Book of the Dead, pKairo CG 24095 (pMaiherperi)

ḏd.t ḫft spr r wsḫ,t-n,t-Mꜣꜥ,tj pḫꜣ {n}sw{t} m ḫww jri̯.n =f mꜣꜣ ḥr.pl nṯr.pl

What is said on reaching the Broad Hall of the Two Truths, to separate him from the wrongdoing he has done, and to see the faces of the gods.

j:nḏ-ḥr =k nṯr-ꜥꜣ nb Mꜣꜥ,tj

Hail to you, great god, lord of the Two Truths!

jy.n =j ḫr =k nb =j jni̯.kw

I have come to you, my lord, having been brought

mꜣꜣ =j nfr,pl =k

so that I may see your beauty.

jw =j rḫ.kw rn =k rḫ.kw rn n pꜣ nṯr 42 wnn.yw ḥnꜥ =k m wsḫ,t tn n.t Mꜣꜥ,tj ꜥnḫ.yw m zꜣw,t =s ꜥm.yw znf.w =sn hrw pwy n ḥsb md.w,t m-bꜣḥ Wnn-nfr,w

I know your name, I know the names of the 42 gods who are with you in this Broad Hall of the Two Truths, who live on its guarding(?), who swallow their blood on that day of the reckoning of words before Wennefer.

n šnꜥ =j mnmn,t ḥr [j]ḫ,t-nṯr

I have not turned cattle away from the god's property.

n ḫsf =j nṯr m pr,w =f

I have not opposed a god in his procession.

jw =j wꜥb.kw zp-4

I am pure! Four times.

ꜥbw =j zp-2 bn,w pwy ꜥꜣ n,tj m Nn-nsw,t

My purity (twice) is [that of] that great Benu-bird which is in Herakleopolis,

ḥr-n,tt jnk js fn{n}[ḏ] pwy n nb ṯꜣw.pl sꜥnḫ rḫ,y[t] nb.t hrw pwy n mḥ wḏꜣ,t m Jwn,w m ꜣbd 2 pr,t ꜥrq,y m-bꜣḥ nb tꜣ pn

for I am that nose of the Lord of Breath, who keeps all the people alive, on that day of filling the wedjat-Eye in Heliopolis, in the second month of Peret, on the last day, in the presence of the lord of this land.

j wsḫ-nmt,t pri̯ m Jwn,w n jri̯ =j jzf,t

O Wide-of-Strides who came forth from Heliopolis, I have done no wrong.

j ḥpt sḏ,t pri̯ m H̱r,j-ꜥḥꜣ n ꜥwꜣi̯ =j

O Embracer-of-Flame who came forth from Kheraha, I have not robbed.

j fnḏ,y pri̯ m Ḫmn,w n ꜥwn-jb =j

O Nose who came forth from Hermopolis, I have not been greedy.

j ꜥm šw,t pri̯ m qr,t n ṯꜣw =j

O Swallower-of-Shadows who came forth from the cavern, I have not stolen.

j nḥꜣ-ḥr pri̯ m Rʾ-sṯꜣ,w n smꜣ =j rmṯ

O Terrible-of-Face who came forth from Rosetau, I have not killed people.

j Rw,tj pri̯ m p,t n ḥḏi̯ =j ḥw

O Double Lion who came forth from the sky, I have not damaged provisions.

j jr,tj =f m ds pri̯ m Ḫm n jri̯ =j ḫbi̯.t

O His-Eyes-are-Flint who came forth from Letopolis, I have not cheated(?).

j nbj pri̯ m ḫtḫt n ṯꜣw =j [j]ḫ,t-nṯr

O Flame who came forth backwards, I have not stolen the god's property.

j sḏ qs.pl pri̯ m Nn-nsw,t n ḏd =j grg

O Bone-Breaker who came forth from Herakleopolis, I have not told lies.

j wḏ ns pri̯ m Ḥw,t-kꜣ-Ptḥ n nḥm =j wnm,t

O Sender-of-Flame(?) who came forth from Memphis, I have not taken away food.

j qrr,tj pri̯ m jmn,t n knj =j

O Cavern-Dweller who came forth from the West, I have not sulked(?).

j ḥḏ jbḥ.pl pri̯ m Tꜣ-š n ṯhm =j

O White-of-Teeth who came forth from the Fayum, I have not trespassed(?).

j wnm znf pri̯ m nm,t n smꜣ =j jḥ n nṯr

O Eater-of-Blood who came forth from the slaughter-place, I have not slaughtered the god's cattle.

j wnm bsk.w pri̯ m mꜥbꜣ,yt n jri̯ =j ḥnw,yt

O Eater-of-Entrails who came forth from the House of Thirty, I have not done ḥnwyt.

j nb-mꜣꜥ,t pri̯ m mꜣꜥ,tj n ꜥwꜣi̯ =j ḥn,t

O Lord-of-Maat who came forth from Maaty, I have not robbed rations(?).

j tnm,y pri̯ m Bꜣs,t n smtmt =j

O Wanderer who came forth from Bubastis, I have not eavesdropped.

j ꜥꜣ [w]di̯.y pri̯ m Jwn,w n šm-rʾ =j

O Aa-wedy who came forth from Heliopolis, I have not babbled(?).

j ḏwḏw pri̯ m ꜥnḏ,tj n sḫwn =j n-js ḥr [j]ḫ,t =j

O Djudju who came forth from Andjet, I have not quarrelled except over my own property.

j Wꜣmm,tj pri̯ m ḫb,t n nk =j ḥm,t-ṯꜣy

O Wamemty who came forth from the place of execution, I have not copulated with a married woman.

j mꜣꜣ jni̯.t =f pri̯ m pr,w Mn,w n dꜣdꜣ =j

O He-who-Sees-what-He-has-Brought who came forth from the House of Min, I have not fornicated.

j ḥr,j wr.w pri̯ m šnḏ,t n jri̯ =j ḥri̯,w

O Chief-of-the-Great-Ones who came forth from the acacia, I have not caused terror.

j ḫmi̯.y pri̯ m s,t-wr,t n thi̯ =j

O Destroyer who came forth from the Great Seat, I have not transgressed.

j šdi̯-ḫrw pri̯ m wr,yt n tꜣ =j

O Maker-of-Uproar who came forth from Weryt, I have not been hot-tempered.

j nḫn,w pri̯ m ḥqꜣ-ꜥnḏ n zẖi̯ ḥr =j r md,t n.t mꜣꜥ,t

O Youth who came forth from Heqa-andj, I have not made myself deaf to words of truth.

j sr ḫrw pri̯ m wnzj n ẖnn =j

O Announcer-of-Voice who came forth from Wenesy, I have not made trouble.

j Bꜣs,tj pri̯ m štꜣ,yt n srmi̯ =j

O Basty who came forth from the Secret Place, I have not caused weeping.

j Ḥr≡f-ḥꜣ≡f pri̯ m ṯpḥ,t n nwḥ =j

O His-Face-Behind-Him who came forth from the cave, I have not committed nwḥ.

n nk =j nk[k]

I have not copulated with a catamite(?).

j tꜣ-rd pri̯ m j{w}ḫḫ,w n ꜥm-jb =j

O Hot-of-Foot who came forth from the dusk, I have not swallowed my heart.

j knm,tj pri̯ m knm,t n šnṯ =j

O Kenemty who came forth from Kenmet, I have not reviled.

j jni̯-ḥtp =f pri̯ m Zꜣw n pri̯-ꜥ =j

O Bringer-of-his-Offering who came forth from Sais, I have not been violent.

j nb ḥr.pl pri̯ m Nḏf,t n ꜣs jb =j

O Lord-of-Faces who came forth from Nedjfet, I have not been hasty of heart.

j sḫr,y pri̯ m wṯn,t n thi̯ =j jwn

O Counsellor who came forth from Wetjenet, I have not transgressed against jwn(?).

n jꜥ[r] =j nṯr

I have not [approached](?) a god.

j ꜥb,wj pri̯ m Zꜣw,tj n ꜥšꜣ-ḫrw =j ḥr md,t

O Two-Horned One who came forth from Asyut, I have not been loud of voice in speech.

j Nfr-tm pri̯ m Ḥw,t-kꜣ-Ptḥ n jw,yt =j

O Nefertem who came forth from Memphis, I have no wrongdoing.

n jri̯ =j bjn

I have not done evil.

j tm-zp pri̯ m Ḏd,w n jri̯ =j šnṯ,t nswt

O Temsep who came forth from Busiris, I have not reviled the king.

j jri̯ m jb =f pri̯ m Ṯb,w n rhn =j mw

O Who-Acts-by-his-Heart who came forth from Tjebu, I have not waded in water.

j Jḥy pri̯ m Nw,w n qꜣi̯ =j ḫrw =j

O Ihy who came forth from Nun, I have not raised my voice.

j wḏ rḫ,yt pri̯ m jwnn =f n šnṯ =j nṯr

O Commander-of-the-People who came forth from his sanctuary, I have not reviled a god.

j nḥb,t nfr.t pri̯ m gm-wš n jri̯ =j šfw

O Beautiful-Neck(?) who came forth from Gem-wesh, I have not been puffed up.

j Nḥb,w-kꜣ,pl pri̯ m nʾ,t n jri̯ sṯn,w r =j

O Nehebkau who came forth from the city, I have not made distinctions for myself.

j ḏsr-tp pri̯ m nʾ,t n wr ẖr,t =[j] n-js ḥr [j]ḫ,t =j

O Holy-of-Head who came forth from the city, my portion has not been great except through my own property.

j jni̯ ꜥ =f pri̯ m nʾ,t n sꜣt =j nṯr m nʾ,t =j

O Bringer-of-his-Arm who came forth from the city, I have not slighted the god in my city.

nḥm =ṯn wj m-ꜥ Bꜣbj ꜥnḫ m bsk.w wr.w hrw pwy n jp,t ꜥꜣ.t

Rescue me from Babi, who lives on the entrails of the great ones, on that day of the great reckoning.

ḏd =k st n ꜥꜣ,w Tꜣ,du

You shall tell it to the Interpreter of the Two Lands.

pw-tr sw

Who is he?

ꜥꜣ,w TꜢ,du Ḏḥwtj pw

The Interpreter of the Two Lands is Thoth.

mj j.n Ḏḥwtj

Come, says Thoth.

jy.n =k r-m

Why have you come?

jy.n =j r smj

I have come to be announced.

pw-tr ḫr,t n =k

What is your condition?

jw =j wꜥb.kw m ḫw,w

I am pure of wrongdoing;

ḫwi̯.n =[j] wj m šnṯ,t n.t jm,j.w-hrw =sn

I have protected myself from the quarrelling of those who are in their days;

n[n] wj m-ꜥ =sn

I am not among them.

smj =j jrf ṯw n m

To whom, then, shall I announce you?

n hꜣ,yt sḏ,t jnb.w =s m ꜥrꜥ.w,t ꜥnḫ.tpl

To him whose roof is fire, whose walls are living uraei,

wnn zꜣt,w =f m nwy

and whose floor is water.

zy pw

Who is he?

Wsjr pw

It is Osiris.

wḏꜣ jr =k

Proceed, then!

m ṯw smj.tj

See, you are announced.

wꜥb =f sw

He shall purify himself,

wnḫ.n =f ṯbw,t.du m ḥḏ.tj wrḥ[.w] m tp,t n.t ꜥntj,w

having put on a pair of white sandals, anointed with the finest myrrh,

wdn.n =f jḥ wšn ꜣpd.pl snṯr tʾ ḥ[n]q,t sm,w

having offered cattle, wrung(?) fowl, incense, bread, beer and vegetables.

jsk jri̯.n =k sšm[,w] pn n,tj m zẖꜣ ḥr zꜣt,w wꜥb[.w] m ztj wꜥb sẖkr.w m ꜣḥ,t n,tj n ḫnd šꜣi̯ mꜣj ḥr =s

Now you shall make this image, which is in writing, on a clean floor, in clean ochre, overlaid(?) with earth on which no pig or lion(?) has trodden.

jr jrr! mḏꜣ,t tn ḥr =f wnn =f wꜣḏ[.w]

As for him over whom this book is made, he will flourish,

ms.w ms.w =f wꜣḏ[.w]

and his children's children will flourish.

n ḥntꜣ.n =f

He will not be in want(?).

wnn =f m mḥ-jb n nswt ḥnꜥ šn,yt =f

He will be a confidant of the king and his entourage.

jw ḏi̯!.tw n =f šns ds pzn wr n jwf ḥr ḫꜣw,t n.t nṯr-ꜥꜣ

He will be given a šns-loaf, a ds-jug, a psn-cake and a large portion of meat on the altar of the great god.

n dnj.ntw =f ḥr sbꜣ nb n jmn,t

He will not be held back at any gate of the West.

jw sṯꜣ.tw =f ḥnꜥ nswt.yw-bj,t.pl

He will be ushered in with the kings of Upper and Lower Egypt.

wnn =f m šms[,w] n Wsjr

He will be in the following of Osiris.

šs-mꜣꜥ ḥḥ n zp ꜣḫ wr,t n jrr! st

Truly correct, a million times; very effective for him who does it.

ḏsr.tw n =j wꜣ,t n{t}ꜥw pw kꜣ Nw,t Nḥb,w-kꜣ

The way is cleared for me, that nꜥw-serpent, the bull of Nut, Nehebkau.