Part 12 (2/2)

”Tell us our name,” say the Paddles; ”Fingers of Horus the first-born” is your name.

”Tell me my name,” saith the _Matchabet_; ”The hand of Isis, which wipeth away the blood from the Eye of Horus,” is thy name.

”Tell us our names,” say the Planks which are in its hulk; ”Mesthi, Hapi, Tuamautef, Qebh-sennuf, Haqau (_i.e._, he who leadeth away captive), Thet-em-aua (_i.e._, he who seizeth by violence), Maa-an-tef (_i.e._, he who seeth what the father bringeth), and Ari-nef-tchesef (_i.e._, he who made himself),” are your names.

”Tell us our name,” say the Bows; ”He who is at the head of his nomes” is your name.

”Tell me my name,” saith the Hull; ”Mert” is thy name.

”Tell me my name,” saith the Rudder; ”Aqa” (_i.e._, true one) is thy name, O thou who s.h.i.+nest from the water, hidden beam(?) is thy name.

”Tell me my name,” saith the Keel; ”Thigh (or Leg) of Isis, which Ra cut off with the knife to bring blood into the _Sektet_ boat,” is thy name.

”Tell me my name,” saith the Sailor; ”Traveller” is thy name.

”Tell me my name,” saith the Wind by which thou art borne along; ”The North Wind which cometh from Tem to the nostrils of Khenti-Amenti”(60) is thy name.

”Tell me my name,” saith the River, ”if thou wouldst travel upon me;”

”Those which can be seen,” is thy name.

”Tell us our name,” say the River-Banks; ”Destroyer of the G.o.d Au-a (_i.e._, he of the specious hand) in the water-house” is thy name.

”Tell me my name,” saith the Ground, ”if thou wouldst walk upon me;” ”The Nose of heaven which proceedeth from the G.o.d Utu, who dwelleth in the Sekhet-Aaru, and who cometh forth with rejoicing therefrom,” is thy name.

THEN SHALL BE RECITED BEFORE THEM THESE WORDS:

”Hail to you, O ye divine beings with splendid _Ka_s, ye divine lords of things, who exist and who live forever, and [whose] double period of an illimitable number of years is eternity, I have made a way unto you, grant ye me food and sepulchral meals for my mouth, [and grant that] I may speak therewith, and that the G.o.ddess Isis [may give me] loaves and cakes in the presence of the great G.o.d. I know the great G.o.d before whose nostrils ye place _tchefau_ food, and his name is Thekem; both when he maketh his way from the eastern horizon of heaven and when he journeyeth into the western horizon of heaven may his journey be my journey, and his going forth my going forth. Let me not be destroyed at the _Mesqet_ chamber, and let not the devils gain dominion over my members. I have my cakes in the city of Pe, and I have my ale in the city of Tepu, and let the offerings [which are given unto you] be given unto me this day. Let my offerings be wheat and barley; let my offerings be _anti_ unguent and linen garments; let my offerings be for life, strength, and health: let my offerings be a coming forth by day in any form whatsoever in which it may please me to appear in Sekhet-Aarru.”

IF THIS CHAPTER BE KNOWN [BY THE DECEASED] HE SHALL COME FORTH INTO SEKHET-AARRU, AND BREAD, AND WINE, AND CAKES SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO HIM AT THE ALTAR OF THE GREAT G.o.d, AND FIELDS, AND AN ESTATE [SOWN] WITH WHEAT AND BARLEY, WHICH THE FOLLOWERS OF HORUS SHALL REAP FOR HIM. AND HE SHALL EAT OF THAT WHEAT AND BARLEY, AND HIS LIMBS SHALL BE NOURISHED THEREWITH, AND HIS BODY SHALL BE LIKE UNTO THE BODIES OF THE G.o.dS, AND HE SHALL COME FORTH INTO SEKHET-AARRU IN ANY FORM WHATSOEVER HE PLEASETH, AND HE SHALL APPEAR THEREIN REGULARLY AND CONTINUALLY.

Of Entering The Boat Of Ra

[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheets 27 and 28).]

THE BOOK OF MAKING PERFECT THE _KHU_ AND OF CAUSING HIM TO GO FORTH INTO THE BOAT OF RA ALONG WITH THOSE WHO ARE IN HIS FOLLOWING(?). The overseer of the palace, the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:

”I have brought the divine _Bennu_ to the east, and Osiris to the city of Tattu. I have opened the treasure-houses of the G.o.d Hap, I have made clean the roads of the Disk, and I have drawn the G.o.d Sekeri along upon his sledge. The mighty and divine Lady hath made me strong at her hour. I have praised and glorified the Disk, and I have united myself unto the divine apes who sing at the dawn, and I am a divine Being among them. I have made myself a counterpart of the G.o.ddess Isis, and her power (_Khu_) hath made me strong. I have tied up the rope, I have driven back Apep, I have made him to walk backward. Ra hath stretched out to me both his hands, and his mariners have not repulsed me; my strength is the strength of the _Utchat_, and the strength of the _Utchat_ is my strength. If the overseer of the house, the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, be separated [from the boat of Ra], then shall he (_i.e._, Ra) be separated from the Egg and from the _Abtu_ fish.”

[THIS CHAPTER] SHALL BE RECITED OVER THE DESIGN WHICH HATH BEEN DRAWN ABOVE, AND IT SHALL BE WRITTEN UPON PAPYRUS WHICH HATH NOT BEEN WRITTEN UPON, WITH [INK MADE OF] GRAINS OF GREEN _ABUT_ MIXED WITH _ANTI_ WATER, AND THE PAPYRUS SHALL BE PLACED ON THE BREAST OF THE DECEASED; IT SHALL NOT ENTER IN TO (_I.E._, TOUCH) HIS MEMBERS. IF THIS BE DONE FOR ANY DECEASED PERSON HE SHALL GO FORTH INTO THE BOAT OF RA IN THE COURSE OF THE DAY EVERY DAY, AND THE G.o.d THOTH SHALL TAKE ACCOUNT OF HIM AS HE COMETH FORTH FROM AND GOETH IN THE COURSE OF THE DAY EVERY DAY, REGULARLY AND CONTINUALLY, [INTO THE BOAT OF RA] AS A PERFECT _KHU_. AND HE SHALL SET UP THE _TET_ AND SHALL STABLISH THE BUCKLE, AND SHALL SAIL ABOUT WITH RA INTO ANY PLACE HE WISHETH.

Of Protecting The Boat Of Ra

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