Vignette : Qenna and his wife standing with hands raised in adoration .
Text : (t) A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA WHEN HE RISETH IN THE EASTERN PART OF HEAVEN. Behold Osiris, Qenna the merchant, (2) who saith :-
"Homage to thee, O Ra, when thou risest [and to thee], O ""Temu, in thy risings of beauty . Thou risest, thou risest, thou "shinest, (3) thou shinest, at dawn of day . Thou art crowned "king of the gods, and the goddess Shuti performeth an act of "homage unto thee . The company (4) of the gods praise thee `from the places of sunrise and sunset . Thou passest over the "height of heaven and thy heart is filled with gladness . The "Sektet boat draweth on, and [Ra] advanceth (5) in the Atet boat "with fair winds . Ra rejoiceth, Ra rejoiceth . Thy father is Nu, "thy mother is Nut, O (6) thou who art crowned as Ra-Heru-khuti (Ra-Harmachis), thy divine boat advanceth in peace . [Thine "enemy] bath been given over [to the flame, and he] bath fallen ; `his head bath been cut off. (7) The heart of the Lady of Life "(i . e ., Isis) is glad [because] the foe of her lord bath fallen "headlong. The mariners of Ra have content of heart and Annu "(Heliopolis) exulteth ." (8)
The merchant Qenna, victorious, saith :-
"I have come to thee, O Lord of the gods, Temu-Heru-khuti "(Temu-Harmachis) whom Maat directeth (9) I know "that whereupon thou dost live. Grant thou that I may be like "unto one of those who are thy favoured ones (io) [among] the "followers of the great god ; may my name be proclaimed, may "it be found, may it be set (ii) with their [names?] . The oar[s] "have been taken into the Sektet boat, and the boat of the Sun "advanceth in peace . (I2) May I see Ra when he appeareth in "the sky at dawn and when his Enemy hath fallen at the block . "(13) May I see Horus working the rudder on each side and "bringing along the boat . May I see the Abu fish at [its] time of "(14) coming into being (?) ; may I see the Ant fish as it becometh "the pilot of the Ant boat in its waters . O thou only One, O "thou Perfect One, O thou (15) who dost endure, who sufferest "never an evil moment, who cannot be smitten down by him "that doeth deeds of might, none other shall have power and "might over the things which belong to thee. (r6) None shall "obtain by fraud possession of the things which belong to the "divine father, who bath need of abundance, the tongue (?) of "veneration, (i7) the lord of Abtu (Abydos) ."
The merchant Qenna, victorious, saith : "Homage to thee, O "Heru-khuti-Temu Heru (i8) Khepera, I thou mighty hawk, who "makest glad the body [of man], thou beautiful of face by reason "of thy two great plumes! Awake, (ig) O lord of beauty, at "dawn when the company of the gods and mortals say unto "thee, `Hail!' They (20) sing hymns of praise unto thee at eventide, and the starry deities also adore thee . O thou firstborn, "who dost lie motionless . . . . (21) ; thy mother sheweth loving- "kindness unto thee daily. Ra liveth and the serpent-fiend Nak "is dead ; thou art in good case, for thine enemy (22) hath fallen "headlong . Thou sailest over heaven with life and strength . The "goddess Nehebka is in the Atet boat, and thy boat rejoiceth ; "(23) thy heart is glad, and the two uraei goddesses rise upon "thy brow"
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Hymn to Ra when he riseth (From the Papyrus of Ani)
Text : (t) A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA WHEN HE RISETH IN THE EASTERN PART OF HEAVEN. Behold Osiris, Qenna the merchant, (2) who saith :-
"Homage to thee, O Ra, when thou risest [and to thee], O ""Temu, in thy risings of beauty . Thou risest, thou risest, thou "shinest, (3) thou shinest, at dawn of day . Thou art crowned "king of the gods, and the goddess Shuti performeth an act of "homage unto thee . The company (4) of the gods praise thee `from the places of sunrise and sunset . Thou passest over the "height of heaven and thy heart is filled with gladness . The "Sektet boat draweth on, and [Ra] advanceth (5) in the Atet boat "with fair winds . Ra rejoiceth, Ra rejoiceth . Thy father is Nu, "thy mother is Nut, O (6) thou who art crowned as Ra-Heru-khuti (Ra-Harmachis), thy divine boat advanceth in peace . [Thine "enemy] bath been given over [to the flame, and he] bath fallen ; `his head bath been cut off. (7) The heart of the Lady of Life "(i . e ., Isis) is glad [because] the foe of her lord bath fallen "headlong. The mariners of Ra have content of heart and Annu "(Heliopolis) exulteth ." (8)
The merchant Qenna, victorious, saith :-
"I have come to thee, O Lord of the gods, Temu-Heru-khuti "(Temu-Harmachis) whom Maat directeth (9) I know "that whereupon thou dost live. Grant thou that I may be like "unto one of those who are thy favoured ones (io) [among] the "followers of the great god ; may my name be proclaimed, may "it be found, may it be set (ii) with their [names?] . The oar[s] "have been taken into the Sektet boat, and the boat of the Sun "advanceth in peace . (I2) May I see Ra when he appeareth in "the sky at dawn and when his Enemy hath fallen at the block . "(13) May I see Horus working the rudder on each side and "bringing along the boat . May I see the Abu fish at [its] time of "(14) coming into being (?) ; may I see the Ant fish as it becometh "the pilot of the Ant boat in its waters . O thou only One, O "thou Perfect One, O thou (15) who dost endure, who sufferest "never an evil moment, who cannot be smitten down by him "that doeth deeds of might, none other shall have power and "might over the things which belong to thee. (r6) None shall "obtain by fraud possession of the things which belong to the "divine father, who bath need of abundance, the tongue (?) of "veneration, (i7) the lord of Abtu (Abydos) ."
The merchant Qenna, victorious, saith : "Homage to thee, O "Heru-khuti-Temu Heru (i8) Khepera, I thou mighty hawk, who "makest glad the body [of man], thou beautiful of face by reason "of thy two great plumes! Awake, (ig) O lord of beauty, at "dawn when the company of the gods and mortals say unto "thee, `Hail!' They (20) sing hymns of praise unto thee at eventide, and the starry deities also adore thee . O thou firstborn, "who dost lie motionless . . . . (21) ; thy mother sheweth loving- "kindness unto thee daily. Ra liveth and the serpent-fiend Nak "is dead ; thou art in good case, for thine enemy (22) hath fallen "headlong . Thou sailest over heaven with life and strength . The "goddess Nehebka is in the Atet boat, and thy boat rejoiceth ; "(23) thy heart is glad, and the two uraei goddesses rise upon "thy brow"
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Hymn to Ra when he riseth (From the Papyrus of Ani)