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The Resurrection Of Osiris With Whom The Gods Are Satisfied, Utterance 577
Ancient Egyptian trans. Samuel A. B. Mercer • c. c. 2400-2300 BCE
577
1520 To say: Osiris dawns, pure, mighty; high, lord of truth 1520 on the first of the year; lord of the year. 1521 Atum father of the gods is satisfied; Shu and Tefnut are satisfied; Geb and Nut are satisfied; 1521 Osiris and [Isis] are satisfied; Set and [Neit] (Nephthys?) are satisfied; 1522 all the gods who are in heaven are satisfied; all the gods who are on earth and in the lands are satisfied; 1522 all the southern and northern gods are satisfied; all the western and eastern gods are satisfied; 1522 all the nome gods are satisfied; all the city gods are satisfied 1523 with the great and mighty word, which comes forth from the mouth of Thot, concerning Osiris, 1523 the seal of life, the seal of the gods. 1523 Anubis, the counter of hearts, deducts Osiris N. from the gods who belong to the earth, (and assigns him) to the gods who are in heaven, 1524 lord of wine at the inundation. 1524 His year is calculated for him; his hour knows him. 1524 N. is known by his year which is with him; 1524 his hour which is with him knows him. 1525. "Come, my child," says Atum, "come to us," say they, say the gods to thee, Osiris. 1526 ("Our) brother is come to us, the eldest, the first (begotten) of his father, the first (born) of his mother," 152 6 say they, say the gods. 1527 Heaven conceived him: Dw.t gave him birth; 152 7 N. was conceived with him by heaven; 1527 N. was given birth with him by D.t. 152 8 Thou supported the sky on thy right side, having life; 1528 thou livest, because the gods ordained that thou live. 1528 N. supports the sky on his right side, having life; 1528 he lives, his life, because the gods have ordained that he live. 1529 Thou leanest on the earth on thy left side, having joy; 1529 thou livest thy life, because the gods have ordained that thou live. 1529 N. leans on the [earth] on his left side, having life (or joy?); 1529 he lives his life, because (the gods) have ordained that he live. 1530 N. ascended on the eastern side of the sky; 1530 he descends as a green bird; 1530 he descends ---- lord of the D.t-lakes. 1530 N. is purified in the lakes of the mn-goose. 38. TEXTS OF MISCELLANEOUS CONTENTS,