Egyptian · AI translation
Book of the Dead, L.Kairo J.E. 96810 (L.Ahmose-Henut-Tjemehu)
English for the 1 passage of this work that the Atlas of Ancient Myth, Magic in the Ancient Texts and a study of demons and angels quote or cite, and which the library holds in no published English. The numbers are the edition's own references.
39.1–39.16
rʾ n ḫsf rrk m ẖr-nṯr jn […]
Spell for repelling the rerek-snake in the necropolis, by [...]
ḥꜣ =k zbn jnti̯{n} m ꜥꜣp[p] zb{t}j(?)
Back, you who slither, you who are bound, O Apophis, the rebel(?)!
mḥi̯ =k r š.pl Nw,w r bw wḏ jti̯ =k jri̯.t šꜥ,t =k jm
Drown in the lakes of Nun, at the place where your father ordered that your slaughter be carried out!
ḥri̯.w r msḫn,t twy n.t Rꜥ,w jm,j.t zꜣ[w] =k
Be far from that birthplace of Ra, which is under your guard.
jnk [Rꜥ,w] jm,j zꜣ[w] =f
I am [Ra], who is in his protection.
ḥꜣ =k z{n}b,y
Back, rebel!
mds sšp =f
Keen is his radiance.
ḫr.n Rꜥ,w md[,t] =k
Ra has made your words fall.
pnꜥ.w ḥr =k jn nṯr.pl
Your face is turned back by the gods.
šdi̯ ḥꜣ,tj =k jn Mꜣfd,t
Your heart is cut out by Mafdet.
w[d]i̯{.t} qꜣs.w =k jn Ḥdd,t
Your bonds are put on by Hededet.
wdi̯{.t} nkn =f!! jn Mꜣꜥ,t
Injury is inflicted on him by Maat.
sḫr =s ṯw jm,j.w wꜣ,t
She fells you for those who are on the way.
ḫr zbn ꜥꜣpp ḫftj n Rꜥ,w
Fall, slither, Apophis, enemy of Ra!
rwj ꜥḏ m jꜣb,t p,t ḥr ḫrw qrj nhmhm […] sbꜣ.w ꜣḫ,t tp-ꜥ Rꜥ,w pri̯{.t} =f g[ꜣ]ḥ.w m nzp,w
Depart! The one who is ... in the east of the sky at the sound of the roaring storm-cloud [...] the gates of the horizon before Ra, as he goes forth weary from wounds(?).
jrr! [=j] jb =k zp-2
I do as you wish, I do as you wish.
Translator's note. rerek is a snake demon. Line 2: zb{t}j is marked doubtful by the editor; read as zbj 'rebel', as in line 6. Line 4: jm,j.t zꜣ[w]=k, 'in which is your guarding', is uncertain. Line 7: mds sšp=f, 'keen is his light', is uncertain; mds may refer to a knife. Line 13: jm,j.w wꜣ,t, 'those on the road', is plural; how it attaches is unclear. Line 15: ꜥḏ is untranslated; gꜣḥ 'weary' and nzp 'wounds' are uncertain readings, and the line is broken.
The whole original: the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae (open L.Kairo J.E. 96810 (L.Ahmose-Henut-Tjemehu)).