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
“Perform thy work, O Seker, perform thy work, O Seker, O thou [who
dwellest in thy house], and who [standest] on [thy] feet in the
underworld! I am the god who sendeth forth rays of light over the Thigh of
heaven, and I come forth to heaven and I sit myself down by the God of
Light (_Khu_). Hail, I have become helpless! Hail, I have become helpless!
but I go forward. I have become helpless, I have become helpless in the
regions of those who plunder in the underworld.”
Of Journeying To Annu
[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 13).]
THE CHAPTER OF JOURNEYING TO ANNU (HELIOPOLIS) AND OF RECEIVING A THRONE
THEREIN. The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:
“I have come forth from the uttermost parts of the earth, and [I have]
received my apparel(?) at the will(?) of the Ape. I penetrate into the
holy habitations of those who are in [their] shrines (or coffins), I force
my way through the habitations of the god Remren, and I arrive in the
habitations of the god Akhsesef, I travel on through the holy chambers,
and I pass into the Temple of the god Kemken. The Buckle hath been given
unto me, it [hath placed] its hands upon me, it hath decreed [to my
service] its sister Khebent, and its mother Kehkehet. It placeth me in
[the eastern part of heaven wherein Rā riseth and is exalted every day;
and I rise therein and travel onward, and I become a spiritual body
(_sāh_) like the god, and they set me](49) on that holy way on which Thoth
journeyeth when he goeth to make peace between the two Fighting-gods
(_i.e._, Horus and Set). He journeyeth, he journeyeth to the city of Pe,
and he cometh to the city of Tepu.”
Of Transformation
[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 9).]
THE CHAPTER OF A MAN TRANSFORMING HIMSELF INTO WHATEVER FORM HE PLEASETH.
The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:
“I have come into the House of the King by means of the mantis (_abit_)
which led me hither. Homage to thee, O thou who fliest into heaven, and
dost shine upon the son of the white crown, and dost protect the white
crown, let me have my existence with thee! I have gathered together the
great god[s], I am mighty, I have made my way and I have travelled along
thereon.”
Of Performing Transformations
[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 10).]
THE CHAPTER OF PERFORMING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A HAWK OF GOLD. The
chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:
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