Passages similar to: Egyptian Book of the Dead — Chapter CXL
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Ancient Egyptian
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter CXL (6.)
The ancient papyri do not contain this chapter. The translation is made from the Turin Todtenbuch , supplemented and corrected from hieratic papyri in Paris. Its real meaning is difficult to understand. It seems that under symbolical expressions it refers to an astronomical phenomenon, the renewal of the sun after the winter solstice. According to the principle which I have adopted, to maintain my predecessor’s interpretations, I translated “the Eye is full” ( cf. Notes on ch. 125, p. 214 ). But as it seems evident that here the two eyes of the sun are the two periods of his apparent course, the decrease and the growth, I should translate “the period is accomplished,” this period being that of the decrease after which the sun enters its ascending course, or according to Egyptian ideas begins again to grow. It is natural that the completing of the period should be hailed with joy by Rā, since it is the final victory over his enemies, which sets him free and allows him to rise again as at the beginning. The sign of his triumph is that he puts the on his head, as we see in the vignette
The Resurrection Of Osiris With Whom The Gods Are Satisfied, Utterance 577 (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...
(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,
A Series Of Reed-floats And Ferryman Texts, Utterances 503-522 (504)
1082 To say: The sky is pregnant with the wine juice of the vine; 1082 Nut has given birth to (it) as her daughter, the morning star. 1082 I also...
(504) 1082 To say: The sky is pregnant with the wine juice of the vine; 1082 Nut has given birth to (it) as her daughter, the morning star. 1082 I also arise; 1082 the third is Sothis of the pure places. 1083 I have purified myself in the lakes of the dancers(?) singers(?) or, panegyrists(?), 1083 I have cleansed myself in the lakes of the jackal. 1083 Thorn-bush, remove thyself from my way, 1084 that I may take the south side of the Marsh of Reeds. 1084 The m3'-canal is opened, the Winding Watercourse is inundated. 1084 The two reed-floats of heaven are placed for Horus, 1084 that he may ferry over to R`, to the horizon. 1085 The two reed-floats of heaven are placed for him of the horizon, 1085 that he may ferry over to R`, to the horizon. 1085 The two reed-floats of heaven are placed for Horus sm.t, 1085 that he may ferry over to R`, to the horizon. 1085 The two reed-floats of heaven are placed for Horus of the East, 1085 that he may ferry over to R`, to the horizon, 1086 The two reed-floats of heaven shall be placed for me, I, Horus of the gods, 1086 that I also may ferry over to R`, to the horizon, 1086 and that I may take my throne, which is in the Marsh of Reeds. 1087 I descend to the south side of the Marsh of Offerings. 1087 I am a Great One, son of a Great One; 1087 I am come forth from between the thighs of the Two Enneads. 1087 I have adored R`; I have adored Horus of the East; 1087 I have adored Horus of the horizon, 1088 as he girded himself with the apron, 1088 that he might be gracious to me, that he might be gracious to "Horus-on-his-throne(?)," 1088 that he might be gracious to "Horus-on-his-throne(?)," that he might be gracious to me.