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
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Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
Egyptian literature -- Translations into English
“Homage to you, O ye lords of _Kas_, ye who are without sin and who live
for the limitless and infinite æons of time which make up eternity, I have
opened up a way for myself to you! I have become a _khu_ in my forms, I
have gained the mastery over my enchantments, and I am decreed to be a
_khu_; therefore deliver ye me from the crocodile [which liveth in] this
country of right and truth. Grant ye to me my mouth that I may speak
therewith, and cause that my sepulchral meals be placed in my hands in
your presence, for I know you, and I know your names, and I know also the
name of the mighty god, before whose nose ye set your _tchefau_ food; and
his name is ‘Tekem.’ [When] he openeth up his path in the eastern horizon
of heaven, and [when] he fluttereth down in 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 gain the mastery over me,
let me not be turned back at your portals, and let not your doors be shut
in my face, because 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 mine own body make [ready] for me my food therein. And
grant ye unto me therein sepulchral meals, and incense, and wax, and all
the beautiful and pure things whereon the god liveth, in very deed forever
in all the transformations which it pleaseth me [to perform]; and grant me
the power to float down and to sail up the stream in Sekhet-Aarru [and may
I reach Sekhet-hetep!]. I am the double Lion-god.”
IF THIS CHAPTER(48) BE KNOWN [BY THE DECEASED] UPON EARTH, [OR IF IT BE
DONE] IN WRITING UPON [HIS] COFFIN, HE SHALL COME FORTH BY DAY IN ALL THE
FORMS WHICH HE IS PLEASED [TO TAKE], AND HE SHALL ENTER IN TO [HIS] PLACE
AND SHALL NOT BE DRIVEN BACK. AND CAKES, AND ALE, AND JOINTS OF MEAT UPON
THE ALTAR OF OSIRIS SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO HIM; AND HE SHALL ENTER IN PEACE
INTO SEKHET-AARRU TO KNOW THE DECREE OF HIM WHO DWELLETH IN TATTU; THERE
SHALL WHEAT AND BARLEY BE GIVEN UNTO HIM; THERE SHALL HE FLOURISH AS HE
DID UPON EARTH; AND HE SHALL DO WHATSOEVER IT PLEASETH HIM TO DO, EVEN AS
THE COMPANY OF THE GODS WHICH IS IN THE UNDERWORLD, CONTINUALLY, AND
REGULARLY, FOR MILLIONS OF TIMES.
Of Lifting Up The Feet
[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 6).]
THE CHAPTER OF LIFTING UP THE FEET AND OF COMING FORTH UPON THE EARTH. The
chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:
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