness,
the uniter of the two Rehti deities, the dweller in my body, through the great
spell of the words of my mouth. I rise up, but he who was coming after me hath
fallen. He who was with him in the Valley of Abtu hath fallen. I rest. I
remember him. The god Hu hath taken possession of me in my town. I found him
there. I have carried away the darkness by my strength, I have filled the Eye
[of Ra] when it was helpless, and when it came not on the festival of the
fifteenth day. I have weighed Sut in the celestial houses against the Aged One
who was with him. I have equipped Thoth in the House of the Moon-god, when the
fifteenth day of the festival come not. I have taken possession of the Urrt
Crown. Truth is in my body; turquoise and crystal are its months. My homestead
is there among the lapis-lazuli, among the furrows thereof. I am Hem-Nu, the
lightener of the darkness. I have come to lighten the darkness; it is light. I
have lightened the darkness. I have overthrown the ashmiu- fiends. I have sung
hymns to those who dwell in the darkness. I have made to stand up the weeping
ones, whose faces were covered over; they were in a helpless state of misery.
Look ye then upon me. I am Hem-Nu. I will not let you hear concerning it. [I
have fought. I am Hem-Nu. I have lightened the darkness. I have come. I have
made an end to the darkness which hath become light indeed.]
THE CHAPTER OF NOT DYING A SECOND TIME. The Osiris
Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- Hail, Thoth! What is it that hath happened to
the children of Nut? They have waged war, they have upheld strife, they have
done evil, they have created the fiends, they have made slaughter, they have
caused trouble; in truth, in all their doings the strong have worked against
the weak. Grant, O might of Thoth, that that which the god Tem hath decreed
[may be done!] And thou regardest not evil, nor art thou provoked to anger when
they bring their years to confusion, and throng in and push in to disturb their
months. For in all that they have done unto thee they have worked iniquity in
secret. I am they writing- palette, O Thoth, and I have brought unto thee thine
ink-jar. I am not of those who work iniquity in their secret places; let not
evil happen unto me.
The Osiris, the scribe Ani, whose word is truth,
saith:- Hail, Temu! What manner of land is this unto which I have come? It hath
not water, it hath not air; it is depth unfathomable, it is black as the
blackest night, and men wander helplessly therein. In it a man cannot live in
quietness of heart; nor may the longings of love be satisfied therein. But let
the state of the Spirit-souls be given unto me instead of water and air, and
the satisfying of the longings of love, and let quietness of heart be given
unto me instead of cakes and ale. The god Tem hath decreed that I shall see thy
face, and that I shall not suffer from the things which pain thee. May every
god transmit unto thee his throne for millions of years. Thy throne hath
descended unto thy son Horus, and the god Tem hath decreed that thy course
shall be among the holy princes. In truth he shall rule from thy throne, and he
shall be heir to the throne of the Dweller in the fiery Lake [Neserser]. In
truth it hath been decreed that in me he shall see his likeness, and that my
face shall look upon the face of the Lord Tem. How long then have I to live? It
is decreed that thou shalt live for millions of years, a life of millions of
years. Let it be granted to me to pass on to the holy princes, for indeed, I
have done away all the evil which I committed, from the time when this earth
came into being from Nu, when it sprang from the watery abyss even as it was in
the days of old. I am Fate and Osiris, I have made my transformations into the
likeness of divers serpents. Man knoweth not, and the gods cannot behold the
two-fold beauty which I have made for Osiris, the greatest of the gods. I have
given unto him the region of the dead. And, verily, his son Horus is seated
upon the throne of the Dweller in the fiery Lake [of Neserser], as his heir. I
have made him to have his throne in the Boat of Millions of Years. Horus is
stablished upon his throne [among his] kinsmen, and he hath all that is with
him. Verily, the Soul of Set, which is greater than all the gods, hath
departed. Let it be granted to me to bind his soul in fetter in the Boat of the
God, when I please, and let him hold the Body of the God in fear. O my father
Osiris, thou hast done for me that which thy father Ra did for thee. Let me
abide upon the earth permanently. Let me keep possession of my throne. Let my
heir be strong. Let my tomb, and my friends who are upon the earth, flourish.
Let my enemies be given over to destruction, and to the shackles of the goddess
Serq. I am thy son. Ra is my father. On me likewise thou hast conferred life,
strength, and health. Horus is established upon his tomb. Grant thou that the
days of my life may come unto worship and honour.
APPENDIX (From the Leyden Papyrus of Ra)
RUBRIC: This Chapter shall be recited over a figure of
Horus, made of lapis-lazuli, which shall be placed on the neck of the deceased.
It is a protection upon earth, and it will secure for the deceased the
affection of men, gods, and the Spirit-souls which are perfect. Moreover it
acteth as a spell in Khert-Neter, but it must be recited by thee on behalf of
the Osiris Ra, regularly and continually millions of times.
[THE CHAPTER OF] ENTERING INTO THE HALL OF MAATI TO
PRAISE OSIRIS KHENTI-AMENTI. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth,
saith:- I have come unto thee. I have drawn nigh to behold thy beauties (thy
beneficient goodness). My hands are [extended] in adoration of thy name of
"Maat." I have come. I have drawn nigh unto [the place where] the
cedar-tree existeth not, where the acacia tree doth not put forth shoots, and
where the ground produceth neither grass nor herbs. Now I have entered into the
habitation which is hidden, and I hold converse with Set. My protector advanced
to me, covered was his face.... on the hidden things. He entered into the house
of Osiris, he saw the hidden things which were therein. The Tchatchau Chiefs of
the Pylons were in the form of Spirits. The god Anpu spake unto those about him
with the words of a man who cometh from Ta-mera, saying, "He knoweth our
roads and our towns. I am reconciled unto him. When I smell his odour it is
even as the odour of one of you." And I say unto him: I the Osiris Ani,
whose word is truth, in peace, whose word is truth, have come. I have drawn
nigh to behold the Great Gods. I would live upon the propitiatory offerings
[made] to their Doubles. I would live on the borders [of the territory of] the
Soul, the Lord of Tetu. He shall make me to come forth in the form of a Benu
bird, and to hold converse [with him.] I have been in the stream [to purify
myself]. I have made offerings of incense. I betook myself to the Acacia Tree
of the [divine] Children. I lived in Abu in the House of the goddess Satet. I
made to sink in the water the boat of the enemies. I sailed over the lake [in
the temple] in the Neshmet Boat. I have looked upon the Sahu of Kamur. I have
been in Tetu. I have held my peace. I have made the god to be master of his
legs. I have been in the House of Teptuf. I have seen him, that is the Governor
of the Hall of the God. I have entered into the House of Osiris and I have
removed the head-coverings of him that is therein. I have entered into Rasta,
and I have seen the Hidden One who is therein. I was hidden, but I found the
boundary. I journeyed to Nerutef, and he who was therein covered me with a
garment. I have myrrh of women, together with the shenu powder of living folk.
Verily he (Osiris) told me the things which concerned himself. I said: Let thy
weighing of me be even as we desire.
And the Majesty of Anpu shall say unto me,
"Knowest thou the name of this door, and canst thou tell it?" And the
Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, in peace, whose word is truth,
shall say, "Khersek-Shu" is the name of this door. And the Majesty of
the god Anpu shall say unto me, "Knowest thou the name of the upper leaf,
and the name of the lower leaf?" [And the Osiris the scribe Ani] shall
say: "Neb-Maat-heri-retiu- f" is the name of the upper leaf and
"Neb-pehti-thesu-menment" [is the name of the lower leaf. And the
Majesty of the god Anpu shall say], "Pass on, for thou hast knowledge, O
Osiris the scribe, the assessor of the holy offerings of all the gods of Thebes
Ani, whose word is truth, the lord of loyal service [to Osiris]."
APPENDIX (From the Papyrus of Nu, Brit. Mus. No.
10477, Sheet 22)
[THE FOLLOWING] WORDS SHALL BE SAID BY THE STEWARD OF
THE KEEPER OF THE SEAL, NU, WHOSE WORD IS TRUTH, WHEN HE COMETH FORTH TO THE
HALL OF MAATI, SO THAT HE MAY BE SEPARATED FROM EVERY SIN WHICH HE HATH
COMMITTED, AND MAY BEHOLD THE FACES OF THE GODS. The Osiris Nu, whose word is
truth, saith: Homage to thee, O great God, Lord of Maati! I have come unto
thee, O my Lord, and I have brought myself hither that I may behold thy
beauties. I know thee, I know thy name, I know the names of the Forty-two Gods
who live with thee in this Hall of Maati, who live by keeping ward over
sinners, and who feed upon their blood on the day when the consciences of men
are reckoned up in the presence of the god Un- Nefer. In truth thy name is
"Rehti-Merti-Nebti-Maati." In truth I have come unto thee, I have
brought Maati (Truth) to thee. I have done away sin for thee. I have not
committed sins against men. I have not opposed my family and kinsfolk. I have
not acted fraudulently in the Seat of Truth. I have not known men who were of
no account. I have not wrought evil. I have not made it to be the first [consideration
daily that unnecessary] work should be done for me. I have not brought forward
my name for dignities. I have not [attempted] to direct servants [I have not
belittled God]. I have not defrauded the humble man of his property. I have not
done what the gods abominate. I have not vilified a slave to his master. I have
not inflicted pain. I have not caused anyone to go hungry. I have not made any
man to weep. I have not committed murder. I have not given the order for murder
to be committed. I have not caused calamities to befall men and women. I have
not plundered the offerings in the temples. I have not defrauded the gods of
their cake-offerings. I have not carried off the fenkhu cakes [offered to] the
Spirits. I have not committed fornication. I have not masturbated [in the
sanctuaries of the god of my city]. I have not diminished from the bushel. I
have not filched [land from my neighbour's estate and] added it to my own acre.
I have not encroached upon the fields [of others]. I have not added to the
weights of the scales. I have not depressed the pointer of the balance. I have
not carried away the milk from the mouths of children. I have not driven the
cattle away from their pastures. I have not snared the geese in the goose-pens
of the gods. I have not caught fish with bait made of the bodies of the same
kind of fish. I have not stopped water when it should flow. I have not made a
cutting in a canal of running water. I have not extinguished a fire when it
should burn. I have not violated the times [of offering] the chosen meat
offerings. I have not driven away the cattle on the estates of the gods. I have
not turned back the god at his appearances. I am pure. I am pure. I am pure. My
pure offerings are the pure offerings of that great Benu which dwelleth in
Hensu. For behold, I am the nose of Neb-nefu (the lord of the air), who giveth
sustenance unto all mankind, on the day of the filling of the Utchat in Anu, in
the second month of the season Pert, on the last of the month, [in the presence
of the Lord of this earth]. I have seen the filling of the Utchat in Anu,
therefore let not calamity befall me in this land, or in this Hall of Maati,
because I know the names of the gods who are therein, [and who are the
followers of the Great God].
THE NEGATIVE CONFESSION
Hail, Usekh-nemmt, who comest forth from Anu, I have
not committed sin. Hail, Hept-khet, who comest forth from Kher-aha, I have not
committed robbery with violence. Hail, Fenti, who comest forth from Khemenu, I
have not stolen. Hail, Am-khaibit, who comest forth from Qernet, I have not
slain men and women. Hail, Neha-her, who comest forth from Rasta, I have not
stolen grain. Hail, Ruruti, who comest forth from heaven, I have not purloined
offerings. Hail, Arfi-em-khet, who comest forth from Suat, I have not stolen
the property of God. Hail, Neba, who comest and goest, I have not uttered lies.
Hail, Set-qesu, who comest forth from Hensu, I have not carried away food.
Hail, Utu-nesert, who comest forth from Het-ka-Ptah, I have not uttered curses.
Hail, Qerrti, who comest forth from Amentet, I have not committed adultery, I
have not lain with men. Hail, Her-f-ha-f, who comest forth from thy cavern, I
have made none to weep. Hail, Basti, who comest forth from Bast, I have not
eaten the heart. Hail, Ta-retiu, who comest forth from the night, I have not
attacked any man. Hail, Unem-snef, who comest forth from the execution chamber,
I am not a man of deceit. Hail, Unem-besek, who comest forth from Mabit, I have
not stolen cultivated land. Hail, Neb-Maat, who comest forth from Maati, I have
not been an eavesdropper. Hail, Tenemiu, who comest forth from Bast, I have not
slandered [no man]. Hail, Sertiu, who comest forth from Anu, I have not been
angry without just cause. Hail, Tutu, who comest forth from Ati (the Busirite
Nome), I have not debauched the wife of any man. Hail, Uamenti, who comest
forth from the Khebt chamber, I have not debauched the wife of [any] man. Hail,
Maa-antuf, who comest forth from Per-Menu, I have not polluted myself. Hail,
Her-uru, who comest forth from Nehatu, I have terrorized none. Hail, Khemiu,
who comest forth from Kaui, I have not transgressed [the law]. Hail,
Shet-kheru, who comest forth from Urit, I have not been wroth. Hail, Nekhenu,
who comest forth from Heqat, I have not shut my ears to the words of truth.
Hail, Kenemti, who comest forth from Kenmet, I have not blasphemed. Hail,
An-hetep-f, who comest forth from Sau, I am not a man of violence. Hail,
Sera-kheru, who comest forth from Unaset, I have not been a stirrer up of strife.
Hail, Neb-heru, who comest forth from Netchfet, I have not acted with undue
haste. Hail, Sekhriu, who comest forth from Uten, I have not pried into
matters. Hail, Neb-abui, who comest forth from Sauti, I have not multiplied my
words in speaking. Hail, Nefer-Tem, who comest forth from Het-ka-Ptah, I have
wronged none, I have done no evil. Hail, Tem-Sepu, who comest forth from Tetu,
I have not worked witchcraft against the king. Hail, Ari-em-ab-f, who comest
forth from Tebu, I have never stopped [the flow of] water. Hail, Ahi, who
comest forth from Nu, I have never raised my voice. Hail, Uatch-rekhit, who
comest forth from Sau, I have not cursed God. Hail, Neheb-ka, who comest forth
from thy cavern, I have not acted with arrogance. Hail, Neheb-nefert, who
comest forth from thy cavern, I have not stolen the bread of the gods. Hail,
Tcheser-tep, who comest forth from the shrine, I have not carried away the
khenfu cakes from the Spirits of the dead. Hail, An-af, who comest forth from
Maati, I have not snatched away the bread of the child, nor treated with
contempt the god of my city. Hail, Hetch-abhu, who comest forth from Ta-she
(the Fayyum), I have not slain the cattle belonging to the god.
APPENDIX (From the Papyrus of Nebseni)
Hail, Usekh-nemmt, who comest forth from Anu, I have
not committed sin. Hail, Hept-Shet, who comest forth from Kher-aha, I have not
robbed with violence. Hail, Fenti, who comest forth from Khemenu, I have done
no violence. Hail, Am-khaibitu, who comest forth from Qerrt, I have not stolen.
Hail, Neha-hau, who comest forth from Rasta, I have not slain men. Hail,
Ruruti, who comest forth from heaven, I have not made light the bushel. Hail,
Arti-f-em-tes, who comest forth from Sekhem, I have not acted deceitfully.
Hail, Neba, who comest and goest, I have not stolen the property of the god.
Hail, Set-qesu, who comest forth from Hensu, I have not told lies. Hail,
Uatch-nesert, who comest forth from Het-ka-Ptah, I have not carried away food.
Hail, Qerti, who comest forth from Amenti, I have not uttered evil words. Hail,
Hetch-abhu, who comest from Ta-she, I have attacked no man. Hail, Unem-snef,
who comest forth from the execution chamber, I have not salin a bull which was
the property of the god. Hail, Unem-besku, who comest [forth from the Mabet
chamber], I have not acted deceitfully. Hail, Neb-maat, who comest forth from
Maati, I have not pillaged the lands which have been ploughed. Hail, Thenemi,
who comest forth from Bast, I have never pried into matters [to make mischief].
Hail, Aati, who comest forth from Anu, I have not set my mouth in motion. Hail,
Tutuf, who comest from from A, I have not been wroth except with reason. Hail,
Uamemti, who comest forth from the execution chamber, I have not debauched the
wife of a man. Hail, Maa-anuf, who comest forth from Per-Menu, I have not
polluted myself. Hail, Heri-uru, who comest forth from [Nehatu], I have
terrorized no man. Hail, Khemi, who comest forth from Ahaui, I have not made
attacks. Hail, Shet-kheru, who comest forth from Uri, I have not been a man of
anger. Hail, Nekhem, who comest forth from Heq-at, I have not turned a deaf ear
to the words of truth. Hail, Ser-Kheru, who comest forth from Unes, I have not
stirred up strife. Hail, Basti, who comest forth from Shetait, I have made none
to weep. Hail, Her-f-ha-f, who comest forth from thy cavern, I have not
committed acts of sexual impurity, or lain with men. Hail, Ta-ret, who comest
forth from Akhkhu, I have not eaten my heart. Hail, Kenmti, who comest forth
from Kenmet, I have cursed no man. Hail, An-hetep-f, who comest forth from Sau,
I have not acted in a violent or oppressive manner. Hail, Neb-heru, who comest
forth from Tchefet, I have not acted [or judged] hastily. Hail, Serekhi, who
comest forth from Unth, I have not.... my hair, I have not harmed the god.
Hail, Neb-abui, who comest forth from Sauti, I have not multiplied my speech
overmuch. Hail, Nefer-Tem, who comest forth from Het-ka-Ptah, I have not acted
with deciet, I have not worked wickedness. Hail, Tem-Sep, who comest forth from
Tetu, I have not done things to effect the cursing of [the king]. Hail,
Ari-em-ab-f, who comest forth from Tebti, I have not stopped the flow of water.
Hail, Ahi-mu, who comest forth from Nu, I have not raised my voice. Hail, Utu-rekhit,
who comest forth from thy house, I have not curse God. Hail, Neheb-Nefert, who
comest forth from the Lake of Nefer, I have not acted with insufferable
insolence. Hail, Neheb-kau, who comest forth from [thy] city, I have not sought
to make myself unduly distinguished. Hail, Tcheser-tep, who comest forth from
thy cavern, I have not increased my wealth except through such things are
[justly] my own possessions. Hail, An-a-f, who comest forth from Auker, I have
not scorned [or treated with contempt] the god of my town.
ADDRESS TO THE GODS OF THE TUAT (From the Papyrus of
Nu, Brit. Mus. No. 10477, Sheet 24)
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE WORDS WHICH THE HEART OF TRUTH
THAT IS SINLESS SHALL SAY WHEN HE COMETH WITH THE WORD OF TRUTH INTO THE HALL
OF MAATI; THEY SHALL BE SAID WHEN HE COMETH TO THE GODS WHO DWELL IN THE TUAT;
AND THEY ARE THE WORDS WHICH ARE [TO BE SAID] AFTER [HE COMETH FORTH FROM] THE
HALL OF MAATI.
Nu, the steward of the keeper of the seal, whose word
is truth, saith:- Homage to you, O ye gods who dwell in your Hall of Maati! I
know you, I know your names. Let me not fall under your knives of slaughter,
and bring ye not forward my wickedness to this god in whose following ye are.
Let not evil hap come upon me through you. Speak ye the truth concerning me in
the presence of Neb-er-tcher, for I have done what is right and just in
Ta-Mera. I have not cursed the god, and my evil hap did not come upon him that
was king in his day.
Homage to you, O ye who dwell in your Hall of Maati,
who have nothing false in your bodies, who live upon Truth, who feed yourselves
upon Truth in the presence of Horus who dwelleth in his Disk, deliver ye me
from Beba, who feedeth upon the livers of the great ones on the day of the
Great Judgment. Grant ye that I may come before you, for I have not committed
sin, I have done no act of deceit, I have done no evil thing, and I have not
borne [false] witness; therefore let nothing [evil] be done to me. I have lived
upon truth, I have fed upon truth, I have performed the ordinances of men, and
the things which gratify the gods. I have propitiated the god by doing his
will, I have given bread to the hungry man, and water to him that was athirst,
and apparel to the naked man, and a ferry-boat to him that had no boat. I have
made propitiatory offerings and given cakes to the gods, and the "things
which appear at the word" to the Spirits. Deliver then ye me, protect then
ye me, and make ye no report against me in the presence [of the Great God]. I
am pure in respect of my mouth, and I am clean in respect of my hands,
therefore let it be said unto me by those who shall behold me: "Come in
peace, Come in peace." For I have heard that great word which the Sahu
spake to the CAT, in the House of Hapt-ra. I have borne witness to Her- f-ha-f,
and he hath given a decision [concerning me]. I have seen the things over which
the Persea tree which is in Rasta, spreadeth its branches. I have made
petitions to the gods, [and I] know the things [which appertain to] their
bodies. I have come, travelling a long road, to bear righteous testimony, and
to set the Balance upon its supports within Aukert.
Hail, thou who art exalted high upon thy standard,
thou Lord of the Atef Crown, who dost make thy name to be "Lord of the
Winds," deliver thou me from thy divine Envoys who punish and afflict
according to [thy] decrees, and who make calamities to arise, and whose faces
are without coverings, for I have done what is right and true for the Lord of
Truth. I am pure. My breast is purified by libations, and my hinder parts are
made clean with the things which make clean, and my inner parts have been
dipped in the Lake of Truth. There is no single member of mine which lacketh
truth. I have washed myself clean in the Lake of the South. I have rested
myself in the City of the North, which is in Sekhet Sanhemu (the Field of the
Grasshoppers), where the mariners of Ra wash themselves clean at the second
hour of the night, and at the third hour of the day. The hearts of the gods are
gratified when they have passed over it, whether it be by night or whether it
be by day, and they say unto me, "Let thyself advance." They say unto
me, "Who art thou?" And they say unto me, "What is thy
name?" [And I reply], "Sept-kheri-nehait- ammi-beq-f" is my
name. Then they say unto me, "Advance straightway on the city which is to
the North of the Olive Tree. What dost thou see there?" The Leg and the
Thigh. What dost thou say unto them? Let me see rejoicings in these lands of
the Fenkhu. What do they give unto thee? A flame of fire and a sceptre-amulet
[made] of crystal. What dost thou do with them? I bury them on the furrow of
M'naat, as things for the night. What dost thou find on the furrow of Maat? A
sceptre of flint, the name of which is "Giver of winds." What now
didst thou do with the flame of fire and the sceptre-amulet [made] of crystal,
after thou didst bury them? I said a spell over them, and I dug them up. I
quenched the flame of fire and I broke the sceptre-amulet, and I made a lake of
water. [Then shall the Two and forty gods say unto me]: "Come now, pass in
over the threshold of this door of the Hall of Maati, for thou hast knowledge
of us." "We will not allow thee to enter in over us," say the
bars of this door, "unless thou tellest us our names." [And I reply],
"Tekh-bu- maa" is your name. The right lintel of this door saith:
"I will not allow thee to pass over me unless thou tellest me my
name." [And I reply], "Henku-en-fat-maat" is thy name. The left
lintel of this door saith: "I will not allow thee to pass over me unless
thou tellest me my name." [And I reply], "Henku-en-arp" is thy
name. The ground of this door saith: "I will not allow thee to pass over
me unless thou tellest me my name." [And I reply], "Aua-en-Keb"
is thy name. And the bolt of this door saith: "I will not open the door to
thee unless thou tellest me my name." [And I reply],
"Saah-en-mut-f" is thy name. The socket of the fastening of this door
saith: "I will not open unto thee unless thou tellest my name." [And
I reply], "The Living Eye of Sebek, the Lord of Bakhau," is thy name.
The Doorkeeper of this door saith: "I will not open to thee, and I will
not let thee enter by me unless thou tellest my name." [And I reply],
"Elbow of the god Shu who placeth himself to protect Osiris" is thy
name. The posts of this door say: "We will not let thee pass in by us
unless thou tellest our name." [And I reply], "Children of the
uraei-goddesses" is your name. The Doorkeeper of this door saith: "I
will not open to thee, and I will not let thee enter in by me unless thou
tellest my name. [And I reply], "Ox of Keb" is thy name. [And they
reply], "Thou knowest us, pass in therefore by us." The ground of
this Hall of Maati saith: "I will not let thee tread upon me [unless thou
tellest me my name], for I am silent. I am holy because I know the names of two
feet wherewith thou wouldst walk upon me. Declare, then, them to me." [And
I reply], "Besu-Ahu" is the name of my right foot, and
"Unpet-ent-Het-Heru" is the name of my left foot. [The ground
replieth]: "Thou knowest us, enter in therefore over us." The
Doorkeeper of this Hall of Maati saith: "I will not announce thee unless
thou tellest my name." [And I reply], "Discerner of hearts, searcher
of bellies" is thy name. [The Doorkeeper saith]: "Thou shalt be
announced." [He saith]: "Who is the god who dwelleth in his hour?
Speak it" [And I reply], "Au-taui." [He saith]: "Explain
who he is." [And I reply], "Au- taui" is Thoth. "Come
now," saith Thoth, "for what purpose hast thou come?" [And I
reply]: "I have come, and have journeyed hither that my name may be
announced [to the god]." [Thoth saith]: "In what condition art
thou?" [And I reply], "I, even I, am purified from evil defects, and
I am wholly free from the curses of those who live in their days, and I am not one
of their number." [Thoth saith]: "Therefore shall [thy name] be
announced to the god." [Thoth saith]: "Tell me, who is he whose
heaven is of fire, whose walls are living serpents, and whose ground is a
stream of water? Who is he?" [And I reply], "He is Osiris."
[Thoth saith]: "Advance now, [thy name] shall be announced to him. Thy
cakes shall come from the Utchat (Eye of Horus or Ra), thy ale shall come from
the Utchat, and the offerings which shall appear to thee at the word upon earth
[shall proceed] from the Utchat." This is what Osiris hath decreed for the
steward of the overseer of the seal, Nu, whose word is truth.
RUBRIC: THE MAKING OF THE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT SHALL
HAPPEN IN THIS HALL OF MAATI. This Chapter shall be said by the deceased when
he is cleansed and purified, and is arrayed in linen apparel, and is shod with
sandals of white leather, and his eyes are painted with antimony, and his body
is anointed with unguent made of myrrh. And he shall present as offerings oxen,
and feathered fowl, and incense, and cakes and ale, and garden herbs. And
behold, thou shalt draw a representation of this in colour upon a new tile
moulded from earth upon which neither a pig nor any other animal hath trodden.
And if this book be done [in writing, the deceased] shall flourish, and his
children shall flourish, and [his name] shall never fall into oblivion, and he
shall be as one who filleth the heart of the king and of his princes. And
bread, and cakes, and sweetmeats, and wine, and pieces of flesh shall be given
unto him [from among those which are] upon the altar of the Great God. And he
shall not be driven back from any door in Amentet, and he shall be led along
with the kings of the South and the kings of the North, and he shall be among
the bodyguard of Osiris, continually and regularly for ever. [And he shall come
forth in every form he pleaseth as a living soul for ever, and ever, and ever.]
THE CHAPTER OF THE DEIFICATION OF THE MEMBERS
The hair of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is
the hair of Nu. The face of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is the face of
Ra. The eyes of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the eyes of Hathor.
The ears of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the ears of Up- uatu. The
lips of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the lips of Anpu. The teeth of
the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the teeth of Serqet. The cheeks of the
Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the cheeks of Isis. The arms of the Osiris
Ani, whose word is truth, are the arms of Ba- neb-Tetu. The neck of the Osiris
Ani, whose word is truth, is the neck of Uatchit. The throat of the Osiris Ani,
whose word is truth, is the throat of Mert. The breast of the Osiris Ani, whose
word is truth, is the breast of the Lady of Sais. The backbone of the Osiris
Ani, whose word is truth, is the backbone of Set. The trunk of the Osiris Ani,
whose word is truth, is the trunk of the Lords of Kher-aha. The flesh of the
Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is the flesh of Aa- shefit. The belly of the
Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is the belly of Sekhmet. The buttocks of the
Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the buttocks of the Eye of Horus. The
phallus of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is the phallus of Osiris. The
thighs of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the thighs of Nut. The feet
of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the feet of Ptah. The fingers of
the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the fingers of Saah. The toes of the
Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the toes of the Living Uraei.
APPENDIX (From the Pyramid of Pepi I, ll. 565ff.)
The head of this Meri-Ra is the head of Horus; he
cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. The skull of this Pepi is the
Dekan star of the god; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. The
brow of this Meri-Ra is the brow of..... and Nu; he cometh forth therefore and
ascendeth into heaven. The face of this Pepi is the face of Up-uatu; he cometh
forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. The eyes of this Meri-Ra are the
eyes of the Great Lady, the first of the Souls of Anu; he cometh forth
therefore and ascendeth into heaven. The nose of this Pepi is the nose of
Thoth; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. The mouth of this
Meri-Ra is the mouth of Khens-ur; he cometh forth therefore, and ascendeth
therefore, and ascendeth therefore into heaven. The tongue of this Pepi is the
tongue of Maaa (Truth) in the Maat Boat; he cometh forth therefore and
ascendeth into heaven. The teeth of this Pepi are the teeth of the Souls of
[Anu]; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. The lips of this
Meri-Ra are the lips of........; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into
heaven. The chin of this Pepi is the chin of Nest-khent-Sekhem (the throne of
the First Lady of Sekhem); he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven.
The thes bone of this Pepi is the thes bone of the Bull Sma; he cometh forth
therefore and ascendeth into heaven. The soulders of this Pepi are the
shoulders of Set; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. [The......
of this Pepi].........; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven.
[The......of this Pepi] ........of Baabu; he cometh forth therefore and
ascendeth into heaven. The breast of this Meri-Ra is the breast of Bast; he
cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. The belly of this Meri-Ra is
the belly of Nut; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven.
[The........of this Pepi] ........; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth
into heaven. [The........of this Pepi] .......of the two Companies of the gods;
he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. The two thighs of this
Pepi are the two thighs of Heqet; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into
heaven. The buttocks of this Meri-Ra are like the Semktet Boat and the Mantchet
Boat; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. The phallus of this
Pepi is the phallus of the Hep Bull; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth
into heaven. The legs of this Meri-Ra are the legs of Net (Neith) and Serqet;
he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. The knees of this Meri-Ra
are the knees of the twin Souls who are at the head of the Sekhet-Tcher; he
cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. The soles of this Meri-Ra are
like the Maati Boat; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. The
toes of this Pepi are the toes of the Souls of Anu; he cometh forth therefore
and ascendeth into heaven. Now this Pepi is a god, the son of a god; he cometh
forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. This Pepi is the son of Ra, who
loveth him; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. Ra hath sent
forth Meri-Ra; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. Ra hath
begotten [this] Pepi; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. Ra
hath given birth to Pepi; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven.
This spell therefore is in the body of Meri-Ra; he cometh forth therefore and
ascendeth into heaven. This Meri-Ra is the Power, the Great Power, among the
Great Council of Chiefs in Anu; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into
heaven. He worketh the boat; Pepi cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into
heaven. [Pepi is] Horus, the nursling, the child; Meri-Ra cometh forth
therefore and ascendeth into heaven. Pepi hath not had union with Nut, she hath
not given her hands to him; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into
heaven. Keb hath not removed the obstacles in his path; he cometh forth
therefore and ascendeth into heaven. No god hath smitten the steps of this
Meri-Ra; he come forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. [Though] Pepi is
not censed is not mourned, hath not washed himself in the vessel, hath not
smelt the haunch, hath not carried the meat- offering, hath not ploughed the
earth, hath not dedicated an offering, he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth
into heaven. Behold, it is not this Pepi who hath said these things to you, O
ye gods, it is Heka who hath said these things to you, O ye gods, and this
Meri-Ra is the support which is under Heka; he cometh forth therefore and
ascendeth into heaven. Every god smiteth the feet of Pepi; he cometh forth
therefore and ascendeth into heaven. He plougheth the earth, he dedicateth an
offering, he bringeth the vessel of [blood], he smelleth the haunch, and he
bringeth the meat offering; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into
heaven. Every god graspeth the hand of Meri-Ra in heaven,
He conducteth him to the House of Horus in the sky.
The word of his Double is truth before Keb.
THE CHAPTER OF REPULSING SLAUGHTER IN HENSU (From the
Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 6)
THE CHAPTER OF DRIVING BACK THE SLAUGHTERS WHICH ARE
PERFORMED IN HENSU. The Osiris Nu, whose word is truth, saith:- O thou land of
the Sceptre! O thou White Crown of the divine form! O thou rest of the
ferry-boat! I am the Child. (Repeat four times). Hail, Abu-ur! Thou sayest
daily: "The slaughter-block is made ready as thou knowest, and thou hast
come to destruction." I am Ra, who stablisheth those who praise him. I am
the Knot of the god in the Aser tree, the twice beautiful one, who is more
splendid to-day than yesterday. (Repeat four times). I am Ra, who stablisheth
those who praise him. I am the Knot of the god within the Aser tree, and my
appearance is the appearance [of Ra] on this day.
My hair is the hair of Nu. My face is the face of the
Disk. My eyes are the eyes of Hathor. My ears are the ears of Up-uat. My nose
is the nose of Khenti-Khabas. My lips are the lips of Anpu. My teeth are the
teeth of Serqet. My cheeks are the cheeks of the goddess Isis. My hands are the
hands of Ba-neb-Tet. My forearms are the forearms of Neith, the Lady of Sais.
My backbone is the backbone of Suti. My phallus is the phallus of Beba. My
reins are the reins of the Lords of Kher-aha. My chest is the chest of
Aa-shefit. My belly and back are the belly and back of Sekhmet. My buttocks are
the buttocks of the Eye of Horus. My hips and legs are the hips and legs of
Nut. My feet are the feet of Ptah. [My fingers] and my toes are the [fingers
and] toes of the Living gods. There is no member of my body which is not the
member of a god. Thoth protecteth my body altogether, and I am Ra day by day. I
shall not be dragged back by my arms, and none shall lay violent hold upon my
hands. And shall do me hurt neither men, nor gods, nor the Spirit-souls, nor the
dead, nor any man, nor any pat-spirit, nor any rekhit-spirit, nor any
hememet-spirit.
I am he who cometh forth advancing, whose name is
unknown. I am Yesterday. "Seer of Millions of Years" is my name. I
pass along, I pass along the paths of the divine celestial judges. I am the
Lord of Eternity: I decree and I judge like Khepera. I am the Lord of the Urrt
Crown. I am he who dwelleth in the Utchat and in the Egg, and it is granted
unto me to live therein. I am he who dwelleth in the Utchat when it closeth,
and I exist by the strength thereof. I come forth and I shine; I enter in and I
come to life. I am in the Utchat, my seat is upon my throne, and I sit in the
tent chamber before it. I am Horus. [I] traverse millions of years. I have
decreed [the stablishing] of my throne, and I am the ruler thereof; and in very
truth my mouth keepeth an even balance both in speech and in silence. In very
truth my forms are inverted. I am Un-Nefer, from one period even unto another,
and what I have is within me. I am the only One, who proceedeth from an only
One, who goeth round about in his course. I am he who dwelleth in the Utchat.
No evil thing of any shape or kind shall spring up against me, and no baleful
object, and no harmful thing, and no disastrous thing shall happen unto me. I
open the door in heaven. I rule my throne. I open the way for the births which
take place on this day. I am the child who traverseth the road of Yesterday. I
am To-day for untold nations and peoples. I am he who protecteth you for
millions of years. Whether ye be denizens of heaven, or of the earth, or of the
South, or of the North, or of the East, or of the West, the fear of me is in
your bodies. I am he whose being hath been wrought in his eye. I shall not die
again. My moment is in your bodies, but my forms are in my place of habitation.
I am "He who cannot be known." The Red Fiends have their faces
directed against me. I am the unveiled one. The period when the heavens were
created for me and were enlarged the bounds of earth, and multiplied the
progeny thereof, cannot be found out. They shall fail and not be united again.
By reason of the speech which I address to you, my name setteth itself apart
from all things evil which are in the mouths of men. I am he who riseth and
shineth, a wall which cometh out of a wall, an only One who proceedeth from an
only One. There is never a day that passeth without the things which appertain
unto him being therein; passing, passing, passing, passing. Verily I say unto
thee, I am the Plant which cometh forth from Nu, and my mother is Nut. Hail, my
creator, I am he who hath no power to walk, the Great Knot who dwelleth in
Yesterday. The might of my strength is within my hand, I am not known [by
thee], but I am he who knoweth thee. I cannot be held in the hand, but I am he
who can hold thee in his hand. Hail, O Egg! Hail, O Egg! I am Horus who liveth
for millions of years, whose flame shineth upon you, and bringeth your hearts
unto me. I am master of my throne. I advance at this season. I have opened a
path. I have delivered myself from all evil things. I am the golden dog-headed
ape, three palms and two fingers [high], which hath neither arms nor legs, and
which dwelleth in Het-ka-Ptah. I go forth as goeth forth the dog-headed ape who
dwelleth in Het-ka-Ptah.
RUBRIC: Behold the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth,
arrayed in fine linen, and shod with sandals of white [leather], and anointed
with the very finest myrrh unguent. There are offered unto him a fine bull, and
incense, and ra geese, and flowers, and ale, and cakes, and garden herbs. And
behold, thou shalt draw a representation of a table of offerings on a clean
tile with pure colours, and thou shalt bury it in a field whereon no swine hath
trodden. And if a copy of this book be written upon it, he shall rise [again],
and his children's children shall flourish and prosper, like unto Ra, without
cessation. He shall be in high favour with the king, and with the shenit nobles
of his court, and there shall be given unto him cakes and cups of drink, and
portions of flesh, upon the altar-table of the Great God. He shall not thrust
aside at any door in Amentet; he shall travel in the train of the Kings of the
South and the Kings of the North, and he shall abide with the followers of
Osiris near Un-Nefer, for ever, and for ever, and for ever.
Vignette (From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 24)
The steward of the overseer of the seal, Nu, whose
word is truth, begotten of the steward of the overseer of the seal, Amen-hetep,
whose word is truth, saith:- Hail, ye Four Apes who sit in the bows of the Boat
of Ra, who convey truth to Nebertcher, who sit in judgment on the oppressed man
and on [his] oppressor, who make the gods to be contented by means of the flame
of your mouths, who offer holy offerings to the gods, and sepulchral meals to
the Spirit-souls, who live upon truth, and who feed upon truth of heart, who
are without deceit and fraud, and to whom wickedness is an abomination, do ye
away with my evil deeds, and put ye away my sins [which deserved stripes upon
earth, and destroy ye every evil thing which appertaineth to me], and let there
be no obstacle whatsoever on my part towards you. O grant ye that I may make my
way through the Amehet, let me enter into Rasta, let me pass through the hidden
pylons of Ament. O grant that there may be given unto me shens cakes, and ale,
and persen cakes, even as to the living Spirit-souls, and grant that I may
enter into and come forth from Rasta.
[The Four Apes make answer, saying]: Come thou, for we
have done away with thy wickedness, and we have put away thy sin, along with
thy sins upon earth which deserved stripes, and we have destroyed every evil
thing which appertained to thee upon earth. Enter, therefore, unto Rasta, and
pass through the hidden pylons of Amentet, and there shall be given unto thee
shens cakes, and ale, and persen cakes, and thou shalt come forth and shalt
enter in at thy desire, even as do those who are favoured [of the God], and
thou shalt be called [to partake of offerings] each day in the horizon.
THE CHAPTER OF A TET OF GOLD. The Osiris Ani, whose
word is truth, saith:- Thou risest up for thyself, O Still-heart! Thou shinest
for thyself, O Still-heart! Place thou thyself on thy base, I come, I bring
unto thee a Tet of gold, thou shalt rejoice therein.
APPENDIX (From the Papyrus of Nebseni and the Papyrus
of Nu)
Rise up thou, O Osiris, thou hast thy backbaone, O
Still-heart, thou hast thy neck vertebrae and thy back, O Still-heart! Place
thou thyself on thy base. I put water beneath thee, and I bring unto thee a Tet
of god that thou mayest rejoice therein.
RUBRIC (From the Papyrus of Nu): [This Chapter] shall
be recited over a Tet of gold set in a stand made of sycamore wood which hath
been steeped in a tincture of ankhamu flowers, and it shall be placed on the
neck of the deceased on the day of the funeral. If this amulet be placed on his
neck he shall become a perfect Khu in Khert-Neter, and at the festivals of the
New Year he shall be like unto the Followers of Osiris continually and for
ever.
RUBRIC (From the Turin Papyrus): [This Chapter] shall
be said over a Tet of gold fashioned out of the trunk of a sycamore tree, and
it shall be placed on the neck of the deceased. Then shall he enter in through
the doors of the Tuat. His words whall be silenced. He shall place himself on
the ground on New Year's Day among the Followers of Osiris. If this Chapter be
known by the deceased he shall live like a perfect Khu in Khert-Neter. He shall
not be sent back from the doors of Amentet. There shall be given to him the
shens cake, and a cup of wine, and the persen cake, and slices of meat on the
altars of Ra, or as some read, Osiris Un-Nefer. And his word shall be truth
before his enemies in Khert-Neter continually, and for ever and for ever.
THE CHAPTER OF A TET OF CARNELIAN. The Osiris Ani,
whose word is truth, saith:- The blood of Isis, the spells of Isis, the magical
powers of Isis, shall make this great one strong, and shall be an amulet of
protection [against him] that would do to him the things which he abominateth.
APPENDIX
RUBRIC (From the Papyrus of Nu): [This Chapter] shall
be said over a Tet of carnelian, which hath been washed in a tincture of
ankhamu flowers, and is fashioned out of the trunk of a sycamore tree. It shall
be placed on the neck of the deceased on the day of the funeral. If this be
done for him the magical powers of Isis will protect his members. Horus, the
son of Isis, shall rejoice when he seeth him. [No] road shall be blocked to
him. His hand shall be to heaven, his hand shall be to earth, for ever. Do not
let anyone see him. Verily....
RUBRIC (From the Saite Recension): [This Chapter]
shall be said over a Tet of carnelian, anointed with a tincture of ankhamu
flowers, made from the trunk of a sycamore tree. It shall be placed on the neck
of the Khu. If this book be done for him, the magical spells of Isis shall
protect him, and Horus the son of Isis shall rejoice [when] he seeth him. No
road shall be blocked to him. His hand shall be to heaven, his hand shall be to
earth....... If this book be known by him he shall be in the following of
Osiris Un-Nefer, and his word shall be truth in Khert- Neter. The doors in
Khert-Neter shall be opened to him. Wheat and barley shall be given to him in
Sekhet-Aanru. His name shall be like [the names of] the gods who are there, the
Followers of Horus who reap.
THE CHAPTER OF A HEART OF SEHERT STONE. The Osiris
Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am the Benu bird, the Heart-soul of Ra, the
guide of the gods to the Tuat. Their Heart-souls come forth upon earth to do
what their KAU wish to do, and the Heart-soul of the Osiris Ani shall come
forth to do what his Ka wisheth to do.
THE CHAPTER OF THE HEAD-REST, which is to be placed
under the head of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth. Awake out of thy
sufferings, O thou who liest prostrate! Awake thou! Thy head is in the horizon.
I lift thee up, O thou whose word is truth. Ptah hath overthrown thine enemies
for thee. Thine enemies have fallen, and they shall never more exist, O Osiris.
APPENDIX (From the Papyrus of Nebseni, Sheet 21)
THE CHAPTER OF THE HEAD-REST [OR PILLOW]. Awake out of
thy sufferings, O thou who liest prostrate. They (the gods) keep watch over thy
head in the horizon. Thou art lifted up, thy word is truth in respect of the
things which have been done by thee. Ptah hath cast down headlong thine
enemies. This work was ordered to be done for thee. Thou art Horus, the son of
Hathor, Nesert, Nesertet, who giveth back the head after it hath been cut off.
Thy head shall not be carried away from thee, after [it hath been cut off]; thy
head shall be carried away from thee, never, never!
THE TEXTS IN THE FUNERAL CHAMBER
SPEECH OF ISIS. Isis saith:- I have come to be a
protector unto thee. I waft unto thee air for thy nostrils, and the north wind
which cometh forth from the god Tem unto thy nose. I have made whole for thee
thy windpipe. I make thee to live like a god. Thine enemies have fallen under
thy feet. I have made thy word to be true before Nut, and thou art mighty
before the gods.
SPEECH OF NEPHTHYS. Nephthys saith unto the Osiris
Ani, whose word is truth:- I go round about thee to protect thee, O brother
Osiris. I have come to be a protector unto thee. [My strength shall be near
thee, my strength shall be near thee, for ever. Ra hath heard thy cry, and the
gods have made thy word to be truth. Thou art raised up. Thy word is truth in
respect of what hath been done unto thee. Ptah hath overthrown thy foes, and
thou art Horus, the son of Hathor.]
SPEECH OF THE TET. I have come quickly, and I have
driven back the footsteps of th god whose face is hidden. I have illumined his
sanctuary. I stand near the god Tet on the day of repelling disaster. I watch
to protect thee, O Osiris.
SPEECH OF KESTA (Mesta). I am Kesta, thy son, O Osiris
Ani, whose word is truth. I come to protect thee. I will make thy house to
flourish, permanently, even as Ptah hath commanded me, and as Ra himself hath
commanded.
SPEECH OF HAPI. I am Hapi, thy son, O Osiris Ani,
whose word is truth. I come to protect thee. I bind together thy head and the
members of thy body. I smite down for thee thine enemies under thee. I give
unto thee thy head for ever and for ever, O Osiris Ani, whose word is truth,
whose word is truth in peace.
SPEECH OF TUAMUTEF. Tuamutef saith:- I am thy son
Horus, who loveth thee. I come to avenge thee, O my father Osiris, upon him
that did evil unto thee. I have set him under thy feet for ever and for ever,
permanently, permanently, O Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, whose word is
truth.
SPEECH OF QEBHSENUF. Qebsenuf saith:- I am thy son, O
Osiris Ani, whose word is truth. I come to protect thee. I have collected thy
bones and I have gathered together thy members. [I have brought thy heart, and
I have placed it upon its throne within thy body. I make thy house to flourish
after thee, O thou who livest for ever.]
SPEECH OF THE FLAME. I protect thee with this flame. I
drive him [the foe] away from the valley of the tomb. I cast the sand about
[thy feet]. I embrace the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in peace.
SPEECH OF THE FLAME. I come to hew in pieces. I have
not been hewn in pieces, and I will not permit thee to be hewn in pieces. I
come to do violence [to thy foe], but I will not permit violence to be done
unto thee. I protect thee.
A SOUL SAITH:- The Osiris Ani, whose is truth,
praiseth Ra when he rolleth up into the sky in the eastern horizon of heaven.
A SOUL SAITH:- The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in
peace in Khert- Neter, praiseth Ra when he setteth in the western horizon of
heaven, [and saith], "I am a perfect soul."
SPEECH OF ANI. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth,
saith:- I am a perfect soul dwelling in the divine egg of the Abtu Fish. I am
the Great Cat which dwelleth in the Seat of Truth, wherein the god Shu riseth.
SPEECH OF THE USHABTI FIGURE [THE CHAPTER OF NOT DOING
WORK IN KHERT- NETER]. Illumine the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth. Hail,
Shabti Figure! If the Osiris Ani be decreed to do any of the work which is to
be done in Khert-Neter, let everything which standeth in the way be removed
from him- whether it be to plough the fields, or to fill the channels with
water, or to carry sand from [the East to the West]. The Shabti Figure
replieth: I will do it, verily I am here [when] thou callest.
APPENDIX (From the Papyrus of Nu and the Papyrus of
Nebseni)
The Speech of Anpu: Anubis the dweller in the mummy
chamber, Governor of the Divine House, layeth his hands upon the lord of life,
the scribe, the draughtsman of Ptah, Nebseni, the lord of fealty, begotten of
the scribe and mason Thena, born of the lady of the house Mut-rest, whose word
is truth, and devoting himself to him as his guardian, saith:- Homage to thee,
thou happy one, lord! Thou seest the Utchat. Ptah-Seker hath bound thee up.
Anpu hath exalted thee. Shu hath raised thee up, O Beautiful Face, thou
governor of eternity. Thou hast thine eye, O scribe Nebseni, lord of fealty,
and it is beautiful. Thy right eye is like the Sektet Boat, thy left eye is
like the Atet Boat. Thine eyebrows are fair to see in the presence of the
Company of the Gods. Thy brow is under the protection of Anpu, and thy head and
face, O beautiful one, are before the holy Hawk. Thy fingers have been
stablished by thy scribe's craft in the presence of the Lord of Khemenu, Thoth,
who hath bestowed upon thee the knowledge of the speech of the holy books. Thy
beard is beautiful in the sight of Ptah-Seker, and thou, O scribe Nebseni, thou
lord of fealty, art beautiful before the Great Company of the Gods. The Great
God looketh upon thee, and he leadeth thee along the path of happiness.
Sepulchral meals are bestowed upon thee, and he overthroweth for thee thine
enemies, setting them under thy feet in the presence of the Great Company of
the Gods who dwell in the House of the Great Aged One which is in Anu.
[HERE] BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF SEKHET-HETEPET, AND THE
CHAPTERS OF COMING FORTH BY DAY, OF ENTERING INTO AND COMING FORTH FROM
KHERT-NETER, OF ARRIVING IN SEKHET-AANRU, AND OF LIVING IN PEACE IN THE GREAT
CITY, THE LADY OF WINDS. [The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth,
saith:-] Let me be master there. Let me be a khu there. Let me plough there.
Let me reap there. Let me eat there. Let me drink there. [Let me beget there].
Let me do there all the things which one doeth upon earth. The Osiris Ani,
whose word is truth, saith:- Horus vanquished Set when [he] looked at the
building of Sekhet-Hetepet. [He] spread air over the Divine Soul in its Egg, in
its day. He delivered the interior of the body of Horus [from the Akeru Gods].
I have crowned him in the House of Shu. His house is the stars. Behold, I take
up my place in its nomes. He hath guided the hearts of the Company of the
Firstborn Gods. He hath reconciled the Two Fighters (Horus and Set), the
guardians of life. He hath done what is fair, bringing an offering. He hath
reconciled the Two Fighters with him that belongeth to them. He hath cut off
the hairy scalp of the Two Fighters. He hath destroyed the revolts of [their]
children. I have done away all the evil which attacked their souls. I am master
in [Sekhet-Hetepet]. I know it. I have sailed over its lakes that I might
arrive at the cities thereof. I have made strong my mouth. The Spirit-souls are
ready [to fight], but they shall not gain the mastery over me. I am equipped in
thy Fields, O god Hetep. What thou wishest thou shalt do, [saith this god].
APPENDIX (From the Papyrus of Nebseni, Sheet 17)
HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF SEKHET-HETEPET, AND THE
CHAPTERS OF COMING FORTH BY DAY; OF GOING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM KHERT-NETER;
OF ARRIVAL IN SEKHET-AARU; OF LIVING IN SEKHET-HETEPET, THE MIGHTY CITY, THE
LADY OF WINDS; OF HAVING POWER THEREIN; OF BECOMING A SPIRIT-SOUL THERE; OF
PLOUGHING THERE; OF REAPING THERE; OF EATING THERE; OF DRINKING THERE; OF
MAKING LOVE THERE; AND OF DOING EVERYTHING THERE EVEN AS A MAN DOETH UPON
EARTH. NEBSENI, THE SCRIBE AND DRAUGHTSMAN OF PTAH, SAITH:- Set vanguished
Horus, who was looking at the building in Sekhet- Hetepet. I set free Horus
from Set. Set opened the paths of the Two Eyes (the Sun and Moon) in the sky.
Set ejected water with air upon the soul of his Eye, which dwelt in the town of
Mert; he delivered the interior of the body of Horus from the hands of the
Akeru Gods. Behold me! I paddle this great boat over the Lake of the god Hetep;
I seized upon it in the mansion of Shu. The mansion of his stars reneweth
youth, reneweth youth. I paddle over the Lakes thereof so that I may arrive at
the towns thereof. I sail up to the town of the god Hetep.... Behold, I am at
peace with his times, and with his guidance, and with his will, and with the
Company of the Gods, who are his firstborn. He maketh the Two Fighters (Horus
and Set) to be at peace [with each other], and to keep ward over the living
whom he hath created in fair form, and he bringeth peace; he maketh the Two
Fighters to be at peace with those who watch over them. He cutteth off the hair
from their divine fighters, he driveth away storm from the children. He
guardeth from attack the Spirits. I have gained power therein. I know it. I
have sailed over its Lakes so that I might arrive at its towns. My mouth is
strong. I am equipped against the Spirits. They shall not gain the mastery over
me. I am rewarded [with] these thy Fields, O god Hetep. What thou wishest that
do thou, O lord of the winds. I shall be a spirit therein. I shall eat therein.
I shall drink therein. I shall plough therein. I shall reap the grain therein.
I shall be strong therein. I shall make love therein. My words shall be strong
therein. I shall not be in subjection therein. I shall be a man of might
therein. Thou hast made strong the mouth and throat. Hetep Qettbu is its name.
[It is] stablished upon the pillars of Shu, and is linked with the pleasant
things of Ra. He is the divider of years, the hidden of mouth; silent is his
mouth, hidden is what he uttereth, he fulfilleth eternity, he taketh possession
of everlastingness of existence as Hetep, Neb-Hetep. Horus maketh himself
strong like unto a hawk which is one thousand cubits in length, and two
thousand cubits in life. He that equipments with him, he journeyeth on, he
cometh to the place where his heart would be, among the Lakes which are in its
towns. He begetteth in the birth-chamber of the god of the town, he is
satisfied with the food of the god of the town; he doeth what ought to be done
there, in the Field of Smas-er-Khet..... everything of the birth-chamber of the
god of the town. Now [when he] setteth in the [land of] life like crystal he
performeth everything therein, [which things are] like unto the things done in
the Lake Neserser, wherein there is none that rejoiceth, and wherein are evil
things of all kinds. The god Hetep goeth in and cometh out, and marcheth hither
and thither in the Field of Smas-er-Khet, the Lady of the birth- chamber of the
god of the town. [Let me] live with the god Hetep, clothed, and not despoiled
by the Lords of the North, and may the Lord of things bring food unto me. May
he make me to go forward. May I come forth. May he bring to me my Power there,
may I receive it, and may I be rewarded by the god Hetep. May I be master of
the great and mighty word in my body in this my place. Make me to remember it.
Let me [not] forget it. Let me go forward, let me plough. I am at peace with
the god of the town. I know the water, the towns, the nomes, and the lakes
which are in Sekhet-Hetepet. I live therein. I am strong therein. I shine
therein. I eat therein. I..... therein. I reap the harvest therein. I plough
therein. I beget children therein. I am at peace therein with the god Hetep. Behold
I sow seed therein. I sail about on the lakes thereof, and I arrive at its
towns, O god Hetep. Behold my mouth is equipped, it possesseth horns . Give
unto me the abundance of the KAU (Doubles) and Spirit-souls. He who counteth me
is Shu. I know him not. I come to its towns. I sail over its lakes. I walk
about in Sekhet-Hetepet. Behold, it is Ra who is in heaven. Behold, it is Hetep
[who is] its double offering of peace. I have advanced to its territory. I have
put on my apparel. I have come forth. I have given what it was upon me to give.
I have made glad in [my] heart. I have conquered. I am strong. I have given
directions to Hetep.
[Hail], Unen-em-hetep, I have come to thee. My soul
followeth me. The god Hu is on my hands. [Hail], Nebt-taui, in whom I remember
and forget, I have become alive. I have attacked none, let none attack me. I
have given, give thou to me gladness. Make thou me to be at peace, bind thou up
my veins, let [me] receive air. [Hail], Unen-em-hetep, the Lord of Winds. I
have come there. I have opened my head. Ra sleepeth. I watch not, [for] the
goddess Hetemet is at the door of heaven by night. Obstacles have been put
before, but I have collected his emissions. I am in my city. O Nut-urt (Great
City), I have come into thee. I have counted up my abundant stores. I advance
on my way to Uakh. I am the Bull which is tied with a rope of lapis-lazuli, the
lord of the Field of the Bull, the lord of the words of the god, the goddess
Septet (Sothis) at her hours. O Uakh, I have come into thee. I have eaten my
food. I am master of choice pieces of the flesh of oxen and of feathered fowl,
and the birds of Shu have been given unto me. I follow the gods, and I come
[after the Doubles]. O Tcheft, I have come into thee. I array myself in
apparel, and I gird about myself the sat garment of Ra. Behold the Court of the
sky, and the followers of Ra who dwell in heaven. O Un-em-hetep, the lord of
the Two Lands, I have come into thee. I have plunged into the Lakes of
Tchesert; behold, impurity of every kind hath removed from me. The divine Great
One flourisheth therein. Behold, I have found [him]. I have netted geese, and
have fed full upon the finest of them. O Qenqentet, I have come into thee. I
have seen the Osiris [my father]. I have saluted my mother. I have begotten
children. I have snared the serpents, and I am delivered. I know the name of
the god who is with the goddess Tchesert, and who hath straight hair, and is
equipped with horns [ready to gore]. He reapeth, and I both plough and reap. O
Hetemet, I have entered into thee. I have approached the lapis-lazuli. I have
followed the winds of the Company of the Gods. The Great God hath given my head
unto me. He who hath bound my head on my body for me is the Mighty One, with
eyes of lapis-lazuli, namely, Ari-en-ab-f ("He doeth as he
pleaseth"). O Usert, I have come into thee, to the house wherein food is
brought unto me. O Smam, I have come into thee. My heart watcheth, my head is
equipped with the White Crown. I act as the guide of the celestial beings. I
make to flourish terrestrial beings. There is joy of heart for the Bull, and
for the celestial beings, and for the Company of the Gods. I am the god, the
Bull, the Lord of the gods, who maketh his way over the turquoise. O wheat and
barley of the nome of the god, I have come into thee. I have come forward. I
have lifted [you] up, following the best offerings of the Company of the Gods.
I have moored my boat to the tying-up post in the lakes of the celestial
beings. I have pulled up the typing-up post. I have recited words, and I have
ascribed praises unto the gods who dwell in Sekhet-Hetepet.
THE CHAPTER OF PROVIDING THE DECEASED WITH MEAT, MILK,
ETC.
The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- Homage to
thee, O Ra, the Lord of Truth, the Only One, the Lord of Eternity and Maker of
Everlastingness. I have come before thee, O my Lord Ra. I would make to
flourish the Seven Cows and their Bull. O ye who give cakes and ale to the
Spirit-souls, grant ye that my soul may be with you. Let him be born on your thighs.
Let him be like unto one of you for ever and for ever. Let the Osiris Ani,
whose word is truth, have glorious power in the Beautiful Amentet.
The Names of the Seven Holy Cows and their Bull:
1. Het-Kau Nebtertcher. 2. Akertkhentetasts. 3.
Khebitetsahneter. 4. Urmertusteshertshenti. 5. Khnemtemankhanuit. 6.
Sekhmetrensemabats. 7. Shenatpetuthestneter.
Bull: Kathaihemt.
ADDRESSES TO THE FOUR RUDDERS OF HEAVEN
Hail, thou Beautiful Power, thou Beautiful Rudder of
the Northern Heaven. Hail, thou who circlest, Guide of the Two Lands, Beautiful
Rudder of the Western Heaven. Hail, Splendour, Dweller in the temple of the
Ashemu gods, Beautiful Rudder of the Eastern Heaven. Hail, Dweller in the
temple of the Red gods, Beautiful Rudder of the Southern Heaven.
ADDRESSES TO THE FOUR COMAPNIES OF THE GODS
Hail, ye gods who are above the earth, ye Guides of
the Tuat. Hail, ye Mother-goddesses, who are above the earth in Khert-Neter, in
the House of Osiris. Hail, ye gods who guide Ta-tchesert, who are above the
earth and are guides of the Tuat. Hail, ye Followers of Ra, who follow in the
train of Osiris.
APPENDIX (From the Papyrus of Nu)
RUBRIC: [These words] shall be said when Ra appeareth
over [figures] of these gods written in colour upon a tablet, and thou shalt
place offerings of tchefau food before them, cakes, ale, flesh, geese, and
incense. They shall cause the deceased to enjoy the "offerings which come
forth at the word [of command]" before Ra; and they shall give the
deceased an abundance of food in Khert-Neter, and shall deliver him from every
evil thing whatsoever. And thou shalt not recite this Book of Un- Nefer in the
presence of anyone except thine own self. If this be done for the deceased Ra
shall be a rudder for him, and shall be to him a strong protecting power, and
he shall destroy all his enemies for him in Khert-Neter, and in heaven, and
upon earth, and in every place whereinsoever he may enter, and he shall enjoy
celestial food regularly and continually for ever.
(From the Saite Recension)
THE BOOK OF MAKING PERFECT THE KHU in the heart of Ra,
of making him to have the mastery before Tem, of magnifying him before Osiris,
of making him mighty before Khent-Amentet, and of setting awe of him before the
Company of the Gods. It shall be recited on the day of the New Moon, on the
sixth day festival, on the fifteenth day festival, on the festival of Uak, on
the festival of Thoth, on the Birthday of Osiris, on the festival of Menu, on
the night of Heker, [during] the Mysteries of the Tuat, during the celebration
of the Mysteries in Akertet, at the smiting of the emissions, at the passage of
the Funerary Valley, [and] the Mysteries...... [The recital thereof] will make
the heart of the Khu to flourish and will make long his strides, and will make
him to advance, and will make his face bright, and will make it to penetrate to
the God. Let no man witness [the recital] except the king and the Kherheb
priest, but the servant who cometh to minister outside shall not see it. Of the
Khu for whom this Book shall be recited, his soul shall come forth by day with
the living, he shall have power among the gods, and it will make him
irresisitible for ever and ever. These gods shall go round about him, and shall
acknowledge him. He shall be one of them. [This Book] shall make him to know
how he came into being in the beginning. This Book is indeed a veritable
mystery. Let no stranger anywhere have knowledge of it. Do not speak about it
to any man. Do not repeat it. Let no [other] eye see it. Let no [other] ear
hear it. Let no one see it except [thyself] and him who taught [it to thee].
Let not the multitude [know of it] except thyself and the beloved friend of thy
heart. Thou shalt do this book in the seh chamber on a cloth painted with the
stars in colour all over it. It is indeed a mystery. The dwellers in the swamps
of the Delta nad everywhere there shall not know it. It shall provided the Khu
with celestial food upon in Khert-Neter. It shall supply his Heart-soul with
food upon earth. It shall make him to live for ever. No [evil] thing shall have
the master over him.
THE ADDRESSES OF THE FOUR RUDDERS
Hail, Power of Heaven, Opener of the Disk, thou
Beautiful Rudder of the Northern Heaven. Hail, Ra, Guide of the Two Lands, thou
Beautiful Rudder of the Western Heaven. Hail, Khu, Dweller in the House of the
Akhemu gods, thou Beautiful Rudder of the Eastern Heaven. Hail, Governor,
Dweller in the House of the Tesheru Gods, thou Beautiful Rudder of the Southern
Heaven.
Grant ye cakes, and ale and tchefau food to the Osiris
Auf-ankh, whose word is truth.
Hail, Father of the Gods! Hail, Mother of teh Gods in
Khert-Neter! Deliver ye the Osiris from every evil thing, from every evil
obstruction, from every dire attack of an enemy, and from that deadly snarer
with knife-like words, and from men, and gods, and Spirit-souls, and the
damned, on this day, on this night, on this present festival of the fifteenth
day, and in this year, and from the things of evil thereof.
HYMN TO OSIRIS KHENTI-AMENTI UN-NEFER
The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, praiseth Osiris
Khenti-Amenti Un- Nefer, and saith:- Hail, my Lord, who dost hasten through
eternity, whose existence is for ever, Lord of Lords, King of Kings, Sovereign,
God of the Gods, who live in their shrines,.... gods.... men. Make thou for me
a seat with those who are in Khert-Neter, who adore the forms of thy KA, and
who traverse millions of millions of years....... May no delay arise for thee
in Ta-mera. Let them come to thee, all of them, great as well as small. May
this god give the power to enterin and to come forth from Khert-Neter, without
repulse, at any door of the Tuat, to the KA of the Osiris Ani.
APPENDIX (From the Papyrus of Sutimes)
SUTIMES, THE LIBATIONER AND PRESIDENT OF THE ALTAR
CHAMBER OF THE APTS, DIRECTOR OF THE SCRIBES OF AMEN, WHOSE WORD IS TRUTH,
PRAISETH OSIRIS, AND DOETH HOMAGE TO THE LORD OF ETERNITY, AND SATISFIETH THE
WILL OF THE GOD, AND SPEAKETH TRUTH, THE LORD OF WHICH IS UNKNOWN, AND SAITH:-
Homage to thee, O thou Holy God, thou mighty and beneficent being, thou Prince
of Eternity, who dwellest in thy abode in the Sektet Boat, whose risings are
manifold in the Atet Boat, unto whom praises are rendered in heaven and upon
earth. Peoples and nations exalt thee, and the awe of thy terror is in the
hearts of men, and Spirt-souls, and the dead. Thy soul dwelleth in Tetu, and
the awe of thee is in Hensu. Thou settest the visible emblems of thyself in
Anu, and the majesty of thy transformations in the holy place. I have come unto
thee. Truth is in my heart, and in my breast there is neither craft nor guile.
Grant thou that I may have my being among the living, and that I may sail up
and down the river among those who are in thy following.
THE CHAPTER OF THE PRAISE OF HATHOR, LADY OF AMENTET
Hathor, Lady of Amentet, the Dweller in the Great
Land, the Lady of Ta-Tchesert, the Eye of Ra, the Dweller in his breast, the
Beautiful Face in the Boat of Millions of Years, the Seat of Peace of the doer
of truth, Dweller in the Boat of the favoured ones.....
APPENDIX THE CHAPTER OF THE FOUR TORCHES (From the
Papyrus of Nu, Sheets 26 and 27)
THE CHAPTER OF THE FOUR LIGHTED LAMPS WHICH ARE MADE
FOR THE SPIRIT- SOUL. Behold, thou shalt make four rectangular troughs of clay
wherein thou shalt scatter incense, and thou shalt fill them with the milk of a
white cow, and by means of these thou shalt extinguish the lamps. The Osiris
Nu, the steward of the overseer of the seal, whose word is truth, saith:- The
fire cometh to thy KA, O Osiris Khenti-Amenti! The fire cometh to thy KA, O
Osiris Nu, whose word is truth. The ordering of the night cometh after the day.
[The fire cometh to thy KA, O Osiris, Governor of those who are in Amenti], and
the two sisters of Ra come likewise. Behold it (the fire) riseth in Abtu, and
it cometh; I cause it to come, the Eye of Horus. It is set in order upon thy
brow, O Osiris Khenti-Amenti; it is set in thy shrine and riseth on thy brow;
it is set on thy brow, O Osiris Nu, it is set on thy brow. The Eye of Horus
protecteth thee, O Osiris Khenti-Amenti, and it keepeth thee in safety; it
casteth down headlong all thine enemies for thee, and all thine enemies have
fallen down headlong before thee. O Osiris Nu, the Eye of Horus protecteth
thee, it keepeth thee in safety, and it casteth down headlong all thine
enemies. Thine enemies have fallen down headlong before thy KA, O Osiris
Khenti-Amenti. The Eye of Ra protecteth thee, it keepeth thee in safety, and it
hath cast down headlong all thine enemies. Thine enemies have fallen down
headlong before thy KA, O Osiris Nu, whose word is truth. The Eye of Horus
protecteth thee, it keepeth thee in safety, it hath cast down headlong for thee
all thine enemies, and thine enemies have fallen down headlong before thee. The
Eye of Horus cometh. It is sound and well, it sendeth forth light even as doth
Ra in the horizon. It covereth the powers of Suti with darkness, it mastereth
him, and it bringeth its flame against him by its own command. The Eye of Horus
is sound and well, thou eatest the flesh thereof, thy body possesseth it. Thou
acclaimest it. The Four Fires enter into thy KA, O Osiris Khenti-Amenti, the
Four Fires enter into thy KA, O Osiris Nu, the steward of the overseer of the
seal, whose word is truth.
Hail, ye sons of Horus, Kesta, Hapi, Tuamutef, and
Qebhsenuf, ye have given your protection to your divine Father Osiris
Khenti-Amenti, give ye your protection to the Osiris Nu, whose word is truth.
Now therefore, inasmuch as ye have destroyed the Opponent of Osiris
Khenti-Amenti, who liveth with the gods, having smitten Suti with his right
hand and arm when dawn came upon the earth, and Horus hath become master [of
Suti], and hath avenged his divine Father himself; and inasmuch as your divine
Father hath been made to flourish through the union of the KA of Osiris
Khenti-Amenti, whch ye effected, and the Eye of Horus hath avenged him, and
hath protected him, and hath cast down headlong for him all his enemies, and
all his enemies have fallen down before him, even so do ye destroy the Opponent
of the Osiris Nu, the steward of the overseer of the seal, whose word is truth.
Let him live with the gods, let him smite his enemy, let him destroy him, when
light dawneth on the earth. Let Horus be master and avenge the Osiris Nu, and
let the Osiris Nu flourish through his union with his KA which ye have
effected. O Osiris Nu, the Eye of Horus hath avenged thee. It hath cast down
headlong all thine enemies for thee, and all thine enemies have been cast down
headlong before thee.
Hail, Osiris Khenti-Amenti, grant thou light and fire
to the perfect Heart-soul which is in Hensu. And [O ye Sons of Horus], grant ye
power unto the living heart-soul of the Osiris Nu by means of his fire. Let him
not be repulsed, and let him not be driven back at the doors of Amentet! Let his
offerings of bread and of linen garments be brought unto him among the lords of
funeral oblations. O offer ye praises, as unto a god to the Osiris Nu, the
destroyer of his Opponent in his form of Truth, and in his attributes of a god
of truth.
RUBRIC: [This Chapter] shall be recited over four
torches of atma cloth, which hath been anointed with the finest Thehennu
unguent, and the torches shall be placed in the hands of four men who shall
have the names of the pillars of Horus written upon their shoulders, and they
shall burn the torches in the beautiful light of Ra, and this shall confer
power and might upon the Spirit-soul of the deceased among the stars which
never set. If this Chapter be recited for him he shall never, never perish, and
he shall become a living soul for ever. These torches shall make the
Spirit-soul to flourish like Osiris Khenti- Amenti, regularly and continually
for ever. It is a struggle. Thou shalt not perform this ceremony before any
human being except thine own self, or thy father, or thy son, because it is an
exceedingly great mystery of the Amentet, and it is a type of the hidden things
of the Tuat. When this ceremony hath been performed for the deceased, the gods,
and the Spirit-souls, and the dead shall see him in the form of Khenti-Amenti,
and he shall have power and dominion like this god.
If thou shalt undertake to perform for the deceased
that which is ordered in this "Chapter of the four blazing torches,"
each day, thou shalt cause the form of the deceased to come forth from every
hall [in the Tuat], and from the Seven Halls of Osiris. And he shall live in
the form of the God. He shall have power and dominion corresponding to those of
the gods and the Spirit-souls for ever and ever. He shall enter in through the
secret pylons and shall not be turned back in the presence of Osiris. And it
shall come to pass, provided that the following things be done for him, that he
shall enter in and come forth. He shall not be turned back. No boundary shall
be set to his goings, and the sentence of the doom shall not be passed upon him
on the Day of the Weighing of Words before Osiris- never, never.
And thou shalt perform whatsoever [is written in] this
book on behalf of the deceased, who shall thereby become perfect and pure. And
thou shalt "open his mouth" with the instrument of iron. And thou
shalt write down these things in accordance with the instructions which are
found in the books of Prince Herutataf, who discovered them in a secret coffer
(now they were in the handwriting of the god [Thoth] himself and had been
deposited in the Temple of the goddess Unnut, the Lady of Unu) during a journey
which he was making in order to inspect the temples, and the temple-estates,
and the sanctuaries of the gods. And thou shalt perform these ceremonies
secretly in the Tuat-chamber of the tomb, for they are mysteries of the Tuat,
and they are symbolic of the things which are done in Khert-Neter.
And thou shalt say: I have come, I have advanced
hastily. I cast light upon his (the deceased's) footsteps. I am hidden, but I
cast light upon his hidden place. I stand up close to the Tet. I stand up close
to the Tet of Ra, I turn back the slaughter. I am protecting thee, O Osiris.
RUBRIC: This Chapter shall be recited over a Tet of
crystal, which shall be set upon a brick made of crude mud, whereupon this
Chapter hath been inscribed. Thou shalt make a cavity in the west wall [of the
tomb], and having turned the front of the Tet towards the east, thou shalt wall
up the cavity with mud which hath been mixed with extract of cedar. This Tet
shall drive away the enemies of Osiris who would set themselves at the east
wall [of the tomb].
And thou shalt say: I have driven back thy foes. I
keep watch over thee. He that is upon his mountain (Anpu) keepeth watch over
thee ready for the moment when thy foes shall attack thee, and he shall repulse
them for thee. I will drive back the Crocodile at the moment when it attacketh
thee, and I will protect thee, O Osiris Nu.
RUBRIC: This Chapter shall be recited over a figure of
Anpu made of crude mud mixed with incense. And the figure shall be set upon a
brick made of crude mud, whereupon this Chapter hath been inscribed. Thou shalt
make a cavity in the east wall, and having turned the face of the figure of
Anpu towards the west wall [therein] thou shalt wall up the cavity. This figure
shall repulse the enemies of Osiris, who would set themselves at the south
wall.
And thou shalt say; I am the belt of sand round about
the hidden coffer. I turn back the force of the blazing fire of the funerary
mountain. I traverse the roads, and I protect the Osiris Nu, the steward of the
overseer of the seal, whose word is truth.
RUBRIC: This Chapter shall be recited over a brick
made of crude mud whereon a copy of this Chapter hath been inscribed. And thou
shalt place a reed in the middle thereof, and thou shalt smear it with pitch,
and set light thereto. Then thou shalt make a cavity in the south wall, and,
having turned the front of the brick towards the north, thou shalt wall the
brick up inside it. [It shall repulse the enemies of the Osiris Nu] who would
assemble at the north wall.
And thou shalt say: O thou who comest to set fire [to
the tomb or mummy], I will not let thee do it. O thou who comest to cast fire
[herein], I will not let thee do it. I will burn thee, and I will cast fire
upon thee. I protect the Osiris Nu, the steward of the overseer of the seal,
whose word is truth.
RUBRIC: This Chapter shall be recited over a brick of
crude mud, whereon a copy of this Chapter hath been inscribed. [And thou shalt
set upon it] a figure of the deceased made of palm wood, seven fingers in
height. And thou shalt perform on it the ceremony of "Opening the
Mouth." Then thou shalt make a cavity in the north wall, and having
[placed the brick and the figure inside it], and turned the face of the figure
towards the south, thou shalt wall up the cavity. [It shall repulse the enemies
of the Osiris Nu], who would assemble at the south wall.
And behold, these things shall be done by a man who is
washed clean, and is ceremonially pure, and who hath eaten neither meat nor
fish, and who hath not [recently] had intercourse with women. And behold, thou
shalt make offerings of cakes and ale to these gods, and shalt burn incense on
their fires. Every Spirit-soul for whom these things shall be done shall become
like a holy god in Khert-Neter, and he shall not be turned back at any gate in
Amentet, and he shall be in the following of Osiris, whithersoever he goeth,
regularly and continually.
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