Book of the Dead, pKairo CG 51189 (pJuja)

jr gr,t Mḥ,t-wr,t wḏꜣ,t pw n.t Rꜥ,w

As for Mehet-weret, it is the Wedjat-eye of Ra.

jb =j n mw,t =j zp-2 ḥꜣ,tj =j n ḫpr,w =j m ꜥḥꜥ r =j m mtr,w

My heart of my mother, my heart of my mother! My heart of my forms! Do not stand against me as a witness,

m ḫsf r =j m ḏꜣḏꜣ,t

do not oppose me in the tribunal,

m jri̯ rq,w =k r =j m-bꜣḥ jr,j-mḫꜣ,t

do not show your enmity to me in the presence of the keeper of the balance.

jnk Bꜣbꜣy zꜣ tp[,j]{.t} n Wsjr jꜥb.n n =f nṯr nb m-ẖnw jr,t =f m Jwn,w

I am Babay, the eldest son of Osiris, for whom every god gathered within his Eye in Heliopolis.

jnk jwd jnk

I am the one who separates(?); I am

rʾ n rḫ rn.w n.w pri̯ m rʾ wꜥ

Spell for knowing the names(?) of going forth, in a single spell.

ḏd-mdw jn […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Words spoken by [...], justified.

jnk sf bkꜣ ḥr,j ms,wt =f m ky zp štꜣ bꜣ jri̯ nṯr.pl ḏḏ! ḥtp n jmn,tj.y jmn,tj p,t ḥmw jꜣb,tj nb ḥr.pl mꜣꜣ stw,t =f nb sṯz,w pri̯ m jḫḫ[,w]

I am Yesterday and Tomorrow, who is over his births at another time, secret of ba (soul), who made the gods, who gives offerings to the Westerners, the western one of the sky, the steering-oar of the east, lord of faces, whose rays are seen, lord of uplifting, who comes forth from the twilight.

j bjk.du =fj ḥr,j qnb,t =sn sḏm.yw [j]ḫ,t.pl m n-sw.du jw ḫpš ṯz.w ḥr nḥb[,t] ḫpd ḏꜣḏꜣ

O his two falcons, who are over their council, who hear matters as the two kings(?): the foreleg is tied to the neck, the rump to the head!

jmn,tj jmi̯ n =j jm,j.w =j

O Westerner, give me those who are mine!

wr wr,t.j m wdi̯ jm =j

Great one of the two great ones(?), do not strike at me!

rmi̯.y =j n mꜣꜣ.tn =j

I weep at what I have seen.

jw =j rḫ.kw mḏ,wt r rn =ṯ jri̯.y r ẖr,t ꜣḫ.pl

I know the depths by your name, which was made for the needs of the akhs (transfigured spirits).

ḥḥ 4 pw ḥfn 4 pw m 1200 r =f m mḥ 30 m zni̯ zmꜣ[.w] m ḏḏ! wꜥ-n-wꜥ jm

It is four millions, it is four hundred-thousands, at 1200 to it, at 30 cubits, in passing the united ones(?), in giving one by one there.

rʾ-6 pw {g}[ẖ]r,t ḫnt,j-Dꜣ,t wnw,t n.t sḫr sbj

It is one sixth(?), the portion of the Foremost of the Duat, the hour of felling the rebel.

jwi̯ =j jm m mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

I have come from there justified.

nn pw {g}[ẖ]r,t n,tj m wbꜣ Dꜣ,t nmt,t 7 m pri̯.t =f

This is the portion of the one who is in the forecourt of the Duat: seven strides in his going forth.

mk,t =j pw m zꜣ ꜣḫ,w =f

It is my protection, as the safeguard of his spells(?).

znf qb,w nzp,w wꜣḏ[.w]

The blood is cool, the nzpw are fresh(?).

wpi̯{.t}.n =j ꜥb.wj m dmḏ =j

I have parted the two horns(?) in my union(?).

ḥnti̯ r =j m štꜣ,pl

Come forward(?) to me in secret.

qmꜣ =j m ḫsf,w =j

I create through my repelling(?).

ḥr,j.w-ẖ,t≡sn jmi̯ =j ꜥm jr,t rmi̯ =s

Those who are on their bellies: let me swallow the eye; it weeps(?).

J{w}gr,t wn n =j ḫtm,yt

Igeret, open the sealed door(?) to me!

ḏi̯! =ṯ n =j wꜣ,t nfr.t swꜣ =j

May you give me a good way, that I may pass.

m tr tw nsq m jmn,t

Who are you, then, the biter(?) in the West?

jnk jwr,t

I am the pregnant one(?).

wꜣḥ.n ={n}[j] ꜣṯp

I have laid down the burden.

ḫtm sꜣ ḥr jnb

Sealed is the back(?) upon the wall.

pnꜥ ḏꜣr,t pw ḫr.tj ḥr psḏ n bn,w ḥr zmꜣ,yt.du

It is the overturned ḏꜣrt, fallen on the back of the Benu, on the two zmꜣyt.

jw Ḥr,w dr n =f jr,t =f

Horus has removed his eye for him.

ḥḏ-ḥr =f m ḥḏ,w-tꜣ

His face is bright at the dawning of the land.

rn =j pw rn =f

My name is his name.

n ꜣq =j

I do not perish.

ḫpr =j m rw

I come into being as a lion.

ḥnn,t Šw jm =j ={j}

The ḥnnt of Shu is in me.

jnk n-mḥ≡f

I am one whom he does not seize(?).

nfr wj mnj wrḏ,w-jb

How fine is the mooring of the Weary-hearted!

jri̯ =f sḫnj {g}[ẖ]r mr

He makes a landing by the canal(?).

m =k pri̯ =j

Behold, I go forth.

jnk nb-ꜥnḫ

I am the Lord of Life.

pri̯.t m hrw tm ḫsf{.n} z ḥr wꜣ,t Dꜣ,t m ꜥq m pri̯.t jri̯.t ḫpr,w m n,tt-nb[.t] jb =f

Going forth by day; not turning a man back on the road of the Duat, in entering, in going forth; taking forms as anything his heart [desires].

tm mt pw jn z m-wḥm

It is a man's not dying again.

jr gr,t rḫ rʾ pn smꜣꜥ-ḫrw =f pw tp tꜣ

As for one who knows this spell, it is his justification on earth.

jw =f jri̯ =f jrr!.t nb.t ꜥnḫ,w

He does everything that the living do.

gmi̯.ntw rʾ pn m snṯ,t n.t jm,j-Ḥnw jn jm,j-rʾ-qd[,w] jnb m-hꜣw nsw,t-bj,t Qn,tj

This spell was found in the foundations of the One in the Henu-bark by the overseer of builders of the wall, in the time of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt Qenti.

sšm,w pn sštꜣ[.w] n mꜣꜣ n ptr

This secret procedure is not seen, not looked upon.

šdd! =tw rʾ pn wꜥb[.w] tw{r}j[.w] nn tkn m ḥm,t.pl nn wnm ꜥw,t.pl mḥ,yt

This spell is to be recited by one pure and clean, who does not approach women, who does not eat small cattle or fish.

rʾ pri̯.t m hrw

Spell for going forth by day.

ḏd-mdw jn […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw ḫr nṯr-ꜥꜣ

Words spoken by [...], justified, before the great god.

ḏd.t ḫft spr r wsḫ[,t]-n,t-Mꜣꜥ,tj r mꜣꜣ ḥr.pl nṯr.pl

What is to be said on reaching the Hall of the Two Truths, to see the faces of the gods.

ḏd-mdw jn […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Words spoken by [...], justified.

j:nḏ-ḥr =k nṯr pw ꜥꜣ nb mꜣꜥ,tj

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

jy.n =j ḫr =k r mꜣꜣ nfr,pl =k

I have come to you to see your beauty.

jw =j rḫ.kw ṯw rḫ.kw rn =k rḫ.kw rn n nṯr 42 wnn.yw ḥnꜥ =k m wsḫ,t-n,t-mꜣꜥ,tj ꜥnḫ.yw m zꜣw,t ḏw,t[j].pl sꜥm.yw m znf =sn hrw pwy n ḥsb qdd [m-]bꜣḥ Wnn-nfr,w

I know you, I know your name, I know the names of the 42 gods who are with you in the Hall of the Two Truths, who live on the guarding of evildoers, who swallow their blood on that day of reckoning characters in the presence of Wennefer.

n ḫsf =j nṯr [m] pr,w =f

I have not turned back a god [in] his procession.

jw =j wꜥb.kw zp-4

I am pure! Four times.

ꜥb,w =j ꜥb,w bn,w pwy ꜥꜣ n,tj m Nn-nsw,t

My purity is the purity of that great Benu who is in Herakleopolis,

ḥr-n,tt jnk fnḏ pwy n nb ṯꜣw sꜥnḫ rḫ,yt nb.t hrw pwy n mḥ wḏꜣ,t ꜣbd 2 pr,t ꜥrq,y m-bꜣḥ nb tꜣ pn

for I am that nose of the Lord of Breath who makes all the people live, on that day of filling the Wedjat-eye, in the second month of Peret, on the last day, in the presence of the lord of this land.

jnk mꜣꜣ mḥ wḏꜣ,t m Jwn,w

I am one who saw the filling of the Wedjat-eye in Heliopolis.

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

O Wide-of-Stride, who came forth from Heliopolis, I have not done wrong.

j Ḥpt sḏ,t pri̯ m H̱r,j-ꜥḥꜣ n ꜥwn =j

O Embracer-of-Fire, 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 covetous.

j Ꜥm šw,t pri̯ m qrr,t n ṯꜣy =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 r[m]ṯ

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

j Rw,tj pri̯ m p,t n ḥḏi̯ [=j] dbḥ

O Double Lion, who came forth from the sky, I have not damaged the offering-measure(?).

j Jr,t.j =fj m ḫ,t pri̯ m Ḫm n jri̯ =j ẖꜣb,t

O His-Eyes-are-Fire, who came forth from Letopolis, I have not done crookedness.

j Nbj pri̯ m ḫtḫt n ṯꜣy [=j] [j]ḫ,t-nṯr

O Flame, who came forth going backwards, I have not stolen 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[r] pri̯ m ḥw,t-[kꜣ-]Ptḥ n nḥm =j

O Commander-of-Flame, who came forth from Memphis, I have not taken [things] away by force.

j Qrr,tj pri̯ m jmn,t n knj =j

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

j Ḥḏ jbḥ.pl pri̯ m Tꜣ-š n thi̯ =j

O White-of-Teeth, who came forth from the Fayum, I have not transgressed.

j Wnm znf pri̯ m nm,t n jri̯ =j ḥnw,yt

O Blood-Eater, who came forth from the slaughterhouse, I have not done ḥnwyt.

j Wnm bsk.w pri̯ m nm,t n smꜣ =j jḥ nṯr,j

O Entrail-Eater, who came forth from the slaughterhouse, I have not slaughtered divine cattle.

j Nb-mꜣꜥ,t pri̯ m Mꜣꜥ,tj n ꜥwꜣi̯ =j ḥnb,t

O Lord of Maat, who came forth from the Two Truths, I have not robbed the measured fields(?).

j Sr ḫrw pri̯ m Wnzj n ẖnn =j

O Serkheru, who came forth from Wenzi, I have not caused disturbance.

j Bꜣs,tj pri̯ m štꜣ,y[t] n ṯrm =j

O Bastite, who came forth from the secret place, I have not winked(?).

j Ḥr≡f-ḥꜣ≡f pri̯ m ṯpḥ[,t] ḏꜣi̯.t(?) n nwḥ =j

O He-whose-Face-is-Behind-Him, who came forth from the cavern of crossing(?), I have not done nwḥ.

n nk =j nk[k]

I have not copulated with a catamite.

j ṯni̯!! rd pri̯ m ꜥḫḫ,w n ꜥm-jb =j

O Raised-of-Foot(?), who came forth from the twilight, I have not been secretive(?).

j Knm,tj pri̯ m knm[,t] n šnṯ =j

O Dark One, who came forth from the darkness, 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 Wn,t n šnṯ =j jꜥi̯ n nṯr

O Sekhery, who came forth from Wenet, I have not reviled the god's washing(?).

j Nb nb.w pri̯ m Zꜣw n ꜥšꜣ-ḫrw [=j] ḥr md,t

O Lord of Lords(?), who came forth from Sais, I have not been talkative in speech.

j Nfr-tm pri̯ m ḥw,t-kꜣ-Ptḥ nn jw,yt =j n jri̯ =j bjn

O Nefertem, who came forth from Memphis, there is no wrongdoing of mine, I have not done evil.

j Tm-zp pri̯ m Ḏd,w n{n} jri̯ =j šnṯ,t nsw,t

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

j Jri̯ m jb =f pri̯ m Ṯbw n rhn =j ḥr mw

O Who-Acts-by-his-Will, who came forth from Tjebu, I have not waded(?) in the water.

j Jḥy pri̯ m Nw,w n qꜣi̯ ḫrw =j

O Ihy, who came forth from Nun, my voice has not been loud.

j Ṯnm,y pri̯ m Bꜣs,t n smt =j

O Tjenemy, who came forth from Bubastis, I have not eavesdropped(?).

j Dny pri̯ m Jwn,w n šm rʾ =j

O Deny, who came forth from Heliopolis, my mouth has not run on(?).

j Ḏwḏw pri̯ m Ḥqꜣ-ꜥnḏ n sḫwn =j n-js ḥr [j]ḫ,t =j

O Djudju, who came forth from Heqa-andj, I have not quarrelled except over my own property(?).

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

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

j Jni̯-ḥtp≡f pri̯ m pr Mn,w n dꜣdꜣ =j

O Bringer-of-his-Offering, who came forth from the house of Min, I have not fornicated(?).

j Ḥr,j wr.pl pri̯ m Jꜣm,t n jri̯ =j ḥr,w

O Chief of the Great Ones, who came forth from Imet, I have not caused terror(?).

j Ḫmi̯,y pri̯ m Ḫꜣsw,w n thi̯ =j

O Destroyer, who came forth from Xois, I have not transgressed.

j Šd-ḫrw pri̯ m Wr,yt n tꜣ =j

O Shedkheru, who came forth from Weryt, I have not been hot-tempered.

n jwi̯ zp =j ḥr nsw,t jm,j-h{r}[ꜣ]w≡f

No misdeed of mine has come before the king of his day.

jnḏ-ḥr =ṯn jm,j.w [wsḫ,t-]n,t-mꜣꜥ,tj jw,tj[.w] grg m ẖ,t =sn ꜥnḫ.yw m mꜣꜥ,t sꜥm.ypl m mꜣꜥ,t m-bꜣḥ Ḥr,w jm,j-jtn≡f

Hail to you who are in the [Hall] of the Two Truths, who have no lie in their bodies, who live on Maat, who feed on Maat in the presence of Horus who is in his disk!

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.

m =ṯn wj jy.[k]w ḫr =ṯn

Behold, I have come to you;

nn jzf,t =j

there is no wrongdoing of mine,

nn ḫbn,t =j

there is no crime of mine,

nn ꜥw[,t] =j

there is no robbery(?) of mine,

nn mtr =j

there is no witness against me,

nn jri̯.{t}n =j [j]ḫ,t r =f

there is nothing I have done against him.

ꜥnḫ =j m mꜣꜥ,t

I live on Maat,

sꜥm m mꜣꜥ,t jb =j

my heart feeds on Maat.

jw jri̯.n =j ḏd.t r[m]ṯ hrr!.t nṯr.pl ḥr =s

I have done what people say and what the gods are content with.

jw sḥtp.n =j nṯr m mrr!.t =f

I have satisfied the god with what he loves.

jw rḏi̯.n =j tʾ n ḥqr mw n jbi̯ ḥbs.w n ḥꜣ,w

I have given bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, clothes to the naked.

jw rḏi̯.n =j ḥtp,t-nṯr n nṯr.pl pr-ḫrw n ꜣḫ.w

I have given god's offerings to the gods and invocation-offerings to the akhs (transfigured spirits).

nḥm.pl wj jr =ṯn

So rescue me!

qꜣb,t n.t Šw rḏi̯.[t]n =f m zꜣ Wsjr rn =k

'Breast of Shu, which he gave as protection for Osiris' is your name.

nn ḏi̯! =n ꜥq =k ḥr =n j.n ḥpt.pl n[.w] sbꜣ pn n{n}-js ḏd.n =k rn.pl [=n]

'We will not let you enter past us,' say the jambs(?) of this gate, 'unless you say our names.'

nḫn.w pw n[.w] jꜥr.w,t

'Children of the Uraei' it is.

jw =k rḫ.tj n

You know us;

swꜣ jr =k ḥr =n

pass by us, then.

nn ḏi̯! =j ꜥq =k ḥr =j j.n zꜣwt n sbꜣ pn n{n}-js ḏd.n =k rn =j

'I will not let you enter past me,' says the floor(?) of this gate, 'unless you say my name.'

ḏd st n ꜥ{ꜣ},w Tꜣ,du

Tell it to the Interpreter of the Two Lands.

pt{r}j sw

Who is he?

ꜥ,w Tꜣ,du Ḏḥw,tj pw

The Interpreter of the Two Lands is Thoth.

jy.n =k m

Why have you come?

jy.n =j r smj

I have come to be reported.

pt{r}j ḫr,t =k

What is your condition?

jw =j wꜥb.kw m ḫw,w m šnṯ,t jm,j.w-hrw≡sn

I am pure of wrongs, of the abuse of those who are in their day;

n{n} ḏi̯! [=j] wj m-ꜥ =sn

I have not put myself in their hands.

smj =j ṯw n m

To whom shall I report you?

hꜣ,yt m sḏ,t jnb.pl =s m jꜥr.w,t jw zꜣ.w,t n[.t] pr =s m nwy

The roof is of fire, its walls are of uraei, and the floor of its house is of water.

zj pw

Who is that?

Wsjr pw

It is Osiris.

wḏꜣ jr =k

Proceed, then!

m =k ṯw smj.tj

Behold, you are reported.

ḏd =tw rʾ pw wꜥb[.w] tw{r}j[.w] wnḫ.w n =f ḥbs.w =f ṯb.w m ḥḏ,tj wrḥ.w m ꜥntj,w wdn.n =f jḥ wꜣḏ ꜣpd.pl snṯr tʾ ḥ[n]q,t sm,w

This spell is to be said [by one] pure and clean, clothed in his garments, shod in white sandals, anointed with myrrh, having offered cattle, greens(?), fowl, incense, bread, beer and vegetables.

jsk jri̯.n =k sšm,w pn n,tj m-zẖꜣ m ztj sẖr.w m ꜣḥ,t n,tj n{n} ḫnd mꜣj nb ḥr =f

And you shall make this image, which is in writing, in ochre, laid out on ground on which no mꜣj at all has trodden.

jr jrr! mḏꜣ,t tn ḥr =f wnn =f wꜣḏ[.w]

As for one for whom this book is made, he will flourish,

ms.w =f wꜣḏ[.w]

his children will flourish,

wnn =f m mḥ-jb n nswt n šn,yt =f

he will be a confidant of the king and of his court.

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

There will be given to him šns-bread, a ds-jug, psn-bread and a large portion of meat on the altar of the great god.

nn šnꜥ.{n}tw{n} =f ḥr sbꜣ nb n jmn,t

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

jw sṯꜣ.tw{n} =f ḥnꜥ nswt.yw-bj,tj.w

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

wnn =f m mḥ-jb n Wsjr

He will be a confidant of Osiris.

šs-mꜣꜥ ḥḥ n zp

Truly effective, a million times.

ḫr kꜣ =f n sḏḥ ṯz-pẖr

His ka (vital force) falls to the sḏḥ, and vice versa.

ḫwi̯ =k n =j

You shall ward off for me(?).

ḥsq tp =k jn mꜣf[d],t

Your head is cut off by Mafdet.

jꜣ,t 8,nw.t

The eighth Mound.

mnḫ,t qꜣi̯ hꜣi̯ ḥtp

Excellent, high; descending in peace(?).