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L.

Dr.

of

tbe

East

Series

by

CRANMER-BYNG

S.

A.

KAPADIA

THE

BURDEN

OF

ISIS

WISDOM

THE

THE

OF

JAMES

P.

DUTTON

EGYPTIAN

INTRODUCTION

AN

TEACKLE

NEW

E.

THE

FROM

WITH

OF

NEPHTHYS

AND

TRANSLATED

BY

LAMENTS

THE

ISIS

ISIS

OF

BURDEN

BEING

EAST

DENNIS

YORK

AND
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COMPANY

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PEINTED

WATSON

HAZELL,

LONDON

BY

AND

AND

ENGLAND.

I */"l

AYLESBURY,

V1NEY,

LD.,

TO

MY

WIFE,

MANY

HAPPY

THIS

VOLUME

IN

DAYS

IS

DEDICATED

SHARER

THE

OF

EGYPT,

LOVINGLY

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PAGE

Introduction

The

Nephthys

Isis

Laments
of

20

and
.

The

28

Chants

Osiris-Sokar

Hymn

.52

to
,

EDITORIAL

of

object

THE
things

be

the

of

this

but

They
of

Oriental

that

true

nor

fears

colour.
for
"

thought
spirit

best

Finally,

in

of

the

pains

no

specialists
at

NORTHBROOK

for

"

the

to

which

in

the

ledge
know-

revival

spared

given
wish
to

of

S.

A.

KAPADIA.

of

despises
and

and

press

CRANMER-BYNG.

they

creed

L.

W.

sphere,

neither

hand.

Piccadilly,

In

another

treatment

old

lofty philosophy

Series, they

been

and

Action.

deeper

all

the

example

reception

SOCIETY,
185

own

help

thanking

East
have

of

and

of

cordial

very

West

"

books

and

that

Charity

nations

the

subjects

of

these

good-will

highest

may

the

Wisdom

that

the

is

above

of

their

ideals

great

desire

new

confident

are

the

the
in

of

followers

land.

of

and

series

way,

East

and

endeavour,

are

humble

between

Thought

this

They

one.

ambassadors

understanding
world

of

Editors

their

in

that,

shall

the

definite

very

NOTE

secure

the

public
to
to

the
state

the
various

OF

BURDEN

THE

ISIS

INTRODUCTION

Of

all

from

the
the

religious

Prehistoric

period

oldest

the

times,

Egyptian

that

was

Isis

Osiris,

became

local

only

cult

of

favourite

history,

the

the

received

The

states

i.e.
"

in

tion
venera-

though

early

an

of

all

period

Egypt

and

remained

Osiris

of

that

even

of

worship

three,

at

thousand
did

only

not

and

legends

additions

the

that

Earth

old
form

in

Osiris
and

of

lost

was

Heaven
9

faith

interpolations

much

which

but

cults,
Osirian

the

in

occur

these

and

faith

Egyptian

changes
with

origin

of

years

many

connected

simplest

Nut

rivalling

many

thus

and

the

particularly,

more

many

ceremonies

also

held

most

times.

During

the

Isis,

Roman

into

These

gods,

existed

that

down

with

deities

always,

later

one

Horus.

prominent

the

us

the

connected
and

primarily

in

and

beliefs

it
the

of
4s
son

of

its

purity.

preserved
of
whom

Seb

to

and
were

INTRODUCTION

10

born

also

he

as

their

It

that

told
found

he

country,

with

ignorance,

sunk

it

Egypt
he

whence

that

to

came

and

barbarism

in

strength,
through

of

that

but

law

no

married

daughters.

their

when

but

of

feature

often

of

ruler

chose

Set

this

to

occasionallyalso

is not

came

due

Pharaohs

the

first divine

the

was

Sutekh,

or

Isis, while

sister

probably

is

sisters, and

Osiris
he

his

married

Nephthys.
the
legend

Set,

called.

is also

Osiris

and

Isis, Nephthys

He
went
everywhere.
the
land
settling quarrels, organizing government,
and
customs,
teaching polite manners
dictating laws and civilizingthe people.
jealous of the renown
Set, his brother, became
of the
because
hated
him
of Osiris, and
good

and

poverty

had

he

done

Assisted
"

and
the

by

"

"

enemies

or

resolved
evil
foes

"

his

upon

destruction.

demons
(the
spirits, or
of the
structed
chants), Set conexactly the size and shape

large chest
at
Osiris ; and
a
of the
body of his brother
feast
given by the latter, he offered to present
the
to
the
was
richly adorned,
chest, which
No
whose
was
one
one
body it best fitted.
a

successful

until

Set

it, and

closed

it from

bore
the

Nile.

taking
to

be

with

cared

the

entered

Osiris
with

the

help

banquet hall and

fled to
Isis
Thereupon
for

Horus,
in

her

Buto,

evil

of the

the

her

chest, when

son,

it into

cast

Delta,

the

whom

according

spirits

she
to

left
some

legends
or

he
was
say
of learning.

others

Thoth,

god

and

searched

boat

Delta.

Before

the
she

which

husband,

OF

LEGEND

THE

it

could

Nile

OSIRIS

left

with

Tehuti,

Isis

then

took

for

the

body

found

ultimately
be

11

of her
in

interred, however,

the
it

divided
the
then
body
by Set, who
scattered
them
into
fourteen
over
portions, and
Isis
the
whole
of Egypt.
Again the bereaved
band's
husfor the pieces of her
commenced
search
a
body, and found thirteen ; the fourteenth
unable
to
find, it
piece, the phallus, she was
by fish.
having been eaten
Wherever
a
fragment of the body of Osiris
his
erected
to
there
was
found, a temple was
the head
(or according to some
as
; and
memory
found
at
authorities, the
Abydos,
heart) was
that
considered
as
especially sacred,
city was
and
of his worship.
the
centre
was
his
and
of Osiris
Isis, avenged
son
Horus,
father's
death
by ultimately slaying Set ; while
in
Osiris, miraculously resurrected
by Horus
the
world
underthe
over
regions of the dead, ruled
and
its inhabitants.
Such, briefly,is the
have
But
the cult could
never
legend of Osiris.
without
become
national
in character
changing
of any
in
town
Every
city and
many
ways.
had
its own
in Egypt
especial local
prominence
while
received
special worship, even
deity, who
other
admitted
deities
to
exist, though
were
was

stolen

considered

subordinate

to

him

and

at

an

INTRODUCTION

12

early
of

priesthood of Osiris began systematical

characteristics
to identify the leading
those
local gods with
of Osiris.
various

these

Hence

the

date

in

identification

an

great

deity

Greek

times

of

Osiris

became

with
became
But

the

seem

Sokar

god

with

to

later

in

with

an

to
new

Osiris.

of

attributes

as

Osiris

identification

Abydos
of Egypt.

deities

became
"

of

by epithets

various

Horus

in

attributes

those

is addressed

show

the

which

times,

sun

identifications

gained

were

mutated,

Horus-Ra,

he

the priestunder
sun
hood
midday
; and
of Heliopolis, he became
Turn, the setting
even
Isis, also, received
losing his name.
sun,
with
new
qualifications, being often identified
with
identified
Hathor
in turn
(whom the Greeks
Hathor
Aphrodite) ; but the chief places where
DerDendereh
and
at
at
was
worshipped were
western
el-Bahri, in the
portion of Thebes
;
around
while
the worship of Isis centred
Abydos
and
Busiris, the latter being frequently mentioned
also she was
in the liturgies; and
in later times
so
worshipped at Philae ; and her worship was
to be
popular, that long after Egypt had ceased
her gods had
become
a
a
nation, and
by-word,
became

the

Osiris-Sokar,

By this means,
god.
great early religiouscentre

confined

and

local

identified

become

which

these

find

we

Abydos ; Osiris- Apis,

became
the
Serapis,where

the

Ra,

of the

deity ; and
solar deity, and

titles

and

time

of

had

Memphite

not

of

course

EGYPTIAN

there
her

to

It

cult
is

within

this

into

god

less than

no

were

three

the

of

those

of

of Rome

the

the

itself.

attributes

and

another,

which

to

13

great temples erected

walls

merging

Osiris,

into

TRINITIES

their

chants

"

of

one

unification
refer

when

"

attributes
of
the
deities.
speaking of the
The
eating of the fourteenth
fragment of the
body of Osiris by fish is paralleled by a similar
and
Bata," often
legend in the story of
Anpu
"

called

the

The

"

Tale

triad

Egyptian

Isis

and
Thebes

not

was

the

at

of the

belief

Horus,
;

we

and

unusual

an

Brothers."

Two

for

find
other

combination

besides

Amen,
lesser

that

Mut

of

and

triads

in

Osiris,

Khonsu
so

that

when

Christianityreached
Egypt, the trinitarian
idea
found
and
this
ready adherents
;
may
for the strides which
partly account
Christianity
made
in Egypt
almost
before
it had
obtained
a
foothold
and

elsewhere.

The

of

resurrection

his

the
ruling over
is nearly a parallel to
King Minos, and possesses

Osiris

spirits of the deceased

the
story of the Cretan
some
points in common
with
the
Christian
belief ;
while
the
worship
of Isis paved
the
for the
worship of the
way
centuries
later, though this
Virgin Mary many
latter was
repudiated by the Egyptian Christians
of the first four centuries, probably as
being too
reminiscent
of
Paradise
paganism."
(Budge,
of the Fathers," L, II.)
The
While
he was
position of Set is curious.
"

"

INTRODUCTION

14

deity,yet he had many

temples
and
worshippers ; in early times, strangely
Horus
to the
some
enough, in addition
name,
considered

evil

an

"

"

had

Pharaohs

"

"

Set

name

the

and

of

name

by several later Pharaohs, such

Sety I., Sety Merenptah, Set-aa-pehti,Set-Nekht

Set

and

used

was

as

others.

unimportant role
Nephthys plays a somewhat
well as
in the Egyptian panin the liturgies,
as
theon,
She
with
Isis.
being usually associated
to have
seems
repudiated Set after the murder
Isis in seeking for
aided
of Osiris, and
to have
the body.
broken
The
continuity of the chants is much
;
it appears
addressed
is due

to

as

if two,
the

at

two

or

three, deities are

This, however,

even

moment.

same

causes

first,the

identification

attributes

divers

in the

to

the

originally belonging to
of the one
god Osiris
person
fact

these

that

chants

and

of

deities

second,

accompanied

were

of the
forerunner
a
by spectacular performances
Elizabethan
the
of
period.
miracle-plays
the gods
Various
temple officials impersonated
these
certain
were
occasions, and
implored,
on
invoked
or
praised as the living representative
of the
more
frequently the animal
deity. But
sacred
to the god was
brought out and worshipped
for the
for himself, but
not
deity he represented.
"

"

"

"

The

Crocodile

of

of

Hawk

Sebek

at

Horus

at

Edfu,

Crocodilopolis, the

the

Cow

of Hathor,

Bull

the

living counterpart
And
himself.
just
certain

at

frighten

times,

Apis
as
a

for

it

by

the

praised as the
god to represent

Catholic

bell

formerly

was

Devil,
was

his

was

were

15

in Roman

sistrum-bearer

festivals

all

"

chosen

the

away

the

time

IMMORTALITY

OF

CHANTS

in

so

the

churches,
rung

to

Egyptian

prominent at sacred
duty, by shaking the

frighten the evil one, but to call

of the
attention
shippers.
deity specially to his worThis
for the frequent appeal
accounts
the excellent
the liturgies
sistrumBehold

sistrum,
the

not

to

"

in

"

bearer

"

in these liturgies,
impress one
however, is the deep, sincere religiousfeelingthat
them
the grief for the
lost one,
the
permeates
the
hope of again beholding him, the cry from
heart
the
divine
reliance
for help, the
upon
all-rulingdestiny that shall bring the trial to a
the
happy
triumph of a desire
ending, and
realized
and
a
hope fulfilled : these sentiments,
much
nature
as
a
as
then,
now
part of human
land
of the
of Kem
bring the far-off dwellers
and
at heart
near
feelingto the twentieth-century
What

will

most

"

reader

of

old, the

Egyptian

our

future

where

was

one

the

threshold

absolute

life

daily

life
the

and

endlessness

of

the

For

era.

own

above

all nations

of

especially into the

and
thought ; their religion
considered
only
present was
entered

it

of

their,

was

matter

spirit that

causes

belief
and
the

in

the

the

mortalit
im-

frequent

INTRODUCTION

16

formula

after
heh

zetta

The

"

two

found

"

their

names

for

ever,

eternal.

in

which

these

discovered

chants

Luxor,

in

Isis

found

were

Passalaqua.
The
period
is

times,

they

We

inside

were

committed

many

believe,

may

already been

reduced

to

written

stage
of

Osiris, by

chants

first

were

in

chants

of

Probably

were

so

The

statue

these

when

verbally from

down
as

demotic.

unknown.

written

handed

and

hieratic

are

Egypt

relatingparticularly to Osiris is
hand
intermediate
representing an

Ankh

"

that

between

M.

living
papyri
both

were

and
in

"

of

many

the

earliest
and

memory,

generation

to

traditions

of olden

however,

that

generation,
time.

they

had

writing by the time of

the fourth
dynasty, though at that time
they
chiefly of the
probably consisted
invocatory
being added
subsidiary matter
portions, the
at
different periods.
later, and
which
the present
The
date
of the texts
from
made
300
translations
are
approximates
B.C.,
while

the

texts

to

themselves

and
classic
more
purer
the writings of that
time
that
not
may

are

style

than

written
are

in
most

of

probable
in their
they certainly are
present form
later
than
the
twenty-sixth dynasty, and
probably be as early as the eighteenth or
;

so

that

it is

nineteenth.
The

Osiris

chant,

together

with

one

of

the

INTRODUCTION

18

the

or

senses,

corroborates

"

nassus

five

it

never

rose

toward

tones

embraced

Melody

says,
"

while

him,

fell less

and

and

of the use
a result
probably was
stringed lyre.
To
find
a
probable origin for

turn

and

to

Isis, it may

the

shores

of Mexico

the

three-

legend

of

have

to

to

America

Central

and

bass."

of the

strange

seem

of
-half

one

toward

This

Osiris

Halicar-

interval

an

three

than

more

high,

Cassius

planets. Dion
Dionysos of

seven

the ruined
cities of the ancient
yet there, among
civilization, according to Le
Mayan
Plongeon,
are

temples

two

bearing

historical

inscriptions

the
correspond with
The
Egyptian legend.
king, ruling well and
wisely, is slain and dismembered
by his brother,
and
the sister-wife,after finding the body, erected
and
it a pyramid
over
sphinx, the latter with a
head
human
a
on
leopard's body ; after which
which

she

in

travelled

race

that

where

between

eastward,

had

settled

lived

she

killed

Mayans

details

many

in

his

the

his

until

there
her

usurping

stead.

The

of

colonies

the

to

centuries

death.

Her

uncle, and

points

her

before
son

mately
ulti-

ruled

the

of resemblance

to
too
numerous
legends are
the Mayan
the period when
here ; but
name
as
thousand
took
events
ten
place is about
years
from
before Christ, if the legends arose
one
mon
comit would
source
give ample time for history
to become
merged into myth.

two

OSIRIS

Whatever

be

however,
did

it

much
is

rulers

of

ideas,

who

to

simply

being

might

have

put

his

the

as

to

Had

living
him

into
for

eventually
to

of

her

existence

of

duty,

the

Pharaohs

the

his

overwhelmed

great
his

science
con-

instead

centuries

as

and

tried

death,

many

it

in

his

after

of

advanced

Osiris,

as

which

decline

one

he

theory

upon

period

belief,

nature,

is

belief

martyr

survived

of

this

far-seeing,

merged

end

forces

the

the

which

an

beginning

people.

emulate

cataclysms

the

regarded

time,
fell

rather

in

to

be

to

old

and

that

belongs

rather

is

Osiris

than

date
and

grafted,

the

believe

us

19

of

of

any

RULER

origin

certain

have

later

Osiris

and

is

would

some

the

typify

not

LIVING

of

Egypt
the

her,
nation.

LAMENTS

THE

OF

ISIS

AND

Pap.

1425)

(Berlin

the

by

his

Glorify

his

Praise

Give

spirit

Place

Give

of

the

Glorious

25th

dead
to

body

title

of

heart

throne

of

power

to

and

Isis

his

Heb

Thentirti

"

and

that

to

Thentirti,3

who

is

called

truthful
"

of
a

Father

Osiris

she

one,

according

acts,

"

Osiris

Within

"

Osiris

nostrils

his

to

the

gods.
A

day

of

shrine

formed
per-

forsaken
the

her

are

the

and

great

Pelses,

also

upon

the

Osiris,

Abydos

every

breath

the

life, stability

Born

of

his

throat

unto

Horus

of

Heb-festivals.2

parched

Nephthys

in

Establish

gladness
of

Give

soul

his

to

his

of

one

every

done

month,

summer

performed

be

to

things

temple

God

great

4th

the

in

likewise

the

glorious
the

of

goddesses

two

Khent-Amentit,1

at

the

concerning

Invocation

NEPHTHYS

special
"

name

festival.
of

Osiris.
20

the

underworld."

words

of

LOVE

THE

Behold

Isis

to

Come

to

the

Behold

from
Behold

excellent

sistrum-bearer

thee

do

"

thou

not

the

beautiful

thy temple immediately

temple immediately ! Behold
which
grieveth for thee ;
Behold
I am
me
seeking for thee

am

behold

to

thee

prevented
prevented from
am

It is blessed

to

loveth

Come

to

thou

thee

the

one

to

Come

to
to

searching

beholding thee
beholding thee, oh
thee

who

thy sister
thy wife,

thou
and

temple
comest

loveth

behold
An,

!l
who

one

thee, oh thou

oh

who

art

deceased.

thy

to

come

"

thou

of

who

wife

"

makest

the

not

for thee

the

heart

go

about

to

thine,
forth

to

the
at

the

me

face
same

of

the

gods, are
time, when
they

me

sun

of

thy mother,

before

men

weeping

An

the

to

come

"

"

rest.

every

Gods,

for

I, thy sister, born

Yet

heart,

my

from

behold

thy

to

beautiful, Un-Nofer,3
Come

depart

come

"

"

Lo, I

thy

one

to

thee

to

come

"

!1

me

Hunnu,2

Come

21

"

temple !
I, tlry sister, love

Lo

ISIS

speaketh,
to thy temple, oh An
thy temple, come
not
are
thy temple, for thine enemies

now,

Come

OF

(or moon)
3

One

god.

of the

titles

of

Name

Osiris.

of

the

sun

god.

22

LAMENTS

Lo, I invoke

heaven,

as

Yet

sister

reacheth

that

Lo I,
voice.
my
all the earth
than

not
more

lovest

thou

wailing

NEPHTHYS

high

"

thee

I love

Surely

with

hearest

thou

And

thee

AND

ISIS

OF

another

not

thy sister,
"

thou

as

dost

thy

thou

dost

thy

Come

to

"

thou

lovest

another

not

as

sister

Behold

now,

Behold

the

speaketh,

Nephthys

"

excellent

sistrum-bearer

thy temple !
Cause
are
thy heart to rejoice,for thy enemies
All thy sister-goddessesare
at
thy side and
thy couch,
thee
with
Calling upon
weeping
yet thou
thy bed !
prostrate upon
"

Hearken
and

by

Subdue

thou

We
Live
Turn

come

before

not

Sweeten

us,

thou
our

one

who

men

before

words

uttered

which

art

us

us

among

bv

hind
be-

is in

hearts

the

sisters,

strong

among

one

sorrow

every

thv

us

beautiful
noble

every

thou

of
Oh

the

unto

not

among
behold

thee, oh

the
thee

gods, strong
"

prince,

lord

our

thee
desiring to behold
thy face before us
away
hearts

when

we

prince !
we
Beautify our hearts when
I, Nephthys, thy sister,I love

behold

behold
thee

;
;

thee, oh
thee

AS

EVEN

Thy
Lo,

foes
I

Behold

heaven

to

me

by

power
festivals

Thy royal
forth

"

Thou

shinest

Glow

thou

Gods

and

Brighten

"

upon
above

us

the

and

thy

eye,
of
Lord
"

the

six

and

by

when

Sunset

Magic

eye

of

Upper

and

Lower

the

fifteen

Ra, the

ness
greatof

power

festivals
lord

thy

"

"

Turn.

beholding

thee

"

shine

two

lands

fitted for
2

The

they

go

the

by

of heaven

like
like

us

are

god.

thy pathways.

Thoth,

God

of

Wisdom.

boat.

Osiris

"

bringing

wearer.
5

thee

by thy side, nor

of the

us

live

men

sun

Prince

horizons

two

"

of

are

thee

upon
thou

Uazit

name

boat,3 by
"

Iah

behold

of the

possession
thy terrors,

of

thou

would

to

from

of
name

thy

"

soul

thy

Maadet

of

name

attendants

takest

causeth

he
the

thy

means

of

the

within

for

beauties

The

of

beams.

thy

thee

established

Come

Thou

behold

power

from

us

upon

day,

protecteth

the

By

not

shinest

thou

'

every

we

can

"

An

be

Praised

be

one

speaketh,

Isis

now,

Tehuti

remaining.
for
protect thy limbs
is not

I shall

23

eternally.

ever,

Yet

thee

with

am

there

subdued,

are

SUN

THE

Egypt.

health

and

happiness

to

LAMENTS

24

together with

Gods
No

cometh

harm
from

Nor

ISIS

OF

men

with

are

them

unto

NEPHTHYS

AND

thee

from
in

thy journeying

the

thy shining,
celestial

boat

above.

Thy

have

enemies

thee, oh
thou

Come

to

ceased

to

Ra, lord

us

as

be, for I

babe, thou

am

ing
protect-

first great Sun

god.
thee !
Depart not from us who behold
in
There
thee
the strong Orion
proceedeth from
heaven
at
evening, at the resting of every
day !
Lo, it is I, at the approach of the Sothis period,
who
Nor

An

for

him,

watching for him ; for that

which
thee is revered.
proceedeth from
from
thee causeth
life to gods and
emanation
reptilesand animals, and they live by
men,
will

I leave

off

thereof.

means

Come

watch

doth

thou

thy chamber, in the day

when
thy soul begetteth emanations,
offerings upon
day when
offeringsare made
causeth
the gods and
which
to thy spirit,
men
to

from

us

"

The

likewise
Praise

be

to

Turn

underworld

Boat

of

Ra,

Turn

or

Atum

sun
"

is

no

god

like unto

possesseth the earth,

soul
the

Lord, for there

the

thee, oh

Thy

live.

to

and

thy

likenesses

god.
sun,

father

of

Osiris, god

of

Heliopolis.

LAMENTS

26

Come

Sais, oh

to

She

OF

who

also

NEPHTHYS

AND

Osiris, and

called

is

deceased

to

Tarud,

Nisep,

born

of

Pelses,

the
to
Aper, thy city, thy seat, and
temple of Deb !
shalt rest beside
eternally ;
thy mother
and
preserveth thy limbs
procureth terror
thy enemies, for she protecteth thy
among

Come

to

Thou
She

for

members
the

Behold

and

men

the

Heaven
And

thy

Horus

son

earth

and
the

Come

to

as

prince

of

gods

possession of the
magnitude of his

taketh

by

sistrum-bearer

thou

behold

Come,

ever.

excellent

thy temple

He

ISIS

are

barbarians

terrors

filled with

fear

are

the

nomes

submissive

are

children

Thy

terrors.

cities and

of

him,
his

under

gods

among

and

men,

And

the
the

Thy

and

eastern

attributes

of

sisters

two

horizons

western

are

are

among

thy producing ;
at
thy side, purifying thy

soul,
And

thy
There

beer, bulls

proclaimeth

voketh
Horus

admitteth
forth

cometh
"

Tehuti

Horus

son

thee

covereth

Every day thy

with

thy
son

thine

funereal

and

attributes.

for thee

and

geese

thy

Heb-festival,

his
limbs

Horus

"

ings
offer-

other
:

and

in-

protecting formulae
;
with
his protections ;
glorifieththy spirit,

HORUS

And

As

he

avengeth

soul

placed

for

the

the

Come

thy

their

purifying

children,

thy
thou

depart
Lo

from

he

bear

comes

thy

offerings

for

thy

shrine.

secret

arms

of

27

by

name

thy

at

gods,

to

AVENGER

THE

libation

vases

for

spirit.
oh

them.

prince,

our

lord,

nor

CHANTS

THE

Pap.

(B.M.

Beginning

of

Heb-festivals

month

4th

continued

appertains
of

the

26th

the

to

flowing

arms

over

their

crowned

with

instrument

in

upon
of

service

in

praises
before

Isis
the

this

Behold

the

God.

lord

of

being

not

their

shoulders,

and

Nephthys.

Osiris

their

Title

of

Osiris""

Within
28

the

heads
musical

scribed
in-

names

to

them

Let

(Repeat

hair

their

to

lutions,
ab-

their

this

the
utter

writing,

"

four

formula.)
1

utensils

dedicated

say,

which

the

bared,

according
them

the

the
and

day
that

all

forth

and

their

Let

22nd

scarves

arms,

temples

in

and

shoulders

woollen

Abydos,

performed

have

formed
perKhent-

the

bring

the

Osiris,

Purify

day.

who

their

and

on

temple

priestesses,

Nephthys,
of

Inundation,
the

to

during

lord

God,

great

of

temples,

shrine

the

the

the
and

Isis

before

Amentit,1

of

front

in

10188)

underworld."

times

the

Is

temple
(Repeat
Are

four

the

not

and

the

times

in

in

awe

this

earth

on

formula.)
of

the

goddesses,
beautiful, approaching to
this
?
moment
(Repeat

the

shrine

29

great

impersonators

two

Hunnu,2

thy

and

in heaven

great

"

held

priest *

Kher-Heb

his

not

OSIRIS

OF

PRAISES

THE

at

twice.)
Do

sistrum-bearer

excellent

the

behold

not

we

thy temple and drawing nigh,

hast
departed from us ?
the land
the beautiful, passeth over
Lo, Hunnu,2
season
;
hourly and yearly, at his proper
He, the purified image of his father Tenen,3 the
of deep mysteries :
essence
excellent
most
He
Turn, the
proceedeth from
approaching
though thou

lord
Perfect

is

he, like his father, the

of the
Come
Let

thou

Come

body

of his

to

with
us

among
embraced

lord

exhibiteth

himself.

thou

in
us

united

Officiates

his

is the

of love, adored

bound

being
oh

peace,

who

thy path

not

be

male

fail from

greatly beloved

and

born

god

travel

who

eldest

attributes

thy

of Tenen,3

limbs

mother

thee

by

of face

among

us

those

Beautiful

His

to

thou
the

behold

image

when

he

;
"

lord
two

those

of

goddesses

at

Heb-festival.

Sun

god.

Osiris.

and

Afflictions
for

they
thou, our

Oh

us,

be

For

are

exist

that

thy creation.
chief, turn
again thy
mighty one, great one

is visible

Lo, thou

thou

heaven

art

us

of

Thy

thou

and

the

among
that

one

thou

forth

goest

thy attributes
two
goddesses

in

growing

existeth

us

like

the

in

"

lord

our

peace,
with
existeth
!

cannot

Hunnu,

of the

essence

great child

oh

peace,

!
as

place
father

of his

!
fear

thy temple
son

toward

destruction.
in

Mentu
Within

face

with

earth

of Tebha

essence

his

child

Bull

thou, child

come

is

though

and

the

as

thee

to

remain,

through

the

thy members,

doth

Behold

for

not

of

not

described, oh

it

Come

evils

thou

"

gods
path

The

Thy

CHANTS

THE

30

Horus

avenge

carrieth

thou
th

not

he

thee, and
him

away

woundeth

lurked

who

in

his

den,
He

whose

the

among

daily

name

gods

"

flame

Tebha

destroyeth from
perisheth as waste

matter.

As

for thee, thou

Therein

fear

hast

thou

not

thy temple
Set,

nor

every

by
by him or brought about
proceedeth forth, and embraceth
joyfulness ;

done

Nut

Name

Goddess

of

Set.
of

night,

mother

of

Osiris.

calamity
him.
thee

with

BECAUSE

Travel

OF

through the
thy coming forth.
behold
us
gazing

Rebels

Behold

turned
! the

toward

when

the

seated

the

the

sistrum,

Beautiful

and

beloved

hold
belord

two

Isis and

cows

cometh

there

hand,

us

Bull, begotten of the

coloured

He

odorous

us,

thy face, glowing

upon

left
is upon
our
beautiful
face
of the

Nephthys

He,

among

lord

our

the

land

31

its marvellousness.

in

Lo

INUNDATION

thou

at

Lo

THE

he

the

as

beholdeth

ones,

the

the

child

unto

of

the

bronze-

praises increase ;
him, the lord, among

"

of

progeny

Nephthys,
appeareth

bearer

Isis

cows

and

surpassingly beautiful !
thy image, like the one

in

us

two

beloved.

Behold

thou

me,

thy sister Isis,

by thy body ;

heart, loved
Loved
art thou, because
land
Travel

Raise

this

of

inundation

thy

of the

day.

thou
us

of the

loved

among
living in

oh

us,

place

thou

praised

of what

thou

one,

hast

"

made

empty.
Come

thou

in
;

Approach
before
Send

our

in
our

oh

peace,

prince
peace

temple

thy protection
(Repeat.)

over

our

lord, whom

we

hold
be-

drive

away

tempest

from

;
us

like

male

protector !

THE

32

Lo

the

goddesses

two

Amentit.

Very

who

the

thou

Come
There

of Gods
the

to

uttered

He

is cast

Come

lord

Our

After

fant,
in-

image

whole

with

thee

circle

of

the

!
when
of

thy

;
"

opponents !
thy priests,striving and grieving
with

contend

to

sitteth

down

in

his

none

other

temple

in

than

peace

is his name.
great conqueror
his long sufferinghe resteth, taking ous
dangercouncil against his enemies
;

alone

He

goddesses

surely to
before
thy temple ;
surely to thy priests, in
thine own
image !

Come

the

"

Ra

forth

virile

the

grievous is his name

thy shrine, in presence

near

father, oh

Sab,1 born

the

meet

cometh

of

thee

they

Set

gods

widowed

two

about

goeth
gods, and

Behold,

established

the

among

Osiris, bull

Behold

great heir of

God

of the

is alone

is he

great

CHANTS

the

smiteth

the

land

in his

designs.
Go forth, great one
with
the gods ;
And
with
thee the circle of the gods in front, with
the
instrument-for-opening-the-mouth,3that
it may
equal thy perfection before the gods.
which
Walk
through the land entirely, great one
his
art
a
body, with the royal Uraeus
upon
forehead.
1

God

Sutekh.

of

earth, father

of
3

Osiris.

Religious

ceremony.

THE

34

Traverse

like

thou

of

world

the

land

the

stride

Thou

At

thou

CHANTS

in

Nut

thy manifestations,
the

over

four

quarters

above
the
the
land,
godly
passest over
of
the
two
temples
goddesses, Isis and

Nephthys :
thy proceeding

thou

exalted

art

twice

over.

Set

Behold,

his

in

his enemies
thou

Come

"

thy
oh

into

in the

lying

thou

Overcome

hearken

and

thou,

enemies

not

are

thy temple,
thy place ;

for
Behold

chariot

to

of his

arms

indeed

in

the

Osiris, and
of

speech

mother,
the

Isis

seek

Horus,
:

lands,

two

oh

lord!

Carry

thy word,

out

inscribe

thou

it

in

God

the

temple,

in thy going
thy manifestations,
thy temple, oh Osiris !
queror
to
thy seat, oh lord, Conpeace

from

forth
Come

thou

with

Kestrain

preserve
it, oh great

in

Show

the

us

shall

Thy

become

thy

lovable

way

lord,

as

he

thy sister, Isis, produceth

belonging to thee and with

duck,
odours

Yet

great Bull, the

doth

not

tend

toward

the

sweet

thee,
us,

oh

our

lord!

Give

life

thou
!

from

the

beginning

unto

lievers
be-

GUARDIAN
Hail

thou

Guard

of

her

south
of

lord

away
that
chiefly

land

as

child

son

the

by

at

her

from

great male

one

decorated

Nut

she

spread
forth

thy coming
all evil ;

she

lowed
fol-

babe.
from

danger

every
which

harmful

was

from

its

Nut

head,

thy limbs,
to

thee, thou

its time

he

this
gazeth upon
the
only lord, the

he

goest forth from this

from
the gods, oh thou
child

head

!
the

thee

the

at

lord.

forth

in

Thy

thee,

gods, is

limbs

as

drove

not

of

protected thy

! the

she

thy mother,

before

out

child, the

Lo

done

never

north

of the

from

her

goeth

the

and

heaven

thee

Thou

in front

son

ornamentation,

earnest

from

He

land

openeth for
great god, living, great,

oh

thy

herself

She

the

in

hast

thee

to

arms,

dandleth

in the

She

thou

35

of the

Thou

inundation

as

cometh

sister

beloved

The

FLOODS

thee

She

THE

the

like

Tesdu,1

before

Thy

OF

cow

which

opener

conceiveth

of the

world
under-

followeth

thy

father

Ra

remains

Horus

shall

enemy

for every

take

vengeance

calamity brought

him.
1

for thee

Aphroditopolis

upon
about

Come

thou

Come

thou

the

behold

Lo, the

excellent

of her

thou

to

back

Thy

hath
the

clear
Behold
land
a

the

ous
glori-

after

heart, which

my

beheld
before

us,

the

am

mother

been

never

by

me

make

"

me.

Protect,

in the

shadow

land

heart, that

thou

the

to

heart,

thou

canst

oh

the

Nut,

as

doth

mayest

inflame

evil

escape

thee

cause

Ra

to

after

come

are

not

the

dwellings

paths !
am
seeking after
the city, great
grieve for thy love
now

Behold

from

it from

prevent

turning

me

thee.

toward

thee

twice

me

Firm

thy
running

exalted

brother

of

upon

goddesses

Inflame

the

not

sistrum-bearers

elder

to
way
in
heaven

Ra

Make

me,

look

would

Lo

elder

wife, the

Come

of

not

thou

to

sister

Thy

fear

thy temple ! Be thou

in thy temple !
gods are in their places ! I

Approach
over

fear thou

thy temple, and

to thy temple, and
two
impersonators

to

the

Behold

CHANTS

THE

36

that

thy

thou
son,

who

destruction

love

of Osiris

behold

its walls

are

toward
hast

me

"

!
Set.

on

his

existing in

me
:

thou

come

departed

causeth

returning

only,

Tebha

to

retreat

DANGER

WHERE

Hidden

I among
that he

am

thy

son

this

plants, and

cannot

thee

I follow

alone

and

holdeth

this

surround

danger

in front

woman,

Behold

is

thee, while

to

!
of

likeness

thy

of which

Lo, I,

concealed

answer

great

flesh left

child

male

the

for

plants,

thy

son,

each

"

of all !
I and

Lo, I know,

the

Opener-of-Ways, Osiris.
about
I turn
towards
back
thy ways,
elder
brother, escaping from
danger.

go

inflame

the

and

hearts

ponder

Behold

oh

us,

lord

lord

Egypt,
thou
the

of

greatly

of

hundreds
upon

the

thy

love

! let

faces, thou

our

Fly

the

calamity remaineth
concerning thee, there is no

Yet

37

LURKS

male

one,

eternal

my

thousands,

gods.
lack

not

before

lord, ruler

sweet

of

life, prince everlasting; destroy

who
know
the
not
goddess, thou
Upper and Lower
Egypt, the lord !

with
ones

ruler

of

Command

Deseret

over

there

*
"

thou

remainest

not,
For

full of
the

to

with

me

which

in

him,

Come

in

existeth

!
of

Nome

thy

Iqertet

attributes

!
!

in

peace,
Egypt, thou
Land

heart

lord

the

over

peace

Come

is the

elder, the

Command
Come

me

of

the

oh

ruler

prince

dead.

of

and

Upper

Lower

!
2

Underworld.

THE

38

Come

My

because

in peace

like

the

thee

arms

of

raised

for

in

me

the

There

thou

dost

them

Breezes

blow

for

thou

orbits

pondering

receive

dwell

who

elder, lord

love

therein

thee

with

beloved

dost
the

shrine

male

one

about

thee
hair

among

lo,
thy temple
approacheth
"

of

instrument

the

cellent
ex-

thy

to

music

his

on

thy possessions
the place of thy

of Amentit,

body is before the temple of Hennu.

in thy name
of prince everlasting !
Horus
cometh
in strength ;
to thee
he collecteth
and
He
removeth
thy limbs
and
that which
emanations
goeth forth

Hail

thine

from

great god approacheth

restrained

Come

husband,

oh

perfume,

Thy

thee

of

to
peace
sistrum-bearer

his

Realms

(Repeat twice.)
take
from
thy shrine

arm.

The

thou

of the

fillet for the

in

house, with

as

beholding

at

thy protection

two

Osiris, full of my

Thou

love

come

"

thou

Come

for thee

love

our

breath, like my

are

me

Love

CHANTS

thou

peace,

continually thy

thy word,

and

is

attributes.

by thy

in

at

oh
son

our

lord, the
Horus

doth

child, for
avenge

thee.
Come

before

thy temple

"

grant abundance

to

thy

OF

LORD

which

holy temple
leader, strong
Break

Lo, this

He

"

my
is beloved

Drive

to

the

The

horizons, the

two

the
to

elder

evil

to

remove

"

cometh

peace,
looked-for

"

Heart
thou

come

lord

our

renewed

twice

in

the

Still

oh

moment,

!
Praise

"

prince eternal,
"

renewed

twice

in peace

us

child

cometh

As

lovely

him.

in peace

us

child

thy penalties ;

away
thou

Come

strong

disaster, he is lord of the

born
of Amentit,
of Horus-

beholding

one

thou

oh

only Egg,

son

Bull

the

thou

Come

the

as

the

of

the

prince,

us

vanquished

dead,
Ra

lovest, oh

ful
opener-of-the-body, the masterthe god Seb is before
his mother.
adornings, for that done in Amentit

are

hath

39

is the

one
one

Great

thou

one

before
open
valorous
one,

DEAD

THE

to

as

rejoicing,and there
ruler
of Egypt,
the
*

Still Heart."

thy heart,
fear
thy temple
is

"

oh

lord

our

thou

not

the

great evils.
Dost

thou

thy

at

Behold,
There

not

the

cometh

behold

and

Heb-festival

seeking to see
of the body.

the

words

uttered

excellent
to

hear

sistrum-bearer

thy temple

the

circle of the

gods,

thee, oh child, lord, first maker

1

Osiris.

THE

40

The

whom

babe

heir

the

thou

is before

at

thy face,
beginning, the

the

son.

the
proceedeth from
temple, visibly and
audibly, the grieving of Isis concerning thee,
the path to thy place.
upon

Grant

deliverance

They

weep

for

in his
The

before

the

those

with

thee

Un-Nofer,

Lo

lovest

overcoming

excellent

There

CHANTS

lord

terror, the

whom

hair

of

unbound,

bounty,

god

thou

above

the

his
Behold

limbs
! he

and

"

before

prince great

the

gods produce the inundation

is it by thee daily.
the divine
of the gods
essence

lovest

heavens

for

is

thee

gotten
be-

"

spread

upon

causeth

to live

those

human

of the

older

time

beings since, he the lord of

bounty, prince making fertile,
Great
lord, plant giving life,granting twice over
the peace
of the gods !
There
funeral
are
offerings for the souls of the
for
Seshta,1 the lord of the
deceased, and
funeral
couch, the lord of the sacred
eye, in
the holy horizon
of the temple.
He

shine th

hour,
Thou

art

Shine

thou

Behold,
his

at

"

his

is brilliant

and

season,

in

his

"

Khu,
at

thou

who
the

art

left hand

art

by

accompanied

upon

of Turn

the

seat

"

of

Ra,

brilliances.
1

One

of

the

gods

of

the

radiances.

underworld.

revealing

THE

42

There

belongeth
thee

For

to

the

are

CHANTS
thee

strengthen
image.
limbs
to

No

are

bind

together thy

thee

to

Come

thou

Thou

comest

with
to

hair

us

with

dead

thy

they

seek

body.

them

to

thee

unto

do

"

when

unbouna

approaching

entirely,for thou rememberest

thy attributes before the land

modify thy power.

is proclaimed to us, oh lord, heir
thy peace
of
the
two
excellent,
thrones, god alone
designed of the gods : every
god adoreth

For

thee

Thou

thy temple ; fear not,

of Ra, beloved
of thy two
images
peaceful in thy temple ; thy words
comest

Be

eternal

Lo

cometh

calamity

Nephthys
they ponder on

for

us,

mutilated

as

and

Isis

two,

thou

Thy

all Ta-Deseret.1

the

Lo
Come

like

the

excellent

Behold

"

thou

beloved
!

Come,

the

;
are

goddesses

sistrum-bearer

he
thy temple
thy temple because
one

of

representatives

to

in

loved
be-

!
two

is

it

rejoiceth
of

thee,

Land

twice
oh

over

child,

!
to

come

us

great is thy

love :
we
protection, thou wrhom
to
fear thou.
thy temple, nor
Behold
the
gods existing in heaven
the gods existing on
!
earth
1

of

the

Dead.

come

thou

Behold

Behold

the

Dead

Behold

beloved

Come

to

by
thou

me,

of
messenger
!
Approach

heaven

born

the

Seek

for

to

lord

daily

to

city

thou

breath

which

calamity
Behold

Come

to

after

twice

They

are

his

toward

of

he

but

desire

the

beloved

lord

me,

lord

oh

elder

avenger
!
over

of

in

is

not

his

oppose

produced

hath

thy

heart

beautiful

child

who

beheld

!
thou

The

art

one

great
!

lord

doth

he

breathing

nostrils

thy
the

who

heaven,

house,

rejoicing king,

daily, thou
Come, behold
us
thine

eldest-

me,

land

of

from

is thine

thou,

Hail, oh

the

messenger

great temple !
Praise
Ra, the avenger
that

land,

me,

the

the

in

traverse

"

earth,

to

with

us

changeth things :
the
Cause
to
god to come
again with the breath
Behold

earth

to

thou

in

our

lord

our

Come

wife,

!
heaven

of

shadow

every
lord

eldest-born,

praise

uniter
his

causeth

who

be

the

in

thy lady,

thee, the

him

to

under

are

the

of

universe

who

us

of love

Hail

the

of

expanse
after
Come
one

existing in the Place

the
gods existing

gods

43

OSIRIS

FOR

SEARCH

are

thy
two

two

arms

arms

Lo

lift thee

thy protection, male, lord, child,

babe

up

THE

44

It

the

is

CHANTS
lord

our

avenger,

lo, I

"

am

of

son

Seb!

Depart

his

ever

I follow

thy

lo !

"

it is not

the

over

thy going thence,

lands,

in

restest

nor

passage
inflamed

am

after

ways,
of me,

hoverest

thy
I

time

beloved

who

thy

in

me

time

after

lord

Thou

from

not

with

thee

loving

Hail

proach
Ap-

Behold,

who

runneth

thee

am

face

While

who

Hail

thee

to

his

behind
Our

lord

his
cometh

thou

art

thou
Lo

praised

under

Come

in

in

Ra,

peace,

thou

behold

thy

thy temple, being

!

peace

cometh

lord

shall

arms

in

protect

to

him

his

place : when
thy temple, fear

to

peace
established

twice

one

Come

to

in

not

thou

our

behold

to

Our

over

me

temple.

is

over

God

because

Come

in

over

twice

temple

in

to

come

desire

desire

invoked

twice

of my

thee

art

protected

alone

because

behind

Hail, thou

thee

for

weep

our

lord, with

is

great.

and
peace
masterful

truth

among

tion,
acclama-

forth
go thou
the
gods, approved

thou
with

looked-for

thy

child

attributes

!
as

child

HOKUS

evil

the

He

Lo, the
The

his

in

of

of the

hearts

45

Horus

he

is

is

as

exalted

not

circuit.

goddesses, the
rejoicings !

two

lord

thee

toward

thee

above

fallen

has

one

prince.
is great

SON

THE

of the

circle

father,

the

loving

ones

of the

gods

region

Fayum
rejoice for thee ;
thy beauties
; the circle
Thy holy temple holdeth
at thy terribleof the gods is filled with
awe
th at thy terror.
tremble
land
the
and
ness
of

thy wife,

am

of

soul
He

He

cometh

and

advanceth,

he

extent

of

the

regions

lament

and

earth

There

not

are

to

Bebi
son

he

child

thee

for

the

thee, Seshta ; !
for thee, for great
weep
who

few

adore
fear

nor

taketh

overthroweth

Here

circuit

thou

vengeance
the
for thee

Son

used
of

for

Osiris,

soul

"

come

thou.

the
fear

thy

plotters.
1

art

gods.

prevaileth ;

Horus

the

is visible.

weepeth

embraceth

Horus
2

earth

babe

and

cometh

beloved,

lord

for

thy temple,

son

sister,

great Egg.

visible, the

the
a

the

over,

is

among

visible, the

is

twice

thou

Thy

and

praised

Heaven

elder

art, the

thou

as

brother.

her

cometh

The

Thy

made

Osiris.

of heaven

not.

before
evil

ones

thee
and

THE

46

Hail, oh

daily

lord, whose

increase

beheld

odour

odours
Praised

Come

Her

of

the

the

who

thy wife
fluttereth
for thy love
since
thy going from
shall
heart
delight
forth

go

and

dead

are

in

to

beauties

limbs

thy

circle of the

entire

thou

of

is

brightness

in

is like

Punt.

those

are

and

CHANTS

at

peace

gods rejoiceth.

;
peace
she is not

her

heart

embraced

her.
to

behold

thee

of

thee

her

to

thy
thy

"

in

shrine.

She

removeth
such

from
hath

as

evil,

calamity and
unto
happened

limbs

thy
never

thee

formerly.
Come

thou

Guard

life in

to

thou

the

inundation

ditopolis this day

let there
The

Cow

thou

be

no

in

for

beloved

embraceth
and

for

Behold,

cometh

Hail

fields of

Aphroover

"

with

thee

in

her
for

thy limbs
running

her

heart
thee

with

heart

her

steadily

her

voice

two

toward

arms,

thee,

peace.

her

she

Thy

the

wife

of evil.

fluttereth, enchanted
She

thy

grant grain twice

"

likeness

weepeth

art

of

front

flesh hath
she

front

accomplished for thee ;

be mighty by thee ;
she bound
with
thy bones for thee ;
in
gathered for thee thy breath
made
thee, and
thy bones entire.
is

vengeance
is caused
to

hath
of

Hathor.

NUT

Thy

built

hath
The

soul

soul

is

the

for

male

thy coming

at

prince

twice

peace
!

lord

in peace,

stretched

toward

her

goeth

heart

art

God

as

for lo !

cometh

he

"

"

of

to

are

Sais ; her

to

forth
not

over

of

King

over,

forth

goeth

two

Egypt,
arms

are

and

Shenthit,2

thee, oh

come

"

they

of

Lo, he

hair.

anointed

thine

himself

in

Thou

"

forth

Come

body

own

she

peace,

doubly steadfast
begotten, lord

for the hair

unguent
regions of the gods

Unguent
Come

her

made

is, oh

it

in

women

There

is

47

thee

to

life from

up

renewed

thy

cometh

Nut

mother

MOTHER

THE

thee

godly amulets,

with

his child

to

protect

him.

Thy

is like

hair

turquoise

over

his

body,

at

thy

fields :
coming into the cultivated
with
and
With
lapis
turquoise is thy hair twined
lazuli, the finest of lapis lazuli :
Lo ! the lapis lazuli is above
thy hair : thy skin
south
of the
like iron
and
thy flesh are
;
formed
of silver.
are
thy bones
fine
thee
child : thy teeth
to
I am
as
are
as
a
lapis lazuli :
odours
Sweet-scented
are
thy hair, with
upon

unguents
Chiefs

are
1

that

before
I.e.

the

himself.
proceed from
thee
as
lapis lazuli. Sab

City's.

Osiris.

lifts

THE

48

CHANTS

with

thee, causing
offeringsunto
him, the great God, to approach,
He, who
goeth forth in front of the great heir,
who
Ra, the eldest
goeth forth from
one,
beautiful
prince, of god-like face, the living
soul of Istennu
(Thoth)
God
of seeing
the
The
child, proceeding from
and
hearing, the eldest one, prince of eastern
himself

up

"

and

He

giveth
Aten

Thou

horizons, heir

western
to

thee

Opener-of-Ways
openest thy two

the
eyes

the

temple,
Gods

God

Sun

oh

Osiris,

dost

behold

and

thou

rain

give thou
fecundity during

them.

among

thou

Remove

to

of

circuit

thy

to

come

"

every

Sab.

of

sunshine

storms
to

the

of

land, with

and

night-time.
Come
to
;
thy temple, oh Osiris Khent-Amentit
to thy temple !
come
the body of the Uraeus
with
on
Come
thy head :
the
two
shine
his two
over
regions of
eyes
the
gods ;
lord.
is the prince, our
Exalted
twice
over
for slaughter, since
destined
they
Thy foes are
of
all because
at
steadfast
not
thy
are
the

name.

Make

For

thy limbs for thee,

stabilityand health ;
the heart
thy flesh causeth
firm

beautiful.

oh

to

Un-Nofer

rest, oh

"

life,

Osiris,

THE

50

CHANTS

Colophon
This

litany compiled
of

temple
rank

of

the

Het,1

by

the

Recorder

of

priest
Amen

Sa,2 the

of

the

of

the

of the
son
priest Nes-Amsu,
for the King of the two
priest Pedi-Amen,
lands,
he
of Amen-Ra,
and
being the sistrum-bearer
of Ta-Mut,
she who
son
belongeth to Tunra.
12th
4th
month
of
Writings of the
year,
of
the
the
in
Pharaoh
day
(life,
summer,
of
ander,
Alexhealth) Alexander,3 son
stability and
father ;
he being
prince of the god and
also priest of Amen-Ra,
king of the Gods, priest
the Ra, the great child, supreme,
of Horus
born
firstof Amen
priest of the Amen-of-the-two;
in the midst
of Bennit,4
Horns, priest of Khensu
priest of Osiris-of-the-great-persea-trees,
priest of
Osiris-in-the-midst-of-Ishrel, priest of Amen-haset-in-the-midst-of-Ipui,Uab-priest of -the Ra in
chief
the
over
temple of the temples of Amen,
rank
the
of
recorder
Sa-priests of second
;
the
God
the
SaAmen,
over
treasury of the
rank
of the
of Amen,
priests of second
; deputy
and
fourth
rank
Sa-priests of second
; priest of
Nofer-Hotep, the great God ; priest of NoferHotep the child, priest of Osiris, Horus, Isis and
Nephthys, priest of the temple of Het,1 priest
"

Diospolis

Alexander

Part

of

Parva.

II,
Thebes.

son

of

Priest's

Philip

grade.

Aridaeus.

LITANY

THE

of

Amsu

priest

priest

of

Mehyt,

of

Sa-priests,

priest

the

of

NES-AMSU

of

of

the

51

Het-Sekhem

lord

Turn,
of

Nofer-Hotep

priest

of

lady

Hathor,

priest
of

deputy

of

OF

chief

the
of

of
four

of

VII

Nome,

Upper

hem,
Het-Sek-

grades

Nofer-Hotep,

Gods.

Capital

Egypt.

HYMN

Formulae

for

connection

with

the

Hail,

royal

Hail,

hereditary

the

Hail,

thou

whose

temples

of

of

heretofore.

the
the

in

body
ranks

of

the

in

the

the

Hail,

lord

living

Hail,

lord

worthy

setting

of

hundreds

thy

at

maketh

who

breatheth

sands
thou-

rising

and

thy

all

pleasant

that

which

!
lord
of

of

Hail,

lord

Hail,

resplendent
the

years

him

the

of

life, giver

eternity

many

both

one,

gold

praises

brilliant

of

throughout
of

like

is

duration

of

of

substance

lord

of

in

existences

many

Hail,

Behold

chief

Osiris-Sokar,

spoken

forth

son,

lord

to

of

in

mysteries

coming

one,

Hail,

Hail

bringing

gods

Hail,

OSIRIS-SOKAR

TO

and

divinities

many

royal

fear

great

one

crown

with
!

52

trembling

!
the

white

crown,

lord

FEARLESS

THE

Bell old

the

child

of

Horus,

the

adored

53

the

praised

one

Hail,

sacred

ONE

thou

soul

Hail, thou

of

Ra,

restful

in

! take

leader

boat

possession of thy

shrine.

Behold

the

lord
into

come

of

thou

whose

Hail,

thou

who

himself

to

being

Hail,

causeth

fear, who

take
palpitateth not,
possession of thy city !
Behold
the one
beloved
of gods and
goddesses !

of

Hail,

"

causeth
of

possession
Hail, dweller

heart

the

inundation,

take

thy temple

in the

"

underworld,

take

"

possession

thy offerings !
thou

protector,

temple
Hail, thou

take

"

possession

of

thy

who

like

growest

unto

the

of

ape

Tehuti, or to the shining sunlight !

!
flower
of Pharaoh
honoured
Hail, thou
the holy rigging of the
handiest
Hail, thou who
Sektet-boat
Behold
his

Behold

the

lord

shrine
the

realms

Behold

Behold
to

the

of

youth,

"

he

becometh

old

in

souls, which

excellent
of

the

south

Death

are

the

in

sacred

designer

of

north

and

mysterious

mankind

one,

he

!
1

Boat

of

the

Dead.

who

is unknown

that

underworld,

who

those

of

enlightener

thou

Hail,

OSIRIS-SOKAR

TO

HYMN

54

they

the

see

may

the

in

are

light
sun-

!
the

Behold

of the

lord

the

crown,

great

one

Suten-Henen

in

Atef

!
of Naret
Hail, thou great and terrible one
!
Hail, dweller in Uast,1 flourishingfor ever
causeth
Hail, Amen-Ra,
King of the Gods, who
his

grow

in his

of monuments

and

members

to

setting !
Hail, receiver

of

entrance

who

Hail, thou
Hail, thou

who

place

of the
in

are

thou

the

earth

crown

the

upon

remain

to

of the

underworld

four

in its

great gods

of Osiris, crowning

of

hide

Amen

him

the

with

God,

Hail, thou

whose

soul

hath

fallen

enemy
Goddess

from
the

Isis

the

in

essence

Osiris in the
resteth

great

river

purified
oh

'

heaven,

"

whose

unto

thee, uttering

"

Abd

lord
1

in

underworld

speaketh

the

of Ra,

his

hidden

boat

Uraeus

the

Hail, thou

Send

the

mouth

dost

who

shrine

"

offeringsat

moon

cry

his

causest

Hail, living soul

The

in

Hail, opener
who

tomb

placest the

of its lord

head

Hail,

the

rising and

'-fish from
of the

Thebes.

before

beginning,

the

SPEAKETH

ISIS

Who

becometh

like

thou

"

55

immortal

the

becometh

who

egg

that

ones

as

joice,
reone

renewed."
She

cutteth

of the

heads

off the

enemies

in

this

"

Lady of Tepka."
before
thou
Oh, lady of the beginning, come
our
in this her
faces
of Hathor,
name
lady of
emerald, lady of Uast the holy !
her

of

name

because
of this her
peace,
lady of Uast the holy !

thou

Come

in

Hathor,
Come

thou
of

lady
Come

thou
this

oh

in peace,

!
peace
in front, to

her

thou

Come

in

thou

in

Shine, oh
her

Go

of

name

the

this

her

lady

one,

of

name

of

of the

temple

of Hathor,

Neb-er-zer

of Shet-Tekh

beside

in

this

in

this

father

her

in

enemy,

name

Bast.
the

temples and
great temple, in this
over

her

her

lady
golden !

beside

peace

golden

forward
of

in

of Hathor,

name

this

overthrow

the

peace,
of Inbut
!

lady

in

of Hathor,

name

of Suten-Henen,
Come

Tayt,

name

by
her

the

side

of

name

Satet.
The

two

lands

become

fertile, regulate thou

gods in this her name

Hathor
overpowereth the
this
Mazit

her

name

"

the

of Mazit.

of her

enemy

of Sekhet

father

overpowereth exceedingly
of lady of Immu.

in this her

name

by

HYMN

56

She

OSIRIS-SOKAR

TO

this her

in

him

Extol

name

before

the

his

before

and

gods,

hair,

her

and

head

her
upon
of Neit.

placeth perfume

nesses
wit-

Hathor

is the

of

Suten-Henen
is the

Hathor

Hathor

Hathor

Hathor

the

of

of Ammu

is

the

is

Hathor

Uahwah

of

is the

Hathor

is

Hathor

Hennu

as

!
1

approach
father

your

Osiris

four

times.)

crowned

lord

of

protect
!

the

for

the

(Repeat

courtesans

livest

who

"

arms

your

feast

the

! it is sweet

lovest

let

"

(Repeat

thou

thou

Hail,

Hathor

Turquoise

of Imem

lady

twice.)
prince ! hail
whom

lady

beneath

Hail, thou

is the

companions

land.

Oh

Ineb

lady

of Met-Sas

be

lady

Hathor

Rehesau

of

lady

is the

nine

of

is the

lady

Tepka

of Shet-Desret

lady

Hathor

of

lady

is the

the

is the

is the

lady

Hathor

lady

of Mehut

The

of Uast

lady

twice

throughout

over

eternity !
Hail

!
"

thou

Hail, adored

Hail,

keepest
one

thou

who
the

above
1

The

festival

thou

heavens
or

ever

along

advancest

in

established

art

Paut,

for

the

!
circle

of

the

the

gods.

ways

regions

HYMN

58

! the

Lo

TO

of the

coming

heavens

he

"

lord

strikes

the

(Repeat

OSIRIS-SOKAR

of Deddu-above-the

down

words

rebellious

sixteen

of musical

times

hearts

the

to

companiment
ac-

instruments.)

It is finished.

Colophon
their

May

for

Nephthys

before

ever

those

"

in

goddesses
and

existing

! may
in
existent

entirety

the

the

in

Lo

their

chambers

undei

they
the

be

invoked

to

cause

there

be

given

in

for

and

are

gods
the

in

are

Isis,

great

and

world,
under-

shrines

world.

the

them

forth

come

underworld

them

who

the

stroyed
de-

who

goddesses
before

and

in

and

gods

mentioned

herein

not
fixed, and
Osiris, Horus,

remain

names

in

these

excellence

Nai-boat

of

names

Ra.

Let
Let

funereal

offeringsupon
the altar of the great God, day by day !
Let
be given for them
cool
and
there
water,
the
excellent
incense
to
as
kings of Upper and
in
the
Lower
world.
underexistent
are
Egypt, who
be
Let
them
permitted to go out and
those
is
in among
come
praised of Osiris, who
breath

the
be

that

caused

their

bodies
1

of

To

those
the

every
carry

in

beams

the

Let

underworld.

of Aten

may

fall upon

day.
souls.

Sun

God.

it

be

there

If

this

writing,

approach

none

water

permit

nor

be

one

let

nor

if

But

mentioned

in

be

there

this

and

my

who

are

after

his

recompense

Osiris.

to

name

final

what

it

be

(at
was

the

end
done

such

born,

be

sun.

causeth

my

of

by

him
life's
him

soul
those

among
for

done

of

whomsoever,

established

become

arriving
for

and

ing
cool-

daughter

they

one

any

of

let

nor

the

of

beams

writing

let

blessed,

if

thief,

zephyrs

name

land

or

the

son

the

the

man,

them

to

them
let

the

behold

breathe

to

nor

beholdeth

who

in

remain

begetting,

them

give

nor

land,
removeth

as

away

them

let

nor

to

their

of

them,

to

it

this
who

Syrian,

or

carrieth

or

59

of

one

any

"

Kushite

Negro,

one,

any

man

any

BLESSING

AND

CURSE

likewise

voyage)
for

me,

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BY

HAZELL,
WATSON
AND

VINEY,

LONDON
AND

ENGLAND.

AYLESBURY,

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