Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings — John Shaqi
Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
Religion
Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
Egyptian literature -- Translations into English
“Hail, Hāp-ur, god of heaven, in thy name of ‘Divider of heaven,’ grant
thou unto me that I may have dominion over the water, even as the goddess
Sekhet had power over Osiris on the night of the storms and floods. Grant
thou that I may have power over the divine princes who have their
habitations in the place of the god of the inundation, even as they have
power over their own holy god of whose name they are ignorant; and may
they let me have power even as [he hath let them have power].”
“My nostrils are opened in Tattu,” or (as others say), “My mouth and my
nostrils are opened in Tātāu, and I have my place of peace in Annu, which
is my house; it was built for me by the goddess Sesheta, and the god
Khnemu set it up for me upon its walls. If to this heaven it cometh by the
north, I sit at the south; if to this heaven it cometh by the south, I sit
at the north; if to this heaven it cometh by the west, I sit at the east;
and if to this heaven it cometh by the east, I sit at the west. I draw the
hair of my nostrils, and I make my way into every place in which I wish to
sit.”
In the Papyrus of Nefer-uben-f (see Naville, op. cit., Bd. I. Bl. 70) this
chapter ends quite differently, and reads:
“I am strong in my mouth and in my nostrils, for behold Tem has stablished
them; behold, O ye gods and _Khu_s. Rest thou, then, O Tem. Behold the
staff which blossometh, and which cometh forth when a man crieth out in
your names. Behold, I am Tem, the tree (?) of the gods in [their] visible
forms. Let me not be turned back.... I am the _Am-khent_, Nefer-uben-f,
triumphant. Let neither my flesh nor my members be gashed with knives, let
me not be wounded by knives by you. I have come, I have been judged, I
have come forth therein, [I] have power with my father, the Old man, Nu.
He hath granted that I may live, he hath given strength unto me, and he
hath provided me with the inheritance of my father therein.”
Dominion Over Elements
[From the Papyrus of Ani (British Museum No. 10,470, sheet 16).]
THE CHAPTER OF BREATHING THE AIR AND OF HAVING DOMINION OVER THE WATER IN
THE UNDERWORLD. Osiris Ani saith:
“Open to me.” Who art thou? Whither goest thou? What is thy name? “I am
one of you.” Who are those with thee? “The two serpent goddesses _Merti_.
Separate thou from him, head from head, when [thou] goest into the divine
_Mesqen_ chamber. He letteth me set out for the temple of the gods who
have found their faces. ‘Assembler of Souls’ is the name of my boat;
‘Making the hair to stand on end’ is the name of the oars; ‘Goad’ is the
name of the hold; ‘Making straight for the middle’ is the name of the
rudder; likewise [the boat] is a type of my being borne onward in the
pool. Let there be given unto me vessels of milk, together with cakes, and
loaves of bread, and cups of drink, and flesh in the Temple of Anpu.”
IF HE (I.E., THE DECEASED) KNOWETH THIS CHAPTER, HE SHALL GO INTO, AFTER
COMING FORTH FROM, THE UNDERWORLD OF THE [BEAUTIFUL AMENTET].
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account