Chapter 183

CHAPTER LVIII.
Chapter for breathing air and command of water.
Let the door be opened to me 1
Who art thou ? What is thy name ?
I am One of You !
Who is with thee ?
It is the Merta.
Turn away then (i) front to front, on entering the Meskat. (2)
He grants that I may sail to the Abode of those who have found
their faces.
Collector of Souls is the name of my Bark, Bristler of Hair is the

name of the Oars, Point\ is the name of its Hatch, Right and
Straight the name of the Rudder.
The picture of it is the representation of my glorious journey

upon the Canal.
Give me jars of milk and cakes and flesh meat at the House
of Anubis.
If this chapter is known he entereth after having gone out.
* On some Religious Texts of the Early Egyptian Period in Trans, Soc

Bibl. Arch., Vol. IX, p. 303.
CHAPTER CLXXXIII.
Adoration to Osiris, giving him praise, boiving doivn before Unneferu,

failing on ofie's face before the lord of Ta-tsert, and exalting him
who is on his sand.
I have come to thee, son of Xut, Osiris, prince everlasting. I

am in the train of Thoth, I rejoice in all that he has done.
He brings thee sweet breezes to thy nose, the breath of life to

thy beautiful face, the wind coming out of Tmu to thy nostrils, lord
of Ta-tsert.
He grants that the morning light shine on thy body, he illumin-

ateth thy path with his rays, he removeth all that is wrong in thy
BOOK OF THE DLAD. 373
body by the virtue of his speech. He appeases the two gods, the
two brothers, he drives away anger and quarrel, and he made the
two Rehti, the two sisters, gracious unto thee, so that the two earths
may be at peace before thee ; he removes the displeasure out of their
hearts, so that one embraces the other.
Thy son Horus is triumphant before the whole cycle of gods ;

he has received the royal power on the earth, and his dominion over
the whole earth ; the throne of Seb has been imparted to him ; the
high dignity of Tmu is kept in record as his possession, engraved on
a brick of iron, as was ordered by thy father Tatunen in his
sanctuary.
(This god) giveth thee to join him on the firmament, when he

raiseth water on the mountains in order to make growth come forth
on the mountains, and all growth spring out of the earth ; he
brings forth all products on water and on land.
Thou hast handed over to thy son Horus all the gods of Heaven
and the gods of earth, they are his servants at his gates, and all that
he has commanded is before them ; they fulfil it at once ; thy heart
is satisfied, thy heart, lord of the gods, is overjoyed because of it.
Egypt and the desert are at peace ; they are the vassals of thy
royal diadem ; the temples and the cities are well ordered in their
places; the cities and the provinces are his possession according to
their names, they bring to thee tributes of offerings, and they make
libations to thy name for ever. Thou art called upon, and thy name
is praised, thy ka is gratified by funereal meals.
The Glorified who are in thy following sprinkle water on thy food
by the side of the dead souls in this land. All thy thoughts are
excellent like those of him who was at the beginning.
Be crowned, son of Nut, as the Inviolate god is crowned ; thou

art living, thou art revived, thou art renewed, thou art perfect. Thy
father Ra giveth health to all thy limbs, thy divine circle giveth thee
praise. Isis is with thee, she will never leave thee before all thy
enemies are struck down.
All the lands praise thy beauties like Ra when he rises every
morning; thou art crowned like him who is high on his pedestal, thy
beauties are exalted, thy strides are lengthened ; thou hast received
the royal power of Seb, thy father who creates thy beauties ; thy
mother gave existence to thy limbs, Nut who bare the gods bare
thee to be the chief of the five gods. The white crown of the South
is placed on thy head; thou seizest the hook and the flail. AVhen
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374 BOOK OF THE DEAD.
thou wast still in the womb, before thou didst appear on earth, thou
wast crowned to be lord of the two earths, the a^e/ crown of Ra was
on thy head.
The gods come to thee, bowing down, the fear of thee possesses
them ; they see thee with the might of Ra, and the valour of thy
majesty fills their hearts.
Life is with thee, abundance is attached to thee. I offer Maat
before thee : grant that I may be in the train of thy majesty like one
who is on the earth. May thy name be called upon, may it
be found among the just ones.
I have come to the city of this god, to the city of god, to the
region of old time ; my soul, my hi, my Chu are in this land. The
god of it is the lord of justice, the lord of abundance, the great and
the venerable one, who is towed through the whole earth ; he
journeys to the South in his boat, and to the North driven by the
winds, and his oars, to be entertained with gifts according to. the
command of the god, the lord of peace therein, who left me free of
care. The god therein rejoices in him who practices justice ; he
grants an old age to him who has done so ; he is beloved, and the
end of it is a good burial and a sepulture in Ta-tsert.
I have come to thee : my hands bring Maat, my heart does not

contain any falsehood, I offer thee Maat before thy face, I know
her ; I swear by her : I have done no evil thing on earth ; I have
never wronged a man of his property. I am Thoth, the perfect and
pure writer : my hands are pure. I have put away all evil things : I
write justice and I hate evil : for I am the wTiting-reed of the
Inviolate god, who utters his words, and whose words are written in
the two earths.
I am Thoth, the lord of justice, who giveth victory to him who is

injured and who taketh ihe defense of the oppressed, of him who is
wronged in his i)roperty. I have dispelled darkness ; I have driven
away the storm ; I have given air to Unneferu, and the sweet breezes
of the North when he comes out of the womb of his mother. I have
given him to enter into the mysterious cave where is revived the
heart of the god whose heart is motionless, Unneferu, the son of
Nut, the victorious.
Note.
This hymn is taken from the papyrus of Unneferu, in London.

See note i in Chapter i.
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CHAPTER LVIII.

Chapter for breathing air and command of water.

Let the door be opened to me 1

Who art thou ? What is thy name ?

Who is with thee ?

Collector of Souls is the name of my Bark, Bristler of Hair is the

The picture of it is the representation of my glorious journey

If this chapter is known he entereth after having gone out.

* On some Religious Texts of the Early Egyptian Period in Trans, Soc

Adoration to Osiris, giving him praise, boiving doivn before Unneferu,

I have come to thee, son of Xut, Osiris, prince everlasting. I

He brings thee sweet breezes to thy nose, the breath of life to

He grants that the morning light shine on thy body, he illumin-

BOOK OF THE DLAD. 373

Thy son Horus is triumphant before the whole cycle of gods ;

(This god) giveth thee to join him on the firmament, when he

Be crowned, son of Nut, as the Inviolate god is crowned ; thou

374 BOOK OF THE DEAD.

I have come to thee : my hands bring Maat, my heart does not

I am Thoth, the lord of justice, who giveth victory to him who is

This hymn is taken from the papyrus of Unneferu, in London.

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