Blessed be thou, _N._, thou art well pleasing to Ptah, well pleasing to
Anebefres, well pleasing to all gods, well pleasing to all goddesses.
Thy beauties are like a quiet stream, like the choicest water; thy
beauties are like a festival hall in which everyone exalts his god; thy
beauties are like the pillars of Ptah, like the shoots of the _maut_(2.)
plant of Rā. _N._ is the pillar of Ptah and the ewer of Anebefres.
O(3.) thou who art called aloud, thou who art called aloud, thou the
lamented, thou art glorified, thou art exalted, thou art glorious, thou
art strong.
O thou who art raised up, thou art raised up, _N._ has been raised up by
means of all the manifold ceremonies done to him; thy enemies are struck
down; Ptah has struck down thine enemies, thou art victorious and thou
hast dominion over them. Thy words are listened to, what thou hast
ordered is done, thou art raised, thou art triumphant before(4.) the
Circles of gods attached to every god and every goddess.
O thou who art called aloud (_bis_), second verse. Thy head is ... woven
by a woman from Asia; thy face shines brighter than the moon; the top of
thy head is lapis blue; thy hair is darker than the doors of the Tuat,
thy hair is black like the night; thy forehead is adorned of blue; the
rays of Horus are on thy face. Thy garments are of gold; Horus has
decked them with blue; thy eyebrows, the two sisters joined together;
Horus has adorned them with blue; thy nose inhales the perfume of ...
and thy nostrils are like the winds in the sky.
Thy eyes are the seers of the hill of Bachau, thy upper eyelids are
enduring for ever; their lashes are of real lapis; thy pupils are
pleasant gifts, and thy lower eyelids are painted with antimony.
Thy lips utter for thee words of truth, they repeat the words of truth
of Rā which are well pleasing to the gods. Thy teeth are the two heads
of the serpent by which the two gods are seized, thy tongue is voluble;
thy voice is more shrill than that of the bird in the marshes; thy ears
(?) are well established at their place, they go (with thee) to the land
of Amenta.
O thou who art called aloud (_bis_), third verse. Thy neck is adorned
with gold, it is girt with electron;(5.) thy throat and thy lungs are
like Anubis;(6.) thy backbone is like the Uat’ goddesses; thy back is
lined with gold and girt with electron; thy loins(7.) are like Nephthys
...(8.) is a Nile which is flowing. Thy buttocks are two eggs of
crystal, thy legs are well fastened for walking, thou art sitting in thy
place ... thou hast received from the gods thy two eyes.
O thou who art called aloud (_bis_), fourth verse.
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