Scarabs: The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc.Myer, Isaac
Religion
Scarabs: The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc.
Myer, Isaac
Egypt -- Religion; Scarabaeus; Symbolism
Mr. Renouf's translation is based on _Das Ægyptische Todtenbuch der
XVIII. bis XX. Dynastie_ by M. Edouard Naville,[B] and is from papyri
of the Theban Dynasties and from a very much older period than that of
the Turin papyrus.
The chapters so far given in Mr. Renouf's translation which relate to
the heart, are the 26th, 27th, 28th, 29A, 29B, 30A, and 30B. They are
as follows:
CHAPTER XXVI.
_Chapter whereby the Heart is given to a person in the
Netherworld._
He saith: Heart,[C] mine to me, in the place of Hearts! Whole
Heart! mine to me in the place of Whole Hearts!
Let me have my Heart that it may rest within me; but I shall
feed upon the food of Osiris, on the eastern side of the mead of
amaranthine flowers.
Be mine a bark, for descending the stream and another, for
ascending.ā
I go down into the bark wherein thou art.
Be there given to me my mouth wherewith to speak, and my feet
for walking; and let me have my arms wherewith to overthrow my
adversaries.
Let two hands from the Earth open my mouth: Let Seb, the Erpā[D]
of the gods, part my two jaws; let him open my two eyes which
are closed, and give motion to my two hands which are powerless:
and let Anubis give vigour to my legs, that I may raise myself
up upon them.
And may Sechit, the divine one, lift me up; so that I may arise
in Heaven and issue my behest in Memphis.
I am in possession of my Heart, I am in possession of my Whole
Heart, I am in possession of my arms and I have possession of my
legs.
[I do whatsoever my Genius (_Ka?_) willeth, and my Soul (_Ba?_)
is not bound to my Body (_Khat?_) at the gates of Amenta.]
CHAPTER XXVII.
_Chapter whereby the Heart of a person is not taken from him in
the Netherworld._
O ye gods who seize upon Hearts and who pluck out the Whole
Heart; and whose hands fashion anew the Heart of a person
according to what he hath done; lo now, let that be forgiven to
him by you.
Hail to you, O ye Lords of Everlasting Time and Eternity!
Let not my Heart be torn from me by your fingers.
Let not my Heart be fashioned anew according to all the evil
things said against me.
For this Heart of mine is the Heart of the god of mighty names
(i.e., Thoth,) of the great god whose words are in his members,
and who giveth free course to his Heart which is within him.
And most keen of insight is his Heart among the gods. Ho to me!
Heart of mine; I am in possession of thee, I am thy master, and
thou art by me; fall not away from me; I am the dictator whom
thou shalt obey in the Netherworld.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
_Chapter whereby the Heart of a person is not taken from him in
the Netherworld._
O Lion-God!
I am Unbu[E] and what I abominate is the block of execution.
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