Part 13 (2/2)
[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 18).]
ANOTHER CHAPTER OF KNOWING THE SOULS OF PE. The overseer of the palace, the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:
”[Hail,] Khat, who dwellest in Khat, in Anpet,(74) and in the nome of Khat! [Hail,] ye G.o.ddesses of the chase who dwell in the city of Pe, ye celestial lands(?), ye stars, and ye divine beings, who give cakes and ale(?), do ye know for what reason the city of Pe hath been given unto Horus? I, even I, know though ye know it not. Behold, Ra gave the city unto him in return for the injury in his eye, for which cause Ra said to Horus, 'Let me see what is coming to pa.s.s in thine eye,' and forthwith he looked thereat. Then Ra said to Horus, 'Look at that black pig,' and he looked, and straightway an injury was done unto his eye, [namely,] a mighty storm [took place]. Then said Horus unto Ra, 'Verily, my eye seems as if it were an eye upon which Suti had inflicted a blow;' [and thus saying] he ate his heart.(75) Then said Ra to those G.o.ds, 'Place ye him in his chamber, and he shall do well.' Now the black pig was Suti who had transformed himself into a black pig, and he it was who had aimed the blow of fire which was in the eye of Horus. Then said Ra unto those G.o.ds, 'The pig is an abominable thing unto Horus; oh, but he shall do well although the pig is an abomination unto him.' Then the company of the G.o.ds, who were among the divine followers of Horus when he existed in the form of his own child, said, 'Let sacrifices be made [to the G.o.ds] of his bulls, and of his goats, and of his pigs.' Now the father of Mesthi, Hapi, Tuamautef and Qebhsennuf is Horus, and their mother is Isis. Then said Horus to Ra, 'Give me two divine brethren in the city of Pe and two divine brethren in the city of Nekhen, who [have sprung] from my body and who shall be with me in the guise of everlasting judges, then shall the earth blossom and thunder-clouds and rain be blotted out.' And the name of Horus became 'Her-uatch-f' (_i.e._, Prince of his emerald stone). I, even I, know the Souls of Pe, namely, Horus, Mesthi, and Hapi.”
Of Knowing The Souls Of Nekhen
[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 18).]
THE CHAPTER OF KNOWING THE SOULS OF NEKHEN. The overseer of the palace, the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:
”I know the hidden things of the city of Nekhen, that is to say, the things which the mother of Horus did for him, and how she [made her voice to go forth] over the waters, saying, 'Speak ye unto me concerning the judgment which is upon me, [and shew me] the path behind you, and let me discover [it];' and how Ra said, 'This son of Isis hath perished;' and what the mother of Horus did for him [when] she cried out, saying, 'Sebek, the lord of the papyrus swamp, shall be brought to us.' [And Sebek] fished for them and he found them, and the mother of Horus made them to grow in the places to which they belonged. Then Sebek, the lord of his papyrus swamp, said, 'I went and I found the place where they had pa.s.sed with my fingers on the edge of the waters, and I enclosed them in [my] net: and strong was that net.' And Ra said, 'So then, there are fish with the G.o.d Sebek, and [he] hath found the hands and arms of Horus for him in the land of fish;' and [that] land became the land of the city of Remu (_i.e._, Fish). And Ra said, 'A land of the pool, a land of the pool to this net.'
Then were the hands of Horus brought to him at the uncovering of his face at the festivals of the month and half month in the Land of Remu. And Ra said, 'I give the city of Nekhen to Horus for the habitation of his two arms and hands, and his face shall be uncovered before his two hands and arms in the city of Nekhen; and I give into his power the slaughtered beings who are in them at the festivals of the month and half month.' Then Horus said, 'Let me carry off Tuamautef and Qebhsennuf, and let them watch over my body; and if they are allowed to be there, then shall they be subservient to the G.o.d of the city of Nekhen.' And Ra said, 'It shall be granted unto thee there and in the city, of Senket (_i.e._, Sati), and there shall be done for them what hath been done for those who dwell in the city of Nekhen, and verily they shall be with thee.' And Horus said, 'They have been with thee and [now] they shall be with me, and shall hearken unto the G.o.d Suti when he calleth upon the Souls of Nekhen.' Grant to me [that I, even I, may pa.s.s on to the Souls of Nekhen, and that I may unloose the bonds of Horus]. I, even I, know the Souls of Nekhen, namely, Horus, Tuamautef, and Qebhsennuf.”
Of Knowing The Souls Of Khemennu
[From the Papyrus of Nebseni (British Museum No. 9,900, sheet 7).]
THE CHAPTER OF KNOWING THE SOULS OF KHEMENNU (Hermopolis).
”The G.o.ddess Maat is carried by the arm at the s.h.i.+ning of the G.o.ddess Neith in the city of Mentchat, and at the s.h.i.+ning of the Eye when it is weighed. I am carried over by it and I know what it bringeth from the city of Kesi,(76) and I will neither declare it unto men nor tell it unto the G.o.ds. I have come, being the envoy of Ra, to stablish Maat upon the arm at the s.h.i.+ning of Neith in the city of Mentchat and to adjudge the eye to him that shall scrutinize it. I have come as a power through the knowledge of the Souls of Khemennu (Hermopolis) who love to know what ye love. I know Maat, which hath germinated, and hath become strong, and hath been judged, and I have joy in pa.s.sing judgment upon the things which are to be judged.
Homage to you, O ye Souls of Khemennu, I, even I, know the things which are unknown on the festivals of the month and half month. Ra knoweth the hidden things of the night, and know ye that it is Thoth who hath made me to have knowledge. Homage to you, O ye Souls of Khemennu, since I know you each day.”
Of Coming Forth From Heaven
[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 18).]
THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH FROM HEAVEN, AND OF MAKING A WAY THROUGH THE AMMEHET, AND OF KNOWING THE SOULS OF ANNU (HELIOPOLIS). The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:
”I have pa.s.sed the day since yesterday among the great divine beings, and I have come into being along with the G.o.d Khepera. [My] face is uncovered before the Eye, the only One, and the orbit of the night hath been opened.
I am a divine being among you. I know the Souls of Annu. Shall not the G.o.d Ur-ma pa.s.s over it as [he] journeyeth forward with vigor? Have I not overcome(?), and have I not spoken to the G.o.ds? Behold, he that is the heir of Annu hath been destroyed. I, even I, know for what reason was made the lock of hair of the Man. Ra spake unto the G.o.d Ami-haf, and an injury was done unto his mouth, that is to say, he was wounded in [that] mouth.
And Ra spake unto the G.o.d Ami-haf, saying, 'O heir of men, receive [thy]
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