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THE BOOK OF THE AMDUAT

ON PAPYRUS ZAGREB E-605

Igor Uranić
Archaeological Museum in Zagreb
Trg Nikole Šubića Zrinskog 19
HR-10000 Zagreb
[email protected]

UDK: 069(497.5 Zagreb).5:003.51(32)

Izvorni znanstveni rad / Original scientific paper

the Amduat, dated to the 21st or 22nd Dynasty, during the Third
The paper deals with an ancient Egyptian text from the
Intermediate Period. The text describes renewal of life in the
Archaeological Museum in Zagreb collection. It provides the hier-
natural cycle of the Sun at the end of the adventures of the joint
oglyphic text, with its transliteration and translation, of Papyrus
nocturnal journey of the god Re and a human soul.
Zagreb E-605. The papyrus fragment contains hours 10–12 from

Key words:
Amduat, Papyrus Zagreb E-605, Sun-boat, underworld, hidden chamber, ico-
nography, Duat, image, soul, night hours

Amduat is a name used for a specific form of the Egyptian Book element of the funerary customs of the elite. At the same time,
of the Netherworld,1 which was the most complex composition versions of the Amduat reach the coffins3 and papyri as well. The
of eschatological texts during the New Kingdom (1550–1069 book was used until the Ptolemaic period. The main concern of
BC). The earliest attestations of the Amduat (meaning “What is the Book of the Hidden Chamber is the regeneration of a human
in the Netherworld”) appeared in the decoration of 18th dynasty soul supported by the Sun god, or even his own parallel renewal.
royal tombs. The text was also named the Book of the Hidden The regeneration in the treatise flows through twelve sections
Chamber and is closely connected with the development of until the soul of the dead person is revived on the horizon at
the architecture2 of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings. the moment of the sunrise. Various obstacles and demonic crea-
The earliest examples of the text are known from the burials of tures4 try to stop the sun boat, so the journey becomes a drama.
Tuthmosis I and Hatshepsut, while the first complete versions Iconographic representations of different levels of Duat, of the
were found in the tombs of the Pharaoh Tuthmosis III and his gods dwelling there, and also of the destiny of the human souls,
vizier Useramun. Eighteenth-dynasty examples were written on provide numerous data about the ancient Egyptian concept of
the walls of the burial chambers. During the second half of the the afterlife and ethics. The Amduat itself represents a further
21st Dynasty the book was accepted by the Theban priesthood, step towards the more profound esoteric concepts of Egyptian
and from the Third Intermediate Period on it become a common eschatology. As such, the Amduat is diametrically opposed to the

1 Wente 1892; Budge 1905; Hornung 1999; 2007. 3 Duarte 2017, 137–144.
2 Roehrig 2007; Richter 2008. 4 Apophis, the great enemy of the Sun.
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Figure 1. Papyrus Zagreb E-605 (photo by I. Krajcar).

rather popular beliefs widespread in the Book of the Dead, pre- tury, and the fragment was recorded in the inventory book as inv.
senting an authentic dualistic myth of the passage. The Sun and no. 605 (Papyrus Zagreb E-6056). It seems that part of the text has
a soul are destined to travel through different reality-layers of been lost. The missing part of the papyrus may contain several
the hidden world and to face degradation in primaeval darkness more ‘Amduat hours’ and even the name of the owner himself. It
and resurrection at the end of the path. The Amduat is also based is also possible that the papyrus was never finished, due to the
on unity with the Sun. The soul travels on the barque of Re. It fact that some sections in the lower register, below the text ar-
could be said that the deceased unites with universal light. That ranged in columns and written in red ink, are left empty.
could be assumed as a restoration of the primordial ideas of the
solar religion based on the Old Kingdom cult of the Sun. On the left-hand side of the preserved papyrus fragment, cur-
rently on show as part of the Museum’s permanent exhibition
Description (149.5cm x 43.5cm), eight columns of the text, written in red ink,
present the 10th hour of the Amduat. Within the main part of
The Ancient Egyptian collection of the Archaeological Museum the papyrus, vignettes and texts are arranged in three registers
in Zagreb owns an extensive fragment of the Amduat: three which symbolise the three realms: sky, earth and underworld. At
chapters of the text, known as the 10th, 11th and 12th hours of the the very end of the fragment, at the right, there is a fragmentary
night. The papyrus originally belonged to Franz Koller’s collec- preserved ellipsoid form – part of a cartouche on which a mum-
tion. The collection5 was acquired by the Museum in the 19th cen- my lies – where the end of the soul’s journey through the 12 night

5 The main part of the Egyptian collection in the Museum was purchased 6 Published in: Monnet Saleh 1970, 165, cat. no. 883; Uranić 2007, 196, cat. no.
from the Franz Koller inheritance in Prague. The collection of 1934 artefacts 444.
was brought to Zagreb in April 1868. A more detailed history of the collection
can be found in: Ljubić 1889, 1; Monnet Saleh 1970, 5; Mirnik, Uranić 1999, 197–
208; Tomorad 2003, 19–27; Uranić 2005, 5–6; Mirnik 2007, 16–22; Tomorad 2016,
327–329.
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hours is depicted and symbolised with the Sun in the form of a the image of the deceased and its magical role in successfully
scarab elevating in the morning sky. The cartouche line seems passing through the levels of Duat with the help of the gods.
to represent the sky. The text is placed in horizontal and vertical According to the text, the image was placed in the “hidden cham-
squares. The papyrus was mentioned by A. Niwinski7 and dated8 ber.” Through magic, rituals and utterances, the image of the de-
to 21st or 22nd Dynasty. If correct, this may mean that Papyrus ceased becomes able to unite with Re on his own journey to the
Zagreb E-605 preserves one of the earlier versions of the Amduat horizon. Magical means, which implies knowledge of the names
on papyrus. of the gods, are required of the soul. The horizontal text placed
on the uppermost part of the papyrus states: “[If] their names
Contents of the papyrus are known [he shall] travel and pass through Duat [and he shall]
not be turned back from flying up before Re.”
The fragment describes renewal of life in the natural cycle of the
Sun at the end of the adventures of the joint nocturnal journey The vignettes on Papyrus Zagreb E-605 are arranged within three
of the god Re and a human soul. The text consists of the so-called registers which are, as already mentioned, separated text frag-
10th, 11th and 12th ‘night hours’ of the book. The text is written ments. Two blocks consisting of three registers are separated by
from the left towards the right side of the papyrus, where the squares of text, arranged in columns. The arrangement of icono-
representation of the dawn and resurrection are symbolised by graphic and textual elements creates a ‘visual impression’ of six
the scarab. The central motif of these three chapters (hours) is autonomous fields. On the left side of the papyrus surface, in the

7 Niwinski 1989, 376.

8 J. Monnet Saleh (Monnet Saleh 1970, 165, cat. no. 883) dated the papyrus to
the New Kingdom, which is too early for the Amduat to appear on the medium
of papyri.
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upper register, nine anthropomorphic gods (facing East, stand- be one and the same. They, as well as the two-headed god on the
ing or walking, three of them riding double-headed snakes) are left, symbolise the duality of the movement of time. Usually, in
shown. In front of each of the figures, the god’s name is written. this part of the Amduat, Atum is represented with two wDAt eyes
The central register displays four goddesses, two of them wear- above. The winged snake is an instrument of the god Atum, be-
ing a white crown and the other two a red one. They are followed ing enabled to annihilate time. Of the winged snake (which is
by the hieroglyph of Amenti, the double-headed god, and a red male), named “He who takes away the hours”, as well as of the
crown. The lower register presents two snakes, each of them other (female) snake, it is said that “he (or she) swallows his (or
named as anx(w) tA(wy) – “those who live in (Two) land(s)” – lift- her) images again.” The two eyes (not represented in the Zagreb
ing up the sun disc. The scene described above, in many other Papyrus) are symbols of the Sun and the Moon. The two eyes
examples, presents the images of two seated goddesses wearing meet in Duat on two bars (for example on texts of hypocephalus).
the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt and flanking the snakes So the two snakes seem to be the two directions of the passage
facing each other. The scene is followed by the ka-souls hanging of time. The picture of the two snakes and the two-headed god
upside down in the oval realm9 with the text int sxdw, “the valley being in the upper register means rather the esoteric meaning of
of those (who are) upside down”. The scene seems to represent the main event shown in the middle register of the twelfth hour.
a separate hell-like cavern (of fire pits) for souls who have been
punished and detained. In other versions of the Amduat there In the central register three male and two female gods are rep-
are usually representations of drowned people, next to those resented as pulling the sun-boat, together with a big snake. In
hanging upside down, in the 10th hour. Also in other versions, front of them the Sun is rising up as the Khepri-scarab towards
around the hanging people, red points are depicted,10 alluding to a double line with a human head of Nut at the exit from Duat.
fire. In the Amduat there frequently appears “a pit of fire”, or “a Above the scarab there is also a description “the beauty of the
pit full of corpses.” Thus, it is also possible to render the word int Sun’s eye.” In the main picture of the twelfth hour, Re is sitting
as “pit.” On the right there are four goddesses with a xswt or smyt on the boat preceded by Maat and Hathor, followed by three
sign for the desert or necropolis, and a god with a wAs stick. All more human figures. These figures which are sitting behind Re
five of them are facing left (to the West – the direction opposite could be gods. However, it is also possible that these are images
to the sun’s movement in Duat). There is not much doubt about of the deceased, i.e. of his ka and himself. If so, this would be the
the nature of the gods in this place. Their names Pzyt (The One only place which shows the image of the dead person. Unlike the
Who Turns Upside Down), RkHyt (The Fiery One), 1rSaw.s (The One various versions of the Book of the Dead, generally speaking in
Who Cuts) and 4Ayt (unclear meaning) indicate their function of the Amduat the deceased person – the owner of the text – is not
threat and torture. The scene is followed by the inscription int named or represented.
sxdw, “the valley of those turned upside down.” This scene is also
mentioned as part of the punishment in Hornung’s article11 on Re is being completely renewed and ready to rise in the sky. In
hell-like ideas in the Amduat, and it may be connected with the this hour the central motif is the picture of the great snake. The
Egyptian belief according to which people who were killed by Sun-boat is pulled by his followers through the snake’s body and
crocodiles or drowned in the Nile are not destined for eternal so finally renewed. The boat carrying Maat, Hathor, Re and three
life. This was a consequence of the fact that their bodies were more figures, enters the snake at his tail and comes out from his
missing and could not be mummified. mouth. Hornung has an interesting theory12 of that idea being
“inversion of time necessary for general rejuvenation.” Indeed,
Final phase of regeneration not only time, but also various chthonic forces, frequently take
the shape of a snake in Egyptian eschatology. While in the origi-
On the right-hand side of the papyrus, the last two hours of the nal version of the Amduat there were twelve human figures pull-
night, when the last preparations for sunrise are taking place, are ing, in Papyrus Zagreb E-605 there are five of them (three male
presented. The creator god Atum is in the upper register spread- and two female). Above the snake the Horus (the young man) and
ing the wings of a big snake, standing on his back. The snake is Tni – a man with a walking stick (the old man) – are shown. Above
holding an ankh in its mouth. Behind Atum’s back is a two-head- the head of the snake the text reads: kA n di anx nTrw – “ka which
ed god named apr Hrk Dt tA with the crowns of Upper and Lower gave life to the gods”. This passage of the sun barque through
Egypt and wAs stick. Atum holds the wings of the snake and faces the great snake is the central motif of the papyrus as a whole. It
another god sitting on another snake facing in the opposite di- is, in fact, a parallel mythic image to the snake-headed barque
rection. The figure on the snake back is elevated above the stars carrying the eye of the Sun in other Third Intermediate Period
– nine of them, and all depicted in red. Within the same register, Book of the Dead compositions.13
far to the right, five gods are shown as worshiping the scarab
of the rising sun. The two snakes in the eleventh division – one
standing on four legs and one elevating above the stars – could

9 In Budge 1905, 253 translated as “the pit of fire.” 12 Hornung 2007, 368.
10 For example see: Kunst voor de eeuwigheid, Catalogue, National Museea 13 See: Liptay 2006, 13–14.
voor Kunst en Geschiedenis, Brussel, 1966.
11 Hornung 1994.
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The mummy itself is represented on the borderline of Duat be- krr.t StAt n gs dwA.t apy nTr aA Hr sSm prt m Dw
low. Above the mummy there is the word sSm for the “image” or (From) the hidden chamber on the side of Duat the great god
“statue”. The image is the central motif in this part of the text. traverses (his) image coming out on the horizon.
These ideas are connected with Egyptian beliefs on the revival of
qrr.t ny.t StAt imnty Htpt apr Ra
statues by invoking the spirit of the human or god in it. The text
explains where it has to be placed in the tomb so the soul can (This is) the secret chamber of Amenti (where) Khepri is united
join the Sun in transcending the sky and being born. The image with sullen16 Re
has a vital role in survival of the soul. In the top margin of the kni Ax.w rs n Hr sSm StA n igr.t
papyrus text is stated: “If such image which is depicted (in) the (and) with akhu spirits and with the face of the image (which is)
eastern chamber of the West side (of Duat) … (he shall) travel and in the tomb.
pass through Duat (and he shall) not be turned back from flying
up before Re”. So it seems that the “image” was partly the statue HOrizontal text, TOP LEFT
for the ka, and it also had to be represented in a funeral chamber.
(i)w ir nn mi sSm nty m sS.w Hr iAb.w a.t n gs dwA.t
In the last register down there are five more gods giving praise
to the Sun god. The oval end of the Duat also alludes to the mean- If such image which is depicted (in) the eastern chamber of the
ing of everything represented as being in the cartouche-shaped West side (of Duat)
“hidden chamber” in the exact shape of 18th dynasty burial cham- iw rxt m rn.w=sn m xns dwA.t n sDA.s nn xn.f sHr xr Ra
bers.14 (If) their names17 are known (he shall) travel and pass18 through
Duat (and he shall) not be turned back from flying up19 before Re.
In the lower register, in the same place, five more gods are greet-
ing the rebirth of the Sun; this, with the five in the upper register Eleventh and tenth hours20 (8 COLUMNS ON THE LEFT)
(mentioned above), makes the whole scene symmetrical. In the
1. Htp in Xm nTr pn aA m qrr.t xt wD mdw=f
original version of the Amduat twenty-two deities appear in the
The majesty of this great God is in the circle (and) he uttered
lower register, ten of them with arms raised in adoration of the
commands
Sun and the corpse or image which is also a symbol of Osiris. Five
of these ten are shown in the Zagreb papyrus. They are iabw “He 2. nTr.w imy.w s rn n sbA n aq.w nTr.w
who donates”, tmA Ra “He with brave mouth”, abw Axw “He who (to the) gods who are in it. The name of the door through which
praises the akhu sprits”, dwAty “He of the netherworld”, sxmw ib the gods enter
“He of the powerful heart.” 3. aA.w Hr.f 4. aA rn n dwA.t niw.t Mw-md.t aA xpr ms ir.w
the great gods before (him), the name of the gates to the City in
Transliteration and translation of the text
Duat (is) Mu-medet the great, (where)- Khepera is born

The text is organised from left to right in several small fragments, 5. grH n sSm.t-nTr pw aA r wAi
and it is written in the retrograde way (although the signs face (In) darkness the image of this great god is to arrive
left, the text of the vertical rows flows from right to the left) 6. mw kA.w Db.w rn n wnw.t
which is the usual cryptography of the Book of the Hidden
“Pieces of flesh on the top of water” is the secret name of the
Chamber. Also, the name of Horus is written only with the Hri
hour
sign, with no determinative used. In this manner the meaning of
the text gains more of an esoteric character. Most of the text is 7. StA nt niw.t Tnd.tw Hst bsA.
placed in the large squares which form, one alongside another, … the city …. is (where) you smash
the broad lines between the vignettes. The beginning of the text 8. k ib.w xft.w n Ra
is placed on the uppermost part of the papyrus. Additionally,
… the hearts of the enemies of Re
there are two long horizontal texts in eight rows in red ink divid-
ing the whole picture into separate parts. Below these two texts
there is an empty space. The 11th hour fragments spread across
the left side of the papyrus while, after the second red horizontal
text, we find the fragments from the 12th hour.

14 There is the notion that the oval shape of the cavern of Sokar is equivalent 15 The house determinative of qrrt is rounded, alluding to the cartouche-like
to the whole space of the netherworld. Mostly it is held that the so-called “hid- shaped burial chambers appearing in 18th dynasty tombs. Some authors trans-
den chamber” applies to the oval funerary chamber from the tomb of Tutmosis late this expression as “a circle.” This sign was explained as “the black hole” by
III. So the netherworld and Sokar’s cavern and the burial chambers in 18th dy- Hornung 1994.
nasty tombs can be equivalents for the same idea of the “hidden chamber” 16 This translation is found in all dictionaries (Hannig 1995, 884, “verdrossen”;
(Hornung 1999, 37). Faulkner 1988, 286, “sullen”), and it can be assumed as a mythological idea of
the sun which is “obscured” in the Netherworld after it sets. The expression
gives a human mood to describe the state of the fallen Sun god.
17 The names of gods.
18 If not a mistake, it shows the third person feminine in this place.
19 Follows from the sHr with determinative of the sky. In other versions, “be-
coming a companion of Re”, or “making himself a companion of Re”.
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ELEVENTH HOUR (15 COLUMNS IN THE UPPER REGISTER) ELEVENTH HOUR (20 COLUMNS IN THE MIDDLE REGISTER ON THE
1. n wnn.f m sxr wbn pn 2. aHa.f n Ra LEFT)

He is like light. He is like Re. 1. wnn. sn 2. m sxr 3. pn 4. r bA pn 5. m sSm.w

3. iw.ty.f r s=. 4. f nt dwA.t 5. wnn.f m sHr They are like this at this gate: As this ba-soul in images

He does not leave his place in Duat. He is like 6. ir n 1rw 7. iw 8. nTr pn Dw. f 9. r. 10. sn m 11. rn.w=sn

6. pn Dwi. nTr pn r. f 7. pr sSm.w ny Itmw m 8. Tmw m made by Horus. This god, he calls them by their names

this: (When) this god calls him Atum, he comes back forth 12. sqr.sn 13. m sDm. 14. f. 15. nt 16. sAA.w

9. iAt. 10. f amHr=(f) sSmw 11. anx. f m šw.wt mt.yw 12. XAt=f tp.w and they breathe when they hear his voice. They are those who
guard
his back and swallow (his) image. He lives on his shadow his
corpse and head 17. sbA r 4Ay.t 19. iwty rx.f . n mAA 20. n ptr

13. Dt=s Ds wnn. 14. s m Hri.t šdi wnw.t 15. irr.t. s wD anx.w the gate of Sais which is unknown, unseen (and) unperceived.

Her own body is upon “He who takes away the doors”. What she
ELEVENTH HOUR (LOWER REGISTER IN 34 COLUMNS)
does is command the living
1. wnn. sn 2. m sxr 3. pn 4. sn 5. r Tmsw m sSm 6. (det.) 7. m xft.w
ELEVENTH HOUR (8 ROWS IN THE MIDDLE REGISTER) They are like this: They are those who make a bloody punish-
1. Ra ra- 2. nb 3. am. s sS 4. m=s 5. r niw.t 6. wnw.t ment among the enemies

(of) Re every day. She swallows her image in this place. It is the 8. (det.) 9. Wsir 10. m 11. dwA.t 12. Hry wHA.wt 13. f 14. m
eleventh hour, of Osiris in Duat. “The one over his kettles” is
7. pw wa.t m 8. xt nTr aA 15. sAA.w 16. qrr.t 17. (det.) 18. anx. 19. sn 20. Hrw 21. xft.w
one of those who follow the great god. the guardian of the cavern. They live on the voice of his enemies.
22. (tyw det.) 23. m 24. sbH 26. bA.w 27.w (det.) 28. Sw.wt 29. dd.w 30. n
Eleventh hour (26 COLUMNS IN THE MIDDLE REGISTER)
On the scream of the ba-souls and shadows, whom they throw
1. wnn. sn 2. m sxr 3. pn 4. iw nTr pn 5. aA 6. Dw.f r sn
31. sn r 32-33. HAd.w=sn r HAdw=sn23
They are like this: When this great god calls them
into their pits.
7. m rnw. 8.=sn pr.w. n. 9. i imn.w 10. hAy. 11. n. i
by their names: Come to me, the hidden ones. Shine for me ELEVENTH HOUR (8 COLUMNS IN THE MIDDLE REGISTER)
12. StA.w 13. a anx 14. n bA.w=Tn 15. sxn=sn 16. Hr šw.wt 1. Htp in Hm ny nTr pn aA m qrr.t tn wD. (f)
(with) the secret arm. Life to (ba-souls),21 that they alight upon Resting by the majesty of this great god in this cavern. He
the shadows 2. md.w n nTr.w imi.w.s rn ny sbA ny
17. nt. Tn 18. sS.w 19. imn.t 20. rd.w gives order to the gods who are in it. The name of the gate
You are those who reveal22 what was hidden and place 3. niw.t tn aq.w nTr pn aA Hr. f sxn dwA.ty
21. sSm.w 22. r bw.f 23. Dsr 24. TAw. n. 25. Tn tpi rA. i 26. anxw of this city which the great god enters is “the resting place of
the image in (its) forbidden place. To you belong the breath of those in Duat”.
the living (?) 4. rn ny niw.t tn rA n qrr.t
The name of that place is “mouth of the cavern
ELEVENTH HOUR (MIDDLE REGISTER ON THE LEFT IN 14
COLUMNS) 5. ipt XAw.wt rn ny wnw.t tn

1. sSmw 2. pw StA n 1rw 3. wnn. sn r sbA 4. ny kk.w 5. smA.w which examines the corpses”. The name of this hour

These are images concealed by Horus. They are at the second 6. grH sSm.t nTr (pn)
gate of unified darkness. of the night which guides this god
6. wA.t Dsr.t 7. 4Ay.t 8. iw nTr pn 9. Dw. f r. sn pr 7. sbAy.t nb.t wiA xsf.t sbi m
on the forbidden paths of Sais, when this god calls to them is “the starry mistress of the barque”. (Who) repels the enemy
10. Hr tp.w=sn 11. StA.w amxr. sn 12. sSm.w= 13. sn 14. m-xt 8. pr. f
(and) then their secret heads appear after they swallow their (when) he comes forth.
images again.

20 The text starts with the Eleventh hour, then turns to the Tenth hour in two 23 “Into the pits” is written twice.
short rows, and goes back to the Eleventh again.
21 Unclear text. Tzw is written where there used to be bA.
22 In the text StA “the secret” is written.
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TWELFTH HOUR (24 COLUMNS IN THE MIDDLE REGISTER) 23. sn Ds sn wnn.sn m sxr pn
1. wnn. sn m sxr pn 2. nt.sn Ssp.w nfr.t of their own. He is like this:
They are like this: They are those who grasp the tow rope 24. m sSmw pn n imn 1rw m 25. kkw smAw in sSmw
3. ny Ra pr m 4. imAx=f anx nTr.w nt sn As is this mysterious image of Horus (in the) unified darkness
of the boat of Re when he comes out of the spine of the living 26. pn n StA 5w Xr
god. which Shu supports below
5. sTA.w nTr pn 6. aA m 7. sSm 8. sw r 9. wA.wt 27. Nw.t prr Agb wr 28. m tA m sSmw pn
They are those who tow this great god on his ways Nut, that the great flood (may) go from the earth, from this
10. (det.) 11. Hr.t 12. nt.sn irr.w 13. xpr.t 14. m p.t 15. m TAw image.
(of the) high. They are those who cause what happened in the
sky, in wind TWELFTH HOUR (12 COLUMNS IN UPPER REGISTER)

16. (w) 17. m 18. Htpw 19. m 20. Da 21. (det.) 22. m 23-24. Hwi.t 1. irrt. sn 2. pw m 3. dwAt 4. nTr pn aA

in calmness, in storm, in rain. What they do in Duat is praising the great god
5. aHa. sn 6. r niw.t spiw. 7. sn nTr aA
TWELFTH HOUR (4 COLUMNS IN THE MIDDLE REGISTER, right) They stand at this place. They are counted among their great
1. wDt. (sn) m anx.w 2. irr.t 3. wiA 4. m p.t god
What (they) command to the living is what the great barque 8. (m)kft.yw30 hnw. n. Ra 9. m-xt f m Htp (m) pt (m) Xa. f
performs in the sky. The turquoise ones give acclamation to Re when he arrives in
TWELFTH HOUR (28 COLUMNS IN THE LOWER REGISTER) the sky, he appears
1. Hr. f anx 2. sp xnty kkw.(f)24 3. anx aA 4. xnty kkw 10. m ir.ty Hnmm.t 11. Htp xr nn ny nTr.w 12. m qrr. t=sn
… upon (by) him. Live, live, foremost of his darkness!
5. nb- anx 6. HqA Wsir 7. xnty- imnty.w 8. ma xnty -(anx)25
Live, the lord Osiris the ruler of Westerners, and live foremost
9. dwA.t TAw Ra 10. n fnd=k srkw 11. xpr. 12. k anx=k
the breath of Re belongs to your nose. Your life comes into exist-
ence.
13. anxw ihy (n)26 14. Wsir nb15. anx nTr.w pw 16. imy.w (xt)27
Live, hail to (you) Osiris the lord of life. These are gods who are
behind
17. Wsir 18. xpr.w xr.f 19. sp tpy wnn.sn HA
Osiris. Who emerge with him at the beginning of time. They are
around
20. sSmw pn (q)28rr.t (StA) tn anx. sn
the secret chamber. They live
21. m anxt. f im srk.sn 22. mdw nTr pn (m) dwA.wt
on what it29 lives on. They breathe through the words of this god,
and through prayers

24 The suffix pronoun, 3rd pers. sing. is omitted. 30 The word is missing “m” and “f” signs.
25 anx is probably missing.
26 Preposition missing
27 It should probably be: “those who follow” (or “behind”) Osiris imyw xt Wsir
28 Missing q at the beginning.
29 The image.
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HIEROGLYPHIC TEXT
Horizontal text, TOP RIGHT

Horizontal text, TOP LEFT

Eleventh and tenth hours (8 COLUMNS ON THE LEFT)

3 4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

ELEVENTH HOUR (15 COLUMNS IN THE UPPER REGISTER)

1 2

3 4 5

6 7 8

9 10 11 12

13 14 15
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ELEVENTH HOUR (8 ROWS IN THE MIDDLE REGISTER)

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8

Eleventh hour (26 COLUMNS IN THE MIDDLE REGISTER)

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26

ELEVENT HOUR (MIDDLE REGISTER ON THE LEFT IN 14 COLUMNS)

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13

14

ELEVENTH HOUR (20 COLUMNS IN THE MIDDLE REGISTER ON THE LEFT)

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19

20
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ELEVENTH HOUR (34 COLUMNS IN THE LOWER REGISTER ON THE LEFT)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31 32 33 34

ELEVENTH HOUR (8 COLUMNS IN THE MIDDLE REGISTER)

TWELFTH HOUR (24 COLUMNS IN THE MIDDLE REGISTER)

1 2

3 4

5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
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TWELFTH HOUR (4 COLUMNS IN THE MIDDLE REGISTER, right)

1 2 3

TWELFTH HOUR (LOWER REGISTER IN 28 COLUMNS)

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16

17 18 19

20

21 22

23

24 25

26

27 28

TWELFTH HOUR (12 COLUMNS IN THE UPPER REGISTER)

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7.

8. 9.

10. 11. 12.

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