Famous Pharaohs

Chap . XVI Vignette only. From the Papyrus of Ani

The scene to which Lepsius inadvertently gave the number
XVI and which he regarded as a Chapter of the Book of theDead is,
strictly speaking, only a vignette intended to accompany the hymn
to the rising Sun that forms part of the introductory matter
to the Chapters of the Book of the Dead which
we find in some of the oldest papyri of the Theban period .

In the Papyrus of Ani we see the Sun's disk supported by a pair
of arms which emerge from the sign of life ; this, in its turn,
is supported by the pillar which symbolizes the tree-trunk which
contained the dead body of Osiris . This pillar rests upon the
horizon . On each side of it are three apes typical of the Spirits
of the Dawn, adoring the disk ; on the right is the goddess
Nephthys and on the left is the goddess Isis, Nephthys kneels
upon the symbol of the sunset, and Isis upon the symbol of the
dawn. Above the whole scene is the vaulted sky . In the Papyrus
of Hu-nefer the pillar is endowed with human arms and hands,
which grasp the crook and flail, emblematic of Osiris' reign and
rule, and the two goddesses are standing upright ; one says
"I am thy sister Nephthys", and the other : "I am thy sister
Isis, the divine mother ." The sun is typified by a hawk having
a disk, encircled by an uraeus, upon his head . The apes are
here seven in number, four stand in front and three behind ;
above the whole scene is the vaulted sky .

Certain papyri have also vignettes which illustrate the hymns to
the setting sun . 2 In this case the hawk usually stands upon the
emblem of the West while apes and gods adore him . In the
Papyrus of Qenna on the right three hawk-headed gods kneel
in adoration with their left arms raised, and on the left three
jackal-headed gods, with their right arms raised in adoration .
Below, two lion-headed gods, with disks on their heads, are seated
back to back in a cluster of lotus flowers ; these typify dawn
and eventide . The goddess Isis kneels in adoration before the
lion of the dawn, and the goddess Nephthys before the lion of
eventide .

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.

Chap . VIII . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING THROUGH AMENTET AND COMING FORTH BY DAY . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap . IX. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AFTER HAVING MADE THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE TOMB . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. X. ANOTHER CHAPTER TO BE SAID BY A MAN WHO COMETH FORTH BY DAY AGAINST HIS ENEMIES IN THE UNDERWORLD. From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. XI. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH AGAINST ENEMIES IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . XII. THE CHAPTER OF GOING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . XIII . THE CHAPTER OF ENTERING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM AMENTET . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Chap . XIV. THE CHAPTER OF PUTTING AN END TO SHAME IN THE HEART OF THE GOD . From the Papyrus of Mes-em-neter.

Chap . XV :

LITANY OF THE NINE GODS.

Hymn to Ra.

1 - Hymn to Ra . From the Papyrus of Ani.

2 - A Hymn to the Setting Sun . From the Papyrus of at-hetep

3 - A Hymn to the Setting Sun . From the Papyrus of XlXth dynasty.

A Hymn to the Setting Sun . From the Papyrus of XIXth dynasty

Vignette : The deceased and his wife standing with both hands raised
in adoration before a table of offerings, upon which are a libation vase
and lotus flowers .

Text : ( t) A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA-HERU-(2)KIIUTt (RA-
HAR,MACIIIS) WHEN HE SETTETH IN (3) THE WESTERN PART
OF HEAVEN . He (i . e ., the deceased) saith :-

"Homage to thee, (4) O Ra [who] in thy setting art (5) Tem-
"Heru-khuti (Tem-Harmachis), thou divine god, thou self-created
"(7) being, thou primeval matter [from which all things were
"made]. When [thou] appearest (8) in the bows of [thy] bark
"men shout for joy at (9) thee, O maker of the gods! (10) Thou
"didst stretch out the heavens wherein thy two eyes r might travel,
"thou didst make the earth to be a vast chamber for thy Khus,
"so that (11) every man might know his fellow . The Sektet boat
"is glad, and the Matet boat rejoiceth ; (12) and they greet thee
"with exaltation as thou journevest along . The god Nu is content,
"and thy (13) mariners are satisfied ; the uraeus-goddess hath over-
"thrown thine enemies, and thou hast carried off the legs of Apep .
"Thou art beautiful, (14) O Ra, each day, and thy mother Nut
"embraceth thee ; thou settest in beauty, and thy heart is glad
"(15) in the horizon of Manu, and the holy beings therein re-
joice . (16) Thou shinest there with thy beams, O thou great god,
"Osiris, the everlasting Prince . The lords of (17) the zones of
"the Tuat in their caverns stretch out their hands in adoration
"before (18) thy Ka (double), and they cry out to thee, and they
"all come forth in the train of thy form shining brilliantly . (iy)
"The hearts of the lords of the Tuat (underworld) are glad
"when thou (20) sendest forth thy glorious light in Amentet ;
"their two eyes are directed towards thee, (21) and they press
"forward to see thee, and their hearts rejoice when they do see
"thee . Thou hearkenest unto (22) the acclamations of those that
"are in the funeral chest,' thou doest away with their helpless-
ness and drivest away the evils which are about (23) them.
"Thou givest breath to their nostrils and they take hold of the
"bows of thy hark (24) in the horizon of Mann . Thou art beauti-
ful each day, O Ra, and may thy mother Nut embrace Osiris
" 2 victorious ."

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.

Chap . IX. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AFTER HAVING MADE THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE TOMB . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. X. ANOTHER CHAPTER TO BE SAID BY A MAN WHO COMETH FORTH BY DAY AGAINST HIS ENEMIES IN THE UNDERWORLD. From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. XI. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH AGAINST ENEMIES IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . XII. THE CHAPTER OF GOING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . XIII . THE CHAPTER OF ENTERING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM AMENTET . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Chap . XIV. THE CHAPTER OF PUTTING AN END TO SHAME IN THE HEART OF THE GOD . From the Papyrus of Mes-em-neter.

Chap . XV :

LITANY OF THE NINE GODS.

1 - Hymn to Ra . From the Papyrus of Ani.

2 - A Hymn to the Setting Sun . From the Papyrus of at-hetep

A Hymn to the Setting Sun . From the Papyrus of Mut-hetep

Vignette : In this papyrus this Chapter is without a vignette .
Text : I . (1) [ANOTHER CHAPTER OF] THE MYSTERY OF THE
TUAT (UNDERWORLD) AND OF PASSING THROUGH THE UNSEEN
NETHERWORLD, and of seeing the Disk when he setteth in Amen-
tet, [when] he is adored by the gods and by the Khus in the
underworld, and [when] the Soul (2) which dwelleth in Ra is
made perfect. He is made mighty before Tern ; he is made great
before Osiris ; he setteth his terror before the company of the
gods who are the guides of the netherworld ; he maketh long(?)
his steps and he maketh his face to enter (?) [with that of] the
great god . Now every K/ u, for whom these words shall have
been said, shall conic forth by day in any form which he is
pleased to take ; (4) he shall gain power among the gods of the
Tuat (underworld), and they shall recognize him as one of them-
selves ; and he shall enter in at the hidden gate with power .

The lady (5) Mut-hetep, victorious, singeth hymns of praise
to thee, [saying] : "O Ra-Tem, in thy splendid progress thou
"risest, and thou settest as a living being in the glories (6) of
"the western horizon, ; thou settest in thy territory which is in
"Manu . Thy uraeus is behind thee, thy uraeus is behind thee .
"Homage to thee, O thou who art in peace, homage to thee, O
"thou who art in peace . Thou art joined unto the Eve of Tem,
"and it chooseth (7) its powers of protection [to place] behind
"thy members . Thou goest forth through heaven, thou travellest
"over the earth, and thou journcyest onward . O Luminary,
"the northern and southern halves of heaven come to thee and
"they bow low in adoration, (8) and they pay homage unto thee,
"day by day . The gods of Amentet rejoice in thy beauties and
"the unseen places sing hymns of praise unto thee . Those who
"dwell in the Sektet boat (9) go round about thee, and the
"Souls of the East pay homage to thee, and when they meet thy
"Majesty they cry : `Come, come in peace!' There is a shout
"of welcome to thee (10), O lord of heaven and governor of
"Amentet! Thou art acknowledged by Isis who seeth her son
"in thee, the lord of fear, the mighty one of terror . Thou settest
"as a living being (11) in the hidden place . Thy father [Ta-]
"tunen raiseth thee up and he placeth both his hands behind
"thee ; thou becomest endowed with divine attributes in [thy]
"members of earth ; thou wakest in peace and thou settest (12 )
"in Manu.r Grant thou that I may become a being honoured
"before Osiris, and that I may come to thee, O Ra-Tem! I have
"adored thee, therefore do thou for me that which I wish . Grant
"thou (13) that I may be victorious in the presence of the company
"of the gods . Thou art beautiful, O Ra, in thy western horizon
"of Amentet, thou lord of Maat, thou mighty one of fear, thou
"whose attributes are majestic, O thou who art greatly (14) be-
loved by those who dwell in the Tuat (underworld) ; thou shinest
"with thy beams upon the beings that are therein perpetually,
"and thou sendest forth thy light upon the path of Re-stau . Thou
"openest up the path of the double Lion-god, thou settest the
"(15) gods upon [their] thrones, and the Klutz in their abiding
"places . The heart of Naarerf 2 is glad [when] Ra setteth, the
"heart of Naarerf is glad when Ra setteth ."

"Hail, O ye gods of the land of Amentet who make offerings
"and oblations unto (16) Ra-Tem, ascribe ye glory [unto him
"when] ye meet him . Grasp ye your weapons and overthrow ye
"the fiend Sebd on behalf of Ra, and (17) repulse the fiend Nebt
"on behalf of Osiris . The gods of the land of Amentet rejoice
"and lay hold upon the cords of the Sektet boat, and they come
"in peace ; (18) the gods of the hidden place who dwell in
"Amentet triumph ."

"Hail, Thoth, who didst make Osiris to triumph over his
"enemies, make thou Mut-hetep, victorious, to triumph over her
"enemies (19) in the presence of the great divine sovereign chiefs
"who live with Osiris, the lord of life . The great god who dwell-
"eth in his Disk cometh forth, that is, Horns the avenger of his
"father, Unnefer-Ra . (20) Osiris setteth, and the Khu[s] who are
"in the Tuat (underworld) say : Homage to thee, O thou who
"comest as Tem, and who comest into being as the creator of
"the gods . Homage to thee, O thou who comest as the holy
"Soul of souls, who dwellest in the horizon . Homage to thee
"who art more glorious than [all] the gods and who illuminest
"the Tuat with thine Eve. Homage to thee who sailest in thy
"glory and who goest round about in thy Disk ."

II . The following variant of the above hymn is translated from
the text in the Papyrus of Nekhtu-Amen (Naville, Todtenbuch,
Bd. ii . P . 23) .

ANOTHER CHAPTER OF THE MYSTERY OF THE TUAT (UNDER-
WORLD) AND OF TRAVERSING THE UNSEEN PLACES OF THE
UNDERWORLD, of seeing the Disk when he setteth in Amentet,
[when] he is adored by the gods and by the Klnts of the Tuat
(underworld), and [when] the divine Khu which dwelleth within
Rd is made perfect . He setteth his might before Ra, he setteth
his power before Tem, [he setteth his strength] before Khenti-
Amentet, and he setteth his terror before the company of the
gods . The Osiris of the gods goeth as leader through the Tuat
(underworld), he crasheth through mountains, he bursteth through
rocks, he maketh glad (?) the heart of everv Khu. This com-
position shall be recited by the deceased when he cometh forth
and when he goeth in with the gods, among whom he findeth
no opposition ; then shall he come forth by day in all the
manifold and exceedingly numerous forms which he may be
pleased to take. [The Osiris saith : -]

"A hymn of praise to Ra at eventide [when] he setteth as a
"living being in Baakha .r The great god who dwelleth in his
"Disk riseth in his two eyesa and all the Khus of the under-
"world receive him in his horizon of Amentet ; they shout praises
"unto Heru-khuti (Harmachis) in his form of Tem, and they sing
"hymns of joy to Ra when they have received him at the head
"of his beautiful path of Amentet"

He (i . e ., the deceased) saith : "Praise be unto thee, O Ra,
"praise be unto thee, O Tem, in thy splendid progress . Thou
"hast risen and thou hast put on strength, and thou settest like
"a living being amid thy glories in the horizon of Amentet, in
"thy domain which is in Manu . Thy uraeus-goddess is behind
"thee ; thy uraeus-goddess is behind thee . Hail to thee, in peace ;
"hail to thee, in peace . Thou joinest thyself unto the Eye of
"Horns, and thou hidest thyself within its secret place ; it des-
"troveth for thee all the convulsions of thy face, it maketh thee
"strong with life, and thou livest . It bindeth its protecting amulets
"behind thy members . Thou sailest forth over heaven, and thou
"makest the earth to be stablished ; thou joinest thyself unto the
"upper heaven, O Luminary . The two regions of the East and
"West make adoration unto thee, bowing low and paying ho-
mage unto thee and they praise thee day by day ; the gods of
"Amentet rejoice in thy splendid beauties . The hidden places
"adore thee, the aged ones make offerings unto thee, and they
"create for thee protecting powers . The divine beings who dwell
"in the eastern and western horizons transport thee, and those
"who are in the Sektet boat convey thee round and about. The
"Souls of Amentet cry out unto thee and say unto thee when
"they meet thy majesty (Life, Health, Strength!) `All hail, all
"hail!' When thou comest forth in peace there arise shouts of
"delight to thee, O thou lord of heaven, thou Prince of Amentet .
"Thy mother Isis embraceth thee, and in thee she recognizeth
"her son, the lord of fear, the mighty one of terror . Thou settest
"as a living being within the dark portal . Thv father Tatunen
"lifteth thee up and he stretcheth out his two hands behind thee ;
"thou becomest a divine being in the earth . Thou wakest as
"thou settest, and thy habitation is in Manu . Grant thou that
"1 may be venerated before Osiris, and come thou [to me], O
"Ra-Tem. Since thou hast been adored [by me] that which I
"wish thou shalt do for me day by day. Grant thou victory
"[unto me] before the great company of the gods, O Ra who
"art doubly beautiful in thy horizon of Amentet, thou lord of
"Maat who dwellest in the horizon . The fear of thee is great,
"thy forms are majestic, and the love of thee is great among
"those who dwell in the underworld ."

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.

Chap . VIII . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING THROUGH AMENTET AND COMING FORTH BY DAY . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap . IX. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AFTER HAVING MADE THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE TOMB . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. X. ANOTHER CHAPTER TO BE SAID BY A MAN WHO COMETH FORTH BY DAY AGAINST HIS ENEMIES IN THE UNDERWORLD. From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. XI. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH AGAINST ENEMIES IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . XII. THE CHAPTER OF GOING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . XIII . THE CHAPTER OF ENTERING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM AMENTET . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Chap . XIV. THE CHAPTER OF PUTTING AN END TO SHAME IN THE HEART OF THE GOD . From the Papyrus of Mes-em-neter.

Chap . XV :

LITANY OF THE NINE GODS.

- Hymn to Ra . From the Papyrus of Ani.

A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA WHEN HE RISETH . From the Papyrus of Ani

Text : (1) A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA WHEN HE RISF:TH IN THE EASTERN
PART OE HEAVEN. Those who are in his train (2) rejoice, and lo!
Osiris Ani, victorious, saith :-

"Hail, thou Disk, thou lord of rays, (3) who risest on the
"horizon day by day! Shine thou with thy beams of light upon
"the face of Osiris Ani, who is victorious ; for he singeth hymns
"of praise unto thee at (4) dawn, and he maketh thee to set at
"eventide with words of adoration . May the soul of Osiris Ani,
"the triumphant one, come forth (5) with thee into heaven, may
"he go forth in the Matet boat . May he come into port in the
"Sektet boat, and may he cleave his path among the never (6)
"resting stars in the heavens ."

Osiris Ani, being in peace and in triumph, adoreth his lord,
(7) the lord of eternity, saving : "Homage to thee, O Heru-khuti
"(Harmachis), who art the god Khepera, the self-created ; when
"thou risest on the (8) horizon and sheddest thy beams of light
"upon the lands of the North and of the South, thou art beauti-
ful, yea beautiful, and all the gods rejoice when they behold
"thee, (9) the King of heaven . The goddess Nebt-Unnut is
"stablished upon thy head ; and her uraei of the South and of
"the North are upon thy brow ; (10) she taketh up her place
"before thee . The god Thoth is stablished in the bows of thy
"boat to destroy utterly all thy foes . (11) Those who are in
"the Tuat (underworld) come forth to meet thee, and they bow
"in homage as they come towards thee, to behold [thy] (12)
"beautiful Image. And I have come before thee that I may be
"with thee to behold thv Disk every day . May I not be shut up
"in [the tomb], may I not be (13) ; turned back, may the limbs
"of my body be made new again when I view thy beauties,
"even as [are those of] all thy favoured ones, (14) because I am
"one of those who worshipped thee [whilst I lived] upon earth .
"May I come in unto the land of eternity, may I come even
"(15) unto the everlasting land, for behold, O my lord, this hast
"thou ordained for me ."

And lo, Osiris Ani triumphant in peace, the triumphant one,
saith : (16) "Homage to thee, O thou who risest in thy horizon
"as Ra, thou reposest upon law [which changeth not nor can it be
"altered] . Thou passest over the sky, and every face watcheth
"thee (17) and thy course, for thou hast been hidden from their
"gaze . Thou dost shew thyself at dawn and at eventide day
"by day . (18) The Sektet boat, wherein is thy_ Majesty, goeth
"forth with might ; thy beams [shine] upon [all] faces ; [the num-
ber] of thy red and yellow rays cannot be known, nor can thy
"bright (19) beams be told . The lands of the gods, and the
"eastern lands of Punt I must be seen, ere that which is hidden
"(20) [in thee] may be measured . Alone and by thyself thou
"dost manifest thyself [when] thou comest into being above Nu
"(i . e ., the sky) . May Ani (21) advance, even as thou dost ad-
vance ; may he never cease [to go forward], even as thy Majesty
"ceaseth not [to go forward], even though it be for a moment ;
"for with strides dost thou (22) in one little moment pass over
"the spaces which would need hundreds of thousands and millions
"of years [for man to pass over ; this] thou doest, and then
"dolt thou sink to rest . Thou (23) puttest an end to the hours
"of the night, and thou dost count them, even thou ; thou endest
"them in thine own appointed season, and the earth becometh
"light . (24) Thou settest thyself before thy handiwork in the
"likeness of Ra ; thou risest in the horizon ."

Osiris, the scribe Ani, triumphant, declareth (25) his praise of
thee when thou shinest, and when thou risest at dawn he crieth
in his joy at thy birth : (26) "Thou art crowned with the ma-
"jesty of thy beauties ; thou mouldest thy limbs as thou dost
"advance, and thou bringest them forth without birth-pangs in
"the form of (27) Ra, as thou dost rise up into the upper air .
"Grant thou that I may come unto the heaven which is ever-
"lasting, and unto the mountain where dwell thy favoured ones .
"May I be joined (28) unto those shining beings, holy and per-
fect, who are in the underworld ; and may I come forth with
"them to behold thy beauties when thou shinest (29) at even-
"tide and goest to thy mother Nu . Thou dost place thyself in
"the west, and my two hands are [raised] in adoration [of thee]
"(30) when thou settest as a living being . Behold, thou art the
"maker of eternity, and thou art adored [when] thou settest in the
"heavens. I have given my heart unto thee (31) without wavering,
"O thou who art mightier than the gods ."

Osiris Ani, triumphant, saith : "A hymn of praise to thee, O
"thou who risest like unto gold, and who dost flood the world
"with light on the day of thy birth . Thy mother giveth thee
"birth upon [her] hand, and thou dost give light unto the course
"of the Disk (33) . O thou great Light, who shinest in the heavens,
"thou dost strengthen the generations of men with the Nile-flood,
"and thou dost cause gladness in all lands, and in all cities (34),
"and in all the temples . Thou art glorious by reason of thy
"splendours, and thou makest strong thy ka (i . e ., Double) with
"hit and tchefau foods . O thou who art the mighty one of vic-
tories, (35) thou who art the Power of [all] Powers, who dost
"make strong thv throne against evil fiends ; who art glorious
"in majesty in the Sektet boat, and who art exceeding mighty
"(36) in the Atet boat, make thou glorious Osiris Ani with vic-
tory in the underworld ; grant thou that in the netherworld he
"may be (37) without evil . I pray thee to put away [his] faults
"behind thee : grant thou that he may be one of thy venerable
"servants (38) who are with the shining ones ; may he be joined
`unto the souls which are in Ta-tchesertet ; and may he journey
"into the Sekhet-Aaru (38) by a prosperous and happy decree,
"he the Osiris, the scribe, Ani, triumphant ."

And the god saith :-

(40) "Thou shalt come forth into heaven, thou shalt pass over
"the sky, thou shalt be joined into the starry deities . Praises
"shall be offered (41) unto thee in thy boat, thou shalt be hymned
"in the Atet boat, (42) thou shalt behold Ra within his shrine,
"thou shalt set together with his Disk day by day, thou shalt see
"(43) the Ant fish when it springeth into being in the waters of
"turquoise, and thou shalt see (44) the Abtu fish in his hour .
"It shall come to pass that the Evil One shall fall when he laveth
"a snare to destroy thee, (45) and the joints of his neck and of
"his back shall be hacked asunder . Ra [saileth] with a fair wind,
"and the Sektet boat draweth on (46) and cometh into port . The
"mariners of Ra rejoice, and the heart of Nebt-ankh t is glad, (47)
"for the enemy of her lord bath fallen to the ground . Thou
"shalt behold Horus on the standing-place of the pilot of the
"boat, and Thoth and Maat shall stand one upon each side of
"him. (48) All the gods shall rejoice when they behold Ra coming
"in peace (49) to make the hearts of the shining ones to live,
"and Osiris Ani, victorious, the scribe of the divine offerings of
"the lords of Thebes, shall be along with them!"

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.

Chap. X. ANOTHER CHAPTER TO BE SAID BY A MAN WHO COMETH FORTH BY DAY AGAINST HIS ENEMIES IN THE UNDERWORLD. From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. XI. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH AGAINST ENEMIES IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . XII. THE CHAPTER OF GOING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . XIII . THE CHAPTER OF ENTERING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM AMENTET . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Chap . XIV. THE CHAPTER OF PUTTING AN END TO SHAME IN THE HEART OF THE GOD . From the Papyrus of Mes-em-neter.

Chap . XV :

LITANY OF THE NINE GODS.

LITANY OF THE NINE GODS

(1) "Homage to thee, [O lord of] starry deities in Annu, and
"of heavenly beings in Kher-aba ; thou god Unti, who art more
"glorious than the gods who are hidden in Annu ; (10) O grant
"thou unto me a path whereon I may pass in peace, for I am
"just and true ; I have not spoken lies wittingly, nor have I done
"aught with deceit ."

(2) "Homage to thee, O An in Antes,(?) Heru-khuti (Harmachis),
"with long strides thou strident over heaven, O Heru-khuti . (10)
"O grant thou unto me a path whereon I may pass in peace,
"for I am just and true ; I have not spoken lies wittingly, nor
"have I done aught with deceit ."

(3) "Homage to thee, O Soul of everlastingness, thou Soul
"who dwellest in Tattu, Un-nefer, son of Nut ; thou art lord
"of Alert . (10) O grant thou unto me a path wherein I may
"pass in peace, for I am just and true ; I have not spoken lies
"wittingly, nor have I done aught with deceit ."

(4) "Homage to thee in thy dominion over Tattu ; the Ureret
"crown is established upon thy head ; thou art the One who
"maketh the strength which protecteth himself, and thou dwellest
"in peace in Tattu . (10) O grant thou unto me a path where-
on I may pass in peace, for I am just and true ; I have not
"spoken lies wittingly, nor have I done aught with deceit ."

(5) "Homage to thee, O lord of the Acacia tree, the Seker
"boat is set upon its sledge ; thou turnest back the Fiend, the
"worker of evil, and thou causest the Utchat to rest upon its
"seat . (10) O grant thou unto me a path whereon I may pass
"in peace, for I am just and true ; I have not spoken lies wit-
"tingly, nor have I done aught with deceit ."

(6) "Homage to thee, O thou who art mighty in thine hour,
"thou great and mighty Prince, dweller in An-rut-f, r lord of
"eternity and creator of everlastingness, thou art the lord of
"Suten-henen (Heracleopolis Magna) . (to) O grant thou unto
"me a path whereon I may pass in peace, for I am just and
"true ; I have not spoken lies wittingly, nor have I done aught
"with deceit ."

(7) "Homage to thee, O thou who restest upon Right and
"Truth, thou art the lord of Abtu (Abvdos), and thy limbs
"are joined unto Ta-tchesertet ; thou art he to whom fraud and
"guile are hateful . (10) O grant thou unto me a path whereon
"I may pass in peace, for I am just and true ; I have not spoken
"lies wittingly, nor have I done aught with deceit ."

(8) "Homage to thee, O thou who art within thy boat, thou
"bringest Hapi (i . e ., the Nile) forth from his source ; the light
"shineth upon thy body and thou art the dweller in Nekhen .
"(10) O grant thou unto me a path whereon I may pass in peace,
"for I am just and true ; I have not spoken lies wittingly, nor
"have I done aught with deceit ."

(9) "Homage to thee, O creator of the gods, thou King of the
"North and of the South, O Osiris, victorious one, ruler of the
"world in thy gracious seasons ; thou art the lord of the celes-
tial world . (10) O grant thou unto me a path whereon I may
"pass in peace, for I am just and true ; I have not spoken lies
"wittingly, nor have I done aught with deceit ."

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.

Chap. VII . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING OVER THE ABOMINABLE BACK OF Apepi . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap . VIII . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING THROUGH AMENTET AND COMING FORTH BY DAY . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap . IX. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AFTER HAVING MADE THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE TOMB . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. X. ANOTHER CHAPTER TO BE SAID BY A MAN WHO COMETH FORTH BY DAY AGAINST HIS ENEMIES IN THE UNDERWORLD. From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. XI. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH AGAINST ENEMIES IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . XII. THE CHAPTER OF GOING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . XIII . THE CHAPTER OF ENTERING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM AMENTET . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Chap . XIV. THE CHAPTER OF PUTTING AN END TO SHAME IN THE HEART OF THE GOD . From the Papyrus of Mes-em-neter.

Chap . XV.

Chap . XV

Vignette : Ani standing, with both hands raised in adoration, before
Ra, hawk-headed, and seated in a boat floating upon the sky. On a
platform in the bows sits the god Heru-pa-khrat (Harpocrates) with his
right hand raised to his mouth, which he touches with one finger ; the
side of the boat is ornamented with feathers of Maat and with an Utchat.
The handles of the oars and the tops of the rowlocks are in the form
of hawks' heads, and on the blades of the oars are Utchats .

Text : (1) A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA WHEN HE RISETH UPON
THE HORIZON, AND WHEN HE SETTETH IN THE LAND OF LIFE .
Osiris, the scribe Ani, saith :-

"Homage to thee, (2) O Ra, when thou risest [as] Tem-Heru-
"khuti (Tem-Harmachis) . Thou art adored [by me when] thy
"beauties are before mine eyes, and [when thy] (3) radiance
"[falleth] upon [my] body . Thou goest forth to thy setting in
"the Sektet boat with [fair] winds, and thy heart is glad ; the
"(4) heart of the Matet boat rejoiceth . Thou stridest over the
"heavens in peace, and all thy foes are cast down ; the never
"resting stars (5) sing hymns of praise unto thee, and the stars
"which rest, and the stars which never fail glorify thee as thou
"(6) sinkest to rest in the horizon of Manu,T O thou who art
"beautiful at morn and at eve, O thou lord who livest and art
"established, O my lord !

"Homage to thee, O thou who art Rd when thou risest, and
"(7) Tem when thou settest [in] beauty . Thou risest and shinest
"on the back of thy mother [Nut], O thou who art crowned king
"(8) of the gods! Nut doeth homage unto thee, and everlasting
"and never-changing order 2 embraceth thee at morn and at eve.
"Thou stridest over the heaven, being glad of heart, and the
"Lake of Testes (9) is content [thereat] . The Sebau Fiend hath
"fallen to the ground ; his arms and his hands have been hacked
"off, and the knife hath severed the joints of his body . Ra hath
"a fair wind (10) ; the Sektet boat goeth forth and sailing along
"it cometh into port . The gods of the south and of the north,
"of the west and of the east, praise (11) thee, O thou divine
"substance, from whom all forms of life come into being . Thou
"sendest forth the word, and the earth is flooded with silence,
"O thou only One, who didst dwell in heaven before ever the
"earth and the mountains came into existence . (12) O Runner,
"O Lord, O only One, thou maker of things which are, thou
"hast fashioned the tongue of the company of the gods, thou
"hast produced whatsoever cometh forth from the waters, and "thou
springest up from them over the flooded land of the Lake
"of Horns . (13) Let me snuff the air which cometh forth from
"thy nostrils, and the north wind which cometh forth from thy
"mother [Nut] . O make thou to be glorious my shining form
"(khu), O Osiris, (14) make thou to be divine my soul (ba)!
"Thou art worshipped [in] peace (or [in] setting), O lord of the
"gods, thou art exalted by reason of thy wondrous works. Shine
"thou with thy rays of light upon my body day by day, (15)
"[upon me], Osiris the scribe, the teller of the divine offerings
"of all the gods, the overseer of the granary of the lords of
"Abtu (Abvdos), the royal scribe in truth who loveth thee ; Ani,
"victorious in peace ."

LITANY OF THE NINE GODS.

Hymn to Ra.

   1 - Hymn to Ra . From the Papyrus of Ani.

   2 - A Hymn to the Setting Sun . From the Papyrus of at-hetep

   3 - A Hymn to the Setting Sun . From the Papyrus of XIXth dynasty.

The SourceThe Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

Chap . IX. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AFTER HAVING MADE THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE TOMB . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. X. ANOTHER CHAPTER TO BE SAID BY A MAN WHO COMETH FORTH BY DAY AGAINST HIS ENEMIES IN THE UNDERWORLD. From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. XI. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH AGAINST ENEMIES IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . XII. THE CHAPTER OF GOING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . XIII . THE CHAPTER OF ENTERING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM AMENTET . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Chap . XIV. THE CHAPTER OF PUTTING AN END TO SHAME IN THE HEART OF THE GOD . From the Papyrus of Mes-em-neter.

Vignette : This Chapter has no vignette either in the Theban or in
the Saite Recension .

Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF PUTTING AN END TO ANY
SHAME THAT MAY BE IN THE HEART OF THE GOD for the chief
deputy of Amen, [the scribe] Mes-em-neter, victorious, [who
saith :--]

"Hymns of praise to thee, O thou god who makest the moment
"to advance, (2) thou dweller among mysteries of every kind,
"thou guardian of the word which I speak . Behold, the god
"bath shame of me, but let my faults be washed away and let
"them fall (3) upon both hands of the god of Right and Truth .
"Do away utterly with the transgression which is in me, together
"with [my] wickedness and sinfulness, O god of Right and Truth .
"May this god be at peace with me! Do away utterly with the
"(4) obstacles which are between thee and me. O thou to whom
"offerings are made in the divine [city] of Kenur,' grant thou
"that I may bring to thee the offerings which will make peace
"[between thee and men] whereon thou livest, and that I also
"may live thereon . Be thou at peace (5) with me and do away
"utterly with all the shame of me which thou hast in thy heart
"because of me ."

The SourceThe Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

Chap . VIII . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING THROUGH AMENTET AND COMING FORTH BY DAY . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap . IX. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AFTER HAVING MADE THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE TOMB . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. X. ANOTHER CHAPTER TO BE SAID BY A MAN WHO COMETH FORTH BY DAY AGAINST HIS ENEMIES IN THE UNDERWORLD. From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. XI. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH AGAINST ENEMIES IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . XII. THE CHAPTER OF GOING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . XIII . THE CHAPTER OF ENTERING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM AMENTET . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Vignette : This Chapter is without a vignette in both the Theban and
SaIte Recensions .

Text : [THE CHAPTER OF ENTERING INTO AND OF COMING
FORTH FROM AMENTET] .
[Osiris, the scribe Nebseni, victorious, saith :-]

"..... mortals ..... I go in like the Hawk and
"I come forth like the Bennu bird, the morning star(?) of Ra .
"May a path be made for me whereby I may enter in peace into
"the beautiful Amentet ; and may I be by the Lake of Horus ;
"[and may I lead the greyhounds of Horns] ; and may a path
"be made for me whereby I may enter in and adore [Osiris, the
"lord of Life] ."

In the Theban Recension this Chapter appears without a rubric,
but in the Saite Recension as given in the Turin Papyrus (Lepsius,
Todtenbuch, Bll . 4 and 45) we have the following :--

Rubric : [THIS CHAPTER] IS TO BE RECITED OVER A RING [MADE] OF
ANKHAh7 FLOWERS, WHICH SHALL BE LAID ON THE RIGHT EAR OF THE
KHU, TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER RING WRAPPED UP IN A STRIP OF BYSSUS
CLOTH, WHEREON THE NAME OF OSIRIS, AUF-ANKH, VICTORIOUS, BORN
OF THE LADY SHERT-AMSU, VICTORIOUS, SHALL BE DONE [IN WRITING]
ON THE DAY OF SEPULTURE.

The SourceThe Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

Chap. VII . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING OVER THE ABOMINABLE BACK OF Apepi . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap . VIII . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING THROUGH AMENTET AND COMING FORTH BY DAY . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap . IX. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AFTER HAVING MADE THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE TOMB . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. X. ANOTHER CHAPTER TO BE SAID BY A MAN WHO COMETH FORTH BY DAY AGAINST HIS ENEMIES IN THE UNDERWORLD. From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. XI. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH AGAINST ENEMIES IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . XII. THE CHAPTER OF GOING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Vignette : This Chapter is without a vignette in both Theban and Sa'fte
Recensions .

Text : ( i) THE CHAPTER OF GOING INTO AND OF COMING
FORTH FROM [THE UNDERWORLD] . The Osiris Nu, triufiiphant,
saith :-

"Hymns of praise to thee, O Ra ! thou keeper (1) of secret (2)
"gates which are on the brow of the god Seb, by the side of
"the Balance of Ra, wherein he lifteth up Right and Truth (Maat)
"(3) day by day. In very truth I have burst through the earth,
"grant [thou] unto me that I may go forward and arrive at the
"state of old age ."

The SourceThe Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.