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IS INTRODUCTORY HYMNS

Hymn to Osiris Un-nefer [From the Papyrus of Aui (Brit Mus No 10470 sheet 2)]

Vignette The scribe Ani standing with both hand raised in adoration before a table of offerings consisting of haunches of beef loaves of bread and cakes vases of wine and oil fruits and flowers ampc He wears a double linen gannent and a wig bracelets ampc Behind him standa his wife Thuthu a member of the College of Amen-RA at Thebes she is similarly robed and holds a sistrum a vine branch and a meruit in her hands

Text (1) Glory be to Osiris Un-nefer the great god within Abtu (Abydos) king of eternity lord of everlastingness who passeth through millions of years in his existence Eldest son of the (2) womb of Nut engendered by Seb 1 the Erpat21ord of the crowns of

1 He was the son of Sbu and Tefnut husband of Nut and father by her of Osiris Isis Set Nepbthys and Horus dwelling in darkness

I Ie the great ancestor of the tribe of the gods

HYMN TO OSIRIS UN-NEFER 19

the North and South lord of the lofty white crown as prince of gods and of men (3) he hath received the crook and the whip and the dignity of his divine fathers Let thy heart which is in the 1fountain of (C Ament be content for thy son Horus is established upon thy throne (4) Thou art crowned lord of Tattu ~ and ruler in Abtu (Abydos) Through thee the world waxeth green in (5) triumph before the might (C of Neber-tcher3 He leadeth in his train that which is and that which is not yet in his name of Ta-~ershy(6) sta-nef he toweth along the earth by Maat in his name of Reker li he js 8xc8edingly mighty (7) (( and most terrible ill his name Osiris 6 he endureth (C for ever and for ever 7 in his name of Un-nefer

(8) Homage to thee King of kings Lord of lords (( Prince of princes who from the womb of Nut hast (( ruled (9) the world and A~frtB Thy body is of bright and shining metal thy head is of azure blue (( and the brilliance of the turqnoise encircleth thee

1 The hidden place or abode of the dead which was DsuaHy situated on the left or western bank of the Nile

~ Two cities in Ngypt bore the name Tattu vir Busiris and Mendes

3 Ie the lord of al1 In the Book of the Dead Osiris is fremiddot quently called by this name the allusion being to the complete reconstruction of his body after it had been hacked to pieces by Set

A name meaning something like he leadeth the earth 5 A play on the Bounds of the words sek to pull along and

sekert he who is coffined is here intended 6 A play on the sounds of the words user strong and Ausal

Osiris is here intended 7 A play on the words Un to exist and un in the proper name

Un-nefer is here intended S A name of the underworld

20 INTRODUCTORY HYMNS

0 god An 1 of millions of years (10) all-pervading with thy body and beautiful in countenance in Ta-tchesertlI grant thou to the Ka (ie double) of Osiris the scribe Ani splendour in heaven and might upon earth and triumph in the underworld and grant that I may sail down (11) to Tagu like a (12) living soul and up to (13) Ab~u (Abydos) like a Bennu S bird and that I may go in and come out (14) without repulse at the pylons (15) of the lords of the underworld tIay there be given unto me (16) loaves of bread in the house of coolness and (17) offerings of food in Annu (Heliopolis) and a homestead (18) for ever In

Sekhet-Arn 5 with wheat and barley therefor

1 A form of the Sun-god j he is mentioned again in Chapter XV I A name of the nnderworld 3 The Btnnu is commonly identified with the phrenix 4 For the twenty-one pylons of the House of Osiris see

Chapter CXLV A division of the Sekhet-Hetepu or h Elysian Fields for

which see Chapter CX

26 THE JUDGMENT

presence of the god Good good IS it for thee to hear

Thoth the judge of Right and Truth of the great company of the gods who are in the presence of Osiris saith - Hear ye this judgment The heart of Osiris hath in very truth been weighed and his soul hath stood as a witness for him it hath been found true by trial in the Great Balance There hath not been found any wickedness in him he hath not watited the offerings in the temples he hath not done harm by his deeds and he hath uttered no evil report8 while he was upon earth

The great company of the gods reply to Thoth who dwelleth in Khemennu (Hermopolis) - That which cometh forth from thy mouth shall be declared true Osiris the scribe Ani victOlious is holy and righteous He hath not sinned neither hath he done evil against us It shall not be allowed to the devourer Amemet to prevail over him Meatofferings and entrance into the presence of the god Osiris shall be granted unto him together with a homestead for ever In Sekhet-letepu as unto the followers of Horus

Vignette The scribe Ani i led by Horus the son of Isis into the presence of Osiris who is enthroned within a shrine in the form of a funeral chest Osiris has upon his head the Ate crown and he holds in his hands the crook the sceptre and the whip emblematic of authority dominion and sovereignty from his neck hangs the meniit His title here is Osiris the

1 See Chapter CX

Chap i] IDENTIFICATION WITH THE GODS

Text (1) HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF COMING

FORTH BY DAY AND OF THE SONGS OF PRAISE AND

GLORIFYING (2) AND OF COMING FORTH FROM AND

OF GOING INTO THE GLORIOUS NETER-KHERT 1 IN THE

BEAUTIFUL AMENTET WHICH ARE TO BE RECITED ON

(3) THE DAY OF THE BURIAL [WHEREBY THE DECEASED]

SHALL GO IN AFTER COMING FORTH

Saith Osiris Ani (4) Osiris the scribe Anishy

Homage to thee 0 Bull of Amentet2 the god Thoth (5) the king of eternity is with me I am the Great God near the divine boat I have fought (6) for thee I am one of the gods those divine chiefs who make (7) Osiris to be Victorious over his enemies on the day of the weighing of words (8) I am thy mediator () 0 Osiris I am [one] of the 1 gods (9) born of the goddess Nut who slay the foes of Osiris and who hold in bondage (10) for him the fiend Sebau I am thy mediator () 0 Horus (11) I have fought for thee and I have put to flight the enemy for thy names sake I am Thoth who made Osiris to be victorious 3 (12) over his enemies on the H day of the weighing of words (13) in the great House of the Aged One (ie Rii) who dwelleth in Annu

I Ie the divino lower region or tho underworld 2 Ie bull the hidden place or the underworld The Bull is Osiris 3 Ie Thoth provided him with certain words and with instrucshy

tions as to their utteranco which enabled Oairil and therefore every just man to pass tho ordenl of judgment and to gain everlasting life and to mako every being to perform what he ordered him to do

bull Ie the dry of judgment

IDENTIFICATION WITH THE GODS (Chap

(Heliopolis) I am TeHeti the son of Tetteti (14) I was begotten in Tattu I was born in (15) Tattu1 I am with those who weep and with the women who II bewail (16) Osiris in the two lands of the Rekht and (C I make Osiris to be victorious over his enemies (17) Rii commanded Thoth to make Osiris victorious U over his enemies and that which was decreed [for Osiris] (18) Thoth did for me I am with Horus on the day of the clothing of (19) Teshtesh S and of the opening of the wells of water for the purification of the divine being whose heart moveth not (20) and II of the drawing the bolt of the door of the concealed things in Re-stau5 1 am with Horus who [acteth] (21) as the guardian of the left shoulder of Osiris in f-Sekhem (Letopolis)6 (22) and I go in and I come forth from among the di vine flames on the day of the destruction of the (23) Sebau fiends in Sekhem I H prn with Horus on the days (24) of the festivals of Osiris and of the making of offerings en the Sixth day festival7 and on the Temit festivalS [which IS

celebrated] in (25) Annu

1 Ie Mendes Ie the goddesses bis and Nephtbypoundl a Ie the figllle of Osiris upon which the funeral ceremonies woro

performed at Abydos Mendes lie i Uri-db ilaquoJ StillHeart a name of Osiris bull Ie the door of the passages of the tomb For the picturo

of Remiddotstau see p 00 6 The shrin at Sekhem boasted the possession of the shoulder of

Osiris 7 Ie the day of the festival of 03iris 8 I~ the festival which took place on the seventh day of the

month

43 Chap i] PRAYERS FOR SEPULCHRAL OFFERINGS

I am the lib 1 priest who poureth out libations In

u TaHu [for] Rele () the dweller in the Temple of

08iris 2ton the day of] (26) casting up the earth I ( see the things which are concealed in Re-stau (27) I read from tho book of the festival of the divine Ram 8

[which is] in fattu I am the Sem priest (28) [and (I I perform] his course I [perform the duties of] the (( Great Chief of the Vorki on the day of placing the (( lfeH11n 6 boat (29) of the god Seker 7 upon its sledge

H I have grasped the spade (30) on the day of digging the ground in Suten-ltenen (Heracleopolis llagna)

I 0 ye who make perfected souls (31) to enter into It the Temple of Osiris may ye cause the perfected 80nl

(( of Osiris the (32) scribe Ani to be victorions with

you in the Temple of Osiris lIay he hear as ye

(( hear may he see U~3) as ye see may he stand as ye (( stand may he sit as ye (34) sit [therein]

(( 0 ye who give cahcs and ale to perfected souls in

the Temple (35) of Osiris give ye cakes and ale at H the two seasons (ie at morn and at eve or sunrise

and sunset) to the soul of Osiris Ani who is

I Ie the priest who performs ceremonial purification with water J Per-Ausar 1e Hoose of Osiris = the Greek Busiria or

cnttal of the ninth nome of Lower Egypt Ie Osiris as Ba-nobmiddotTa~u the Ram lord of Mellrles

4 The functions of this priest in funeral ceremonies were very important

amp The official title of tho chief priost of Ptal the great god of Memphis

6 The IIennu boat was placed upon its sledge and drawn round the sanctuary at dawn probably in imitation of the suns course

A name lZiven to OsiriB having reference to the god being shut up in his coffin

44 PRAYERS FOR POWER AND VICTORY [Chap i

(36) victorious before all the gods of Abtu (Abydos) and who is victorious with you

0 ye who open the way (37) and lay open the paths to perfected souls in the Temple (38) of Osiris open I( ye the way and lay open the paths (39) to the soul of Osiris the scribe and steward of all the divine I( offerings Ani [who is victorious] (40) with you lIay he enter in confidence and may he come forth in ( peace from the Temple of Osiris May he not (41) be rejected may he not be turned back may he enter I in [as he] pleaseth may ho come forth [as 118] (42) desireth and may he be victorious lIay the H things which he commandeth be performed in the Temple of Osiris may he walk (43) and may he talk with you and may he become a glorious being along with you He hath not been found to rise up ( (44) there and the BiJance [having weighed him] is now empty

In the Turin papyrus this Chapter ends with the following Jines for which no equivalent occurs in the earlier texts -(16) Let not the decree of judgment passed upon me bl placed or according to another reading laquo made known in the mouths of the llltlltitude laquo 11i In) 01)0 11 115pound1(11) bi1D)~tl 11) lJsiI1SJ 11t1Vlng been found to 11are been pure whon on earth 1Iay I (( come before thee 0 lorJ of the gods may I ani VB at

1 Ie in the Ealuuce The meaning is that the beart or cOllsdenc6 of the deceased has not been ou tweighed by tc3 emulem of right and truth

Chap iJ PRAYERS FOR DIVINE FOOD ETC 45

the nome of Double Right and Truth may I be crowned 1 like a god endowed with life may I give forth light lilre the company of the gods who dwell in heaven may I become (18) like one of you lifting up [my] feet in the city of Kher-al)aut may I see the SeX(et boat of the sacred Sal)u 3 passing forth H over the sky may I not be driven away from t11e sight of the lords of the Tuat 4 (19) or according to another reading the company of the gods may I smell the sweet savour of the food of the company of the gods and may I sit down with them lfay the Kher-I)eb (ie the Reader) 5 make invocation at [my] coffin and may I hear the prayer~ which are recited [when] the offerings [are made] May I draw nigh (20) unto the Neshem 6 boat and may neither my soul nor its lord be turned back

Homage to tl1ee 0 thou who art at the head of Amentet thou Osiris who dwel1est in the city of Nifu-ur7 Grant thou that I may arrive in peace in Amentet and that the lords of Ta-tchesertet 8 may receive me and may (21) say unto me Hail Hail

I Or fI may I rise A city near Memphis I Ie Orion The three divisions ~ ~ reg pet ta fuat into which the

Egyptians divided the world correspond roughly to the words heaven earth and hell

fgt Literally he that hath the book II A name given to the l8cred boat of the Sun-God j tho word

nesTem means light green and is commonly apDlied to green felspar

7 Tho metropolis of the nome of Ab~u (Abydos) bull Ie bull the hfgtly land 8 name of the underworld

PRAYERS FOR POWER IN HEAVEN (Chap i

[thou that earnest] in peace May they prepare for me a place by the side of the Chief in the presence of divine chiefs may Isis and Nephthys the two divine nursing goddesses receivo me at the sea30ns and H may I come forth (22) into the presence of Un-nefer (ie Osiris) in triumph 1tfay I follow after Horus H through Be statet and after Osiris in ragu and (( may I perform all the transformations according to my hearts desire in every place wheresoever my ka (double) pleaseth 80 to do

RUBRIC If this text be known [by the deceased] upltJ earth (23) or if he causeth it to be done in writing upon [his] coffin then will he be able to come forth on any day that he pleaseth and to enter into his habitation without being driven back The cakes and ale and haunches of meat (24) which are upon the altar of Ra shall be given unto him and his homestead shall be among the fields in the SekhetAanru lnd to him shall be given wheat and barley therein for he shall be vigorous there even as he was upon earth

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47

CHAPTER lB

[From the Papyrus of Nekhtubullimen (Nanlla Toclte-nbueh Bd I Bl 5)J

Vignette The god Anubis jackal-headed standing by the side of the bier on which lies the mummy

Text (1) THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE SAIIU 1 TO

ENTER INTO THE TUAT (ie UNDERWORLD) ON THE

DAY OF THE FUNERAL (2) WHEN THESE WORnS AnE TO

S1i~n = BE SAIDshy

Homage to thee 0 thou that dwellest in SetshyTchesert of Amentet (3) Osiris the royal scribe

1 l1 g ~ means a body which has attained to a degree of knowledge and power and glory whereby it becomes henoeforth laating and incorruptible It could hold converse with the 80ut and could ascend into heaven and dwell with the beati fied The Salm or spiritual body sprang from the material body through the prayers which were said and the ceremonies which were performed at the tomb or elsewhere by duly appointed and properly qualified priests

S Ie the Holy Mountain

48 PRAYERS FOR POWER IN RE-STAU [Chap La

Nekhtu-Amen victorious knoweth thee (4) and he knoweth thy name Deliver thou him from the H worms (5) which are in Re-stau which live upon the bodies of men and women and (6) which ieed upon their blood for Osiris the favoured one of the god of his city (7) the royal scribe Nekhtu-Amen victorishyH OUS knoweth you and he knoweth your names [Let this be] the first bidding of Osiris Neb-er-teher 1

(8) who keepeth hidden his body ~Iay he give air li [and escape] from the Terrible One who dwelleth in the Bight 2 of the Stream of Amentet and may he decree (9) the actions of him that is rising up Let him pass on unto him whose throne is within the darkness who giveth glory in Re-stau (10) 0 lord

of light come tltou and swallow up the worms which are in Amentet The great god who dwelleth in TaHu (11) and who is unseen heareth his prayers but those who fire in affliction fear him as he cometh forth (12) with the sentence to the divine block I Osiris the royal scribe) N ekhtu-Amen have come bearing the decree of (13) Neb-er-teher and Horus hath taken possession of his throne for him His father the lord of those who are (14) in the boat of H father Horus hath ascribed praise unto him He

cometh with tidings and may he see (15) Annu (Heliopolis) Their chief standeth upon the earth

I Ie Osiris reconstructed and complete the lord of whole neBs

According W Chapter XVII line 46 the Terrible One is the c heart of Osiris which is the deyo~rar of aU slaughtered thing9

49 Chap ii 2] THE LIFE AFTER DRATH

before him and the scribes magnify him at the door

of their assemblies (16) and they bind his swathings

It in Annu He hath led captive heayen and he hath

U seized the eartb in [his] grasp Neither the heavens

DOT the earth (l7) can be taken away from him for

H behold he is RCt the first-hoI11 of the gods His mother sucldeth him and she giveth [to him] her breast (18) in the horizon

RUBRIC The words of this chapter are to be recited after [the deceased] is laid to rest in Amentet whereby the region Tanenet is made to be content with her lord Then shall Osiris the royal scribe Nekhtu-Amen triumphant come forth (19) and he shall embark in the boat of Ra and [his] body upon its bier shall be counted [with those therein] and he shall be stablished in the Tuat (underworld)

CHAPTER II

[From the Papyrus of Ani (Brit Mus No 10470 sheet 18)J

Vignette A man standing upright holding a staff

Text (1) THE CHAPTEH OF COMING FORTH BY DAY

AND OF LIVING AFTER DEATH Saith Osiris Ani victorious shy

Hail One shining from the Moon (2) Hail One

(( s11ining from the Moon Grant that this Osiris Ani

may come forth among those multitudes which are

VOlbullbull I

50 THE LIFE AFTER DEATH [Chap ii 3

(3) outside and let him be established as a dweller (or Jet him go about) among the denizens of heaven and let the underworld be opened unto him And behold Osiris (4) Osiris Ani shall come forth by day to do whatsoever he pleaseth upon the earth among

the living ones

CHAPTER III

[From the Papyrus of Nu (Brit Mus No 10477 sheet 18)]

Vignette This Chapter has no vignette

Text (1) ANOTHER CHAPTER LIKE UNTO THE

PRECEDING The overseer of the house of the overshyseer of the seal Nu triumphant saith - (2)

Hail thou god rrem who eomest forth from the Great Deep l and who shinest with glory under the form of the double IJion-godi Bend out with might thy words unto those who are in thy presence (3) and let the overseer of the house of the overseer of the seal N u triumphant enter into their assembly He hath performed the decree which hath been spoken to H the mariners of Ra at eventide (4) and the Osiris t Nu triumphant liveth after he hath died even as

I Ie the celestial Nile S Ie ihc god Shu and the goddess Tefnut

51

r

FREEDOM OF WAY IN RE-STAU

doth Rii day by day As Ra is born from

(5) yesterday even so shall the Osiris Nu be born

[from yesterday] and every god shall rejoice at the

life of the Osiris Nu even as they rejoice at (6) the

life of Ptal) when he maketh his appearance from the

great Temple 1 of the Aged One which is in Annu

CHAPTER IV

[From the Papyrus of Nu (Brit Mua ~~o 10477 sheet 19)]


Text (1) THE CHAPTER OF PASSING OVER THE

CELESTIAL ROAD (2) OF RE-STAU The over~eer of the

house of the overseer of the seal the Osiris Nu

triumphant saith shy

I open out a way over the watery abyss which

H formeth a path between the two Combatants 2 and I laquo have come may the fields of Osiris be given over

into my power

1 Ie the temple of Ita at IIc1iopoliB 2 Ie Horns and Sot Horus enga~ed in battle with Set rus

fathers murderer and after a prolongcd fight which lasted three dayt vanquishd bis opponent Sot threw filth at Horu but Horue destroyed tho members of Set see Chapter XVII 1167-69 As nature powers Horus and Set typified Light and Darkness respectively

OF CONQUERING ENEMIES

CHAPT ER LX-V tJ

Vignette The deceased standing np and holding a stRftin bia left hand

Text (1) THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY

AND 011 GAINING THE MASTERY OVER ENEMIEB

Hail [thou] who shinast from the Moon and who sandest forth light therefrom thou comest forth among thy multitudes and thou goest round about let me rise or (as others say) let me be brought in among the Spirits and let the underworld be opened [unto me] (2) Behold I have come forth on this U day and I have become a Khu (or a shining being)

chap IllY 3] OF CONQUERING ENEMIES

therefore shall the KIUl let me live and they shall cause my enemies to be brought to me in a state of I~ misery in the presence of the divine sovereign princes The divine ka (double) of my mother (3) shall rest in peace because of this and I shall stand npon my feet and have a staff of gold or (as others 8ay U a rod H of goJd in my hand wherewith I shall inflict cuts on the limbs [of mine enemy] and shall live The legE of Sothis are stablilhed and I am born in their state of rest tt

C~~ hxrii 1 ] AND INTO THE GOD PTAH

CHAPTER LXXXII

(From the Papyrns oC Nu (Brit Mus No 10477 sefts 9 aud 10)J

Vignette The goo Ptalt in n shrine be~ore 1hich is a table of offerings

Text (1) THE CHAPTER OF MAKING TIlE TRANSshy

FORMATION INTO PrAH OF EATlNO CAKES AND OF

DRINKING AIE AND OF UNFETTERING THE STEPS AND

OF BECOMING A LIVING BEING IN ANNU (Heliopolis)

266 TRANSFORMATIONS INTO THE GOD [Ch ixxxii 1

The overseer of the honse of the overseer of the seal Nu triumphant saith - (2)

I fly like a hawk I cackle like the men goose and I perch (3) upon that abode of the underworld (riat) on the festival of the great Being That which is an abomination unto me that which is an abomination

unto me I have not eaten filth is an abomination unto me and I have not eaten thereof (4) and that which is an abomination unto my ka hath not entered into my belly Let me then live upon that which the gods and the Khu8 decree for me (5) let me live and let me have power over cakes let me eat them before the gods and the KhU8 [who have a favour] (( unto (6) me let me have power over [these cakes] and let me eat of them under the [shade of the] leaves of the palm tree of the goddess Hathor (7) who is my divine Lady Let the offering of the sacrifice and the offering of cakes and vessels of libations be made in Annu let me clothe myself in (8) the tadu garment [which I shall receive] from the hand of the goddess Tait let me stand up and let me sit down (9) wheresoever Iplease ltly head is like unto that

of Ra and [when my members are] gathered together [I am] like unto Tern the four [Aides of the domRin] H of Ra (10) and the width of the earth four times I come forth try tongue is like unto that of Ptal and my throne is like unto that of the goddess Hathor and I make mention of the wordA of Tern my father (11) with my mouth He it is who CODmiddot

ChlxniiI3] PTAH AND INTO A LIVING BEING 267

straineth the handmaid the wife of Seb and before him are bowed [all] heads and there is fear of him Hymns of praise are repeated for [me] by reason of [my] mighty acts and I am decreed to be the divine (12) Heir of Beb the lord of the earth and to be the protector therein The god Seb refresheth me and he maketh his risings to be mine Those who dwell in Annu (13) bow down their heads unto me for I am their lord and I am their bull I am more powershyful than the lord of time and I shall enjoy the pleasures of love and shall gain the mastery over j millions of years

520 OF NOT LETTING THE BODY PERISH (Ch cli 17

not decay thou didst not become worms thou didst not diminish thou diJst Hot become corruption thou didst not putrefy and thou didst not turn into worms I am the god Khepeni and my members shall have an everlaRting existence (17) I shall not decay I shal1uot rot I 8ha11 not putrefy I shall not turn into worms and I shall not see corruption before the eye

of the god Shu I shall have my being I shall have my being (18) I shall live I shall live I lihall gershy minate I shall germiuate I shall germinate I shall wake up in peace I shall not putrefy my intes tines (1) shall not perish I shall not suffer injury (19) miue eye 8ha11 not decay the form of my visage (r) shall not disappear mine ear shall not

become deaf my head shall not be separated from It my neck my tongue shall not 1e carried away my hair shall not (20) bo cut off mine eyebrows shall (1 not be shaved off and no baleful injury shall come upon me fy body 8hall be stablished amI it shaH neither fall into ruin (21) nor be destroyed 011 this earth

Ch div 16] OF NOT LETTING THE BODY PERISH jI9

and the flesh becometh toetid liquid (9) and he

becometh a brother unto the decay which cometh

upon him and he turneth into multitudes of worms and he becometh altogether worms and an end is made of him and he peri sheth in the sight of the

god Shu even as doth every god and every goddess (10) and every feathered fowl and every fisl and every creeping thing and every reptile and every animal and every thing whatsoever Thereshyfore shall they [fall] on (11) their l)ellies [when] they recognize me and behold the fear of me shall terrify H them and thus likewise shall it be with every being

after death whether it be animal (12) or bird or

fish or worm or reptile Let life [come] fro111 its death and let not decay caused by any reptile make an end [of me] and let them not com3 against (13) me in their [various] forms Do not thou give me over unto that slaughterer who dwelleth in his

torture-chamber () who (14) killeth the members and maketh them rot being [himself] hidaen-who worketh destruction upon many deall bodies and liveth by slaughter Let me Jive and perform his

message and let me do that which (15) is comshymallde(l hy him Give me not over unto his fingers

let him not gain the mastery over me for I am under

thy command 0 lord of the gotls Homage to thee 0 my divine father Osiris thou

hast thy heing with thy members (16) Thou didst

I 1e Iho death of the hody

518 OF NOT LETTING THE BODY PERISH (Ch CIV t

Text (1) THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE

BODY PERISH The Osiris Nu the overseer of the

house of the overseer of the seal triumphant

saith- (2) Homage to thee 0 my divine father Osiris I

(( came to embalm thee do thou embalm these my

members for I would not perish and corne to an

end (3) [but would be] even like unto my divine father KheperA the divine type of l1irn that never saw corruption Come then make strong my breath

then 0 lord of the winds (4) who dost magnify t~ose divine beings who are like unto himself Stablish me doubly then and fashion me strongly 0 lord of the funeral chest Grant thou that I may enter into

the land of everlastingness according to that which

was done for thee (5) along with thy father Tern

whose body never saw corruption and who is the being who never saw corruption I have never done that which tbou hatest) nay I have cried out among those who love (0) thy Ka Let not my body become worms but deliver me as thou didst thyself I pray thee let me not fall into rottenness cven as thou dost

permit (7) every god und every goddess and every animal and every repti1e to see corruption when the soul hath gone forth from them after their death And when the soul departcth (or perisheth) a man seeth corruption and the bones (8) of his body rot and become wholly stinkingness the members decay piecemeal the benes crumble into a helpless mass

HYMN TO OSIRIS UN-NEFER 19

the North and South lord of the lofty white crown as prince of gods and of men (3) he hath received the crook and the whip and the dignity of his divine fathers Let thy heart which is in the 1fountain of (C Ament be content for thy son Horus is established upon thy throne (4) Thou art crowned lord of Tattu ~ and ruler in Abtu (Abydos) Through thee the world waxeth green in (5) triumph before the might (C of Neber-tcher3 He leadeth in his train that which is and that which is not yet in his name of Ta-~ershy(6) sta-nef he toweth along the earth by Maat in his name of Reker li he js 8xc8edingly mighty (7) (( and most terrible ill his name Osiris 6 he endureth (C for ever and for ever 7 in his name of Un-nefer

(8) Homage to thee King of kings Lord of lords (( Prince of princes who from the womb of Nut hast (( ruled (9) the world and A~frtB Thy body is of bright and shining metal thy head is of azure blue (( and the brilliance of the turqnoise encircleth thee

1 The hidden place or abode of the dead which was DsuaHy situated on the left or western bank of the Nile

~ Two cities in Ngypt bore the name Tattu vir Busiris and Mendes

3 Ie the lord of al1 In the Book of the Dead Osiris is fremiddot quently called by this name the allusion being to the complete reconstruction of his body after it had been hacked to pieces by Set

A name meaning something like he leadeth the earth 5 A play on the Bounds of the words sek to pull along and

sekert he who is coffined is here intended 6 A play on the sounds of the words user strong and Ausal

Osiris is here intended 7 A play on the words Un to exist and un in the proper name

Un-nefer is here intended S A name of the underworld







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