(42) Isis is shown with her son Horus in her arms. She is crowned with the lunar orb, ornamented with the horns of rams or bulls. Orus, or Horus as he is more generally known, was the son of Isis and Osiris. He was the god of time, hours, days, and this narrow span of life recognized as mortal existence. In all probability, the four sons of Horus represent the four kingdoms of Nature. It was Horus who finally avenged the murder of his father, Osiris, by slaying Typhon, the spirit of Evil.

(371) 648 To say: O Osiris N., Horus has placed thee in the heart of the gods; 648 he has caused thee to take the white crown, the lady. 648 Horus has found thee; he rejoices over thee. 648 Go forth against thine enemy; thou art greater than he, in thy name of "He of the great house, the 'itr.t-palace." 649 Horus has caused him to carry thee, in thy name of "Great carried one." 649 He has delivered thee from thine enemy. 649 He has avenged thee, as "He who is avenged in his time." 649 Geb has seen thy character; he has put thee in thy place. 650 Horus has stretched thine enemy under thee; thou art older than he, for thou wast born before him. 650 Thou art the father of Horus, who begat him, in thy name of "Bird-begetter." 650 The heart of Horus is glad because of thee, in thy name of "First of the Westerners."

(74) 51 Osiris N., take to thyself the eye of Horus, on account of which he was punished. ft-oil.

(369) 640 To say: O Osiris N., stand up. Horus has caused thee to stand up. 640 Geb has caused Horus to see his father in thee, in thy name of "He of the royal castle." 641 Horus has given the gods to thee; he has brought them to thee, so that they may illuminate thy face. 641 Horus has given his eye to thee, that thou mayest see with it. 642 Horus has placed thine enemy under thee, 642 that he may carry thee, that thou be not far from him, 642 and that thou mayest come (again) in thy (former) state. The gods have bound (again) thy face to thee. 643 Horus has opened thine eye for thee, that thou mayest see with it, in her (the eye) name of "Opener of the way." 643 Thine enemy is smitten by the children of Horus; they made his smiting red (bloody); 643 they have punished him; he is severely punished, so that his smell is evil. 644 Horus has fitted thy mouth to thee; he has adjusted for thee thy mouth to thy bones. 644 Horus has opened thy mouth for thee; 644 thy beloved son has re-instated thy two eyes for thee. 644 Horus does not permit thy face to be without the power to see, 644 in thy name of "Horus chief of his subjects."

(689) 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,

(10) 8 Horus lives, living apparition of the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, N., 8 (of the land of) the two goddesses, living apparition, N., 8 (of the land of) the two lords (of Ombos), N., 8 Osiris, lord of the D.t, N., 8 the beloved son of Geb, N., 8 son of Nut, opener of her body (womb), N., 8 endowed with life, endurance, joy, health, like R`, eternally.

(357) 583 To say by Horus: May Geb make an offering to Osiris N., O Osiris N., 583 Geb has given to thee thy two eyes that thou mayest be satisfied. Take in thee the two eyes of this Great One. 583 Geb has caused Horus to give them to thee that thou mayest be satisfied with them. 584 Isis and Nephthys have seen thee; they have found thee. 584 Horus has taken care of thee; Horus has caused Isis and Nephthys to protect thee. 584 They have given thee to Horus that he may be satisfied with thee. 585 It is pleasing to Horus (to be) with thee in thy name of "He of the horizon, whence R` goes forth," 585 in thine arms in thy name of "He from within the palace." 585 Thou hast closed thine arms about him, about him, 585 so that his bones stretch and he become proud. 586 O Osiris N., betake thyself to Horus, 586 approach thyself to him, do not go far from him. 587 Horus has come, he recognizes thee; 587 he has smitten (and) bound Set for thee, for thou art his ka. 587 Horus has made him afraid of thee, for thou art greater than he; 588 he swims under thee; he carries in thee one greater than he. 588 His followers have noticed thee how thy strength is greater 588 so that they dare not resist thee. than his, 589 Horus comes; he recognizes his father in thee, for thou art young in thy name of "He of the fresh water." 589 Horus has opened for thee thy mouth. 590 O Osiris N., be not in distress, groan not. 590 Geb has brought Horus to thee, that he may count for thee their hearts. 590 He has brought to thee all the gods together; there is not one among them who escapes him. 591 Horus has avenged thee; it was not long till he avenged thee. 591 Horus has snatched back his eye from Set; he has given it to thee. 591 This his eye, the sweet one, cause it to stay with thee, reclaim it for thyself. O may it be pleasing to thee. 592 Isis has taken care of thee. 592 The heart of Horus is glad because of thee in thy name of "He who is First of the Westerners." 592 It is Horus who will avenge what Set has done to thee.

(9) 7 Horus [lives], beloved of the two lands, N., king of Upper and Lower Egypt, N., of the two goddesses beloved bodily, N., lords of Ombos, N. 7 Heir of Geb, whom he loves, N., beloved of all the gods, N., given life, endurance, joy, health, all happiness, like R`.

(372) 651 To say: O Osiris N., awake. 651 Horus has caused Thot to bring thine enemy to thee; 651 he has placed thee upon his back, so that he dare not resist thee. 651 Sit down upon him. 652 Mount; sit upon him, so that he may not escape thee. 652 Dismount, for thou art mightier than he; do thou evil to him. 653 Horus has loosed the hips (legs) of thine enemies; 653 Horus has brought them to thee, cut up. 653 Horus has chased their ka from them. 653 (So then) thou mayest be powerful by means of that which thy heart will do to them, in thy name of "Powerful over the sea" (as bull god).

(356) 575 To say: O Osiris N., Horus has come that he may seek thee. 575 He has caused that Thot turn back for thee the Followers of Set, 575 and that he bring them to thee all together. 576 He has made the heart of Set timid. Thou art greater (or, elder) than he; 576 thou didst come forth (from the womb) before him; thy qualifications are better than his. 576 Geb has seen thy qualifications; he has put thee in thy place. 577 Geb has brought to thee thy two sisters, to thy side, Isis and Nephthys. 577 Horus has caused the gods to unite with thee, 577 to fraternize with thee in thy name of "He of the two nw.tpalaces," 577 but not to reject thee in thy name of "He of the two 'itr.tpalaces." 578 He has caused the gods to avenge thee. 578 Geb has put the sole of his foot on the head of thine enemy, who is afraid of thee. 578 Thy son Horus has smitten him; 578 he has snatched back his eye from him; he has given it to thee, 579 that thou mayest become glorious thereby, that thou mayest become mighty before the spirits. 579 Horus has caused thee to seize thine enemy, that there should be none escaping among them from thee. 580 Horus was indeed ingenious in that be recognized in thee his father, in thy name of b-'iti-rp.t. 580 Nut has established thee as god, in spite of Set, in thy name of "god"; 580 thy mother Nut has, spread herself over thee in her name of "She of St-p.t." 581 Horus has seized Set; he has placed him under thee 581 that be may carry thee and that he may quake under thee like the quaking of the earth, 581 for thou art more exalted than he, in thy name of "He of the exalted land." 582 Horus has caused that thou recognize him (Set) in himself without his getting away from thee; 582 he has caused that thou seize him with thy hand without his escaping from thee. 582 O Osiris N., Horus has avenged thee; 582 he has done (it) for his ka in thee, that thou mayest be satisfied in thy name of "Satisfied ka."

(612) 1730 Further, to say: Let this thy going, king N., be like the going of Horus to his father, Osiris, 1730 that he may be a spiritualized one thereby, that he may be a soul thereby, that he may be an honoured one thereby, that he may be a mighty one thereby. 1731 Thy spirit is behind thee -------------------------- 1731 ---------------- king N. 1732 Collect thy bones; take to thee thy limbs; 1732 shake off this earth (dust of the earth) from thy flesh; 1733 take to thee these thy four nm.t-jars [filled at the divine-lake in Ntr.w], 1733 (and) [the wind of the great Isis, together with (which) the great Isis dried (him)] like Horus. 1734 Raise thyself towards the eye of R`; and according to this thy name so will the gods do 1734 to Horus of the D.t, even to Horus-kn, 1734 to Horus ------------------------------------ 1734 ------------------------------------ 1735 Raise thyself up, be seated on thy firm throne; 1735 thy finger-nails scratch the castle (-door?). 1735 Thou travellest over the regions of Horus; thou travellest over the regions of Set. 1735 -------------------------------------

(367) 634 To say: O Osiris N., Geb has brought Horus to thee that he may avenge thee 634 and bring the hearts of the gods to thee, 634 that thou mayest not be in need, that thou mayest not groan. 634 Horus has given his eye to thee, that thou mayest take by it the wrr.t-crown before the gods (i.e. as chief of the gods). 635 Horus has collected thy limbs for thee; he has put thee together, 635 without any disorder in thee (or, without anything being disordered in thee). 635 Thot has seized thine enemy for thee; so that he is beheaded with his followers; 635 there is not one whom he has spared.

(364) 609 To say: O Osiris N., arise. 609 Horus comes; he reclaims thee from the gods. Horus has loved thee, 609 he has equipped thee with his eye; Horus has adapted to thee his eye. 610 Horus has opened for thee thine eye that thou mayest see with it. 610 The gods have bound to thee thy face; they have loved thee. 610 Isis and Nephthys have healed thee. 610 Horus is not far from thee; thou art his ka. 611 Thy face is gracious unto him; hasten, accept the word of Horus and be satisfied with it. 611 Hearken unto Horus, it will not be harmful to thee; he has caused the gods to follow thee. 612 Osiris N., awake. Geb has brought Horus to thee, and he recognizes thee; 612 Horus has found thee; he rejoices over thee. 613 Horus has caused the gods to ascend to thee; he has given them to thee that they may illuminate thy face (cheer thee). 613 Horus has placed thee at the head of the gods; he has caused thee to take the wrr.t-crown, the lady. 613 Horus has accustomed himself to thee; he cannot part from thee. 64 Horus has caused thee to live in this thy name of `nd.ti. 614 Horus has given thee his eye, the hard (one); 614 (he) has placed it to thee (i.e. in thy hand), that thou mayest be strong, and that all thine enemies may fear thee. 614 Horus has completely filled thee with his eye, in this its name of "Fullness of god." 615 Horus has corralled the gods for thee, 615 so that they cannot get away from thee, from the place where thou hast gone. 615 Horus has counted the gods for thee, 615 so that they cannot get away from thee, from the place where thou wast drowned. 616 Nephthys has assembled for thee all thy limbs, 616 in her name of "S.t, lady of builders." 616 She has made them well for thee. 616 Thou art given over to thy mother Nut, in her name of "Grave"; 616 she has embraced thee, in her name of "Grave"; 616 thou art brought to her, in her name of Maaba." 617 Horus has united for thee thy limbs and does not allow thee to be sick; 617 he has put thee together, so that there is no disorder in thee (or, without anything being disordered in thee). 617 Horus has set thee up without staggering. 618 O Osiris N., let thy heart be glad for him (Horus); thy heart is great, thy mouth is opened. 618 Horus has avenged thee; it was not long till he avenged thee. 619 O Osiris N., thou art the mightiest god; there is no god like thee. 619 Horus has given to thee his children, that they may carry thee; 620 he has given to thee all gods that they may follow thee and that thou mayest have power over them. 620 Horus has set thee up, in his name of "nw-boat" 620 he carries thee, in thy name of "Seker." 621 Thou livest; thou movest every day; 621 thou art glorious, in thy name of "Horizon whence R` goes forth"; 621 thou art honoured, thou art pre-eminent, thou art a soul, thou art mighty for ever and ever.

(247) 257 To say: Thy son Horus has done (this) for thee. 257 The great tremble when they have seen the sword which is in thy hand, 257 as thou comest forth from the Dw-t. 258 Greetings to thee, wise one. 258 Geb has created thee; the Ennead have engendered thee. 258 Horus is satisfied with his father, (as) Atum is satisfied with his years. 258 The gods of the East and West are satisfied with the great (thing) which is come to pass in the embrace of the divine mother (Nut). 259 N., O. N., (thou) who hast seen; N., O. N., (thou) who hast regarded; 259 N, O (thou) who hast heard; N., O N., (thou) who hast been there; 260 N., O N., lift thee up upon thy side, (thou) doer of command; 260 (thou) who hatest sleep, (thou) who art made tired, stand up, (thou) who art in Ndi.t. 260 Thy fine bread is made (i.e. offered, cf. CT, I Spell 67, 286b) in Buto; take thy power in Heliopolis. 261 This Horus commanded to do (this) for his father. The lord of tempest prevented the saliva of Set, 261 when he (Set) should carry thee. It is he who will carry the one who is (again) complete.

(670) 1972. To say: The double doors of heaven are open; the double doors of the bows are open. 1973 The gods in Buto were filled with compassion, when they came to Osiris N., 1973 [at the voice of we]eping of Isis and at the lamentation of Nephthys, 1973 at the wailing of these two spirits 1973 [for this Great One who comes forth] from the D.t. 1974 The Souls of Buto dance for thee; 1974 they beat their flesh for thee; they hit their arms for thee; 1974 they dishevel their hair for thee; 1974 they smite their legs for thee. 1975 They say to thee, Osiris N., "thou art gone, thou art come; 1975 thou art asleep, [thou art awake]; thou art [dead (lit. thou landest)], thou art alive. 1976 Stand up, see that which thy son has done for thee; 1976 awake, hear [that which] Horus [has done for] thee. 1977 He has beaten for thee him who beats thee, li[ke an ox]; 1977 he has killed for thee him who kills thee, like a wild-bull; 1977 he has bound for thee him who binds thee; 1977 he has put him under thy great daughter who is in dm, 1978 so that mourning ceased in the two 'itr.t-palaces of the gods." 1978 Osiris speaks to Horus: 1978 After he had exterminated the evil [which was in N. on] his fourth day, 1978 after he had annulled that which he did against him on his eighth [day]. 1979 [Thou hast come forth] from the lake of life; [thou art] purified [in the lake of] b.w, 1979 and art become Wepwawet; and thy son Horus conducts thee, 1979 when he has given to thee the gods, thine enemies, and Thot has brought them to thee. 1980 How beautiful indeed is the sight, how agreeable is the view, the sight of Horus, 1980 in that he gave life to his father, [in that he offered] satisfaction to Osiris, 1980 before the gods of the west! 1981 Thy libation is poured by Isis, [Nephthys has purified thee]-- 1981 [thy two sisters] great and powerful, who collected thy flesh, 1981 who bound together thy limbs, who made thy two eyes to appear in thy face-- 11982a. the boat of the evening and the boat of the morning, 1982 Atum has given to thee, and the Two Enneads have made for thee. 1983 The children of thy child have raised thee up, perfect-- 1983 pi, 'Im.ti, Dw-mu.t-f, b-n.w.f, 1983 who made for thee [their] names [into tt.wi], 1983 [who washed thy face], [who dried] thy tears, 1983 who opened thy mouth with their copper (or, iron) fingers. 1984 Thou mountest, thou mountest towards the broad-hall of Atum; 1984 thou marchest towards the Marsh of Reeds; 1984 thou voyagest over the places of the great god. 1985 To thee heaven is given, to thee the earth is given, to thee the Marsh of Reeds is given, 1985 [by] the two great gods who row thee over- 1985 Shu and Tefnut, the two great gods of Heliopolis. 1986 The awakening [of the god], [the rising of the god], 1986 [for this spirit, who ascends from] the D.t, (even) Osiris N. who ascends from Geb. 52. TEXTS OF MISCELLANEOUS CONTENTS,

(368) 636 To say: O Osiris N., this is Horus who is in thine arms; 636 he will avenge thee. 636 It is pleasing to him to be again with thee, in thy name of "He of the horizon whence R` goes forth." 636 Thou hast closed thine arms round and round him;, he will not depart from thee. 637 Horus does not allow thee to be sick; Horus, has placed thine enemy under thy feet, 637 that thou mayest live. Horus has given his children to thee, 637 that they may put themselves under thee, without one of them withdrawing, and that they may carry thee. 638 Thy mother Nut has spread herself over thee, in her name of "She of St-p.t"; 638 she has caused thee to be as a god, in spite of thee, in thy name of "God", 638 she protects thee against all evil things, in her name of "Great Sieve" (protectress). 638 Thou art the greatest among her children. 639 Geb is satisfied with thee; he has loved thee; he has protected thee; 639 he has given (back) to thee thy head; he has caused Thot to take care of thee, so that what was against thee ceased.

(30) 21 To say: Horus, dweller in Osiris N., equip thee with the eye of Horus; take it to thee.

(370) 645 To say: O Osiris N., Horus has caused the gods to unite with thee, 645 to fraternize with thee, in thy name of "He of the two nw.tpalaces." 645 Betake thyself to Horus, repair to him; 645 withdraw not thyself from him, in thy name of "He of heaven." 646 Horus has accustomed himself to thee; he cannot part from thee; 646 he has caused thee to live. 646 Hasten, accept his word and be satisfied with it. 646 Hearken to him; it will not be harmful to thee. 647 He has brought to thee the gods together; there is not one among them who escapes him. 647 Horus has accustomed himself to his children; thou hast united thyself with those of his body (his children); 647 they have loved thee. 647 Horus has done it for his ka in thee, that thou mayest be satisfied, in thy name of "Satisfied ka."

(593) 1627 To say: Stand up, give thine arm to Horus; he causes thee to stand up. 1627 Geb has wiped thy mouth for thee. 1628 The Great Ennead avenged thee; 1628 they placed Set under thee, that he may serve under thee; 1628 they prevented his spittle from spilling on thee. 1629 Nut throws herself upon her son, who is in thee; she protects thee; 1629 she defends thee; she embraces thee; she raises thee up, 162 91 for thou art the greatest among her children. 1630 Two sisters, Isis and Nephthys, come to thee; 1630 they hasten to the place in which thou art. 1630 Thy sister Isis laid hold of thee, when she found thee 1630 complete and great, in thy name of "Great black." 1631 Encircle all things in thine arms, in thy name of "Circle which encircles the nb.wt"; 1631 thou art great, in thy name of "Great circle which sets." 1632 Horus has brought Set to thee; he has given him to thee; he bends (him) under thee; 1632 thy strength is greater than his. 1632 Horus has caused thee to encircle all the gods, in thine arms. 1633 Horus has loved his father, in thee; Horus has not suffered thee to go away; 1633 Horus has not gone away from thee; Horus has avenged his father, in thee. 1633 Thou livest as the coleoptera (lives); thou endures, in Mendes. 1634 Isis and Nephthys protected thee in Si�t, 1634 even their lord in thee, in thy name of "Lord of Si�t"; 1634 even their god in thee, in thy name of "Divine canal"; 1635 they adored thee, so that thou shalt not (again) withdraw from them. 1635 Isis comes to thee rejoicing for love of thee; 1636 thy semen goes into her, while it is pointed like Sothis. 1636 Horus the pointed has come forth from thee, in his name of "Horus who was in Sothis." 1637 Thou art pleased with him, in his name of "Spirit who was in the dndr.w-boat"; 1637 Horus has avenged thee, in his name of "Horus, the son, who avenges his father."

(468) 894 To say: A Great One is awake beside his ka, after this Great One had fallen asleep by his ka; 894 N. is awake beside his ka, after this N. had fallen asleep by his ka; 894 this Great One is awake; N. is awake; 894 the gods are awake, awakened are the mighty ones. 895 O N., raise thyself up, stand up. 895 The Great Ennead, who are in Heliopolis, have assigned thee to thy great position, 895 that thou mayest sit, N., at the head of the Ennead, 895 like Geb, the hereditary prince of the gods, like Osiris at the head of the mighty ones, as Horus lord of men and gods. 896 O N., who keeps secret his form like Anubis, 896 take to thee thy face as jackal. 896 The keeper, who presides in the two 'itr.t-palaces, stands up before thee, as before Anubis, who presides in s-ntr. 897 Thou causest the Followers of Horus to be satisfied. 897 Horus avenges thee, N.; Horus causes thee to be satisfied, N., with the offering which he hath, 897 that thy heart, N., may be satisfied with it, on the feast of the month and on the feast of the half-month. 897 The joyful rejoices for thee, as for Anubis, who presides in s-ntr. 898 Isis laments for thee, Nephthys bemoans thee, as Horus who avenged his father, Osiris. 898 A son who avenged his father, Horus has avenged N. 899 Osiris lives, the spirit who is in Ndi.t lives, N. lives. 899 O N., thy name lives among the living; 899 thou wilt be a spirit, N., among the spirits; thou wilt be mighty among the mighty. 900 O N., thy fear (i.e. the fear of thee) is the sound eye of Horus, 900 that white crown, (which is) the wt.t-uraeus, which is in el-K�b (Nb). 900 She puts thy fear, N., in the eyes of all gods, 900 in the eyes of the spirits, the imperishable stars, those of secret places, 900 in the eyes of all things (beings), who will see thee and who will hear thy name. 901 O N., equip thyself with the red eye of Horus, the red crown, 901 which is great in fame (spirits), which is rich in appearances (beings), 901 that it may protect thee, N., as it protected Horus. 902 It gives thee fame, N., among the Two Enneads, 902 through the two wt.t-uraeuses, which are on thy forehead. 902 They lift thee up, N.; 902 they lead thee to thy mother Nut; it (the uraeus of the North) lays hold of thine arm, 903 that thou be not in need, that thou mayest not moan (like a cedar), that thou perish not. 903 Horus has caused thee to be a spirit at the head of the spirits, that thou mayest be mighty at the head of the living. 903 How beautiful is that which Horus has done for N., 903 for this spirit, who was conceived by a god, who was conceived by two gods! 904 O N., thou wilt be a soul like the Souls of Heliopolis; 904 thou wilt be a soul like the Souls of Hierakonpolis; thou wilt be a soul like the Souls of Buto; 904 thou wilt be a soul like the star of life, which is at the bead of his brothers. 905 O N., I am Thot. May the king give an offering: Thy bread and thy beer are given to thee; 905 these are thy two pd-cakes, which are delivered by Horus, which are in the broad-hall, 905 that he may cause thy heart to be satisfied thereby, N., for ever and ever.