(259) 312 To say: N. is Osiris in a dust-storm. 3112 The abomination of N. is the earth; he has, not entered into Geb, 312 that N. might perish; nor has he slept in his house on earth, 312 that the bones of N. might be broken. His wounds are effaced; 312 N. has purified himself with the eye of Horus; his wound is effaced by the two mourners of Osiris; 312 N. has let the running (of his wound) flow to the ground at u. 313 It is the sister of N., the lady P, who wept for him. 313 The two nurses (or, attendants), who wept for Osiris, wept for him. 313 N. is on his way to heaven; N. is on his way to heaven, with Shu and R`. 313 N. is not hindered; there is no one who hinders him. 313 N. is upon his feet, the eldest of the gods. 313 N. has no session in the divine court. 314 The bread of N. comes on high with (that of) R`; 314 his offering comes out of Nun. 314 N. is one who comes again; 314 N. goes with R`; N. comes with R`. 3, 4 His houses are visited by him. 3, 5 He covers up evil; he abolishes evil. 315 He seizes kas; he frees kas. 315 N. spends the day; he spends the night; N. frees the two choppers in Wn.w. 315 Nothing opposes the feet of N.; nothing restrains the heart of N. 8. THE DECEASED KING TRIUMPHS OVER HIS ENEMIES AND IS RECOGNIZED BY THE GODS,

(442) 819 To say: That Great One is certainly fallen on his side; be who is in Ndi.t is thrown down. 819 Thine arm is seized by R`; thy head is lifted up by the Two Enneads. 819 Behold, he is come (again) as ; behold, Osiris is come as . 820 lord of the wine-cellar at the Wg-feast, 820 "good," as his mother said; "heir," as his father said, 820 conceived by heaven, born of the Dw.t. 820 Heaven conceives thee together with S'; 820 N. is born in the Dw.t together with S'. 821 He lives who lives at the command of the gods; so wilt thou live. 821 Thou ascendest with S' on the eastern side of the sky; 821 thou descendest with S' on the western side of the sky. 822 Your third is Sothis of the pure places, 822 she is your leader (or, who will lead you) by the beautiful ways in heaven, 822 in the Marsh of Reeds. 21. SECOND SERIES IN PRAISE OF NUT,

(650) 1833 [To say]: ------- it is Osiris N., son of [Nut]. 1833 She caused him to appear as king of Upper and Lower Egypt in all his dignity. 1833 [She caused him to appear as] Anubis, First of the Westerners, as Osiris son of Geb. 1833 --------- gods, as `nd.ti, chief of the eastern nomes. 1834 The earth [produces] N.; he shall be chief of the gods who are in heaven, 1834 as Geb, chief of the Ennead. 1835 His mother, heaven, bears him, living, each day, beloved of R`, 1835 with whom he dawns in the east, with whom he sets in the west. 1835 His mother Nut is not void of him, daily. 1836 He equips N. with life; 1836 he makes his heart rejoice; he makes his heart sweet. 1837 He settles for him the South; he settles for him the land of the North; 1837 he destroys for him the fortresses of Asia; 1837 he quells for him all the people, rebels, under his fingers.

(435) 786 To say: I am Nut, "the Granary." I have proclaimed the name of Osiris N., 786 namely, "Horus, beloved of the two lands, N."; "King of Upper and Lower Egypt, N."; 786 "nb.ti, beloved of the Corporation, N."; "falcon over gold, N. "; 787 "heir of Geb, his beloved N.", "beloved of all the gods, N."; 787 given all life, stability, prosperity, health, joy like R`, thou livest for ever. 20. MISCELLANEOUS TEXTS--SOME LARGELY OSIRIAN,

(258) 308 To say: N. is Osiris in a dust-storm. 308 His abomination is the earth; N. has not entered into Geb, 308 that he might be destroyed; nor has he slept in his house on earth, 308 that his bones might be broken. His wounds are effaced: 308 N. has purified himself with the eye of Horus; his wound is effaced by the two mourners of Osiris; 308 N. has let the running (of his wound) flow to the ground at u. 309 It is his sister, the lady of P, who wept for him. 309 N. is on his way to heaven; N. is on his way to heaven; on the wind; on the wind. 309 He is not hindered; there is no one by whom he is hindered. 309 N., he is "on his own," the eldest of the gods. 310 His bread comes on high with (that of) R`; 310 his offering comes out of Nun. 310 N. is one who comes again; 310 he goes, he comes with R`. 310 His houses are visited by him. 311 N. seizes kas; he frees kas; 311 he covers up evil; he abolishes evil. 311 N. spends the day; he spends, the night, while he appeases the two choppers in Wn.w. 311 Nothing opposes his foot; nothing restrains his heart.

(643) 1819 To say: Osiris N ----------------- 1819 ------- he lives. Thou art a god; [thou art powerful over the gods]. 1820 [An eye has gone forth from thy head, like] the Great-incharms, the Upper Egyptian white crown. 1820 -------------------- great 1820 s ---------------------- a thing gone out from him. 1821 ------------------ thy 1821 Thy ka stands among the gods ------------ thy ---- on earth. 1822 O N ------------------- 1822 draw the ka after thee; [draw life after thee] 1822 draw joy after thee; Osiris N -------------

(519) 1201 Further, to say: O r.f-.f, doorkeeper of Osiris, 1201 Osiris has said: "Let this thy boat be brought for N., 1201 in which thy pure ones ferry, 1201 that thou mayest receive a libation in this eastern (?) quarter of the imperishable stars 1202 that N. may ferry in it 1202 with that band of green tissue, 1202 woven, as an eye of Horus, 1202 to bandage with it that finger of Osiris which became affected." 1203 N. arrives, ssw, ssw. 1203 The shoals of the great sea protect him. 1203 The double doors with windows (of heaven) are open; the double doors of the lower region are open. 1203 Ye Two Enneads, take N. with you 1203 to the Marsh of Offerings, in accordance with the dignity (quality) of N., (of the) lord of the 'imw.w. 1204 N. strikes with the `b-sceptre; N. directs with the 'i-t-sceptre; 1204 N. conducts the servants of R`. 1204 The earth has been refreshed; Geb has been censed 1204 the Two Enneads have been ndd (?); 1205 N. is a ba which passes among you, O gods. 1205 The p`t-pool (?) has been opened up; the p`t-pool has been filled with water; 1205 the Marsh of Reeds has been inundated; 1205 the Marsh of Offerings has been filled with water. 1206 They come to these four long-haired youths, 1206 who stand on the eastern side of the sky, 1206 and who prepare the two reed-floats for R`, 1206 that R` may go thereby to his horizon. 1206 They prepare the two reed-floats for N., 1206 that N. may go thereby to the horizon, to R`. 1207 O morning star, Horus of the D.t, the divine falcon, the great green (?), 1207 children of heaven, greetings to thee in these thy four faces, which are satisfied 1207 when they see those who are in Kns.t, 1207 who drive away the storm from those who are satisfied. 1208 Give thou these thy two fingers to N., 1208 which-thou gavest to the beautiful one (Nfr.t), daughter of the Great God, 1208 when the sky was separated from the earth, and when the gods ascended to heaven, 1209 whilst thou was a soul appearing in the bow of thy boat of 770 cubits (long), 1209 which the gods of Buto constructed for thee, which the eastern gods shaped for thee. 1210 N. is son of Khepri, born from the vulva, 1210 under the curls of 'Iw.-`., north of Heliopolis, out of the forehead of Geb. 1211 N. is he who was between the legs of Mnti-'irti, 1211 that night when be made the bread plain, 1211 that day when the heads of the mottled serpents were cut off. 1212 Take thou to thyself thy favourite m`b-harpoon, 1212 thy spear which seizes the canals, 1212 whose two points are the rays of the sun, 1212 whose two barbs are the claws of Mfd.t, 1212 with which N. cuts off the heads 1212 of the adversaries, who are in the Marsh of Offerings, 1213 when he descended to the ocean (great green). 1214 Bow thy head, decline thine arms (bow in humility), great green. 1213 The children of Nut are those who descend to thee, 1213 their garlands on their heads, 1213 their garlands of leaves on their necks; 1214 (those) who cause to flourish the crowns (of the North) of the canals of the Marsh of Offerings 1214 for the great Isis, who fastened on the girdle in Chemmis, 1214 when she brought her garment and burned incense before her son, Horus, the young child, 1215 when he was journeying through the land in his two white sandals, 1215 and went to see his father, Osiris. 1215 N. opened his way like fowlers; 1215 N. exchanged greetings with the lords of kas; 1216 N. went to the great island in the midst of the Marsh of Offerings, 1216 on which the gods cause the swallows to alight. 1216 The swallows are the imperishable stars. 1216 They give to N. the tree of life whereof they live, 1216 that N. may, at the same time, live thereof. 1217 (Morning Star), cause thou N. to ferry over with thee, 1217 to this thy great field, which thou didst subdue with the aid of the gods, 1217 (where) thou eatest at evening and at dawn, which is full of food. 1218 N. eats of that which thou eatest; 12 18 N. drinks of that which thou drinkest. 1218 Put thou the back of N. 1218 against the post, against it who is before its sisters. 1219 Thou (Morning Star) makest N. to sit down because of his truth 1219 (and) to stand up because of his venerableness. 1219 N. stands; he has taken (his) venerableness in thy presence, 1219 like Horus who took the house (heritage) of his father from the brother of his father, Set, in the presence of Geb. 1220 Put thou N. as a prince among the spirits, 1220 the imperishable stars of the north of the sky, 1220 who direct the offerings and protect the gifts, 1220 who cause to come those things (offerings and gifts) for those who preside over the kas in heaven.

(213) 134 O N., thou didst not depart dead; thou didst depart living, 134 (so) thou sittest upon the throne of Osiris, thy `b-sceptre in thy hand, thou commandest the living; 134 (thy) mk-sceptre and thy nb.t-sceptre in thy hand, commanding those of secret places. 135 Thine arm is like that of Atum; thy shoulders are like those of Atum; thy body is like that of Atum; thy back is like that of Atum; 135 thy seat is like that of Atum; thy legs are like those of Atum; thy face is like that of Anubis. 135 Thou travelest over the regions of Horus; thou travelest over the regions of Set (or, the regions of Horus serve thee; the regions of Set serve thee).

(268) 370 To say: N. washes himself, R` appears, the Great Ennead sparkles; 370 the Ombite is high as chief of the 'itr.t-palace; 371 N. puts humanity off from him as a limb; 371 N. seizes the wrr.t-crown from the hand of the Ennead. 371 Isis nurses him, Nephthys suckles him, 372 Horus takes him by his fingers (to his side), 372 he purifies N. in the lake of the jackal, 372 he makes, the ka of N. clean in the lake of the D.t. 372 He rubs down the flesh of the ka of N. and his own 372 with that which is near R` in the horizon, that which he (R`) took, 373 when the two lands beamed and when he bared the face of the gods. 373 He brings the ka of N. and himself to the great palace, 373 after offices (?) were made for him and the mtt was knotted for him. 374 N. leads the imperishable stars, 374 he ferries over to the Marshes of Reeds, 374 the inhabitants of the horizon row him, the inhabitants of b.w navigate him. 375 N. is very capable (mighty), his arms will not desert him; 375 N. is very excellent (foremost), his ka comes to him (to his aid).

(221) 196 To say: O N.t (Crown of Lower Egypt), O 'Inw (Crown of Lower Egypt), O Great One (Crown of Lower Egypt), 196 O Great-in-magic (Crown of Lower Egypt), O Nsr.t (Uraeus), 197 make thou the terror of N. to be like the terror of thee; 197 make thou the awe of N. to be like the awe of thee; 197 make thou the respect for N. to be like the respect for thee; 197 make thou the love for N. to be like the love for thee; 197 make thou that his `b-sceptre be at the head of the living; make thou that his m-sceptre be at the head of the spirits; 197 make thou that his blade be firm against his enemies. 198 O 'Inw-Crown, thou has come forth from him as he came forth from thee. 198 The great 'I.t has given birth to thee, the 'I.t-wt.t has adorned thee; 198 the 'I.t-wt.t has given birth to thee, the great 'I.t has adorned thee, 198 for as for thee, thou art like Horus, who fought in protection of his eye.

(245) 250 This N. comes to thee Nut; this N. comes to thee Nut. 250 He has thrown his father to the ground; he has left Horus behind him. 250 His two wings are grown as (those of) a falcon; (his) two feathers as (those of) a gmw-falcon. 250 His ba has brought him (here); his magic power has equipped him. 251 Thou openest thy place in heaven, among the stars of heaven; 251 thou art the only star, the companion of w; thou lookest down on Osiris, 251 as he commands the spirits. Thou standest there far from him. 251 Thou are not of them; thou shalt not be of them.

(664) 1884. To say: O thou N., greetings to thee N., to thee Osiris, 1885. I have come to take thee; I give thy heart to thee; I am thy servant. 1886 To say: Osiris N., I am Isis; I have come, the beloved of the earth, to the place where thou dwellest; 1886 I have come to set thy name in thee. 1887 To say: --- in thine arms; he avenges thee. 1887 He has shone beautifully upon thee, in thy name of "Horizon whence R` goes forth." 1887 Thine arms have embraced him; he does not withdraw himself from thee. 1888. To s[a]y: Osiris N., joi[ned]? ----- 1889. 1 have united thy limbs for thee; I have put thy heart in its place. 1890. Osiris N., in (?), or, as (?) ------ 1891. [Osiris] N. I have brought thy heart for thee into thy body; I have put it for thee [in] its place. 1892. He has need of thee m s --------------- 1893. Osiris N., I am Horus; I have come to thee ------- for (or, concerning) that which he has done for thee. 1894. Osiris N., thou hast commanded ----- she [rai]se thee up. 1895. Osiris N., Nut comes, protecting thee; [she] ha[s] embraced [thee]. 1896. Nut [has,] raised [thee] up -------- 1897. To say: Osiris N., I am Nut, born of this nw.t-palace, like thee. Chapter of Osiris N.

(606) 1683 To say: Arise for me, father; stand up for me, Osiris N. 1683 It is I; I am thy son; I am Horus. 1684 I have come to thee, that I may purify thee, that I may cleanse thee, 1684 that I may revivify thee, that I may assemble for thee thy bones, 1684 that I may collect for thee thy flesh, that I may assemble for thee thy dismembered limbs, 1685 for I am as Horus his avenger, I have smitten for thee him who smote thee; 1685 I have avenged thee, father Osiris N., on him who did thee evil. 1686 I have come to thee by order of rw; 1686 (for) he has appointed thee, father Osiris N., (to be) upon the throne of R`-Atum, 1686 that thou mayest lead the blessed dead(?). 1687 Thou shalt embark into the boat of R`, in which the gods love to ascend, 1687 in which the gods love to descend, in which R` is rowed to the horizon; 1687 N. shall embark into it, like R`. 1688 Thou shalt seat thyself upon this throne of R`, that thou mayest command the gods, 1688 for thou art indeed R`, who comes forth from Nut, who gives birth to R` every day. 1688 N. is born every day like R`. 1689 Take to thyself the heritage of thy father Geb before the corporation of the Ennead in Heliopolis. 1689 "Who is equal to him?", 1689 say the Two great and mighty Enneads who are at the head of the Souls of Heliopolis. 1690 These two great and mighty gods have appointed thee 1690 --those who are chiefs of the Marsh of Reeds--upon the throne of rw, 1690 as their eldest son; 1691 they placed Shu at thy left (east side), Tefnut at thy right (west side), 1691 Nun before thee (at thy south side), Nnt behind thee (at thy north side); 1692 they lead thee to these their places, beautiful and pure, 1692 which they made for R` when they placed him upon their thrones (his throne). 1693 N., they make thee live, 1693 so that thou mayest surpass the years of Horus of the horizon, 1693 when they make thy (for "his") name, "Withdraw not thyself from the gods." 1694 They recite for thee this chapter, which they recited for R`Atum who shines every day; 1694 they have appointed N. to their thrones (his throne) 1694 at the head of every Ennead, as R` and as his deputy. 1695 They cause N. to come into being as R`, in this, his name of "Khepri." 1695 Thou mountest to them as R`, in this his name of "R`"; 1695 thou turnest back again from their face as R`, in this his name of "Atum." 1696 The Two Enneads shall rejoice, O father; 1696 when thou approachest, O father, Osiris N., they say: 1696 "Our; brother is come to us." 1696 The Two Enneads say to Osiris N.: "King, Osiris N., 1697 one of us is come to us." 1697 The Two Enneads say to thee: "King, Osiris N., 1698 the eldest son of his father is come to us." 1698 The Two Enneads say to thee: "King, Osiris N., 1698 he is the eldest son of his mother." 1698 The Two Enneads say to thee: "King, Osiris N., 1699 he to whom evil was done by his brother Set comes to us." 1699 The Two Enneads say: 1699 "And we shall not permit that Set be delivered from carrying thee for ever, king, Osiris N." 1699 The Two Enneads say to thee: "King, Osiris N., 1700. raise thyself up, king, Osiris N.; thou livest." 44. TEXTS OF MISCELLANEOUS CONTENTS,

(548) 1343 To say: The mouth of the earth opens for Osiris N.; Geb said to him: 1343 "N. is great like a king, mighty like R`." 1343 "Come in peace," say the Two Enneads to N. 1343 The eastern door of heaven is open for him, to the abode of kas. 1344 The great Nut gives her arms to him, she of the long horn, she of the protruding breast. 1344 She will nurse N.; she will not wean him. 1345 She takes him to herself to heaven, she does not cast him down to the earth. 1345 She makes this N. remain as chief of the two 'itr.t-palaces. 1345 He descends into the boat like R`, on the shores of the Winding Watercourse. 1346 N. rows in the nbw-boat, 1346 where he takes the helm, towards the field of the two lower heavens, 1346 to the beginning of this land of the Marsh of Reeds. 1347 His arm is taken by R`; his head is raised up by Atum; 1347 his forward cable is taken by Isis; his stern cable is seized by Nephthys. 1348 b.w.t places him at her side, and puts him among the nti.w-s, 1348 as the herdsmen of (his) calves.

(687) 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.

(624) 1757 (Nt. J�quier, VIII 1). To say: N. has gone forth on the sea of 'Iw (the ferryman); N. has ascended with the help of the wing of Khepri. 1758 It is Nut who takes the hand of N.; it is Nut who prepares the way for N. 1758 (Nt. VIII 1). The falcon defends thee against these, 1759 who are in this boat of R`, who transport the boat of R` to the east. 1759 Carry N.; lift him up. 1760 Set this N. among these gods, the imperishable stars; fallen among them. 1760 He does not perish; he is not destroyed. 1761 N. is --- among the great gods; he is judge among the gods. 1761 He who supplies (or, fills) N., supplies N., for his brother 1761c (Nt. VIII 4). ------ this N., 'Iri.f ascends like R`. 1761 N. is Osiris, who is come forth out of the night.

(518) 1193 Further, to say: O 'Iw, ferryman of the Marsh of Offerings, 1193 bring for N. this (boat); N. goes, N. should come, 1194 the son of the Morning Boat whom she bore before the earth, his happy birth, 1194 whereby the Two Lands live, on the right side of Osiris. 1195 N. is the annual messenger of Osiris. 1195 Behold, he is come with a message from thy father Geb: 1195 "If the year's yield is welcome, how welcome is the year's yield; the year's yield is good, how good is the year's yield!" 1196 N. has descended with the Two Enneads in b.w; 1196 N. is the measuring line of the Two Enneads, 1196 by which the Marsh of Offerings is established. 1197 N. found the gods standing, 1197 wrapped in their garments, 1197 their white sandals on their feet. 1197 Then they threw their white sandals on the ground, 1197 they cast off their garments. 1198 "Our heart was not joyful until thou didst descend," say they; 1198 "may that which was said of you be that which you now are." 11199a. Stand up, Osiris, 1199 commend N. to those who are on "m is joyous" north of the Marsh of Offerings, 1199 like as thou didst commend Horus to Isis the day that thou didst impregnate her, 1200 that they may give food to N. in the fields, 1200 and that he may drink at the sources 1200 in the Marsh of Offerings.

(60) 42a-b (Nt. 305). To say: Osiris N., I have given him to thee; take him, envelop his heart (to thee). A royal garment of ntri-stuff.

(649) 1830 To say: Osiris N., Geb has given thee all the gods, 1830 that they may unite with thee. Thou hast power over them; 1830 and they fraternize with thee, in their name of "n.wt"; 1830 they have not rejected thee in their name of ["The two 'itr.tpalaces"]. 1831 Osiris N., Horus has assigned them to thee, united (them). 1831a + 1. He has encircled for thee all the gods in the embrace of thy two arms, 1831a + 2. together with their lands, together with all their possessions, 1831a + 3. that they may do service of courtier, as thy "bodyguard." 1831a + 4. O N., thou art a great god; 1831a + 5. thou art great, thou art bent around like the "Circle which encircles the nb.wt." 1831 Osiris N., behold, thou art avenged, thou livest; thou movest daily. 1831 Osiris N., there is no discord in thee. 1831 d. Osiris, N., thou art the ka of all the gods. 1832 Horus has avenged thee; thou art become his ka. 1832a + 1. O Osiris N., thou art a god, the power of all the gods. 1832 An eye has gone forth from thy head like the "Great-in-charms" of Upper Egypt. 1832b + 1. He has given to thee as his eye in thy forehead as the "Great-in-charms" of Upper Egypt. 1832b + 2. An eye has gone forth from thy head (in) Lower Egypt. 1832b + 3. Thou dawnest as Horus, king of Lower Egypt; they are fraternizing with thee, 1832b + 4. in alliance with Horus, king of Lower Egypt. 1832b + 5. Thou dawnest as king of Upper and Lower Egypt. 1832b + 6. Thou art powerful over the gods, also their kas. 1832b + 7. O Osiris N., thou art the two souls, thou shalt not die; 1832b + 8. Osiris N., thou hast spoken; thou hast rejoiced, Osiris N. 1832b + 9. Thou hast a ba, Osiris N.; thou hast life, Osiris N.; 1832b + 10. thou art powerful; thou destroyest thine enemies, Osiris N. 1832b + 11. Horus, thou hast made peace (to be) with Osiris N.- 1832b + 12. peace be upon her. 1832b + 13. Thou hast put thy regard upon her. 1832b + 14. May peace be to thee, which he gives to thee, (to) thy head.

(355) 572 The double doors of heaven open. 572 O N., 572 thy head is joined for thee to thy bones; thy bones are joined for thee to thy head. 572 The double doors of heaven are open for thee; the great bolts are drawn back for thee; 572 a brick is drawn out of the great tomb for thee. 573 Thy face is that of a jackal; thy tail is that of a lion; 573 thou sittest upon this thy throne; thou commandest the spirits. 573 Thou comest to me, thou comest to me, thou comest indeed to me, 573 like (to) Horus after he had avenged his father, Osiris. 574 I am thine Anubis-priest. 574 Thou puttest thy hand on the land; thy warrior-arm is over the great region, 574 wherein thou goest (or, passest through) among the spirits. 574 Rise, lift up thyself like Osiris.