The Egyptian Book of the dead

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victim of Sutu, who inflicted a wound on his eye, which caused him great suffering, and the text adds: ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂, _lo! he ate his heart_. Renouf translates, “and wrath devoured his ...

(1.)_The Beginning of the Chapters of Coming forth by Day, of the_ (2.)_Words which bring about Resurrection and Glory, and of Coming out of and entering into Amenta. Said upon...

Papyrus in the British Museum. No. 9901. _See_ NAVILLE, “Book of the Dead,” I, Pl. I and II. ] NOTES. The text taken for the basis of the tra...

learned editor calls 1 B. This chapter is found in so very few copies that the text cannot as yet be restored. The two texts published by M. Naville differ widely from each other. ...

_Chapter for Coming forth by day and Living after death._ Oh thou Only One,(1.) who shinest from the Moon, let me come forth amid that train(2.) of thine, at large,(3.) and let me...

_Another chapter like it._ Oh Tmu, who proceedest from Ur-henhenu,(1.) who art resplendent as the Lion-faced,(2.) and who strewest thy words to those who are before thee; Here co...

_Another Chapter, for travelling on the road which is above the earth._ It is I who travel on the Stream(1.) which divideth the divine Pair,(2.) I am come, let there be given to m...

2. ⁂⁂⁂ or ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂ are two divinities in opposition or contrast, like Set and Horus (Chapter 17, 25) or the sister goddesses named ⁂⁂⁂⁂ _Mertȧ_ (37, 1). Thoth is the umpire between Se...

_Chapter whereby work may not be imposed [upon a person(1.)] in the Netherworld._ Here is _N_. He saith, I am he who raiseth the hand which is motionl...

_Chapter whereby the funereal Statuettes may be made to do work for a person in the Netherworld._ O Statuette(1.) there! Should I be called and appointed to ...

_Chapter of passing through the chine of Apepi which is void._ Oh, One of Wax,(1.) who takest captive and seizest with violence, and livest upon those who are motionless! Let me n...

_Chapter of opening the Tuat by day._ The Hour(1.) discloseth what the head of Thoth keepeth close, who giveth might to the Eye of Horus.(2.) And I call upon the Eye of Horus whi...

_Chapter for opening the Tuat._ O Soul most mighty,(1.) here am I: I am come to thee that I may see thee. I open the Tuat that I may see my father Osiris and may drive away the d...

_Chapter for coming forth victoriously._ I come forth victoriously against the adversaries. I cleave the heaven, I open the horizon and I travel over the earth on foot. There com...

_Chapter for coming out against the adversary in the Netherworld._ Here is the Osiris _N_. O Eater of his arm: away from his path! I am Râ coming forth from the horizon against ...

_Chapter for entering and for coming forth out of the Netherworld._ Salutation to thee, O Râ, who guardest the secrets of the gates(1.) over this domain of Seb, and this Balance w...

_Chapter for entering after coming out from Amenta._ I enter as a Hawk and come forth as a Bennu(1.) at Dawn. Let the way be made for me that I may adore Râ at the fair Amenta, a...

_Chapter for removing displeasure from the heart of the god against the deceased person._ Hail to thee, oh god who sendest forth(1.) the Moment, who pr...

HYMN I(1.). _Adored be Râ, when he riseth up from the eastern horizon of Heaven; they who accompany him extol him._ Here is the Osiris _N_, the Victorious, a...

[Illustration: =A.=—THE RISING SUN. Papyrus, Leyden Museum, II. ] -------------- _See_ NAVILLE’s “Book of the Dead,” I, Pl. 21. -...

[Illustration: =B.=—THE SETTING SUN. Papyrus, Leyden Museum. ] -------------- _See_ NAVILLE's “Book of the Dead,” I, Pl. 22. ----...

NOTE. When Lepsius divided the _Todtenbuch_ into 165 chapters, that portion of it which was numbered as Chapter 16, was in fact merely the Vignette of...

It has been thought well to publish with this translation the Vignettes from the great Papyrus _La_ of Leyden, representing _a_, the Rising; and _b_, the Setting Sun. (_See plates....

_Chapter whereby one cometh forth by day out of the Netherworld. Let the words be said_: =I am he who closeth and he who openeth, and I am but One.=(1...

--------------------- _a._ Berlin Museum. No. 1470. _b._ British Museum. No. 9901. --------------------- ...

[Illustration: Horus at the Look-out of the Ship.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The later recensions add an interpolation (not without...

NAVILLE, “Book of the Dead.” ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE IX BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Illustration: CHA...

E. DE ROUGÉ, “Études sur le Rituel Funéraire,” p. 13 ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------...

[_Introductory._] _The An-māut(1.) saith_:— I come to you, ye Great Circles of gods(2.) in Heaven, upon Earth and in the World below! I bring to you _N_ void of offence towards a...

_Chapter of the Crown of Triumph._ Thy Father Tmu hath prepared for thee this beautiful Crown of Triumph, the living diadem which the gods love, that thou mayest live for ever. Os...

The twentieth chapter is entitled _Another Chapter of Crown of Triumph_, but it is simply a tabulated form of chapter 18, with the Rubric. _Let the person say this Chapter, and pur...

_Chapter whereby the mouth of a person is given to him in the Netherworld._ Hail to thee, Lord of Light, who art Prince of the House which is encircle...

[Illustration: =Papyrus of Ani.=] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XI. BOOK OF THE DEAD....

[Illustration: =Papyrus of Ani.=] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------...

_Another Chapter whereby the Mouth of a person is given to him in the Netherworld._ I shine forth out of the Egg which is in the unseen world.(1.) Let...

1, before the rubric belonging to that chapter. 1. The Egg in the unseen world is the globe of the Sun while yet below the horizon. It is only through a mistranslation of chapter ...

_Chapter whereby the Mouth of a person is opened for him in the Netherworld._ _He saith_: Let my mouth be opened by Ptah, and let the muzzles which ar...

_Chapter whereby the Words of Power are brought to a Person in the Netherworld._ I am Chepera, the self-produced, on his Mother’s thigh.(1.) The spee...

_Chapter whereby a person remembereth his name in the Netherworld._ Let my name be given to me in the Great House. Let me remember my name in the House of Flame(1.) on the Night w...

_Chapter whereby the Heart(1.) is given to a person in the Netherworld._ He saith: Heart[41] mine to me, in the place of Hearts! Whole Heart[42] mine to me, in the place of Whole ...

_Chapter whereby the Heart of a person is not taken from him in the Netherworld._ O ye gods who seize upon Hearts, and who pluck out the Whole Heart; ...

_Chapter whereby the Heart of a person is not taken from him in the Netherworld._ O Lion-god! I am Unbu(1.), and what I abominate is the block of exe...

_Chapter whereby the Heart of a person may not be taken from him in the Netherworld._ Back thou Messenger(1.) of thy god! Art thou come to carry off ...

_Another Chapter of the Heart; upon Carnelian._ I am the Heron, the Soul of Râ, who conduct the Glorious ones to the Tuat. It is granted to their Souls to come forth upon the Ear...

_Chapter whereby the Heart of a person is not kept back from him in the Netherworld._ Heart mine which is that of my Mother, Whole Heart mine which ...

Heart mine which is that of my Mother, Whole Heart mine which is that of my birth, Let there be no estoppel against me through evidence, let no hindrance be made to me by the div...

_Chapter whereby the Crocodiles are repulsed who come to carry off the Words of Power from a person in the Netherworld._ Back, in retreat! Back, Crocodile Sui! Come not...

_Chapter whereby the Crocodiles are repulsed who come to carry off the Words of Power from the glorified in the Netherworld._ Osiris standeth up upon his feet;(1.) his co...

_Chapter whereby all Serpents are kept back._ Oh serpent Rerek, advance not! Here are the gods Seb and Shu! Stop! or thou shalt eat the rat which Rā execrateth, and gnaw the bone...

_Chapter whereby a person is not devoured by the dweller in the shrine._(1.) O Uræus! I am the Flame which shineth, and which openeth out eternity,(2...

_Chapter whereby the person is not devoured by a Serpent in the Netherworld._ Oh Shu, here is Tattu, _and conversely_, under the wig(1.) of Hathor. Th...

=Papyrus, Musée du Louvre, III, 93.= ] [Illustration: CHAPTERS XXVI-XXIX. =Papyrus, Berlin Museum, 22.= ] [Illustration:...

=Papyrus, Leyden Museum, IV.= ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XIII. BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Illustration:...

LEPSIUS, “Denkmäler,” Abth. III, Bl 266. ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------...

_Chapter whereby the Āpshait is kept back._ Away from me, thou with parted lips! I am Chnemu, the Lord of Shennu, who am bringing the words of the gods to Rā. And I announce the n...

_Chapter whereby the Merta goddesses are kept back._ Hail ye Pair of goddesses Merta, Sister Pair, Merta!(1.) I inform you of my Words of Power. It is I who rise up from the Sekt...

_Chapter whereby one liveth by the breath of air in the Netherworld, and keepeth back Merta._ I am the god in Lion form; the heir of Râ and Tmu in Chemm...

_Chapter whereby the Serpent Rekrek is repulsed in the Netherworld._ Back! down with thee, stabber(1.) from Apepi! Drown in the lake of Heaven, in the spot wherein thy father orde...

=Papyrus, Musée du Louvre, 93.= ] [Illustration: CHAPTER XL. =Papyrus, Leyden Museum, No. IV.=] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...

_Chapter whereby the Eater of the Ass is kept back._ Back, serpent Haiu,(1.) whom Osiris execrateth. May Thoth cut off thy head, and may there accrue to me whatsoever property pro...

9. Here I follow the general authority of the later texts. 10. _Sovereign Lord_ ⁂⁂⁂⁂. This word is closely connected, and was so from the first, with ⁂ ‘seize.’ The best commentar...

_Chapter whereby one avoideth the Slaughter which is carried out in the Netherworld._ O Tmu, let me be glorified in presence of the god in Lion form,...

] [Illustration: =Tomb of Rameses IV.= (Musée Guimet, Vol. XV, Plate 40.)] [Illustration: =Tomb of Rameses IX.= (Musée Guimet, Vol. XVI, Plate 6.)] [Illustration:...

=Leyden Papyrus, No. 16.= ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XVI. BOOK OF THE DEAD. CHAPTER XLII. [Illustrati...

_Chapter whereby one hindereth the slaughter which is wrought at Sutenhenen._(1.) Land of the Rod, of the White Crown of the Image, and the Pedestal of...

6. _The god within the Tamarisk._ The rising sun under his various names is frequently represented as being in a tree or bush, which partly conceals him. This is a mythological way...

_Chapter whereby the head of a person is not severed from him in the Netherworld._ I am a Prince, the son of a Prince; a Flame, the Son of a Flame, wh...

_Chapter whereby one dieth not a second time._ Let the Cavern of Putrata(1.) be opened for me, where the dead fall into the darkness, but the Eye of Horus supporteth me, and Apuat...

_Chapter whereby one escapeth corruption in the Netherworld._ Here is the Osiris _N._, motionless, motionless like Osiris; motionless his limbs like Osiris—let them not remain mot...

_Chapter whereby he that is living is not destroyed in the Netherworld._ Oh ye recent offspring of Shu, who dawn after dawn is possessor of his diadem at sunrise; ye future genera...

[Illustration: =Papyrus du Louvre, III, 93.=] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XVIII. BOOK OF THE DEAD. CHAPTER ...

_Chapter whereby the Seat of a person is not taken from him in the Netherworld._ Chair and Throne of mine, which are coming to me and circling round t...

_Chapter whereby one cometh not to the divine Block of Execution._ The four(1.) fastenings of the hinder part of my head are fastened. He who is in heaven it was who made firm th...

_Chapter whereby one goeth not headlong in the Netherworld._ I execrate, I execrate, I do not eat it. That which I execrate is dirt. I eat it not, that I may appease my Genius. ...

_Chapter whereby one eateth not dirt in the Netherworld._ I execrate, I execrate, I do not eat it. That which I execrate is dirt. I eat it not, that I may appease my Genius(1.). ...

_Chapter whereby one is not made to eat dirt or to drink lye._ I am the sharp-horned Bull, who regulateth the sky, the Lord of the risings in heaven; the great Giver of Light, who...

_Whereby one eateth not dirt._ I execrate, I execrate! I do not eat it. Dirt is what I execrate; I do not eat it. I execrate lye, I do not drink it. Let me not approach it with...

_Chapter whereby air is given in the Netherworld._ I am the god in Lion-form(1.), the Egg in the Great Cackler, and I watch over that great Egg which Seb hath parted from the eart...

_Another chapter whereby air is given._ I am the Jackal of jackals, I am Shu, who convey breezes, in presence of the Glorious one(1.), to the ends of the sky, to the ends of the e...

_Another chapter of breathing._ Oh Tmu! give me that delicious air which is in thine own nostrils. It is I who hold that great station which is in the heart of Heracleopolis. I ...

_Chapter for breathing air and command of water in the Nether world._ Let the Great One(1.) be opened to Osiris; let the two folding doors of Kabhu(2.) be thrown wide to Râ. O th...

_Chapter for breathing air and command of water._ Let the door be opened to me! Who art thou? What is thy name? I am One of You! Who is with thee? It is the Merta. Turn away ...

_Chapter for breathing air and command of water._ Oh thou Sycomore of Nut, give me of the water and of the wind which are within thee. It is I who hold that abode which is in Her...

_Another Chapter._ Let the doors of Heaven be open to me, let the doors of Kabhu be thrown wide to me; by Thoth and by Hapi, the great Coverer of Heaven, at daybreak. Grant ye th...

_Another Chapter._ I, even I, am he who proceedeth from the Weeper(1.), and whose attribute is Overflowing.(2.) I(3.) have the command of it as Hâpu. ...

_Chapter whereby water is drank in the Netherworld._ Let the Great One be opened to Osiris; let the Kabhu be thrown wide to Thoth, the Coverer, Lord of the Horizon in his name of ...

_Chapter whereby one is not burnt with fire, but drinketh water in the Netherworld._ O Bull of Amenta! let me be borne to thee! I am that Rudder of R...

_Chapter whereby one is not boiled in water._ I am that ready Rudder wherewith Râ conveyeth the Ancient ones, and I raise the effluxes(4.) of Osiris to the Tank from flames impass...

_Chapter whereby one cometh forth by day from the Netherworld._ I am Yesterday, To-day, and To-morrow, for I am born again and again; mine is the unseen Force,(1.) which createth ...

as yet defy translation in consequence of the corruption of the text. Some years before his untimely death M. de Rougé read his translation of this chapter before the Académie des...

death of Osiris, of his mutilation, mummification and burial. Prescriptions for carrying it out are found in the great text at Denderah, published by Dümichen and Mariette, and tra...

_Chapter whereby one cometh forth by day and prevaileth over the adversaries._ Oh thou who shinest forth from the Moon, thou who givest light from the...

for its primitive meaning ‘rise up,’ and it is in this sense that I translate it here. ------------------------------------...

_Chapter whereby one cometh forth by day._ I know that I have been conceived by Sechit and that I am born of Neith. I am Horus, who proceedeth from the Eye of Horus; I am Uat’it,...

_Chapter whereby the doors of the Tuat are opened and one cometh forth by day._ Let the doors be opened of the caverns of Nu, and let the feet be l...

_Chapter whereby one cometh forth by day._ Let the two doors of Heaven be opened to me: let the two doors of Earth be opened to me: let the bolts of Seb open to me, and let the Fi...

_Otherwise said_: I am a Flaming One, and brother to a Flaming One. I am Osiris, brother to Isis. He who avengeth me is my son Horus, in company with his mother, upon mine advers...

_Another Chapter._ I have come to an end(7.) for the Lord of Heaven. I am written down as sound of heart, and I rest at the table of my father Osiris, King of Tattu, and my heart ...

_Chapter whereby one cometh forth by day._(1.) O Divine Hawk, who comest forth in Heaven, Lord of Mehurit.(2.) Make thou me sound,(3.) even as thou hast made thyself sound, who r...

=Papyrus of Ani, British Museum.= ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XX. BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Illustratio...

LEPSIUS, “Todt.,” Plate XXVII. ] [Illustration: CHAP. LXXIV. CHAP. LXXIII. LEPSIUS, “Todt.,” Plate XXVII. ] [Illustration] [Illustration: CHAPTERS OF THE TRANSFORMATIONS...

_Chapter whereby one cometh forth by day and passeth through the Ammchit._(1.) Hail to you, ye Lords of Rule,(2.) devoid of Wrong, who are living for ...

=Papyrus of Ani, British Museum.= ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XXII. BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Illustrat...

=Papyrus, Berlin Museum, No. 1.= ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------...

_Chapter whereby the legs are set in motion upon earth._ Do what thou hast to do, O Sekaru (_twice_); as The god who is in his own house, and as The god who standeth on his legs i...

_Chapter whereby one cometh to Heliopolis and receiveth a seat there._ I have come out of the Tuat: I am come from the ends of the Earth, lighting up the Tank, whither the desires...

_Chapter whereby all forms are assumed which one pleaseth._ I have made my way into the Royal Palace, and it was the Bird-Fly(1.) who brought me hither. Hail to thee, who fliest ...

_Chapter whereby one assumeth the form of the Golden Hawk._(1.) I set myself to view: I set myself to view as the Golden Hawk, which cometh out from its Egg; and I fly and I hover...

_Chapter whereby one assumeth the form of the Sacred Hawk._(1.) Oh Horus! come thou to Tattu, make clear to me the paths, and help me to make the round of my dwelling places. Loo...

_Chapter whereby one assumeth the form of the Chief god of the Divine Cycle._ Hail to thee, Tmu, Lord of Heaven, who givest motion to all things wh...

_Chapter whereby one assumeth the form of the god who giveth Light to the Darkness._ It is I who complete the vesture of Nu, the Light which shineth b...

_Chapter whereby one assumeth the form of the Lotus._ I am the pure Lotus which cometh forth from the glory which is at the nostril of Rā, and I make my journey and pursue it for ...

_Chapter whereby one assumeth the form of Ptah, eateth bread, drinketh beer, and sitteth in the midst of the great gods._ I fly like the Hawk, I cackle like the Smen-go...

_Chapter whereby one assumeth the form of the Bennu bird._ Let me wheel round in whirls, let me turn like the Turning One, let me flourish like a flower and keep myself hidden lik...

_Chapter whereby one assumeth the form of the Hernshaw._(1.) Thou who holdest the bound victims; ye knives over their heads and locks and fleeces;(2.) ye aged and bright ones who ...

_Chapter whereby one assumeth the form of a Soul,_(1.) _that one may not come to the dungeon. Imperishable is he who knoweth it._ I am a Soul. I am Rā who proceedeth from...

_Chapter whereby one assumeth the form of the Swallow._(1.) I am the Swallow; I am the Swallow. I am the Scorpion-bird, daughter of Rā. O ye gods, whose perfume is delicious: Fl...

_Chapter whereby one assumeth the form of Se-ta._ I am Seta—full of years. I lay myself down [in death], and I am born daily. I am Seta at the confines of the earth. I lay mysel...

_Chapter whereby one assumeth the form of the Crocodile god [Sebak(1.)._ For I am the Crocodile god in all his terrors. I am the Crocodile god in the form of man.(2.) I am he who...

_Chapter whereby the Soul is united to the dead Body._ Oh thou who Bringest; Oh thou Runner, who dwellest in thy Keep,(1.) thou great god; grant that my Soul may come to me from w...

_Chapter whereby Memory is restored(1.) to a person._ Oh thou who choppest off heads and cuttest throats, but restorest memory in the mouth of the dead through the Words of Power ...

_Chapter whereby the Soul is secured from imprisonment in the Netherworld._ Oh thou who art exalted and worshipped, all powerful, almighty one, who gr...

=Papyrus du Louvre, III, 89.= ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XXIV. BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Illustration:...

=Papyrus, British Museum, 10,009.= ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------...

_Chapter whereby the Tomb is opened to the Soul and to the Shade of the person, that he may come forth by day and may have mastery of his feet._ That standeth open which thou ...

_Chapter whereby one avoideth being conveyed to the East in the Netherworld._ Oh thou Phallus of Rā, who fliest from the storm, disablement ariseth fr...

_Chapter whereby one prayeth for a Palette and an Inkstand._ Oh mighty one, who seest thy father, and who hast charge of the Book of Thoth. Here am I, I come and am glorified and...

_Chapter whereby is opened the place wherein Thoth resteth._ I am the Dread one(1.) in Storm, who guard the Great one(2.) against assault. I smite like the Flint-god: I sprinkle ...

_Chapter whereby is opened [the place] where Thoth [resteth]._ I am he who dwelleth in the middle of his own Eye. I have come that I may deliver Maāt to Rā, and may propitiate Sut...

_Said at the Bark_: Staff of Anubis, may I propitiate those four Glorified ones who follow after the Master of [all] things. I am the Master of the champaign at their behest, and ...

=Papyrus, British Museum, No. 9,900.= ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XXVI BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Illu...

=Papyrus Brocklehurst, II.= ] [Illustration: CHAPTER XCIX. =Papyrus, British Museum, No. 9900.=] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...

_Chapter whereby one saileth a ship in the Netherworld._ Oh thou Leg in the Northern Sky,(1.) and in that most conspicuous but inaccessible Stream; I rise up and come to light as ...

_Chapter whereby one Saileth a Ship in the Netherworld._ Oh thou who sailest the ship of Nu over that chine which is void,(1.) let me sail the ship; let me fasten my tackle(2.) in...

_The Book whereby the glorified one is made strong, and is made to embark in the boat of Rā, together with those who are with the god._ Let me convey the divine Heron to the Eas...

_Chapter of the Safeguards of the Bark of Rā._ O thou who art devoid of moisture in coming forth from the stream; and who restest upon the deck of thy Bark: as thou proceedest in ...

_Chapter whereby one entereth into the Bark of Rā._ O Great One in thy Bark, let me be lifted into thy Bark. Let me make head for thy staircase. Let me have charge of those who co...

_Chapter whereby one openeth the place where Hathor abideth._ I am a pure follower. O Ahi; O Ahi;(1.) let me become one of the followers of Hathor. ...

_Chapter whereby one sitteth in the midst of the great gods._ Let me sit in the midst of the great gods. Let me pass through the place of the Sektit boat. It is the Bird-fly deity...

_Chapter whereby one propitiateth_(1.) _the Ka._ Hail to thee, my Ka, my coeval.(2.) May I come to thee and be glorified and made manifest and ensouled, let me have strength and ...

_Chapter whereby a largess is presented at Hat-ka-Ptah._(1.) Oh thou god of nutriment, oh great one who presidest over the mansions on high; [to whom bread cometh from Annu] ye wh...

=Papyrus, British Museum, No. 9900.= ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XXVIII. BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Illu...

no separate existence in any of the papyri of the best periods.] ------------------------------------...

_Chapter whereby one knoweth the Powers of the West._ In respect of the Hill of Bachau(1.) upon which heaven resteth, it presenteth itself(2.) three hundred cubits in length(3.) a...

7. _Thy head is veiled._ The ‘veiling of the head,’ and ‘closing of the eyes’ of the sun are of course mythological terms for night time. But the mythological event was celebrated ...

round the heaven whilst thou art pierced with hooks,” as if Rā were replying to the words of Sutu. This, I confess, appears to me to offer a better sense than that of chapter 108. ...

_Chapter whereby one knoweth the Powers of the East._ I know that Eastern Gate of Heaven (the South of it is by the lake of Cha-ru, and the north of it by the stream of Reu), from...

is only a repetition of Chapter CVIII. ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XXIX...

=MARIETTE, “Abydos,” I, p. 82.= ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XXX. BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Illustrati...

=Papyrus, British Museum, No. 9964.= ] [Illustration: CHAPTERS CXII AND CXIII. MARIETTE, “Abydos,” I, pl. 31. ] -------------------------------------------------------------...

_Chapter whereby one knoweth the Powers of Pu._[(1.)] Oh thou of corpselike form who art in Chait and Ânpit;(2.) thou goddess of the Net,(3.) who art in Pu; ye who preside over th...

_Chapter whereby one knoweth the Powers of Nechen._(1.) I know the Mystery of Nechen: Horus, and that which his mother did(2.) for him, when she herself uttered the cry: “Let Seba...

=Papyrus, Musée du Louvre. Cab. des Médailles.= ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -----------------------------------...

_Chapter whereby one knoweth the Powers of Hermopolis._ Maāt is borne(1.) over the Arm,(2.) and Neith dawneth at Ment’ait,(3.) and the Eye is illumined(4.) by the one who adjustet...

stand. A personage kneeling behind is supporting the feather of Maāt. The words ⁂⁂⁂, which are written by way of explanation, might give rise to some misunderstanding were it not ...

_Chapter whereby one cometh forth into Heaven, and openeth the Ammehit: and whereby the Powers of Heliopolis are known._ I have grown from yesterday, a Great one amon...

_Chapter whereby one knoweth the Power of Hermopolis._ Neith dawneth forth in Mat’at, and Maāt is conveyed upon the Arm of the Eater of the Eye by him who reckoneth it out. I kno...

_The Beginning of the Chapters of the Garden of Hotepit, and of the Chapters of coming forth by day; and of entering and coming forth in the Netherworld, and of arriving at the...

dissimilation of _rr_ into _nr_). The usual form in later times is ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂, but we find even shorter forms in ⁂⁂, B.M. 32, and ⁂⁂⁂. The determinative ⁂ of a reptile, indicates a _cre...

suppose that this was a place of punishment. 16. _Userit_ ⁂⁂⁂ is one of the commonest appellatives of Isis, especially in the later texts. The names of all these abodes, situated ...

_Chapter whereby one taketh the blissful path at Restau._(1.) O paths which are high above me at Restau: I am the Girdled(2.) and the Mighty one, coming forth triumphantly.(3.) I...

6. The chapter ends here. The passage which follows in the translation is taken from the Paris papyrus _Pe_. 7. _Patron_, ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂, a word supposed by some scholars to signify uncle....

_Chapter whereby one arriveth at Restau._ I am he who is born in Restau. Glory is given to me by those who are in their mummied forms in Pu, at the sanctuary of Osiris, whom the ...

_Chapter whereby one entereth or goeth forth from Restau._ I am the Mighty one, who createth his own light. I come to thee, Osiris, and I worship thee. Pure are thine effluxes,(...

_Chapter_(1.) _whereby one entereth into the Great House._ Hail to thee, O Tmu, I am Thoth. I have equally balanced the Divine Pair, I have put a stop to their strife, I have end...

=Papyrus, Paris, Sketch by Mr. Renouf= ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XXXIII. BOOK OF THE DEAD [Il...

_Chapter whereby one cometh to the Divine Circle of Osiris._ My soul buildeth for me a Hall(1.) in Tattu and I flourish in Pu. My fields are ploughed by those who belong to me: t...

] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XXXVI. BOOK OF THE DEAD....

[Illustration: Fig. 17. LEPSIUS, “Denkmäler,” Abth. III, Bl. 39. ] [Illustration: Fig. 19. MARIETTE, “Deir el Bahari,” Pl. VIII. ] [Illustration: Fig. 20. ROSELLINI, “...

Said on arriving at the Hall of Righteousness, that _N_ may be loosed from all the sins which he hath committed and that he may look upon the divine countenances. _He saith_: Hail...

1. Oh thou of long strides, who makest thine appearance in Annu; I am not a doer of wrong. 2. Oh thou who holdest the fire, and makest thine appearance in Cher-āba; I am not a man...

=Tombeau de Seti I^{er}= (Ann. du Musée Guimet, Vol. IX). ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------...

[Said upon approaching to the gods who are in the Tuat.(31.)] Hail ye gods, I know you and I know your names; let me not be stricken down by your blows: report not the evil which ...

[Illustration: Papyrus, British Museum, No. 9900.] [Illustration: Mummy Case, Leyden Museum.]] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XXX...

NOTES. For the significance of this most important chapter with reference to the religion and ethics of ancient Egypt I must refer to the Introduction. The notes in this place mus...

eighteenth dynasty is quite certain from the nature of the corruptions which had already made their appearance in the earliest copies which have come down to us. But the three part...

fifteenth of the month, cannot be full on the thirtieth. It must be the other Eye, the Sun. Now we know what is meant by the Full Moon, the Plenilunium, but what is the Full Sun? ...

many pictures showing a divinity (the sun or moon-god) hidden within or behind a tree. 38. _That the Balance may be set upon its stand within the bower of amaranth._ _Cf._ the pa...

=Musée du Louvre, Papyrus III, 36.= ] [Illustration: CHAPTER CXXX. =Papyrus, Leyden, VI.=] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XLI. ...

=Papyrus, British Museum, No. 9900.= ] [Illustration: CHAPTER CXXXIV. =Papyrus of Ani, British Museum.=] [Illustration: CHAPTER CXXXIV. =Papyrus, British Museum, No. 9900.=] [Il...

=Papyrus, Brit. Mus., No. 9900.= ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Oh ye four Harbingers(1.) who sit at the prow of the Bark of Rā, and convey the fixed ordinances(2.) of the Inviolate One, ye who are judges of my distress(3.) and of my good fortu...

_The Book_(1.) _for invoking the gods of the Bounds,_(2.) _which the person reciteth when he approacheth them, that he may enter and see the Strong one_(3.) _in the Great Abode...

----- Footnote 139: M. Naville leaves this word untranslated, though he rightly conjectures it to be the origin of ϫⲱϣ _effundere_, _effusio_, _infundere_, _immergere_. ...

_Invocation of Osiris._ Hail to thee, Osiris Unneferu, son of Nut and eldest son of Seb: the Great One who proceedeth from Nut; the king in Taa-urit;(1.) the Prince in Amenta; the...

_A Book whereby the Soul is made to live for ever, on the day of entering into the Bark of Rā, and to pass the Sheniu of the Tuat. Made on the Birthday of Osiris._(1.) Opened ...

_Chapter whereby one proceedeth into Heaven by the side of Rā._(1.) Oh Rā(2.) who art shining this night: if there be any one among thy followers, let him present himself living a...

_Chapter whereby a person is enabled to go round, to visit his dwelling in the Netherworld._ I am the Lion-god who issueth from the Bow,(1.) and therefo...

_Book whereby the Deceased acquireth Might(1.) in the Netherworld in presence of the great Cycle of the gods._ [_Said on the first day of the Month_].(2.) Rā maketh his appear...

_Chapter whereby the Deceased acquireth might._ Hail to thee who art in the midst of thine Ark, Oh rising Sun who risest, and declining(1.) one who declinest: at whose will millio...

_Another chapter recited when the Moon renews itself on the first day of the month._ Osiris is enveloped in storm and rain: he is enveloped: but the...

_Chapter whereby one is conveyed in the Bark of Rā._ Lo the Light(1.) which riseth up in Cher-āba.(2.) He is born, he of the strong cord,(3.) his cable(4.) is at an end, and his ...

_Chapter whereby one is conveyed in the Great Bark of Rā to pass through the orbit of flame._ O bright flame which art behind Rā, and dividest his...

] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XLIII. BOOK OF THE DEAD [Illustration:...

_Chapter whereby a Light is kindled_(1.) _for a person._ Oh Light! let the Light be kindled for thy Ka, O Osiris Chentamenta. Let the Light be kindled for the Night which followet...

_Chapter whereby a Light is kindled for a person._ The Eye of Horus cometh, the Light one: the Eye of Horus cometh, the Glorious one. Come thou, propitiously, shining like Rā fro...

_Chapter whereby one is enabled to enter into Abydos._ Oh all ye gods who are in Abydos, [each one and his](1.) divine circle likewise in its entirety, who are coming with acclama...

Identical with CHAPTER CXXIII. _This completes Sir P. Le Page Renouf’s translation of the Book of the Dead, so far as he had prepared it for publication at the time of his death._...

_The book read on the last day of Mechir, when the Eye is full on the last day of Mechir._ There rises a form which shines on the horizon. Atmu rises pou...

gods, he is like one of them, and he prescribes what is done to him in the Netherworld. When this chapter has been read to its end, this is the copy of the order of offerings made...

=Louvre, III, 1.= ] [Illustration: CHAPTER CXLVI. =Leyden, No. VI.=] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XLV. ...

LEPSIUS, Todtenbuch. ] [Illustration: CHAPTER CXLVIII. =Louvre, III, 89.=] [Illustration: CHAPTER CXLVIII. =Leyden Mus., No. 11.=] [Illustration: CHAPTER CXLIV. =Brit. Mus., 991...

=Brit. Mus. Pap. Brocklehurst II.= ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XLVII. BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Illustr...

_The Chapter of the Arrival_(1.) The first gate. He whose face is overturned, who has many attributes, is the name of the occupant of the first gate. The adjuster, is the name of ...

to be passed in order to reach the ⁂⁂⁂⁂. Behind each ⁂⁂⁂ a ⁂⁂⁂⁂ is represented as a shrine close to which is its god. And also in the book called ⁂⁂⁂, _the book of what is in the T...

in the morning, and drives away the curling god.’ 8. ‘The steel firmament,’ ⁂⁂⁂⁂, generally mentioned in connection with storms and bad weather, so that possibly we have to consid...

with a sentence giving the names of the pylon. It is followed by that of the ⁂⁂⁂⁂, which I translate, with Renouf, the _porter_ or _doorkeeper_ though I should prefer, he who is wi...

have no older copy of it than the fragments in the tomb of Meneptah Siphtah and queen Tauser, which give us only eleven pylons, with a very incorrect text. As for the Turin text, i...

The first gate. The name of the doorkeeper is: he whose face is overturned, who has many attributes. The name of its warder is: the adjuster. The name of the herald is: he with a l...

refers also to the seven gates; and whenever the deceased approaches one of the gates, he has to say the name of the doorkeeper, which, as we saw before, is that of the gate itself...

_Giving sustenance_(1.) _to the deceased in the Netherworld, and delivering him from all evil things._(2.) Hail to thee who shinest as living soul, and who appeares...

have a nearly complete version of it in the tomb of Senmut, the architect of queen Hatshepsu. The text from which I translate is compiled from several Theban papyri. 1. Renouf tra...

The first domain. O this domain of the Amenta, where they live upon bread of the plant _tep seru_. Take off your head dress in my presence, for I am the great one among you, he who...

=Papyrus, Louvre, III, 93.= ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------...

NOTES. This is not a separate chapter: it stands to 149 as 16 to 15. It consists of the vignettes accompanying Chapter 149, and it is the end of many papyri. Curiously, there are ...

(_a_) Words of Anubis. Thy right eye is in the Sektit boat, thy left eye is in the Âtit boat. Thy eyebrows are with(1.) Anubis, thy fingers are with Thoth, thy locks are with Ptah...

funeral chamber. The four walls, which should be vertical, are drawn lying flat on the ground. In the middle of the chamber, under a canopy, is the mummy, on which Anubis lays his ...

Said by Anubis Amut, in his divine hall, when he puts his hands over the body of _N._, and provides him with all that belongs to him. Hail to thee, beautiful face, lord of sight, ...

_The Chapter of building a house_(1.) _on earth._ O rejoice, Seb, _N._ has been set in motion with his vital power ... he has given to men and gods their creative strength. There...

_The Chapter of coming out of the net._(1.) O he who turns backwards, mighty of heart, who spreads his net before him, who entereth the earth! O you the fishermen sons of their fa...

_The Chapter of escaping from the catchers of fish._ O ye snarers (?), O ye fowlers, O ye fishers, sons of their fathers, know ye(1.) what I do know, the name of this very great n...

_The Chapter of not letting the body decay(1.) in the Netherworld._ Hail to thee, my father Osiris. I have come to embalm thee. Do thou embalm this flesh of mine, for I am perfect...

_Chapter of the Tat of gold._(1.) Here is thy backbone,(2.) thou still-heart! here is thy spine, thou still-heart! Put it close to thee. I have given thee the water thou wantest.(...

_Chapter of the buckle of carnelian, which is put on the neck of the deceased._ The blood of Isis, the virtue of Isis; the magic power of Isis, the ...

_Chapter of the vulture of gold, put on the neck of the deceased._ Isis has arrived; she hovers over the dwellings, and she searches all the hidden abodes of Horus when he comes o...

_The Chapter of the collar of gold, put on the neck of the deceased._ O my father! my brother! my mother Isis! I am unveiled and I am seen. I am one of the unveiled ones, who see ...

_The Chapter of the column of green Felspar,_(1.) _put on the neck of the deceased._ O thou who comest out every day, in the divine house, she who has...

_Giving the column of green Felspar._ I am the column of green Felspar, which cannot be crushed,(1.) and which is raised by the hand of Thoth. Injury is an abomination for it. If...

_The Chapter of unfastening the opening in the sky. Thoth does it so that it may be finished when he opens (the sky) with Aten._(1.) Rā(2.) is living, the tortoise(3.) is dead...

LEPSIUS, Todtenbuch. ] [Illustration: CHAPTER CLXIV. LEPSIUS, Todtenbuch.] [Illustration: CHAPTER CLXIII. LEPSIUS, Todtenbuch.] [Illustration: CHAPTER CLXV. LEPSIUS, Todtenbuch....

_Chapter of causing a flame(1.) to arise under the head of the deceased._ Hail to thee, thou lion,(2.) thou mighty one, with high plumes, the lord o...

_Chapters brought from another book, in addition to the “coming forth by day.” Chapter of not letting the body of a man decay in the Netherworld, of rescuing him from the devourers...

_Another Chapter._ Hail, Sekhet, Bast, daughter of Rā, lady of the gods, who holdeth her fan of plumes, the lady of the scarlet garment, the mistress of the white and red crown, t...

_Chapter of landing and not being obscured, so that the body may prosper in drinking water._(1.) O the very high one, the great one, Amen, Amen, the lion...

_Chapter of the Pillow._ Awake! thy sufferings are allayed, _N._ Thou art awaked when thy head is above the horizon. Stand up, thou art triumphant by means of what has been done t...

(_Zeitschr._, 1868, p. 82). 1. Here begin the words of Chapter 43. 2. ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. The second word should be taken as a patronymic, “flame-born.” Chapter 43 has ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. ...

_Chapter of bringing an Eye._ When Thoth had brought the Eye, he appeased the Eye, After Rā had wounded(1.) her, she was raging furiously and then Thoth calmed her after she had g...

Dead, it belongs to another book similar to the ⁂⁂, the book engraved on the walls of the royal tombs. It describes gods and genii of ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂ _the bounds(1.) in the Tuat_ who confer ...

_Chapter of raising the funereal Bed._ Thou art a lion, thou art a sphinx, thou art Horus who avengeth his father; thou art these four gods, those glorious ones who are shouting f...

11. See note 5 on Chapter 18. 12. The god of abundance. 13. ⁂⁂⁂⁂ an unknown object: however, the sense is clear. This means: thou becomest the ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂, the look-out of the ship w...

_Chapter of arranging the funereal Bed._ Thy limbs have been given thee, thou takest hold of thy bones, I have set for thee thy limbs; the earth is bent upon protecting thy flesh....

_Chapter of wrapping up (the deceased) in a pure garment._ O Tmu, Shu, Tefnut, Seb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Sut, Nephthys, Horus of the two Horizons, Hathor in the great dwelling, Chep...

_Beginning of the Chapter of reciting the ceremonies made in the Netherworld._ (1.) ... with _bet_ incense, I inhale the smell of natron and incense ....

_The addresses of Horus to his father when he goes in to see his father, and when he comes out of his great sanctuary to see him Rā Unneferu, the master of Ta-tser, and then th...

] [Illustration: CHAPTER CLXXV. =Papyrus of Ani.=] [Illustration: CHAPTER CLXXIV, _A. f._] [Illustration: CHAPTER CLXXX, _L. a._] [Illustration: CHAPTER CLXXXVI, _D. a._] ----...

_Chapter of causing the Chu to come out of the great door in the sky._ It is read(1.) to thee by thy son (Horus). The great ones tremble when they see the sword which is in thy h...

_Chapter of not dying a second death in the Netherworld._ O Thoth(1.)! What has become of the children of Nut? they have stirred up hostilities, they have raised storms, they have...

_Chapter of not dying a second time in the Netherworld._ I execrate the land of the East. I do not go to the dungeon, for I have not done those things which are forbidden by the g...

_Chapter of raising the Chu, of vivifying his soul in the Netherworld._ O Nut, Nut, who created the father out of his earth(1.) and Horus after him, who bound his wings as to a ha...

_Chapter of raising the body, of giving it eyes, of making it possess ears, of fixing its head, of putting it on its base._ Thou hast received the eye of Horus;(1.) thy t...

6. Formula inscribed on the coffin of King Mycerinus, in the British Museum, and on many coffins of the New Empire, especially under the Saites. ----------------...

_Chapter of coming forth when going out of yesterday (1.) and coming in the (present) day, being equipped by one’s own hands._ I am raised from yesterday, I come to-day,...

_Chapter of coming forth by day, of giving praise to Rā in the Amenta, of paying homage to the inhabitants of the Tuat, of opening the way to the mighty soul in the Netherworld...

_Chapter of arriving before the Divine circle of Osiris and before the gods, the guides in the Tuat, before the guards of their halls,(1.) the heralds of their gates and the do...

_Book of vivifying(1.) Osiris, of giving air to him whose heart is motionless, through the action of Thoth, who repels the enemies of Osiris who come there in his form(2.) ... as p...

The vignette represents the mummy on the funeral bed, surrounded by several gods and genii. 1. See note 2, Chapter 154. 2. A word is omitted there. -----------...

_Adoration to Osiris, giving him praise, bowing down before Unneferu, falling on one’s face before the lord of Ta-tsert, and exalting him who is on his sand._ I have come to t...

_Chapter of being near Osiris._ There is not much more than the vignette left. Only two or three words remain. They are taken from a papyrus in Paris. ---------...

_Giving praise to Osiris, falling on the earth before the lord of eternity; propitiating the god with what he loves, speaking the truth, the lord of which is not known._ Hail ...

_Adoration to Hathor, the lady of the West, falling down before Mehurit._ I have come to thee, to see thy beauties, give me to be at the head of thy...