Pyramid Texts
The Ferryman And The Deceased King's Ascension, Utterances 300-311
445 To say: O Hrti of Ns.t, ferryman of the 'Ih.t-boat, made by Khnum,
445 bring this (boat) to N. N. is Seker of R-t.w.
445 N. is on the way to the place of Seker, chief of Pdw-s.
445 It is our brother who is bringing this (boat) for these bridgegirderers (?) of the desert.
446 To say: Thy established-offering is thine, O Niw (Nun) together with Nn.t (Naunet),
446 ye two sources of the gods, protecting the gods with their (your) shade.
446 Thy established-offering is thine, O Amn together with Amnet,
446 ye two sources of the gods, protecting the gods with their (your) shade.
447 Thy established-offering is thine, O Atum together with the two lions, ye double power of the gods, yourselves, who created yourselves,
447 that is, Shu together with Tefnut, (who) created the gods, begat the gods, established the gods.
448 Say ye to your father (Pta)
448 that N. has given to you your established-offering, that N. has satisfied you with your due.
448 Ye shall (or, should) not hinder N. when he ferries to the horizon to him.
449 N. knows him, knows his name. Ni is, his name, Ni lord of the year is his name;
449 he with the warrior's arm, Horus who is over the hd.w of heaven, who causes R` to live every day.
450 He will rebuild N.; he will cause N. to live every day.
450 N. comes to thee, Horus of H.t; N. comes to thee, Horus of Ssm.t;
450 N. comes to thee, Horus of the East.
451 Behold, N. brings to thee thy great left eye as healer.
451 Take it, the intact (one), to thyself from N.; its water is in it, being intact;
451 its blood is in it, being intact; its breath is in it, being intact.
452 Enter into it; take possession of it, in this thy name of "Sacred 3" (a god),
452 that thou mayest approach to it in this thy name of "R`"'.
453 Put it on thy brow, in this, its name of "choice oil",
453 that thou mayest rejoice in it, in this its name of "willow-tree",
454 that thou mayest sparkle thereby among the gods, in this its name of "that which sparkles", (or, "tnw.t-oil"),
454 that thou mayest be pleased with it in this its name of "oil of pleasure", (or, "kn.w-oil").
454 (Then) will the Rnn-wt.t-serpent love thee.
455 Stand there, great reed-float, like Wp-w.wt,
455 filled with thy splendour, come forth from the horizon,
455 after thou hast taken possession of the white crown in the water-springs, great and mighty, which are in the south of Libya,
456 (like) Sebek, lord of Bh.w.
456 Thou journeyest to thy fields, thou passest through thy kb.twoods,
456 thy nose breathes the fragrance of the Ssmt.t-land.
456 Thou causest the ka of N. to approach his side,
456 like as thy Wig (deified) approaches thee.
457 Purify N., make N. bright
457 in this thy jackal-lake, O jackal, where thou purifiest the gods.
457 Thou art become a soul, thou art become pre-eminent (sharp), (like.) Horus lord of the green-stone--(to say) four times--(like) the two green falcons.
458 To say: Heaven is serene (?); Sothis lives, for it is N. who lives, the son of Sothis.
458 The Two Enneads have purified themselves for him
458 as (in the form of) the mtiw-hook-star, the imperishable.
458 The house of N. in heaven will not go under, the throne of N. on earth will never be destroyed.
459 Men bury themselves (in their grave (?); the gods fly up.
449 Sothis caused N. to fly to heaven among his brothers the gods.
449 Nut, the great, uncovered her arms for N.
460 The two souls who are at the head of the souls of Heliopolis, who genuflected at sun-rise,
460 passed the night, while they did this, weeping for the god.
460 The throne of N. is by thee, O R`; he will not give it to anyone else.
461 N. ascends to heaven, to thee, O R`;
461 the face of N. is as (that of) falcons;
461 the wings of N. are as (those of) geese;
461 his claws are as the fangs of the god of the Dw.f-nome.
462 There is not a word among men on earth against N.;
462 there is no condemnation of him among the gods in heaven.
462 N. has removed the word against him; N. has destroyed (it) so as to mount up to heaven.
463 Wp-w.wt has caused N. to fly to heaven among his brothers, the gods.
463 N. moved (flapped) his arms like a mn-goose;
463 N. flaps his wings like a kite.
463 He flies who flies, O men; N. also flies away from you.
464 To say: Gods of the West, gods of the East, gods of the South, gods of the North-
464 these four pure reed-floats, which ye placed for Osiris,
464 for his ascension to heaven,
465 that he might ferry over to b.w, while his son Horus was at hand (at his fingers),
465 (whom) he reared and whom he caused to dawn as a great god in b.w,
465 place them for N.
466 Art thou Horus, son of Osiris? Art thou, O N., the god, the eldest, son of Hathor?
466 Art thou the seed of Geb?
467 Osiris has ordained that N. dawn as a second Horus.
467 Those four souls (spirits), who are in Heliopolis, have written it
467 in the register of the two Great Gods who are in b.w.
468 To say: Greetings to thee, O daughter of Anubis, who is at the windows, of heaven,
468 thou friend of Thot, who is at the double rail (end) of the ladder.
468 Open the way for N., that N. may pass.
469 Greetings to thee, O ostrich, who is on the shore of the Winding Watercourse.
469 Open the way for N., that N. may pass.
470 Greetings to thee, O ox of R`, with four horns,
470 thy horn in the West, thy horn in the East, thy horn in the South, thy horn in the North.
470 Incline thy western horn for N., that N. may pass.
47 Art thou a pure westerner? I come from the falcon city.
471 Greetings to thee, O Marsh of my Offerings (or, O Marsh of my Peace);
471 greetings to the honourable ones (dead?) who are in thee. N. will honour those who are there.
471 Comfortable are the pure who are in me.
472 To say: The ladder is fastened by R` in the presence of Osiris;
472 the ladder is fastened by Horus in the presence of his father Osiris,
472 as he goes to his (spirit).
472 One of them is on this side, one of them is on this side, while N. is between them.
473 Art thou then a god, pure in dwellings (places)? (I am) come from a pure (place).
473 Stand (here), O N., says Horus; sit (here), O N., says Set;
473 Take his arm (certificate), says R`.
474 The spirit belongs to heaven; the body belongs to the earth.
474 That which men receive when they are buried
474 are their thousand loaves of bread, their thousand mugs of beer from the offering-table of nti-'imnti.w.
475 If the heir is poor because he has no testament,
475 then shall N. (really, "he") write with his great finger;
475 but he shall not write with his little finger,
476 To say: "How beautiful indeed is the sight, how pleasant indeed is the view," say they, say the gods,
476 "'the ascension of this god to heaven, the ascension of N. to heaven,
477 his renown over him, his terror on both sides of him,
477 his magic preceding him!"
477 Geb has done for him as was done for himself; (and)
478 the gods, the Souls of Buto come to him, (and) the gods, the Souls of Hierakonpolis, the gods who are in heaven, the gods who are on the earth;
478 they make for thee (they serve thee as), N., supports of their arms,
479 and thou ascendest, N., to heaven, and thou climbest on it in this its name of "ladder."
479 "Let heaven be given to N.; let the earth be given to him," said Atum.
480 He who had spoken (with Atum) about it was Geb.
480 The regions of the kingdom, the kingdom of Horus, the kingdom of Set, (and)
480 the Marshes of Reeds, they adore thee
480 in this thy name of Dw.m, as Sopdu, (who lives) under his kb.ttrees.
481 Has he killed thee after his heart had said that thou shouldst die for him?
481 But, behold, thou for thy part become in spite of him as the remaining bull of the wild-bulls.
481 There remains, there remains the remaining bull,
481 (so) thou art remaining, O N., as their chief, as chief of the spirits, eternally.
482 To say: A Heliopolitan is in N., O god; a Heliopolitan as thou (art) is in N. O god;
482 a Heliopolitan is in N., O R`; a Heliopolitan as thou (art) is in N. O R`.
482 The mother of N. is a Heliopolitan; the father of N. is a Heliopolitan.
483 N. himself is a Heliopolitan, who was born in Heliopolis,
483 when R` ruled the Two Enneads, (when) Nefertem ruled men,
483 (as) one without an equal, the heir of his father Geb.
484 Any god who puts out his arm (menacingly),
484 when the face of N. turns to thee to adore thee,
484 (and) when N. calls to thee on behalf of his person, O god, on behalf of his nose, O god,
484 he shall have no bread, he shall have no cake among his brothers, the gods;
485 he shall send no message, he shall not cover in heat among his brothers, the gods;
485 the double doors of the mkt.t-boat shall not be opened for him, the double doors of the m`nd.t-boat shall not be opened for him;
485 his speech shall not be judged as (that of one) in his city; the double doors of the destroyer ("Hell") shall not be open (again) for him.
486 N. comes to thee.
486 N. is the wild-bull of the highlands, the bull with the large head, which comes from Heliopolis.
486 N., wild-bull of the highlands, comes to thee.
486 Henceforth N. is he who has given birth to thee and who gives birth to thee.
487 To say: Greetings to thee, O Horus, in the regions of Horus;
487 greetings to thee, O Set, in the regions of Set;
487 greetings to thee, O 'Ir.w, in the Marshes of Reeds;
488 greetings to you, ye two harmonius (goddesses), daughters of the four gods, who dwell in the great palace (Heliopolis),
488 ye who are come forth at the voice of N., naked.
489 N. has looked to you, as Horus looked to Isis;
489 N. has looked to you, as the Nb.w-k.w (serpent) looked to r.ttw;
489 N. has looked to you, as Sebek looked to Neit;
489 N. has looked to you, as Set looked to the two harmonius (goddesses).
490 To say: N. is the d.i of the gods, who is behind the house of R`,
490 born of the wish of the gods, which is in the prow of the boat of R`.
490 N. sits before him;
491 N. opens his boxes; N. breaks open his edicts;
491 N. seals his rolls (of papyrus);
491 N. sends forth his messengers, the indefatigables.
491 N. does, that which he (R`) says to N.
492 To say: If N. should be bewitched, so will Atum be bewitched.
492 If N. should be slandered, so will Atum be slandered.
492 If N. should be beaten, so will Atum be beaten.
492 If N. should be hindered on this road, so will Atum be hindered.
493 N, is Horus. N. comes after his father (in time); N. comes after Osiris.
493 O thou, whose face is before him, whose face is behind him,
494 bring this (boat) to N. Which boat shall I bring to thee, O N.?
494 Bring to N. that which flies up and alights.
495 To say: Look at N., O R`; recognize N., O R`.
495 He belongs to those who know thee. He knows (that)
495 when his lord (R`) goes forth, he should not forget the tp-di,
496 so that she "who excludes whom she will exclude" may open the doors of the horizon for the going forth of the boat of the morning-sun.
496 (N.) knows the hall of the royal throne, which is in the midst of the platform of 'iskn, whence thou goest forth,
497 that thou mayest enter (step down into) the boat of the eveningsun.
497 Commend N.; commend him, commend him--to say four times one after another--to those four raging ones (winds),
497 who are around thee (R`) who see with two faces, who speak with two mouths (?),
498 who are evil with those who are unfortunate, with those who would destroy them (the winds?),
498 that they put not out their arm, when N. turns to thee, when N. comes to thee,
499 as one who says to thee this thy name of "great flood," which proceeds from the great (one).
499 N. will not be blind when thou leavest him in darkness;
499 he will not be deaf when he does not hear thy voice.
500 Mayest thou take N. with thee, with thee;
500 he who drives away the storm for thee; be who chases off the clouds for thee; he who breaks up the hail for thee. 500c, N. will do homage (upon) homage to thee; he will cause acclamation (upon) acclamation to thee.
500 Mayest thou set N. over dt3.t. 13. A SERIES OF FIVE CHARMS,