Famous Pharaohs

Chap. XXXII . THE CHAPTER OF BEATING BACK THE CROCODILE THAT COMETH TO CARRY AWAY THE \IAGICAI, WORDS FROM THE DECEASED . From the Turin Papyrus.

Vignette : Four crocodiles advancing against the deceased who is
spearing one of them .

Text : THE CHAPTER OF BEATING BACK THE CROCODILE
THAT COMETH TO CARRY AWAY THE MAGICAL WORDS FROM THE KHU IN THE UNDERWORLD. (1) Osiris, Auf-ankh, triumphant,
saith :-

"The Mighty One fell down upon the place where he is, or
"(as others say), upon his belly, but the company of the gods
"caught him and set him up again . [My] soul cometh and it
"speaketh with its father, and the Mighty One delivereth it (2)
"from these eight I crocodiles . I know them by their names and
"[what] they live upon, and I am he who hath delivered his
"father from them ."

"Get thee back, O Crocodile that dwellest in the West, thou
"that livest upon the stars which never rest, (3) for that which
"is an abomination unto thee is in my belly, O thou that hast
"eaten the forehead of Osiris . I am Set ."

"Get thee back, O Crocodile that dwellest in the West, for
"the serpent-fiend Naau is in my belly, and I will give him unto
"thee ; let not thy flame be against me ."

"Get thee back, O (4) Crocodile that dwellest in the East,
"who feedest upon those who eat their own filth, for that which
"is an abomination unto thee is in my belly ; I advance, I am
"Osiris .

"Get thee back, O Crocodile that dwellest in the East, the
"serpent-fiend Naau is in (5) my belly, and I will give [him]
"unto thee ; let not thy flame be against me ."

"Get thee back, O Crocodile that dwellest in the South, who
"feedest upon filth, and waste, and dirt, for that which is an
"abomination unto thee is in my belly ; shall not the flame be
"on thy hand ? I am Sept ." (6)

"Get thee back, O Crocodile that dwellest in the South, for
"I am safe by reason of my charm ; my fist is among the flowers
"and I will not give it unto thee ."

"Get thee back, O Crocodile that dwellest in the North, who
"feedcst upon what is offered (?) within the hours, (7) for that
"which thou abominatest is in my belly ; let [not] thy venom
"be upon my head, for I am Tem ."

"Get thee back, O Crocodile that dwellest in the North, for
"the goddess Serqet is in my belly and I have not yet brought
"her forth (8) . I am Uapch-Maati (or Merti) ."

"The things which are created are in the hollow of my hand,
"and those which have not yet come into being are in my body .
"I am clothed and wholly provided with thy magical words,
"O Ra, the which are in heaven above me and in the earth
"beneath me . (9) I have gained power, and exaltation, and a
"full-breathing throat in the abode of my father Ur (i . e ., the
"Mighty One), and he hath delivered unto me the beautiful
"Amentet which destroyeth living men and women ; but strong
"is its divine lord, who suffereth from weakness," (10) or (as
others say) "exhaustion two-fold, therein day by day . My face
"is open, my heart is upon its seat, and the crown with the
"serpent is upon me day by day . I am Ra, who is his own
"protector, and nothing shall ever cast me to the ground ."

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. XXIX A. THE CHAPTER OF NOT ALLOWING THE HEART OF THE DECEASED TO BE CARRIED AWAY DEAD IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Amen-hetep.

Chap. XXIX B. THE CHAPTER OF A HEART OF CARNELIAN, From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. XXX. THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF A MAN BE DRIVEN AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD. From the Turin Papyrus.

Chap. XXX A. A LIKE CHAPTER . From the Papyrus of Nu.

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.

Chap . XXXI. TILE CHAPTER OF BEATING BACK THE CROCODILE THAT COMETII TO CARRY AWAY THE CHARM FROM TIIE DECEASED. From the Papyrus of Nu.

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.

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. XXIX. THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF A MAN BE TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD. From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. XXIX A. THE CHAPTER OF NOT ALLOWING THE HEART OF THE DECEASED TO BE CARRIED AWAY DEAD IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Amen-hetep.

Chap. XXIX B. THE CHAPTER OF A HEART OF CARNELIAN, From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. XXX. THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF A MAN BE DRIVEN AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD. From the Turin Papyrus.

Chap. XXX A. A LIKE CHAPTER . From the Papyrus of Nu.

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.

Vignette : (1) Some papyri containing the Theban Recension give this
Chapter without any vignette, and it is probable that this arises from the
fact that it often appears as one of the texts which occur in the great
Judgment Scene, where it forms the prayer put into the mouth of the de-
ceased ; see the Papyrus of Ani, sheet 3, and the Papyrus of Hu-nefer,
sheet 3 . In the Papyrus of Nebseni, sheet q, the deceased kneels in one
pan of the Balance and he is being weighed against his heart which rests
in the other in the presence of "Osiris, the great god, the Governor of
Everlastingness" . The support of the beam is surmounted by a human
head, and the tongue of the Balance is being scrutinized by a dog-headed
ape, seated on a pedestal, who is called "Thoth, the lord of the Balance" .
Elsewhere this ape is seated on a pedestal with steps, and is called "The
lord of Khemcnnu (Hermopolis Magna), the righteous weigher" (see Na-
ville, Todtenbuch, Bd. I . BI. 43) . In the Papyrus of Amen-neb (Brit . Mus .
No. 9,964), the deceased stands by the Balance while a figure of him-
self is being weighed against his heart ; in this example of the scene the
support of the beam is surmounted by the head of a jackal . Elsewhere the
vignette is simply a heart, or a scarab, or the deceased seated adoring
his heart, or the deceased standing in adoration before a beetle, which
is the symbol of the god Kheperd, the self-created god and the type of
the Resurrection (see Lepsius, Todtenbuch, Bl . r6) .
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF NOT (2) LETTING THE HEART OF
OSIRIS, THE SCRIBE OF THE HOLY OFFERINGS OF ALL THE
GODS, ANT, TRIUMPHANT, BE DRIVEN FROM HIM IN THE UNDER-
WORLD. He saith :-

"My heart, my mother ; (3) my heart, my mother! My heart
"whereby I came into being! May naught stand up to oppose
"me at [my] judgment ; may there be no opposition to me in
"the presence of the sovereign princes (Tchatcha) ; may there be
"no parting of thee from me in the presence of him that keep-
"eth the Balance! Thou art my ka, the dweller in (4) my body ;
"the god Khnemu who knitteth and strengtheneth my limbs .
"Mayest thou come forth into the place of happiness whither we
"go. May the Shenit (i . e ., the divine officers of the court of
"Osiris), who form the conditions of the lives of men, not cause
"my name to stink . [Let it be satisfactory unto us, and let the
"listening be satisfactory unto us, and let there be joy of heart
"unto us at the weighing of words . Let not that which is false
"be uttered against me before the great god, the lord of Amentet .
"Verily how great shalt thou be when thou risest in triumph!]

Rubric: [From the Papyrus of Amen-hetep (see Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. II. p . 99) .]

(9) THESE WORDS ARE TO BE SAID OVER A SCARAB OF GREEN STONE
ENCIRCLED WITH A BAND OF REFINED COPPER AND [HAVING] A RING OF
SILVER, (2) WHICH SHALL BE PLACED ON THE NECK OF THE KHU.
THIS CHAPTER WAS FOUND IN THE CITY OF KHEMENNU (HERMOPOLIS
MAGNA) UNDER THE FEET OF [THE STATUE OF] (3) THIS GOD . [IT WAS IN-
SCRIBED] UPON A SLAB OF IRON OF THE SOUTH, IN THE WRITING OF THE
GO)) HIMSELF, IN THE TIME OF (4) THE MAJESTY OF THE KING OF THE
NORTH AND OF THE SOUTH, (MEN-KAU-RA \ ,~ TRIUMPHANT, BY THE ROYAL
SON HERU-TA-TA-F, WHO DISCOVERED IT WHILST HE WAS ON HIS JOURNEY
(5) TO MAKE AN INSPECTION OF THE TEMPLES AND OF THEIR ESTATES .

In some ancient papyri the text of this Chapter is made to
follow the Rubric of Chapter LXIV, with which it had some
close connexion, and in others it follows the Rubric of Chapter
CXVIII . The Rubrical direction concerning Chapter LXIV
reads :- `Behold, make a scarab of green stone, wash it with
"gold and place it in the heart of a man (i . e ., the deceased),
"and it will perform for him the `opening of the mouth' ; an-
oint it with antu unguent, and recite over it as a charm the
"following words :- `My heart, my mother ; my heart, my
"mother!" etc . In the Turin Papyrus (Lepsius, Todtenbuch, BI . 16)
it follows Chapter XXX which contains parts of Chapters XXXA
and XXXB.

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. XXVIII . THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE IIEART OF THE DECEASED BE CARRIED AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap. XXIX. THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF A MAN BE TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD. From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. XXIX A. THE CHAPTER OF NOT ALLOWING THE HEART OF THE DECEASED TO BE CARRIED AWAY DEAD IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Amen-hetep.

Chap. XXIX B. THE CHAPTER OF A HEART OF CARNELIAN, From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. XXX. THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF A MAN BE DRIVEN AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD. From the Turin Papyrus.

Chap. XXX A. A LIKE CHAPTER . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap. XXX A. A LIKE CHAPTER . From the Papyrus of Nu

Vignette : In many of the papyri containing the Theban Recension
this Chapter has no vignette ; in one, however, the vignette is a heart
standing above a vase, in another the deceased is seen adoring his heart,
and in another the deceased is standing before four gods, one of whom
is offering a heart to him (see Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd . I . B! . 42) .
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF
THE OVERSEER OF THE PALACE, THE CHANCELLOR-IN-CHIEF,
Nu, TRIUMPHANT, BE DRIVEN AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UNDER-
WORLD . He saith :- (2)

"O my heart, my mother ; O my heart, my mother! O my
"heart of my existence upon earth . May naught stand up to
"oppose me in judgment in the presence of the lords of the trial
"(3) ; let it not be said of me and of that which I have done,
"'He hath done deeds against that which is right and true' ;
"may naught be against me in the presence of the great god, the
"lord of Amentet . Homage to thee, O my heart! (4) Homage
"to thee, O my heart! Homage to you, O my reins! Homage
"to you, O ye gods who dwell in the divine clouds, and who
"are (5) exalted (or holy) by reason of your sceptres ! Speak ye
"[for me] fair things to Ra, and make ye me to prosper before
"Nehebka . And behold me, even though I be joined to the
"earth in the mighty innermost parts thereof, let me remain upon
"the earth and let me not die in Amentet, but become a Khu
"therein ."

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. XXVII . THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF A MAN BE TAKEN FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. XXVIII . THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE IIEART OF THE DECEASED BE CARRIED AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap. XXIX. THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF A MAN BE TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD. From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. XXIX A. THE CHAPTER OF NOT ALLOWING THE HEART OF THE DECEASED TO BE CARRIED AWAY DEAD IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Amen-hetep.

Chap. XXIX B. THE CHAPTER OF A HEART OF CARNELIAN, From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. XXX. THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF A MAN BE DRIVEN AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD. From the Turin Papyrus.

Chap. XXXII . THE CHAPTER OF BEATING BACK THE CROCODILE THAT COMETH TO CARRY AWAY THE \IAGICAI, WORDS FROM THE DECEASED . From the Turin Papyrus.

Chap . XXXI. TILE CHAPTER OF BEATING BACK THE CROCODILE THAT COMETII TO CARRY AWAY THE CHARM FROM TIIE DECEASED. From the Papyrus of Nu.

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.

Chap. XXX A. A LIKE CHAPTER . From the Papyrus of Nu

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