(478) 971 To say: Greetings to thee, Ladder of god; 971 greetings to thee, Ladder of Set. 971 Stand up Ladder of god; 971 stand up Ladder of Set; stand up Ladder of Horus 971 which was made for Osiris, that he may ascend upon it to heaven and do service of courtier to R`. 972 Thou art come in search of thy brother, Osiris, 972 after his brother Set had cast him on his side, 972 on yonder side of G.ti. 973 Horus comes, his lion-helmet on his head; his face he turns towards his father, Geb. 973 N. is thy son, N. is Horus. 974 Thou hast conceived N. as thou hast conceived the god, lord of the ladder, 974 to whom thou hast given the ladder of the god, to whom thou hast given the ladder of Set, 974 that N. may ascend to heaven on it and do service of courtier to R`. 975 Let also the ladder of god be given to N., let the ladder of Set be given to N. 975 that N. may ascend to heaven on it, and do service of courtier to R`, 975 just like gods who are gone to their kas. 976 The eye of Horus glowers (?) on the wing of Thot, 976 on the left side of the ladder of the god. 976 O men, a uraeus-serpent (goes) to heaven. N. is the eye of Horus. 976 After its foot has been stopped at every place where it was, N. goes as the eye of Horus goes. 977 Be pleased that N. come among you, ye his brothers, the gods; 977 rejoice at the approach of N., ye his brothers, the gods, 977 as Horus rejoiced at the approach of his eye, 977 after his eye was given (back) to him in the presence of his father, Geb. 978 Every spirit, every god, who shall oppose his arm to N., 978 when he ascends to heaven on the ladder of the god, 978 the earth shall not be hoed for him, the wdn.t-offering shall not be made for him, 978 he shall not ferry over to the evening meal in Heliopolis, 978 he shall not ferry over to the morning meal in Heliopolis. 979 He shall guard himself, he has obligated himself, (he) who will see, (he) who will hear, 979 that he (the deceased) ascends to heaven on the ladder of the god, 979 appearing like the uraeus-serpent which was on the forehead of Set. 980 Every spirit, every god who shall open his arms to N. (will be) on the ladder of the god. 980 United for N. are his bones, assembled for him are his limbs; 980 N. has sprung up to heaven on the fingers of the god, lord of the ladder.

(688) 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.

(530) 1253 To say: Greetings to thee, Ladder, which the Souls of Buto and the Souls, of Nekhen have set up and built: 1253 Give thou thine arm to N.; 1253 that N. may sit between the two great gods; 1253 that the places of N. be in front; and that his arm be held as far as the Marsh of Offerings, 1253 so that he may sit among the stars which are in the sky.

(568) 1431 To say: He is gone who went to his ka; Mnti-'irti is gone to his ka; 1431 N. is gone to his ka, to heaven. 1431 A ladder is made for him, upon which he mounts, in its name of "That which mounts to heaven." 1432 His boat is brought to him by the d`m-sceptres of the imperishable stars. 1432 The bull (or, ox) of heaven lowers its horn, so that he may pass thereon to the lakes of D.t. 1433 O N., thou dost not fall to the ground. 1433 N. lays hold of the two sycamores, which are in the middle of yonder side of the sky, 1433 which ferry him over, and they set him on the eastern side of the sky.

(333) 542 To say: N. purified himself upon that appearing (-mound) of the earth, on which R` purified himself; 542 he placed a b-'ib-stand and he set up the ladder. 542 Those who are in the great (heaven), they will take the arm of N.

(625) 1762 To say: N. is the d`m-sceptre which is in Grg.w-b (.f). 1762 N. has descended upon the perch; N. has ascended among the great ones. 1763a (Nt. XXXI 806). I have descended into the field of royal women; 1763 N. has ascended upon the ladder, 1763 his foot on the arm of N. in its. 1764 I took hold of the reins of him who is chief of his department, (and) 1764 he takes the arm of N. to the great place, 1764 (where) N. has seized his throne in the divine boat. 1765 -------------------------- 1765 N. as prince of heaven; 1765 the house of N. is there among the lords of names. 1766 ------------------ 1766 ----- the men and his two boats. 1766 The name of N. is in the horizon; the `hm.w fear him 1767 ----------------------- 1767 ----- the great game-board, at the side of him who is with Nhdf. 1768 Every god who gives to N. his power to carry off ------ 1768 ----------------- N. truth. 1768 He causes those to live who ceased in the fight at the side of Db. 1769 N --------------------------- 1769 [Ho!] He-who-sees-behind-him, bring to N. the d-tp, made by Khmun, 1769 that N. may ascend to heaven upon it; that N. may do service of a courtier to R` in heaven.

(271) 388 It is N. who inundated the land after it had come out of the ocean; it is N. who pulled up the papyrus; 388 it is N. who reconciled the two lands; it is N. who united the two lands; 388 it is N. with whom his mother, the great wild-cow, will be united. 389 Mother of N., thou wild-cow, who is upon the herb (-overgrown) hill, who is upon the hill of the ss-bird. 389 the two dd-pillars are standing, the broken steps are falling down. 390 N. ascends on the ladder which his father R` made for him, 390 Horus and Set lay hold of the arm of N.; they take him to the D.t. 391 He (Horus) to whom it was signalled (winked): "Guard thyself against him to whom (this) is ordered"; 391 he (Set) to whom it was ordered: "Guard thyself against him to whom (this) is signalled (winked)." 391 The face of god is open (revealed) to N.; N. sits (takes his place) upon the great throne at the side of the god. 10. THE DECEASED KING IN HEAVEN,

(480) 992 To say: How beautiful indeed is the sight; how elevating indeed is the sight, 992 the ascension of this god, N., to heaven, like the ascension of father Atum to heaven, 992 his renown over him, his magic on both sides of him, his terror before him, 993 after he (Atum) has brought to N. the cities, assembled for N. the nomes, 993 united for N. the mm.w-lands! 993 He who had spoken concerning it is Geb, hereditary prince of the gods. 994 The regions of Horus, the regions of Set, the Marsh of Reeds-- 994 they praise N., as Dw.w, 994 as 'I, who is chief of the land of Upper Egypt, 994 as Ddwn, who is chief of the land of Nubia, 994 as Sopdu, (who lives) under his kb.t-trees. 995 They bring the ladder for N.; 995 they set up the ladder for N.; 995 they raise up the ladder for N. 995 The m.t-ladder comes; the p.t-ladder comes, thy name comes (as) the gods named (it). 996 Those who have ascended are come, those who have ascended are come; those who have climbed up are come, those who have climbed' up are come; 996 those who have lifted themselves up like Shu are come, those who have lifted themselves up like Shu are come. 996 N. ascends on the hips of Isis; N. climbs up on the hips of Nephthys. 997 The father of N., Atum, lays bold of the arm of N.; 997 he appoints N. as, chief of those gods, 997 the nimble, the wise, the imperishables. 998 Behold this which you have said, ye gods, that N. would not again be at your head. 998 Behold, N. remains as he who is at your head, as the surviving bull of the wild bulls.

(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.

(555) 1373 To say: N. is come forth from Buto, to the gods of Buto; 1373 N. is adorned as a falcon, bedecked as the Two Enneads. 1374 N. dawns as king (of Upper Egypt); he is elevated as Wepwawet, 1374 (after) he has taken the white crown and the green crown, 1374 his d-mace on his arm, his sceptre in his hand. 1375 The mother of N. is Isis; his nurse is Nephthys; 1375 she who suckles N. is .t-r. 1375 Neit is behind him; rt-tw is before him. 1376 The ropes are knotted; the boats of N. are tied together 1376 for the son of Atum--hungry and thirsty, thirsty and hungry- 1376 on the southern shore of the Winding Watercourse. 1377 Thot, who is in the shade of his bush, 1377 put N. upon the tip of thy wing., 1377 on the northern shore of the Winding Watercourse. 1378 N. is well, his flesh is sound; N. is well, his garments are sound, 1378 (as) he ascends to heaven like Montu, 1378 (as) he descends as B-'ibt.f, as B-`sm.f.

(594) 1638 To say: N. has ascended to the portal, 1638 dawning as king, and being high as Wepwawet; 1638 he supports himself, he is not tired.

(305) 472 To say: The ladder is fastened by R` in the presence of Osiris; 472 the ladder is fastened by Horus in the presence of his father Osiris, 472 as he goes to his (spirit). 472 One of them is on this side, one of them is on this side, while N. is between them. 473 Art thou then a god, pure in dwellings (places)? (I am) come from a pure (place). 473 Stand (here), O N., says Horus; sit (here), O N., says Set; 473 Take his arm (certificate), says R`. 474 The spirit belongs to heaven; the body belongs to the earth. 474 That which men receive when they are buried 474 are their thousand loaves of bread, their thousand mugs of beer from the offering-table of nti-'imnti.w. 475 If the heir is poor because he has no testament, 475 then shall N. (really, "he") write with his great finger; 475 but he shall not write with his little finger,

(556) 1379 To say: He hastens, who hastens --------------- 1379 ------- the great to the places of the gods. 1379 Elevated is father, Osiris N., like Wepwawet. 1380 ------------------------ father, Osiris N. 1380 Let him raise himself up, Anubis, he who is in the mnwi-shrine. 1380 Thy feet are like those of a jackal; stand up. 1380 Thine arms are like those of a jackal; stand up. 1381 ------------------------------------- 1381 ------ to row before him; he brings to thee alone the double crown, 1381 that he may fer[ry thee over] --------- 1382 father, Osiris N., the Winding Watercourse is inundated. 1382 Father Osiris N. calls to m; 1382 father N. calls to mti, 1382 that they may [certainly] ferry over father Osiris. N. 1382 to yonder eastern side of heaven, [to the birthplace of the gods], 1382 [when this hour of the morrow comes--this hour of the third day (comes)], 1383 where [father Osiris N.] will be born, [at the place] where the gods are born; 1383 when this hour of the morrow comes,--this hour of the third day, 1384 [when father Osiris N. stands. there] like this star which is on the under (side) of the body of the sky 1384 --------------- like Horus of the horizon. 1385 [O ye four gods, who stand upon the d`m-sceptres] of heaven, 1385 father Osiris N. verily has not died the death (i.e. really died); 1385 but father Osiris N. has become a spirit (w) a glorified one. 1386 [Father Osiris N.] has come to you 1386 -------------------------------------

(572) 1472 To say: "How beautiful indeed is the sight, how pleasant indeed is the view," says Isis, 1472 "that this god ascends to heaven, his renown over him, 1472 his terror on both sides of him, his magic before him!" 1473 It was done for him, for N., by Atum, like that which one did for him (Atum). 1473 He brought to N. the gods belonging to heaven; 1473 he assembled to him the gods belonging to the earth. 1474 They put their arms under him. 1474 They made a ladder for N., that he might ascend to heaven on it. 1474 The double doors of heaven are open for N.; the double doors of d.w are open for him. 1475 Atum united the nomes for N.; 1475 Geb gave him the cities, that is to say (lit. in speaking of it), 1475 the regions, the regions of Horus; the regions of Set, 1475 the Marsh of Reeds. 1476 N. is 'I, chief of the land of Upper Egypt; 1476 N. is Ddwn, chief of the land of Nubia; 1476 N. is Sopdu, (who lives) under his kb.t-trees. 1477 Have you acted against him? Have you said that he would die? 1477 He will not die. N. will live a life for ever. 1477 N. is become in spite of them as the surviving bull of the wildbulls; 1477 N. is at their head; he will live and last for ever.

(267) 364 Thy heart belonged to thee, Osiris; thy legs belonged to thee, Osiris; thine arm(s) belonged to thee, Osiris. 364 The heart of N. belongs to himself; his legs belong to himself; his arm(s) belong(s) to himself. 365 A stairway to heaven shall be laid down for him, that he may ascend to heaven thereon; 365 he ascends on the smoke (incense) of the great censing. 366 N. flies, as a goose; he alights as a scarab; 366 he flies as a goose; he alights as a scarab 366 upon the empty throne which is in thy boat, O R`. 367 Stand up, remove thyself, thou who knowest not the reedthicket, 367 that N. may sit in thy place and row (around) in heaven in thy boat, O Re. 368 N. pushes off from the earth in thy boat, O R`; 368 so when thou goest forth from the horizon, he (N.) has his sceptre in his hand, 368 as navigator of thy boat, O R`, 369. Thou (N.) mountest up to heaven; thou separatest thyself from the earth, a separation from wife and office (royal-apron).

(512) 1162 To say: My father made for himself his heart, after the other (heart) was taken from him, since it was opposed thereto, 1162 as he ascended to heaven, 1162 and traversed the billows of the Winding Watercourse. 1162 Anubis comes, meeting thee, 1163 Geb gives thee his arm, father N. 1163 Guardian of the earth, leader of spirits- 1163 he mourns him, who was mourned, his father--, 1164 O, raise thyself up, N.; 1164 receive these thy four nm.wt-jars and `b.wt-jars; 1164 purify thyself in the Lake of the jackal; purify thyself by incense in the Lake of the D.t; 1164 purify thyself before thy sb.t-bush in the Marsh of Reeds. 1165 Thou voyagest over the sky; 1165 thou makest thy abode in the Marsh of Offerings, among the gods who are gone to their kas. 1165 Seat thyself upon thy firm throne; 1166 take thy mace and thy sceptre, 1166 that thou mayest lead those who are in Nun, that thou mayest command the gods, 1166 and that thou mayest put a spirit in his spirit. 1167 Take thy walk; voyage over thy nti-ocean, 1167 like R` on the shores (or, lands) of the sky. 1107 N. lift thyself up; hasten to thy spirit.

(571) 1466 To say: The mother of N., dweller in the lower sky, became pregnant with him; 1466 N. was given birth by his father Atum, 1466 before the sky came into being, before the earth came into being, 1466 before men came into being, before the gods were born, before death came into being. 1467 N. escapes the day of death, as Set escaped his day of death. 1467 N. belongs to your company (?), O gods of the lower sky, 1468 who cannot perish for their enemies. 1468 N. perishes not for his enemies. 1468 O ye who die not for a king--N. does not die for a king. 1468 O ye who die not for any death--N. does not die for any death. 1469 N. is an imperishable star, the great ---- of heaven in the house of erset. 1469 R` has taken N. to heaven, that N. may live, 1469 as he lives who enters into the west of the sky and goes forth at the east of the sky. 1470 He who is within his n.ti (two limits) has commended N. to him who is in his carrying-litter; 1470 they acclaim N., for N. is a star, 1470 The protection of R` is upon N. R` will not abandon the protection of N. 1471 Horus has set N. on his shoulders; 1471 he has assigned N. to Shu (who says): "My arms are exalted under Nut." 1471 R`, give thine arm to N.; Great God, give thy staff to N., 1471 that he may live for ever.

(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.

(669) 1961 To say: A prince ascends --- a great burnt-offering on the interior of the horizon; 1961 he has seen the preparation of the feast, and the preparation of the fire-pan, 1961 at the birth of the gods, on the five epagomenal days, who are before thee, 1961 "Great-his-breast," thou who art before the Bstw.w. 1962 -------------------------------------------1962a + 1 (N. X 755) ----------- N. of his mother; Twt, 1962a + 2 (N. 755). he who was born, a double, in the nest ---- Thot 1962 in the interior of the field of the tamarisk, at the source of the gods, 1963 for N. is my brother, proceeding from the thigh, 1963 who separated the two brothers, put apart the two fighters, who split your heads, O gods. 1964 -------- of --------------------- 1964b (N. 756) ---------- her fillet, N., 1964c (N. 756). as Nwrw, who is great among you, O gods, you who come to him, O gods; 1964 as Isis said to Nun: 1965 "I have given birth to him for thee; I have deposited him for thee; 1 have certainly spit him out for thee." 1965 He has no feet; he has no arms, 1965 and how shall he be assembled? 1966 Then let this copper be brought ------ the nw-boat --- with it. 1966b (N. 756). [Come ye] with him, nourished, with him in your arms, say they, the gods. 1966c (N. 756). Behold, he is born. 1966 Behold, he is assembled; behold he exists. 1967. Wherewith shall we break that which appertains to his egg, say they, the gods. 1968 Let then Seker of pdw come, 1968 that he may mould (smelt) his bones, that he may construct his skeleton 1968 ---------- 1968 It is he who shall break the e[gg], and [loose] the copper, 1969a (N. 758). so that the two followers of the gods, with sharp teeth and long claws, may bring the god forth by his hands. 1969 Behold, N. exists; behold, N. is assembled; 1969 behold N. has broken (his) egg. 1970 Wherewith shall N. be caused to fly? 1970b (N. 758-759). Then let there be brought to thee ------ nw-boat, built by Mw-n, 1970 that thou mayest fly therewith, that thou mayest fly therewith, 1970d (N. 759). the south-wind for thy foster-mother, the north-wind for thy nurse. 1971. N. flies; N. alights on the two wings (lit. feathers) of his father, Geb. 51. THE DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND SPIRITUALIZATION OF THE KING,

(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).