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Pyramid Texts

Texts Of Miscellaneous Contents, Utterances 535-538
Ancient Egyptian trans. Samuel A. B. Mercer • c. c. 2400-2300 BCE
535
1280 To say by Isis and Nephthys: 1280 The .t-bird comes, the kite comes; they are Isis and Nephthys. 1280 They are come in search of their brother Osiris; 1280 (They are come) in search of their brother N. 1281 Thou who art (here), thou who art (there), weep for thy brother; Isis, weep for thy brother; Nephthys, weep for thy brother. 1281 Isis sits, her hands upon her head; 1282 Nephthys has indeed seized the tip of (her) two breasts because of her brother, N.; 1282 Anubis being on his belly; Osiris being wounded; Anubis being before the fist (?). 1283 Thy putrefaction, N., is not; thy sweat, N., is not; 12 83 thy outflowing, N., is not; thy dust, N., is not. 1284 .ti son of .ti (is) at Mnii, coming as Mn.ti, 1284 to divide in three these your four days and your eight nights. 1285 The stars follow thy beloved b.wt, 1285 who is chief of thy nm (attendants); thou art chief of those who are chief of the nm.w (attendants); thou hast made nm the nm.w. 1285 Loose Horus from his bonds, that he may punish the Followers of Set; 1286 that he may seize them; that he may remove their heads; that he may take off their legs. 1286 Cut thou them up, take thou out their hearts; 1286 drink thou of their blood; 1287 count their hearts, in this thy name of "Anubis counter of hearts." 1287 Thy two eyes have been given to thee as thy two uraeusserpents, 1287 for thou art like Wepwawet on his standard, Anubis who presides in s-ntr. 1288 O N., the houses of the great who are in Heliopolis make thee "first"; 1288 the spirits and even the imperishable stars fear thee. 1288 The dead fall on their face before thee; the blessed dead(?) care for thee. 1289 "Eldest (son), 'Im is for N.," say the Souls of Heliopolis, 1289 who furnish thee with life and satisfaction. 1289 He lives with the living as Seker lives with the living; 1289 he lives with the living as N. lives with the living. 1290 O N., come, live thy life there, in thy name, in thy time, 1290 in these years, which are to be peaceful, according to (?) thy wish.
536
1291 To say: Thy water belongs to thee, thine abundance belongs to thee, thine efflux comes out of Osiris to thee. 1291 The double doors of heaven are open for thee; the double doors of Nut are open for thee; 1291 the double doors of heaven are open for thee; the double doors of b.w are open for thee. 1292 "Welcome," says Isis; "(come) in peace," says Nephthys, when they see their brother. 1292 Raise thyself up; 1292 untie thy bandages; shake off thy dust. 1293 Sit thou upon this thy firm throne. 1293 Thou art pure with thy four nm.t-jars and thy four 'b.t-jars, 1293 which come for thee out of thy chapel of natron, which were filled for thee in the natron lake, 1293 and which Horus of Nekhen has given thee. 1294 He has given to thee his spirits, the jackals, 1294 like (to) Horus who is in his house, like (to) nti (Osiris) chief of the mighty. 1294 A durable offering is made for thee. 1295 Anubis, chief of the s-ntr, has commanded that thou come in as a star, as god of the morning (or, as god of the morning star), 1295 that thou pass through the region of Horus of the South and that thou pass through the region of Horus of the North. 1296 (And) men will construct with their arms a stairway to thy throne. 1296 He comes to thee his father; he comes to thee Geb. 1297 Do for him that which thou hast done for his brother, Osiris, 1297 on this day of thy feast, the water being full (i. e. at inundation), 1297 when (his) bones are counted, when (his) sandals are repaired, 1297 when his nails, upper and lower, are cleaned for him, 1297 There will come to him (people of) the Upper Egyptian 'itr.tpalace and of the northern 'itr.t-palace, bowing --.
537
11298a. To say: O N., arise, sit thou on the throne of Osiris; 1298 thy flesh is complete like (that of) Atum; thy face like (that of) a jackal. 1299 Give thou thy mouth to R`. 1299 He congratulates thee on what thou hast said; he praises thy words. 1299 Arise; thou ceasest not to be; thou perishest not. 1300 Live, N., thy mother Nut lays hold of thee, she unites her. self with thee; 1300 Geb seizes thine arm. "Thou comest in peace," say thy fathers. 1300 Thou art possessed of thy body; thou art clothed in thy body. 1301 Thou ascendest like Horus of the D.t, chief of the imperishable stars; 1301 thou sittest upon thy firm throne at the head of thy canal of b.w; 1301 thou livest as the coleoptera (lives); thou endurest as the dd, eternally.
538
1302 To say: Back, thou lowing ox. 1302 Thy head is in the hand of Horus; thy tail is in the hand of Isis; 1302 the fingers of Atum are at thy horns. 28. A LITANY OF ASCENSION,