Pyramid Texts
A Series Of Food Texts, Utterances 487-502
1046 To say: O my father, Osiris N.,
1046 thou art spiritualized on the horizon, thou endurest in the Ddi.t;
1046 thou commandest (with) words as he who is at the head of the living, eternally.
1047 Get (lit. stand up) from thy left side, put thyself on thy right side;
1047 take this thy bread, which I am giving thee; I am thy son and thine heir.
1048 To say: O N., (free) course is given to thee by Horus;
1048 thou art adorned as the only (unique) star in the sky.
1048 Thy two wings are grown as (those of) a falcon; great of breast
1048 like the gnw-falcon, whose descent was seen, after he had traversed the sky.
1049 Thou voyagest the b.w by the watercourse of R`-Harachte.
1049 Nut gives [to thee] her arm --------------
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1050 To say: If thou desirest that N. say ------- who sees the tribute of the land,
1050 then mayest thou be ---------------------------1051 .see, order -----------------------------------
1052. To say: ------------------------------------1053. N. is the bull-herd -----------------------------1054. Since you two have given birth to -----------------
1055 To say: When N. dies [his] ka will gain power --------
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1056 [who descend into the earth] as two serpents, and I descend on [their] coi[ls].
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1057 It is N. who knelt in Nun; it is N. who sat in M [-------]
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1058 [Horus gives me this his bread], with which he has satisfied his subjects,
1058 and I eat of it with them.
1059 To say: Greetings to you, who rule over abundance,
1059 who look after food, who reside as ruler of the green field, 1059b + 1 (N. XIV 1055 + 47). near the lord of splendour. 1059b + 2 (Nt. XXVII 701-702). Cause N. to eat of the corn which originates there, 1059b + 3 (N. 1055 + 48). like the equipment which was made in Mtwr.t 1059b + 4 (N. 1055 + 48). by him who sees with his face. 1059b + 5 (N. 1055 + 48). It (the corn) will be brought in for N. and for him who eats with his mouth. 1059c-
1060 Those who are attached to the offerings of the oldest gods-- 1060a-b. they introduce me to abundance, they introduce me to food, 1060b + 1 (N. 1055 + 49). that N. may eat with his mouth like him who separates Wp-sn.wi (the two tuffs (of hair), 1061a (Nt. XXVII 704). and drop with my (or, his) anus like eret. 1061a + 1 (Nt. 704). I give offerings and distribute food 1061a + 2 (N. 1055 + 50). like him with the long wings who lives in the Marsh of Reeds.
1061 Wind is in my nose; seed is in my phallus,
1061 as (seed is in the phallus) of him of mysterious form, who lives in splendour. 1061c + 1 (N. 1055 + 50. N. sees Nun, 1061c + 2 (Nt. 705). when she appears on her way. 1061c + 3 (N. 1055 + 51). Honour will be given to N.; 1061c + 4 (Nt. 706). N. will be great because of her power; there will be a six days' feast in Hri-`; 1062. (Nt. 706). N. will eat of the pregnant cow like those who are in Heliopolis.
1063 He sat, who was seated to eat bread; R` sat to eat bread.
1063 Water was given by the Two Enneads.
1063 [The flood] stood [on the bank].
1063 (Firth-Gunn, 235, 19; Lacau TR 4). I come to thee, O Flood,
1063 (Firth-Gunn, 235, 19-20; Lacau TR 4). that thou mayest give me bread when I am hungry; that thou mayest give me beer when I am thirsty.
1064 To say: O Great Ennead in Heliopolis,
1064 lady of the (Three) Enneads,
1064 his meal (shall be) as his who is chief of the 'itr.t-palace
1064 Two of N.'s meals (shall be) in the Ddi.t;
1064 [three of his meals (shall be) in the horizon -------]
1065 To say: Greetings to thee, O Food; greetings to thee, O Abundance;
1065 greetings to thee, O Corn; greetings to thee, O Flour.
1065 Greetings to you, ye gods, who put the meal before R`,
1065 who --------- with w, who are at the M.t-wr.t;
1065 I will eat of the morsel of R`, sitting on the throne of splendour.
1066 I am she of Tentyra; I am come from Tentyra;
1066 Shu is behind N.; Tefnut is before him;
1066 it is Wp-w.wt, who serves as a protection (?) on the right of N.
1066 They cause this field-of-food of R` to keep me alive so that I may eat,
1066 after it is collected for me, as for him who rules over the Ennead, who lives at (or, on) M.t-wr.t.
1067 [To say: O N., stand up], be seated, shake the earth (i.e. dust of the earth) from thee;
1067 remove the two arms from behind thee, as (those of) Set.
1067 The eye of Horus will come to thee at the beginning of the decade, because thou art eager for it.
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1068 To say: Awake, Osiris, awake.
1068 O N., stand up, be seated, shake the earth (i.e. the dust of the earth) from thee.
1068 I come, I give [the eye] of Horus to thee; it will be lasting with thee (or, it will be pleasing to thee).
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1069 [Stand up] for this joint of (w.t-) meat, which is from the broad-hall; come out, receive this thy bread from my hand.
1069 O Osiris N., I am thy son, conceived of thee;
1069 I am come with ------------------------------
1070 To say: Back, O Spittle, which is not fallen (discharged).
1070 It (the serpent) is lying outstretched. Protect thyself. Stand (firm). Smite.
1071 To say: A heart is there, a heart is there, one who will lock himself in, one who will lock himself in is there.
1071 Back, thou great hidden one, who has come out of a hidden member.
1071 A man sees it. Protect thyself. Bar the way (?).
1072 To say: -------------------- for me three meals,
1072 one in heaven, two on earth.
1072 A lion-helmet -------- green -------------------
1073 ----------------- four -----------------------1074. --------------- a point ---------------------1075. --------------- darkness ---------------------- 1076. --------------- be not ----------------------1077. come --------------------------------------- 24. A SERIES OF REED-FLOATS AND FERRYMAN TEXTS,