Vignette : In some ancient papyri the Vignette of this Chapter represents
the deceased spearing a crocodile, but in the Sate Recension the deceased
is attacking four crocodiles (see Lepsius, Todtenbuch, 131 . i6) .
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF BEATING BACK THE CROCODILE
THAT COMETH TO CARRY AWAY THE CHARM FROM Nu, THE
OVERSEER OF THE PALACE, THE CHANCELLOR-IN-CHIEF, TRIUM-
PHANT, THE SON OF THE OVERSEER OF THE PALACE, AMEN-
HETEP, TRIUMPHANT, IN THE: UNDERWORLD . He saith :-(2)
"Get thee back, return, get thee back, thou crocodile-fiend
"Sui ; thou shalt not advance to me, for I live by reason of the
"magical words which I have by me . I do not utter that name
"of thine to the great god (3) who will cause thee to come to
"the two divine envoys ; the name of the one is Betti,' and the
"name of the other is `Hra-k-en-Maat' . 2 Heaven hath power over
"its seasons, (4) and the magical word hath power over that which
"is in its possession, let therefore my mouth have power over the
"magical word which is therein . My front teeth are like unto flint
"knives, and my jaw-teeth are like unto the Nome of Tutef. 3
"Hail thou that sittest with thine eyeball upon these my magical
"words! Thou shalt not carry them away, 0 thou crocodile that
"livest by means of magical words!"
In the Turin Papyrus (Lepsius, op . cit ., BI. t6) the following
lines are added to this Chapter :
"I am the Prince in the field . I, even I, am Osiris, who hath
"shut in his father Seb together with his mother Nut (5) on the
"day of the great slaughter . My father is Seb and my mother
"is Nut . I am Horns, the first-born of Ra, who is crowned . I
"am Anpu (Anubis) on the day of reckoning . I, even I, am Osiris,
"(6) the prince who goeth in and declareth the offerings which
"are written down, I am the guardian of the door of Osiris,
"even I . I have come, I have become glorious (or a Khu), I have
"been reckoned up, I am strong, I have come and I avenge mine
"own self . (7) I have sat in the birth chamber of Osiris, and I
"was born with him, and I renew my youth along with him.
"I have laid hold upon the Thigh which was by Osiris, (8) and
"I have opened the mouth of the gods therewith . I sit upon the
"place where he sitteth, and I write down the number [of the
"things] which make strong (?) the heart, thousands of loaves of
"bread, thousands of vases of beer, which are upon the altars
"of his father Osiris, [numbers of] jackals, wolves, (9) oxen, red
"fowl, geese and ducks. Horus hath done away with the sacri-
"fices of Thoth . I fill the office of priest in the regions above,
"and I write down there [the things] which make strong the
"heart . I make offerings (or offerings are made to me) (10) at
"the altars of the Prince of Tattu, and I have my being through
"the oblations [made to] him . I snuff the wind of the East by
"his head, and I lay hold upon the breezes of the West thereby,
"(11) I go round about heaven in the four quarters thereof,
"I stretch out my hand and grasp the breezes of the south [which]
"are upon its hair . Grant unto me air among the venerable beings
"and among those who eat bread ."
Rubric : IF THIS CHAPTER RE KNOWN BY ITHE DECEASED] HE SHALL
COME FORTH BY DAY, HE SHALL, RISE UP TO WALK UPON THE EARTH
AMONG THE LIVING, AND HE SHALL NEVER FAIL AND COME TO AN END,
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER.
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Chap.
XXX B. THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF THE DECEASED BE DRIVEN AWAY FROM
HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD. From the Papyrus of Ani.
the deceased spearing a crocodile, but in the Sate Recension the deceased
is attacking four crocodiles (see Lepsius, Todtenbuch, 131 . i6) .
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF BEATING BACK THE CROCODILE
THAT COMETH TO CARRY AWAY THE CHARM FROM Nu, THE
OVERSEER OF THE PALACE, THE CHANCELLOR-IN-CHIEF, TRIUM-
PHANT, THE SON OF THE OVERSEER OF THE PALACE, AMEN-
HETEP, TRIUMPHANT, IN THE: UNDERWORLD . He saith :-(2)
"Get thee back, return, get thee back, thou crocodile-fiend
"Sui ; thou shalt not advance to me, for I live by reason of the
"magical words which I have by me . I do not utter that name
"of thine to the great god (3) who will cause thee to come to
"the two divine envoys ; the name of the one is Betti,' and the
"name of the other is `Hra-k-en-Maat' . 2 Heaven hath power over
"its seasons, (4) and the magical word hath power over that which
"is in its possession, let therefore my mouth have power over the
"magical word which is therein . My front teeth are like unto flint
"knives, and my jaw-teeth are like unto the Nome of Tutef. 3
"Hail thou that sittest with thine eyeball upon these my magical
"words! Thou shalt not carry them away, 0 thou crocodile that
"livest by means of magical words!"
In the Turin Papyrus (Lepsius, op . cit ., BI. t6) the following
lines are added to this Chapter :
"I am the Prince in the field . I, even I, am Osiris, who hath
"shut in his father Seb together with his mother Nut (5) on the
"day of the great slaughter . My father is Seb and my mother
"is Nut . I am Horns, the first-born of Ra, who is crowned . I
"am Anpu (Anubis) on the day of reckoning . I, even I, am Osiris,
"(6) the prince who goeth in and declareth the offerings which
"are written down, I am the guardian of the door of Osiris,
"even I . I have come, I have become glorious (or a Khu), I have
"been reckoned up, I am strong, I have come and I avenge mine
"own self . (7) I have sat in the birth chamber of Osiris, and I
"was born with him, and I renew my youth along with him.
"I have laid hold upon the Thigh which was by Osiris, (8) and
"I have opened the mouth of the gods therewith . I sit upon the
"place where he sitteth, and I write down the number [of the
"things] which make strong (?) the heart, thousands of loaves of
"bread, thousands of vases of beer, which are upon the altars
"of his father Osiris, [numbers of] jackals, wolves, (9) oxen, red
"fowl, geese and ducks. Horus hath done away with the sacri-
"fices of Thoth . I fill the office of priest in the regions above,
"and I write down there [the things] which make strong the
"heart . I make offerings (or offerings are made to me) (10) at
"the altars of the Prince of Tattu, and I have my being through
"the oblations [made to] him . I snuff the wind of the East by
"his head, and I lay hold upon the breezes of the West thereby,
"(11) I go round about heaven in the four quarters thereof,
"I stretch out my hand and grasp the breezes of the south [which]
"are upon its hair . Grant unto me air among the venerable beings
"and among those who eat bread ."
Rubric : IF THIS CHAPTER RE KNOWN BY ITHE DECEASED] HE SHALL
COME FORTH BY DAY, HE SHALL, RISE UP TO WALK UPON THE EARTH
AMONG THE LIVING, AND HE SHALL NEVER FAIL AND COME TO AN END,
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER.
The Source: The Book oDead,
the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
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