"7. Homage to thee, O thou who restest upon Truth. Thou art the Lord of Abydos; thy body is joined to Ta-Tchesert. Thou art he to whom fraud and deceit are abominable. "8. Homage to thee, O dweller in thy boat. Thou leadest the Nile from his source, the light shineth upon thy body; thou art the dweller in Nekhen.[10] "9. Homage to thee, O Creator of the gods, King of the South, King of the North, Osiris, Conqueror, Governor of the world in thy gracious seasons! Thou art the Lord of the heaven of Egypt (Atebui)." [Footnote 1: A group of thirty-six Star-gods.] [Footnote 2: A town that stood on the site of Old Cairo.] [Footnote 3: This response was to be repeated after each petition.] [Footnote 4: A Light-god.] [Footnote 5: Harmakhis of the Greeks.] [Footnote 6: A form of Osiris.] [Footnote 7: The Henu Boat of Seker was drawn round the sanctuary of Seker each morning.] [Footnote 8: A district of Hensu.] [Footnote 9: Herakleopolis in Upper Egypt.] [Footnote 10: Eileithyiaspolis in Upper Egypt.] The following passage illustrates the general character of a funerary hymn to Rā: "Homage to thee, O thou who art in the form of Khepera, Khepera the creator of the gods. Thou risest, thou shinest, thou illuminest thy mother [the sky]. Thou art crowned King of the Gods. Mother Nut[1] welcometh thee with bowings. The Land of Sunset (Manu) receiveth thee with satisfaction, and the goddess Maāt[2] embraceth thee at morn and at eve. Hail, ye gods of the Temple of the Soul (_i.e._ heaven), who weigh heaven and earth in a balance, who provide celestial food! And hail, Tatunen,[3] One, Creator of man, Maker of the gods of the south and of the north, of the west and of the east! Come ye and acclaim Rā, the Lord of heaven, the Prince--life, health, strength be to him!--the Creator of the gods, and adore ye him in his beautiful form as he riseth in his Morning Boat (Āntchet).