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Pyramid Texts

Texts Of Miscellaneous Contents, Utterances 685-689
Ancient Egyptian trans. Samuel A. B. Mercer • c. c. 2400-2300 BCE
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2063 To say: The waters of life which are in the sky, the waters of life which are in the earth come. 2063 The sky burns for thee, the earth trembles for thee, before the birth of the god. 2064 The two mountains divide, a god comes into being, the god has power over his body. 2064 The two mountains divide, N. comes into being, N. has power over his body. 2065 Behold N., his feet shall be kissed by the pure waters, 2065 which come into being through Atum, which the phallus of Shu makes, which the vulva of Tefnut brings into being. 2066 They have come to thee, they have brought to thee the pure waters which issue from their father; 2066 they purify thee, they fumigate thee, N., with incense. 2067 Thou liftest up the sky with thy hand; thou treadest (lit. layest) down the earth with thy foot. 2067 A libation is poured out at the gate of N.; the face of every god is washed. 2068 Thou washest thine arms, Osiris; thou washest thine arms N. 2068 Thy rejuvenescence is a god. Your third is a wd-offering. 2068 The perfume of an 'I.t-wt.t-serpent is on N. 2069 A bnbn-bread is in the house of Seker; a leg of meat is in the house of Anubis. 2069 N. is intact; the 'itr.t-palace is standing; the month (i.e. the moon) is born; the nome lives, 2070 which measurements have traced. Thou tillest the barley; thou tillest the spelt, 2070 with which N. will be presented for ever.
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2071 To say: Horus has ointment; Set has ointment. 2071 Horus has taken his eye; he has taken it away from his enemies, 2071 without Set being a gainer thereby. 2072 Horus fills himself with ointment; 2072 Horus is satisfied with his eye; Horus is furnished with his w.tplant (?). 2072 The eye of Horus is united with him; its perfume belongs to him. 2072 Its anger falls upon his enemies. 2073 N. has ointment; N. fills himself with it; 2073 its perfume unites with him; 2073 its anger falls upon his enemies.
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2074 To say: O N., I have come; I have brought the eye of Horus which is in its heat; 2074 its perfume belongs to thee, N.; 2075 its perfume belongs to thee; the perfume of the eye of Horus belongs to thee, N. 2075 Thou art a ba thereby; thou art a m thereby; thou art honoured thereby. 2075 Thou conquerest the wrr.t-crown thereby, among the gods. 2076 Horus comes rejoicing at thy approach, 2076 as he rejoices at the approach of his eye which is upon thee. 2076 Behold N., who is before the gods, equipped as a god, his bones assembled, is like Osiris. 2077 The gods do homage at the approach of N., 2077 as the gods do homage at the approach of the dawning of R` when he ascends in the horizon.
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2078 To say: These four grandsons stand up for N., 2078 'Ims.ti, pi, Dw-mu.t.f, b-n.w.f, 2078 the offspring of Horus of Letopolis. 2079 They bind a ladder for N.; 2079 they make firm a ladder for N. 2079 They cause N. to ascend to Khepri, 2079 he who exists on the eastern side of the sky. 2080 Its rungs are hewn by S; 2080 the ropes which are on it are made solid 2080 by means of sinews of Gw.ti, the bull of heaven; 2080 the uprights at its sides are fastened, 2080 like the skin of 'Imi-wt, son of s.t; 2080 the "supporter of the Great One" is set under it by p-wr.t. 2081 Cause ye the ka of N. to ascend to the god; 2081 lead ye him to the two lions; cause him to ascend to Atum. 2082 Atum has done that which he said he would do for N., 2082 (for) he binds the ladder for him, he makes the ladder firm for N. 2082 (Thus) N. is removed from the horror of mankind; 2082 the arms of N. are not a horror to the gods. 2083 N. has not eaten the d3-plant; 2083 N. has not chewed bd-goose on the first of the month; 2083 he has not slept during the night, (though) he did not keep watch; 2083 he ignores his body in one of these two seasons of Khepri. 2084 The inhabitants of the D.t have counted their bodies; 2084 they opened their ears, to the voice of N., 2084 when he descends among them. 2085 "Heavy-is-his-sceptre" has said to them 2085 that N. is one of them. 2085 The might of N. is among them like "Great mighty one," who will lead to the Great West. 2086 The dignity of N. is great in the house of the two lions, 2086 for the wrong which appertains to N. is driven off by him who drives off evil ('Idr-isf.t) 2086 from before Mnti-'irti in Letopolis.
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2087 To say: Geb has raised the eye of Horus, which is K (or, K.t), 2087 which is over his great kas, which is first of his ordinary kas. 2088 Thy head (O Eye of Horus) is given (to thee), that thou mayest see Horus who has caused to sit ------ 2088 so that the judgment may take place. 2089 Isis comes; she has laid hold of her breasts for her son Horus, justified. 2089 N. has found the eye of Horus. 2090 (Thou), who has found that eye of Horus, 2090 to which its head is given, for which a front is made, like the forehead of R`, furious like a crocodile, 2090 thou hast followed the eye of Horus to heaven, to the d.wstars of the sky, 2090 go thou, as one who shall row Horus, with his eye. 2091 O Shu, thou who bearest up Nut, 2091 thou hast borne up the eye of Horus to heaven, to the d.wstars of the sky, 2091 because Horus sits upon his firm (or, copper; or, brilliant) throne. 2091 Go thou, as one who shall row Horus, with his eye. 57. A SERIES OF ADDRESSES TO THE DECEASED KING AS A GOD,