Book of the Dead, pLondon BM EA 10477 (pNu)

j wšb,tj jpn jr jp.tw Wsjr […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw r jri̯.t kꜣ,t nb.t jrr!.t jm m ẖr-nṯr jsṯ ḥwi̯ n =f sḏb jm r z r ẖr,t =f jp ṯw r =k r nw nb jri̯ =tw jm =f r srd sḫ,t.pl r smḥi̯.t wḏb.w r ẖni̯.t šꜥi̯ n jmn,tt n jꜣb,tt

O these ushabtis, if the Osiris [...], justified, is counted off to do any work that is done there in the necropolis — for an obstacle is set there for him, as for a man at his duties — count yourself in at any time that work is done there, to cultivate the fields, to irrigate the riverbanks, to ferry the sand of the West to the East.

jri̯.y =j m =k wj kꜣ =k

“I will do it; here I am,” you shall say.

rʾ n swꜣ ḥr ṯz qsn n ꜥꜣpp

Spell for passing by the evil coil of Apophis.

ḏd-mdw jn […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Recitation by [...], justified:

j wꜥ mnḥ jṯi̯ m ꜥwꜣi̯ ꜥnḫ m nn,yw nn nni̯.y =j n =k

O One of wax, who takes by robbery, who lives on the inert, I will not grow weary for you;

nn gnn =j n =k

I will not grow limp for you;

nn ꜥq mtw,t =k m ꜥ,t.pl =j

your poison will not enter my limbs;

ꜥ,t.pl =j ꜥ,t.pl Jtm,w n j:tm gnn n =k

my limbs are the limbs of Atum, of one who does not grow limp for you;

nn ꜥq gm,wt =k m ꜥ,t =j jptn

your gemut will not enter these limbs of mine.

j Rꜥ,w ⸢jm,j⸣-swḥ,t≡f psḏ m jtn =f wbn m ꜣḫ,t =f nbb! ḥr [bjꜣ,w] =[f] […] sqdd! ḥr sṯz,w-Šw ḏḏ! ṯꜣw.pl m hh n rʾ =f sḥḏ tꜣ,du m [jꜣḫ,w] =[f] nḥm =k […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw m-ꜥ nṯr pwy ꜥꜣ štꜣ jrw wnn jnḥ.du =fj ⸢m⸣ ⸢rmn.wj⸣ mḫꜣ,t [grḥ] [pf] n Ḥsb⸢,t⸣ ⸢ꜥ⸣wꜣ[,y]

O Ra who is in his egg, who shines in his disk, who rises in his horizon, who swims upon [his firmament] [...], who sails upon the supports of Shu, who gives breezes with the blast of his mouth, who brightens the Two Lands with [his radiance], may you rescue [...], justified, from that god, great and mysterious of form, whose eyebrows are the two arms of the balance [on that night] of the reckoning of the robber.

ptr rf sw

Who is he?

jni̯ ꜥ =f pw

It is He-who-Brings-his-Arm.

jr gr,t grḥ pf n [Ḥsb.t] ꜥwꜣ[,y] grḥ [pw] [n] [nsr,t] n ⸢ḫry,t⸣

As for that night of [reckoning] the robber, it [is the] night [of the flame] of the slain,

ḏḏ! ⸢spḥ,w.pl⸣ ⸢m⸣ ⸢jzf,tj.w⸣ r nm,t =f dn.t bꜣ.⸢w⸣

the one who puts lassoes on the wrongdoers at his slaughter-block that cuts off bas.

ptr rf sw

Who is he?

Šzm[,w] [pw]

[It is] Shesmu.

sjꜣṯ,j pw n Wsjr

He is the butcher of Osiris.

ky-ḏd Ꜥꜣpp pw

Another version: it is Apophis.

nḥm =k […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw m-ꜥ nw-[n] ⸢jr,j.w⸣ ⸢sṯꜣ⸣,w j:mnḥ,y.pl ⸢spd.w⸣ ḏbꜥ.pl mr.w ḥsq jm,j.w-ḫt Wsjr

May you rescue [...], justified, from those keepers of the setjau, the butchers, sharp of fingers, painful in beheading, who are in the following of Osiris.

nn ⸢sḫm⸣ =⸢sn⸣ ⸢jm⸣ =⸢j⸣

They shall not have power over me,

nn hꜣi̯.y =j r ktw,t.pl =sn

I shall not go down into their cauldrons,

ḥr-n,tt {t}wj rḫ[.k]w st rḫ.kw mḏd[,w] pwy jm,j =sn n pr Wsjr sti̯ m jr,t =f n mꜣ!.ntw =f dbn p,t m ns n rʾ =f smj Ḥꜥpi̯ n mꜣ!.ntw =[f]

for I know them, I know that Mededu who is among them, of the house of Osiris, who shoots with his eye without being seen, who goes round the sky with the flame of his mouth, who announces Hapi without being seen.

j Rꜥ,w Jtm,w nb ḥw,t-ꜥꜣ.t jty nṯr.w nb.w nḥm =k […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw m-ꜥ nṯr pwy ⸢n,tj⸣ ⸢ḥr⸣ =⸢f⸣ m ṯzm jnḥ.du =fj m r[m]ṯ.pl

O Ra-Atum, lord of the Great Mansion, sovereign of all the gods, may you rescue [...], justified, from that god whose face is a hound's and whose eyebrows are people's;

ky-ḏd jnm =f m rmṯ.pl

another version: his skin is that of people;

ꜥnḫ =f m ḫry,t jr,j qꜣb pwy n š n sḏ,t ꜥm ẖꜣ.w,t ḫnp ḥꜣ,tj.w wdd! sṯꜣ[,w] n mꜣ!.ntw =f

who lives on the slain, keeper of that bend of the lake of fire, who swallows corpses, who snatches hearts, who shoots darts without being seen.

pw tr rf sw

Who is he?

ꜥm ḥḥ.pl rn =f

Swallower of Millions is his name.

wnn =f m š Wn[,t]

He is in the Lake of Wenet.

jr š pwy n sḏ,t p⸢ꜣ⸣ ⸢pw⸣ n,tj ⸢jm,j-tw⸣ ⸢N-ꜣr≡f⸣ r Šny,t

As for that lake of fire, it is the one between Naref and Shenyt.

jr ḫnd nb ḥr =f sꜣt[.w] ⸢ḫr⸣ =⸢f⸣ ⸢n⸣ ⸢šꜥ,t⸣

As for anyone who treads upon it, being impure, he falls to the slaughter.

ky-ḏd mds rn =f

Another version: the Sharp One is his name.

jr,j-ꜥꜣ [pw] [n] [jmn,t]

[He is] the doorkeeper [of the West].

⸢ky-ḏd⸣ Bꜣby rn =f

Another version: Babi is his name.

ntf zꜣu̯.y qꜣb [p]wy n jmn,t

He is the one who guards that bend of the West.

ky-ḏd ḥr,j zp =f rn =f

Another version: He-who-is-over-his-Affair is his name.

j nb-nrw ḥr[,j]-tp Tꜣ,du [nb] [dšr,w] wꜣḏ nm⸢.w,t⸣ ⸢ꜥnḫ⸣ m bsk.w

O Lord of Terror, chief of the Two Lands, [lord of blood], fresh of slaughter-blocks, who lives on entrails!

[nḥ]m =k […] mꜣꜥ-[ḫrw] m-ꜥ nṯr pwy ṯꜣi̯.y bꜣ.pl nsb jwt,w ꜥnḫ m ḥwꜣꜣ,t jr,j kkw ⸢jm,j⸣ ⸢snk,t⸣ snḏ.w n =f jm,j.w-bꜣgi̯

[May you rescue] [...], justified, from that god who seizes bas, who licks up corruption, who lives on putrefaction, keeper of darkness, who is in the gloom, whom those who are in inertness fear.

ptr rf sw

Who is he?

⸢Swtj⸣ ⸢pw⸣

It is Seth.

j Ḫprj ḥr,j-jb wjꜣ =f pꜣ[w,tj] [ḏ],t =f ḏ,t nḥm =k […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw m-ꜥ nw-n jr[,j].w-sjp,w rḏi̯[.n] n =sn nb-r-ḏr ꜣḫ[,w] r jri̯.t zꜣu̯,t ḫftj.w =f ḏḏ!.yw šꜥ,t m jꜣṯ,w.pl jw,tj.w pri̯.t m zꜣu̯,t =sn

O Khepri in the midst of his barque, primeval one whose body is eternity, may you rescue [...], justified, from those keepers of inspection to whom the Lord of All has given power to keep watch over his enemies, who inflict slaughter in the slaughter-places, who have no going out from their watch.

nn hꜣb ds.w =sn jm =j

Their knives shall not be sent against me,

nn ꜥq =j r jꜣṯ,w.pl =sn

I shall not enter their slaughter-places,

nn hꜣi̯.y =j r-ẖnw nm,t.pl =sn

I shall not go down into their slaughter-blocks,

nn ḥmsi̯ =j m-ẖnw ḥꜣd.w =sn

I shall not sit in their fish-traps.

jri̯.n =j mrr!.t jb =j m jw-nsrsr

I have done what my heart desires in the Island of Fire.

[ꜥḫ]m =j […]

I [quenched] [...]

rʾ n wn rʾ n […] r ḥkꜣ =f r ẖr-nṯr

Spell for opening the mouth of [...] for his magic in the necropolis.

ḏd-mdw jn […] [mꜣꜥ-ḫrw]

Words spoken by [...], [justified]:

[…] jr,j.w […] jn nṯr=j-nʾ[.tj]

[...] which belong to [...], by my town god.

jr ḥkꜣ nb md,t nb.t ḏd r =j swt ꜥḥꜥ nṯr.pl r =sn psḏ,t dmḏ.yt psḏ,t [t]w nṯr.pl =sn dmḏ.y

As for any magic or any word that is spoken against me, the gods shall rise up against them, the whole Ennead, [th]is Ennead whose gods are gathered together.

rʾ n tm nḥm jb n […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw m-ꜥ =f m ẖr-nṯr ḏd =f

Spell for not letting the heart of [...], justified, be taken from him in the necropolis. He says:

ḥꜣ =k wpw,tj n nṯr nb

Back, you messenger of every god!

jn-jw jy.n =k r ḥꜣ,tj =j pn n ꜥnḫ,w

Is it for this heart of mine of the living that you have come?

nn ḏi̯!.tw n =k ḥꜣ,tj =j pn n ꜥnḫ,w n ḫnd.w

This heart of mine of the living shall not be given to you for treading (?).

swḏ =ṯn wj n Nḥb[,w]-[kꜣ.w]

May you commend me to Neheb[kau],

jsk sw zmꜣ r-jm,j-[w]t[j] ꜥꜣ[.pl] wꜣḥ[.w] tp tꜣ tm[.w] mt m jmn,t ꜣḫ[.w] jm =s

for he is joined among the great ones, enduring on earth, not dying in the West, being a spirit there.

ḏd.t ḥr =f m ḥkꜣ,w

To be said over it as magic:

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 — twice — my breast of my forms: do not stand against me as a witness,

m sḫsf r =j m mtr,w

do not oppose me as a witness,

m sḫsf 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 hostility against me before the Keeper of the Balance.

ntk kꜣ =j jm,j ẖ,t =j H̱nm,w swḏꜣ ꜥ,t.pl =j

You are my ka that is in my body, Khnum who makes my limbs sound.

m ḏd grg r =j r-gs nṯr-ꜥꜣ

Do not tell lies against me in the presence of the great god.

m =k ṯni̯.t =k wn.tj

See, your distinction exists.

rʾ n ḫsf mzḥ jy r jṯi̯.t ḥ[kꜣ] n […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw m-ꜥ =f m ẖr-nṯr ḏd =f

Spell for repelling the crocodile that comes to take away the magic of [...], justified, from him in the necropolis. He says:

ḥꜣ =k ḥmi̯ ḥꜣ =k swy

Back, you! Retreat! Back, you, Sui!

m jwi̯ r =j

Do not come against me:

ꜥnḫ =j m ḥkꜣ =j

I live by my magic.

jmi̯ =j ḏd rn =k pwy n nṯr-ꜥꜣ ḏḏ! jwt! =k

Lest I speak this name of yours to the great god who causes you to come:

wp,wtj rn n wꜥ

'Messenger' is the name of one,

bd,t.j rn n ky

'Bedti' is the name of the other.

ḥr =k n mꜣꜥ,t

Your face is toward Maat.

šni̯.n p,t m wnw,t.pl =s

The sky has enclosed with its hours,

šni̯.n ḥkꜣ grg.pl =f

magic has enclosed his lies,

šni̯.n rʾ =j ḥkꜣ jm,j =f

my mouth has enclosed the magic that is in it.

jbḥ.pl =j m ds

My teeth are of flint,

nḥḏ,t =j m ḏw,f,t

my molars are of djufet (?).

j ḥmsi̯ bqs,w jr,t =f n ḥkꜣ =j ⸢jmi̯⸣ =k jṯi̯ sw mzḥ ꜥnḫ m ḥkꜣ

O you who sit, whose eye is fixed (?) on my magic, do not take it, crocodile who lives by magic!

rʾ n ḫsf ḥfꜣ,w

Spell for repelling a snake.

ḏd-mdw jn […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Words spoken by [...], justified:

ky-ḏd jꜣ,t rnp,yt

Variant: 'the mound of the fresh plants'.

ḥri̯.tj r =j

Keep far from me!

jnk mꜣfd,t

I am Mafdet!

rʾ n tm wnm […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw jn ḥfꜣ,w m ẖr-nṯr ḏd =f

Spell for [...], justified, not being eaten by a snake in the necropolis. He says:

j Šw j.n Ḏd,w[j] ṯz-pẖr ẖr[,j] ꜥfn,t Ḥw,t-Ḥr,w ḫnm =sn Wsjr

O Shu, so says Busiris, and the reverse! [He who is] under the headcloth of Hathor: they unite with Osiris.

ꜥnḫ =j m Ḏd,w

I live in Busiris,

wḥm =j ꜥnḫ m-ḫt mt mj Rꜥ,w rꜥ,w-nb

I live again after death, like Ra every day.

rʾ n ḫsf ꜥm-ꜥꜣ

Spell for repelling the Swallower of the Ass.

ḏd-mdw jn […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Words spoken by [...], justified:

ḥr ḥr =k

Keep your face away!

m wnm wj ḥr wꜥb =j

Do not eat me, for I am pure.

jnk m tr

I am [one who is] in season (?),

jy ḏs =f n njs =f

who comes of himself, unsummoned.

ḥfd.n =j m jꜣḫ,w

I have climbed up in the radiance.

H̱nm,w ḫnt,j smj,w mj ḥsq ḏsf m šꜣs m-sꜣ wꜣ,t tn pri̯.tn =j jm =s

Khnum, foremost of the smiu, like one who cuts djesef, travelling after this road by which I have come forth.

rʾ n rḫ rʾ.pl n pri̯.t m rʾ wꜥ

Spell for knowing the spells of going forth, in a single spell.

ḏd-mdw jn […]

Recitation by [...]:

jnk sf nꜣ bkꜣ ḥr[,t] [r] msi̯.t =f m ky zp štꜣ bꜣ jri̯ nṯr.pl ḏḏ! ḥtp,t n jmn,{y}tjw jmn,tj p,t ḥmw jꜣb,tj nb ḥr.wj mꜣꜣ stw,t =f nb sṯz,w pri̯ m j{w}ḫḫw

I am Yesterday, he of the Morrow, on the way [to] his birth at another time, mysterious of ba, who made the gods, who gives offerings to the Westerners, western one of the sky, rudder of the East, lord of two faces, who sees his rays, lord of uplifting, who comes forth from the twilight.

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

O his two falcons, who are over their council, who hear matters as those who belong to him, the foreleg tied to the neck, the rump upon the head of the West:

jmi̯ n =j jm,j.t wr wr,t.j

give me what is within, great one of the two great ones;

m wdi̯ jm =j

do not attack me.

rmi̯.y =j n mꜣꜣ.tn =j

I weep for what I have seen.

jw =j rḫ.kw mḏw,t r rn =ṯ

I know the word concerning your name;

jri̯.y =ṯ r ẖr,t ꜣḫ.w

you shall act for the needs of the spirits.

ḥḥ.pl pw ḥfn.pl pw m 1200 r =f m mḥ 12 m zš zmꜣ m ḏḏ! wꜥ-n-wꜥ jm

It is millions, it is hundreds of thousands, as 1,200 with respect to it, as 12 cubits in a joined zesh, giving one by one there.

rʾ-6 pw ẖr,t ḫnt,j-dꜣ,t wnw,t n sḫr.t sbj jwi̯ =tw jm m mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

It is one sixth, the portion of the Foremost of the Duat, the hour of felling the rebel, from which one comes justified.

nn pw n,tj m wbꜣ,t dꜣ,t

These are what is in the forecourt of the Duat:

nmt,t 7 m pri̯.t =f

seven strides at his coming forth.

mk,t =j pw m-ḥr.pl ꜣḫ,w =j

This is my protection in the presence of my power.

znf qb nzp.w wꜣḏ[.w]

The blood is cool, the nezepu are fresh.

wpi̯.n =j db.wj m dmḏ =j m ḥn,t r =j

I have parted the two horns in my uniting, in the canal against me.

štꜣ.w qmꜣ.w m ḫsf.pl wj

Mysterious of forms are those who would repel me.

ḥr,[j].w-ẖ,t.pl jmi̯ ꜥm jr,t rmi̯.w,t =s

You who are on your bellies, let the eye swallow its tears.

j{w}gr,t j j{w}gr,t wn n =j ḫtm,yt

O Igeret, O Igeret, open what is sealed for me;

jmi̯ n =j wꜣ,t.pl nfr.t.pl swꜣ =j

give me the good roads, that I may pass.

nm tr nsq m jmn,t

Who then is the one who bites in the West?

jnk ḫnt,j Rʾ-sṯꜣ,w ꜥq m rn =f pri̯ m ḥḥj nb ḥḥ.pl tꜣ jri̯ rn =f

I am the Foremost of Rosetjau, who enters in his name and comes forth as the Seeker, lord of the millions of the earth, who made his name.

jw jwr,t wꜣḥ =s ꜣṯp,w =s

The pregnant woman has laid down her burden;

ḫtm sꜣ ḥr jnb

the protection is sealed upon the wall.

pnꜥ ḏꜣi̯,wt pw ḫr.tj ḥr psḏ,w n bn,w ḥr zmꜣ,yt.du

It is the overturning of wrongdoing, fallen upon the back of the Benu bird upon the two confederacies.

jw Ḥr,w rḏi̯ n =f jr,t =f

Horus has given him his eye;

ḥḏ-ḥr =f m ḥḏ.w-tꜣ

his face is bright at daybreak.

n qꜣ{ꜣ}[ꜥ] =j

I do not vomit;

ḫpr =j m rw

I come into being as a lion;

ḥnj.pl Šw jm =j

Shu acclaims me.

jnk n-mḥ≡f

I am He-is-not-Seized.

nfr ,wj mnj wrḏ,w-jb

How good is the mooring of the Weary-Hearted!

jri̯ =f sḫnj gš

He makes a resting place of the reed-bank.

m =k pri̯.t

Behold, the going forth!

jnk nb-ꜥnḫ

I am the Lord of Life;

jwi̯,w =j nn

this is my arrival.

pri̯ =j m rʾ ꜥꜣ wr nʾ,t Wsjr

I go forth from the great doorway of the city of Osiris.

m =k ḫr,t =k ḥr sꜣr.yw

Behold, your portion is with those in need.

ḥpt.n =j nh,t

I have embraced the sycomore,

nh.n wj nh,t

the sycomore has sheltered me.

jw wpi̯ n =j sḫ.wj dꜣ,t

The two halls of the Duat have been opened for me.

jy.n =j r mꜣꜣ jm,j-mḥn≡f ḥr-m-ḥr jr,t-m-jr,t

I have come to see the One-in-his-Coil face to face, eye to eye,

ḥḥj ṯꜣw m pri̯.t =f

seeking breath at his coming forth.

gꜣgꜣwj wj nn,{t}wt m-ḥr =j

How astonished I am at these before me!

rw ḫ[y] jm,j Wṯn,t jw =k jm =j

O lion, [child] who is in Wetjenet, you are in me

jw =j jm =k

and I am in you;

jrw =k jrw =j

your form is my form.

jnk bꜥḥ

I am the flood;

km-wr rn =j

Great Black is my name.

ḫpr,w =j ḫpr,w Ḫprj šnj-tꜣ Jtm,w zp-2

My forms are the forms of Khepri, the Encircler of the Earth, Atum — twice.

ꜥq.n =j m ḫm

I entered as one who does not know,

pri̯.n =j m ꜣḫ-jqr

I have come forth as an excellent spirit.

mꜣꜣ.tw =j m jrw =j n r[m]ṯ ḏ,t

I shall be seen in my form of a man for ever.

pri̯.t pw m hrw tm ḫsf z ḥr wꜣ,t dꜣ,t m ꜥq m pri̯.t jri̯.t ḫpr,w m n,tj nb jb r =f

It is going forth by day: a man is not turned back on the road of the Duat in entering and in going forth, and he takes on forms as whatever he desires.

tm mt pw jn bꜣ n z m-wḥm

It is the ba of a man not dying again.

jr gr,t rḫ rʾ pn smꜣꜥ-ḫrw =f pw tp tꜣ m ẖr-nṯr

As for one who knows this spell, he is justified on earth and in the necropolis;

jw =f jri̯ =f jrr!.t nb.t ꜥnḫ,w

he does all that the living do.

mk,t pw gr,t ꜥꜣ.t n.t nṯr

It is, moreover, a great protection of the god.

gmi̯.ntw rʾ pn m snṯ,t n.t jm,j-ḥnw jn jm,j-rʾ-qd,w jnb m-hꜣw ḥm n nsw,t-bj,t Ḫꜣs,tj mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

This spell was found in the foundation of the One in the Henu-barque by the overseer of builders of the wall, in the time of the Majesty of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt Khasty, justified.

sšm pw štꜣ n mꜣꜣ n pt{r}j

It is a secret image, not to be seen, not to be looked upon.

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

This spell is to be recited [by one who is] clean and pure, not eating goats or fish, not approaching women.

rʾ n pri̯.t m hrw

Spell for going forth by day.

ḏd-mdw jn […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Recitation by [...], justified:

sḫr.n =j ḫftj.w =j tp tꜣ

I have felled my enemies on earth,

ẖꜣ,t =j qrs.tw =s

and my corpse has been buried.

jr rḫ rʾ pn jw =f pri̯ =f m hrw

As for anyone who knows this spell, he will go forth by day;

nn šnꜥ =f ḥr sbꜣ nb m ẖr-nṯr

he will not be turned back at any gate in the necropolis;

jw =f jri̯ =f ḫpr,w =f m mn,t

he will take his form as a swallow.

j ḥsq tp.pl zni̯.w wsr,t.pl ḏḏ! swḫꜣ m rʾ n ꜣḫ.w ḥr ḥkꜣ jm,j ẖ,t.pl =sn nn mꜣn! =k wj m jr,t.du =k jpn n,tj mꜣꜣ =k jm =sn m mꜣs,t.pl =kj

O you who cut off heads and sever necks, who put foolishness into the mouth of the spirits because of the magic that is in their bodies: you shall not see me with these two eyes of yours with which you see, in your knees (?).

n-sw ḫt 300 m ꜣw =f ḫt 150 m wsḫ =f

It is 300 rods in its length and 150 rods in its breadth.

jw Sbk nb Bꜣẖ,w m jꜣb[,t] ḏw pf

Sobek, lord of Bakhu, is in the east of that mountain;

jw ḥw,t-nṯr =f m ḥrs,t

his temple is of carnelian.

jw ḥfꜣ,w ḥr wp,t n.t ḏw pf

A snake is on the brow of that mountain;

n-sw mḥ 30 m ꜣw =f mḥ 8 m-ḥꜣ,t =f m ds wbḫ n bšw

it is 30 cubits in its length, 8 cubits of its forepart are of flint, gleaming with beshu (?).

jw […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw rḫ[.w] rn n ḥfꜣ,w pf tp,j ḏw =f

[...], justified, knows the name of that snake which is on its mountain:

jm,j hm =f rn =f

'He Who Is in His Fire' (?) is its name.

jr m-ḫt ꜥḥꜥj pnꜥ =f jr,t.j =f [r] Rꜥ,w

Now after the halt (?), it turns its eyes [against] Ra,

ḫpr.ḫr ꜥḥꜥ,w m wjꜣ

and then a halt comes about in the bark

sdgꜣ,wt ꜥꜣ.t m-ẖnw sqd.w,t

and a great hiding (?) in the course of the voyage.

sẖp.ḫr =f mḥ 7 m mw ꜥꜣ

Then it swallows seven cubits of the great water.

rḏi̯.ḫr Swtj wꜥr[.w] mtꜣ r =f n bjꜣ

Then Seth makes a lance of metal fly against it,

rḏi̯.ḫr =f bši̯ =f ꜥm.tn =f nb.t

and then he makes it spew out all it has swallowed.

rḏi̯.ḫr sw Stš m-ḏr,j =f

Then Seth places himself near it

ḏd.ḫr =f m ḥkꜣ.w

and then he says as magic:

ḥmi̯ n bjꜣ spd jm,j ꜥ =j

Retreat before the sharp metal that is in my hand!

ḏd.t ḫft spr r wsḫ,t tn n.t Mꜣꜥ,tj pḫꜣ […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw m ḫw,w nb jri̯.n =f mꜣꜣ ḥr.pl nṯr.pl

To be said on reaching this Hall of the Two Truths, separating [...], justified, from every wrong he has done, and seeing the faces of the gods.

ḏd-mdw jn […]

Recitation by [...]:

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 jnt!.kw

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

mꜣn! =j nfr,w =k

so that I may see your beauty.

jw =j rḫ.kw ṯw rḫ.kw rn =k rḫ.kw rn n pꜣ nṯr 42 n wnn.yw ḥnꜥ =k m wsḫ,t tn n.t Mꜣꜥ,tj ꜥnḫ.yw m {zꜣw,t}[jr,j.w] ḏw,t sꜥm.ypl m znf =sn hrw pwy n ḥsb qdw,w m-bꜣḥ Wnn-nfr,w

I know you, I know your name, I know the names of the forty-two gods who are with you in this Hall of the Two Truths, who live on [those who do] evil, who swallow their blood on that day of reckoning characters before Wennefer.

m =k zꜣ,t.j Mr,tj nb Mꜣꜥ,tj rn =k

Behold, Two Daughters, Two Eyes, Lord of the Two Truths is your name.

m =k wj jy.kw ḫr =k

Behold, I have come to you;

jni̯.n =j n =k Mꜣꜥ,t

I have brought you Maat,

dr.n =j n =k jzf,t r[m]ṯ.pl

I have driven away for you the wrongdoing of people.

n smꜣ{j}r =j wnḏw,t

I have not impoverished [my] fellows.

n jri̯ =j jw,yt m s,t mꜣꜥ,t

I have not done wrong in the place of truth.

n rḫ =j jw,tt

I have not known what is not.

n jri̯ =j b[w] ḏw

I have not done evil.

n jri̯ =j tp rꜥ,w-nb bꜣk.w m-ḥr.pl jri̯.tn =j

I have not, at the start of every day, made work beyond what was to be done for me.

n spr rn =j r jꜣ,t n.t ḫrp.pl

My name has not reached the office of the overseers.

n nmḥ =j nmḥ,w m [j]ḫ,t =f

I have not deprived the orphan of his property.

n jri̯ =j bw,t nṯr.pl

I have not done what the gods abhor.

n sḏw{j} =j ḥm n ḥr,j-tp =f

I have not slandered a servant to his superior.

n smr =j

I have not caused pain.

n sḥqr =j

I have not caused hunger.

n srm =j

I have not caused weeping.

n smꜣ =j

I have not killed.

n wḏ =j smꜣ

I have not ordered killing.

n jri̯ =j mn,t ḥr-nb

I have not caused anyone suffering.

n ḫbi̯ =j šb,w m rʾ.pl-pr,w.pl

I have not diminished the food offerings in the temples.

n ḥḏi̯ =j pꜣ.w,t.pl nṯr.pl

I have not damaged the loaves of the gods.

n nḥm =j ḫnf,w ꜣḫ.pl

I have not taken away the cakes of the spirits.

n nk =j nkk{nkk}

I have not copulated with a nkk [a passive male partner].

n dꜣdꜣ =j

I have not fornicated.

n ḫbi̯ =j dbḥ

I have not diminished the measure.

n ḫbi̯ =j sṯꜣ,t

I have not diminished the aroura.

n sjꜣṯ =j ꜣḥ,t.pl

I have not falsified the fields.

n wꜣḥ =j ḥr mw,t.pl n.t jwsw

I have not added to the weights of the balance.

n nmḥ =j m tḫ n mḫꜣ,t

I have not tampered with the plummet of the scales.

n nḥm =j jrṯ,t m rʾ nḫn.w

I have not taken milk from the mouths of children.

n kfꜣ =j ꜥw,t ḥr sm,w =sn

I have not driven the flocks from their pastures.

n sḫt =j ꜣpd.w n qs.pl nṯr.pl

I have not trapped birds of the bones of the gods.

n ḥꜣm =j rmi̯[,w].w n ẖꜣ.w,t =sn

I have not caught fish of their lagoons.

n ḫsf =j mw m tr =f

I have not held back water in its season.

n dnj =j dnj,t ḥr mw ꜣs.w

I have not built a dam against flowing water.

n ꜥḫm =j ḫ,t m ꜣ,t =s

I have not quenched a fire at its time.

n thi̯ =j sw.w ḥr stp,t.pl

I have not neglected the days for the choice cuts.

n šnꜥ =j mnmn,t ḥr [j]ḫ,t-nṯr

I have not turned back the herds from the god's property.

n ḫsf =j nṯr m pri̯,w =f

I have not opposed a god in his procession.

jw =j wꜥb.kw zp-4

I am pure — four times.

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

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

ḥr-n,tt jnk js fnḏ pwy n nb ṯꜣw.pl sꜥnḫ rḫ,yt nb.t hrw pwy n mḥ wḏꜣ,t m Jwn,w m ꜣbd 2 pr,t ꜥrq,y

for I am that nose of the lord of breath who gives life to all the people on that day of filling the Wedjat-eye in Heliopolis, in the second month of Peret, the last day.

jnk mꜣꜣ mḥ wḏꜣ,t m Jwn,w

I am one who has seen 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 comes forth from Heliopolis, I have not done wrong.

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

O Embracer-of-Fire, who comes forth from Kheraha, I have not robbed.

j fnḏ,y pri̯ m Ḫmn,w n jri̯ =j ꜥwn-jb

O Nose-One, who comes forth from Hermopolis, I have not been greedy.

j ꜥm šw,t.pl pri̯ m qrr,t n ṯꜣw =j

O Swallower-of-Shades, who comes 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 comes forth from Rosetjau, I have not killed people.

j Rw,tj pri̯ m p,t n ḥḏi̯ =j dbḥ

O Ruty, who comes forth from the sky, I have not damaged the measure.

j jr,t.j =f m sḏ,t pri̯ m Ḫm n jri̯ =j ẖꜣb,t

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

j nbj pri̯ m ḫtḫt n ṯꜣu̯ =j [j]ḫ,t-nṯr

O Flame, who comes forth going backwards, I have not stolen the god's offerings.

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

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

j ḫmi̯.y pri̯ m štꜣ,yt n nḥm =j

O Destroyer, who comes forth from the Shetayt-shrine, I have not plundered.

j wꜣḏ ns pri̯ m ḥw,t-kꜣ-Ptḥ n knj =j

O Green-of-Flame, who comes forth from Memphis, I have not been sullen.

j Ḥr≡f-ḥꜣ≡f pri̯ m ṯpḥ,t ḏꜣi̯.t(?) n nḥm =j wnm,t

O His-Face-Behind-Him, who comes forth from the cavern of crossing (?), I have not taken away food.

j qr,t.j pri̯ m jmn,t n jri̯ =j ḥnw,yt

O Qereti, who comes forth from the West, I have not made mischief.

j tꜣ rd pri̯ m j{w}ḫḫ,w n ꜥm-jb =j

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

j ḥḏ jbḥ.pl pri̯ m tꜣ-š n thi̯ =j

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

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

O Blood-Eater, who comes forth from the slaughter-place, I have not slaughtered sacred cattle.

j wnm bsk.w pri̯ m mꜥbꜣ,[y]t n ꜥwn =j ḥnb

O Entrail-Eater, who comes forth from the Court of Thirty, I have not been greedy for land allotments.

j nb-mꜣꜥ,t pri̯ m Mꜣꜥ,tj n smtmt =j

O Lord of Maat, who comes forth from the Two Truths, I have not eavesdropped.

j tnm.y pri̯ m Bꜣs,t n šmi̯ =j

O Wanderer, who comes forth from Bubastis, I have not gone about.

j ꜥnḏ[,w].y pri̯ m Jwn,w n sḫwn =j n js ḥr [j]ḫ,t =j

O Anedjuy, who comes forth from Heliopolis, I have not quarrelled except over my own property.

j ḏw ḏw,t =f pri̯ m ꜥnḏ,tj n nk =j nkk

O Evil-of-his-Evil, who comes forth from Andjet, I have not copulated with a nkk [a passive male partner].

j Wꜣmm,tj pri̯ m ḫb,t n dꜣdꜣ =j

O Wamemty, who comes forth from the place of execution, I have not fornicated.

j mꜣꜣ jni̯.t =f pri̯ m pr,w Mn,w n nk =j ḥm,t-ṯꜣy

O He-who-Sees-What-He-Has-Brought, who comes forth from the house of Min, I have not had sex with a man's wife.

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

O Chief of the Great Ones, who comes forth from the Acacia, I have not caused terror.

j nb Ḫm pri̯ m Ḫꜣsw,w n tꜣ rʾ =j

O Lord of Letopolis, who comes forth from Xois, I have not been hot of mouth.

j šd-ḫrw pri̯ m wr,yt n zẖi̯ =j ḥr =j ḥr md,t n.t mꜣꜥ,t

O Raiser-of-Voice, who comes forth from Weryt, I have not made myself deaf to words of truth.

j nḫn pri̯ m Ḥqꜣ-ꜥnḏ n ṯrm =j ky

O Child, who comes forth from Heqa-andj, I have not made another weep.

j knm,tj pri̯ m knm,t n šnṯ =j

O Kenemti, who comes forth from Kenmet, I have not reviled.

j jni̯-ḥtp≡f pri̯ m Zꜣw n pri̯-ꜥ =j

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

j sr ḫrw pri̯ m Wnsj n ꜣs jb =j

O Announcer-of-Voices, who comes forth from Wenes, I have not been hasty of heart.

j nb ḥr.pl pri̯ m Nḏf,t n thi̯ =j jwn =j n jꜥi̯ =j nṯr

O Lord of Faces, who comes forth from Nedjefet, I have not transgressed my nature; I have not washed a god.

j srḫ,y pri̯ m wṯn,t n ꜥšꜣ-ḫrw =j ḥr md,t

O Accuser, who comes forth from Wetjenet, I have not been loud of voice in speech.

j nb ꜥb.wj pri̯ m Zꜣw,tj n jri̯ =j jw,yt mꜣꜣ =j bjn

O Lord of the Two Horns, who comes forth from Asyut, I have not done wrong [or] seen evil.

j Nfr-tm pri̯ m Ḥw,t-kꜣ-Ptḥ n jri̯ =j šnṯ r nsw,t

O Nefertem, who comes forth from Memphis, I have not cursed the king.

j Tm-zp pri̯ m Ḏd,w n rhn =j ḥr mw

O Tem-sep, who comes forth from Busiris, I have not waded in the water.

j jri̯ m jb =f pri̯ m Ṯbw n qꜣi̯ ḫrw =j

O He-who-Acts-by-his-Heart, who comes forth from Tjebu, my voice has not been loud.

j Jḥy pri̯ m Nw,w n šnṯ =j nṯr

O Ihy, who comes forth from Nun, I have not reviled a god.

j wꜣḏ rḫ,yt n jri̯ =j šfw,t

O Flourisher-of-the-People, I have not been puffed up.

j nḥb nfr,t pri̯ m ḥw,t =f n jri̯ =j sṯni̯{t}.yt

O Allotter-of-Good, who comes forth from his mansion, I have not made distinctions.

j Nḥb-kꜣ,pl pri̯ m ṯpḥ,t =f n wr ẖr,t =j n-js ḥr [j]ḫ,t

O Nehebkau, who comes forth from his cavern, my portion has not been great except through [my own] property.

j ḏsr-tp pri̯ m kꜣr{j} =f n šnṯ[,t] n.t nṯr jm =j

O Holy-of-Head, who comes forth from his shrine, there is no reviling of the god in me.

j jni̯ ꜥ =f n sꜣt =j nṯr-nʾ,tj

O Bringer-of-his-Arm, I have not belittled the god of my town.

ḏd-mdw jn […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Recitation by [...], justified:

j:nḏ-ḥr =ṯn nṯr.pl jpw jm,j.w wsḫ,t tn n.t Mꜣꜥ,tj

Hail to you, you gods who are in this Hall of the Two Truths!

jw =j rḫ.kw ṯn rḫ.kw rn.w =ṯn

I know you, I know your names.

nn ḫr =j n šꜥ,t =ṯn

I will not fall to your slaughter,

n sjꜥr =ṯn bjn =j n nṯr pn n,tj =ṯn m-ḫt =f

you will not report my wrong to this god whom you follow,

nn jwt! zp =j ḥr =ṯn

no case of mine will come before you;

ḏd =ṯn mꜣꜥ,t r =j m-bꜣḥ nb-r-ḏr

you will speak truth concerning me before the Lord of All,

ḥr-n,tt jri̯.n =j mꜣꜥ,t m Tꜣ-mrj

for I have done what is right in Egypt.

n šnṯ =j nṯr

I have not reviled a god;

n jwi̯ zp =j ḥr nsw,t jm,j-hrw≡f

no case of mine has come before the king of his day.

j:nḏ-ḥr =ṯn jm,j.w wsḫ,t tn n.t Mꜣꜥ,tj jw,tj.w grg m ẖ,t =sn ꜥnḫ.yw m mꜣꜥ,t sꜥm.yw m mꜣꜥ,t m-bꜣḥ Ḥr,w jm,j-jtn≡f

Hail to you who are in this Hall of the Two Truths, who have no lie in their bodies, who live on truth, who swallow truth before Horus who is in his disk!

nḥm =ṯn wj m-ꜥ Bꜣby 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.kw ḫr =ṯn

Behold, I have come to you:

nn jzf,t =j

I have no wrongdoing,

nn ḫbn,t =j

I have no crime,

nn ḏw,t =j

I have no evil,

nn mtr,w =j

there is no witness [against] me,

nn jri̯.{t}n =j [j]ḫ,t r =f

there is none against whom I have done anything.

ꜥnḫ =j m mꜣꜥ,t

I live on truth,

sꜥm =j m mꜣꜥ,t

I swallow truth.

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

I have done what people speak of and what the gods are pleased with.

jw =j sḥtp.n =j nṯr m mrr!.t =f

I have satisfied the god with what he loves.

jw rḏi̯.n =j tʾ n ḥqr,w mw n jbi̯.w mnḫ,t n ḥꜣw{j} mẖn,t n jwi̯,w

I have given bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, clothes to the naked, a ferry-boat to the boatless.

jw jri̯.n =j ḥtp-nṯr n nṯr.pl pri̯,t-r-ḫrw n ꜣḫ.w

I have made god's offerings for the gods and invocation offerings for the spirits.

nḥm wj jrf =ṯn

So rescue me,

ḫwi̯.pl wj jrf =ṯn

so protect me.

jy.n =j ꜥꜣ r smtr mꜣꜥ,t r rḏi̯.t jwsw r ꜥḥꜥ,w =f m-ẖnw j{w}gr,t

I have come here to bear witness to truth, to set the balance in its place within Igeret.

j qꜣi̯ ḥr jꜣ,t =f nb ꜣtf,w jri̯.y rn =f m nb ṯꜣw nḥm wj m-ꜥ nꜣy≡k n wpw,tj.w wdd!.yw ṯms.w sḫpr.yw jdr,yt jw,tj.w ṯꜣm,t n.t ḥr =sn

O High One upon his standard, lord of the atef-crown, whose name has been made as Lord of Breath, rescue me from these messengers of yours who inflict injuries, who bring about punishments, who have no covering on their faces.

jw ꜥḫm.n =j sḏ,t

I have quenched the fire,

jw sḏ.n =j wꜣḏ qmꜣ.w n mr

I have broken the papyrus-sceptre, thrown into the canal.

mj jr =k

Come, then,

ꜥq ḥr sbꜣ pn n wsḫ,t tn n.t Mꜣꜥ,tj

enter by this door of this Hall of the Two Truths,

jw =k rḫ.tj n

for you know us.

nn ḏi̯! =n ꜥq =k ḥr =n j.n bnš.w n sbꜣ pn

We will not let you enter past us, say the door-posts of this door,

n-js ḏd.n =k rn =n

unless you tell our name.

tḫ pw n b[w] mꜣꜥ rn.w =ṯn

Plummet of the Place of Truth is your name.

nn ḏi̯! =j ꜥq =k ḥr =j j.n ꜥr,yt n.t sbꜣ pn

I will not let you enter past me, says the jamb of this door,

n-js ḏd.n =k rn =j

unless you tell my name.

ḥnk,w n fꜣi̯.t mꜣꜥ,t rn =ṯ

Offering of the Raising of Maat is your name.

nn ḏi̯! =j ꜥq =k ḥr =j j.n {ḏ}ꜥr,yt n.t sbꜣ pn

I will not let you enter past me, says the jamb of this door,

n-js ḏd.n =k rn =j

unless you tell my name.

ꜥnḫ,t pw n.t Sbk nb bꜣẖ,w rn =ṯ

Living One of Sobek, Lord of Bakhu, is your name.

nn wn =j n =k j.n sbꜣ pn

I will not open for you, says this door,

n-js ḏd.n =k rn =j

unless you tell my name.

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

Breast of Shu, which he set before Osiris, is your name.

nn ḏi̯! =n ꜥq =k ḥr =n j.n ḥpt.w

We will not let you enter past us, say the bolts,

n-js ḏd.n =k rn =n

unless you tell our name.

nḫn.w pw n jꜥr.w,t rn.w =ṯn

Children of the Cobras is your name.

nn wn =j n =k

I will not open for you.

nn ḏi̯! =j ꜥq =k ḥr =j j.n jr,j-ꜥꜣ n sbꜣ pn

I will not let you enter past me, says the doorkeeper of this door,

n-js ḏd.n =k rn =j

unless you tell my name.

jwꜣ n Gbb rn =k

Ox of Geb is your name.

jw =k rḫ.tj n

You know us;

swꜣ jr =k ḥr =n

pass by us, then.

nn ḏi̯! =j ḫnd =k ḥr =j j.n zꜣt,w n ⸢wsḫ,t⸣ ⸢tn⸣ ⸢n.t⸣ ⸢Mꜣꜥ⸣,tj

I will not let you tread on me, says the floor of this Hall of the Two Truths.

ḥr-m jrf gr

And why, then?

jw =j wꜥb.kw

I am pure.

ḥr-n,tt n rḫ =k rn n rd.du =kj ḫnd =k ḥr =j jm =sn

Because you do not know the names of your feet with which you would tread on me.

ḏd jr =k n =j st

Tell them to me, then.

bz.w Mn,w rn n rd =j wnm,j

Image of Min is the name of my right foot;

wnpp!.t n.t Ḥw,t-Ḥr,w rn n rd =j jꜣb,j

Wenpepet of Hathor is the name of my left foot.

jw =k rḫ.tj n

You know us;

ꜥq jr =k ḥr =n

enter past us, then.

nn smj =j ṯw j.n jr,j-ꜥꜣ n wsḫ,t tn n.t Mꜣꜥ,tj

I will not announce you, says the doorkeeper of this Hall of the Two Truths,

n-js ḏd =k rn =j

unless you tell my name.

sjꜣ jb.pl ḏꜥr ẖ,t.pl rn =k

Knower of Hearts, Searcher of Bodies is your name.

smj =j ṯw jrf n m m nṯr jm,j wnw,t =f

To whom, then, shall I announce you? Who is the god who is in his hour?

ḏd =k st n ꜥ,w Tꜣ,du

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

ptr rf sw

Who is he?

ꜥ,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 ꜥꜣ r smj.t

I have come here to be announced.

ptr ḫr,t =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 kept myself from the strife of those who are in their days.

nn wj m-m =sn

I am not among them.

smj =j ṯw jrf n m m nṯr jm,j wnw,t =f

To whom, then, shall I announce you? Who is the god who is in his hour?

ḏd =k st n ꜥ,w Tꜣ,du

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

pw tr rf sw

Who is he?

ꜥ,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 ꜥꜣ r smj.t

I have come here to be announced.

ptr ḫr,t =k

What is your condition?

jw =j wꜥb.kw m ḫw,w

I am pure of wrongdoing.

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

I have kept myself from the strife of those who are in their days.

nn wj m-m =sn

I am not among them.

smj =j jrf ṯw n m

To whom, then, shall I announce you?

smj =k wj n hꜣ,yt m sḏ,t jnb.pl m jꜥr.w,t ꜥnḫ.w[t] wnn zꜣt,w =f m nwy

You shall announce me to the one whose roof is fire, whose walls are living cobras, whose floor is flood-water.

zy pw

Who is that?

Wsjr pw

It is Osiris.

wḏꜣ jr =k

Proceed, then;

m =k ṯw smj.tj

behold, you are announced.

jw tʾ =k m wḏꜣ,t

Your bread is from the Wedjat-eye,

jw ḥ[n]q,t =k m wḏꜣ,t

your beer is from the Wedjat-eye,

jw pri̯ =tw n =k r ḫrw tp tꜣ m wḏꜣ,t ḫrw-fj sw Wsjr […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

invocation offerings come forth for you on earth from the Wedjat-eye, so he says, the Osiris [...], justified.

jri̯.t mj ḫpr m wsḫ,t tn n Mꜣꜥ,tj

To be done as it happens in this Hall of the Two Truths:

ḏd =tw rʾ pn wꜥb[.w] twr{j}[.w] wnḫ.w m ḥbs,w ṯb.w m ḥḏ,t.j sdm.w m msdm,t wrḥ.w m ꜥntj,w

this spell is to be said [by one who is] clean and pure, dressed in clothes, shod in white sandals, painted with black eye-paint, anointed with myrrh,

wdn n =f jḥ.pl ꜣpd.pl snṯr tʾ ḥnq,t sm,w

with cattle, fowl, incense, bread, beer and vegetables offered for him.

jsk jri̯.n =k sšm,w pn n,tj m zẖꜣ ḥr zꜣt,w wꜥb[.w] m ztj sẖr.w m ꜣḥ,t n,tj n ḫnd šꜣj ꜥw,t ḥr =f

And you shall make this image, which is in writing, on a clean floor with ochre, overlaid with [the soil of] a field on which neither pigs nor goats have 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.pl =f wꜣḏ[.w]

and his children will flourish;

n ḥntꜣ

he will not be in want,

n wnn =f m mḥ-jb n nsw,t ḥnꜥ šn,yt =f

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

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

A shens-loaf, a jug, a pezen-loaf and a great portion of meat will be given to him on the altar of the great god.

n šnꜥ.ntw =f ḥr sbꜣ nb n jmn,t

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

jw sṯꜣ.tw =f ḥnꜥ nsw,t.yw-bj,tj.w

he will be ushered in with the kings of Upper and Lower Egypt,

wnn =f m šms,w n Wsjr

and he will be in the following of Osiris.

šs-mꜣꜥ ḥḥ n zp

Truly correct, a million times.

zꜣ nsw,t Ḥr,w-ḏḏ-f m gmi̯ =f m hn n štꜣ,w m zš nṯr ḏs =f m pr,w Wnw,t nb.t wnw m ḫntj =f jri̯.t sjp.tj rʾ.w-pr.w m sḫ.wt m jꜣ.wt nṯr.w

It was the king's son Hordjedef who found it in a chest of secrets, in the god's own writing, in the temple of Wenut, lady of Wenu, when he was travelling south to make an inspection of the temples in the fields and in the mounds of the gods.

n Wsjr m Hn,j

to Osiris in Heni.

ꜥrr,yt tp,j.t

The first gateway.

sḫd ḥr ꜥšꜣ jrw jr,j ꜥrr,yt tp,j.t

'Upside-down of Face, Many of Forms' is the keeper of the first gateway.

smt.w rn n zꜣꜣ! sj

'Eavesdropper' is the name of the one who guards it.

hw[t] ḫrw rn n smj jm =s

'Wailing of Voice' is the name of the herald in it.

ꜥrr,yt sn,nw.t

The second gateway.

dwn-ḥꜣ,t rn n jr,j ꜥrr,yt sn,nw.t

'Outstretched of Brow' is the name of the keeper of the second gateway.

sqd ḥr rn n zꜣꜣ! sj

'Travelling Face' is the name of the one who guards it.

{sꜣbs}[ꜣsb] rn n smj jm =s

'Blazing One' is the name of the herald in it.

ꜥrr,yt 3,nw.t

The third gateway.

wnm ḥwꜣ[ꜣ],t n.t pḥ[,wj] =fj jr,j ꜥrr,yt 3,nw.t

'Who Eats the Putrefaction of His Hindquarters' is the keeper of the third gateway.

rs ḥr rn n zꜣꜣ! sj

'Watchful of Face' is the name of the one who guards it.

wꜥꜣ.w rn n smj jm =s

'Curser' is the name of the herald in it.

ꜥrr,yt 4,nw.t

The fourth gateway.

ḫsf ḥr ꜥšꜣ-ḫrw jr,j ꜥrr,yt 4,nw.t

'Who Repels the Face, Loud of Voice' is the keeper of the fourth gateway.

rs jb rn n zꜣꜣ! sj

'Wakeful of Heart' is the name of the one who guards it.

ꜥꜣ ḥr ḫsf ꜣd,w rn n smj jm =s

'Great One Who Repels the Aggressor' is the name of the herald in it.

ꜥrr,yt 5,nw.t

The fifth gateway.

ꜥnḫ m fnṯ.w jr,j ꜥrr,yt 5,nw.t

'Who Lives on Worms' is the keeper of the fifth gateway.

ꜣẖb,w rn n zꜣꜣ! sj

'Akhebu' is the name of the one who guards it.

db ḥr khꜣ ꜣ,t rn n smj jm =s

'Hippopotamus Face, Raging of Onslaught' is the name of the herald in it.

ꜥrr,yt 6,nw.t

The sixth gateway.

jkn tʾ khꜣ ḫrw jr,j ꜥrr,yt 6,nw.t

'Who Scoops Bread (?), Raging of Voice' is the keeper of the sixth gateway.

jni̯ ḥr rn n zꜣꜣ! sj

'Who Brings the Face' is the name of the one who guards it.

mds-ḥr jr,j š rn n smj jm =s

'Keen of Face, He of the Pool' is the name of the herald in it.

ꜥrr,yt 7,nw.t

The seventh gateway.

mds sn jr,j ꜥrr,yt 7,nw.t

'Who Cuts Them Down' is the keeper of the seventh gateway.

ꜥꜣ ḫrw rn n zꜣꜣ! sj

'Loud of Voice' is the name of the one who guards it.

ḫsf ḥr ḫmi̯,yw rn n smj jm =s

'Who Repels the Face of the Destroyers' is the name of the herald in it.

j ꜥrrw,t.pl jptw jrr!.yw ꜥrrw,t.pl ḥr Wsjr zꜣꜣ!.yw ꜥrrw,t.pl =sn sm[j].y ḫr,t Tꜣ,du n Wsjr rꜥ,w-nb jw Wsjr […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw rḫ[.w] ṯn rḫ[.w] rn.w =ṯn

O you gateways, you who attend to the gateways for Osiris, who guard their gateways, who report the affairs of the Two Lands to Osiris every day: the Osiris [...], justified, knows you and knows your names.

Wsjr […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw msi̯.y m Rʾ-sṯꜣ,w

The Osiris [...], justified, was born in Rosetau;

rkḥ.t bs.w ꜥḫm.t ḏꜣf.w spd.t pꜥw ḫꜣḫ.t ḏr,t smꜣ.t nn nḏnḏ jw,tj.t swꜣ ḥr =s n snḏ n jh[,w] =s rn =ṯ

'She who kindles flames, who quenches the burning, sharp of flame, swift of hand, who kills without enquiry, past whom none goes for fear of her harm (?)' is your name.

ḫwi̯.w ḏ,t =f rn n jr,j-ꜥꜣ =s

'He Who Protects His Body' is the name of her doorkeeper.

wn.pl ḥr.pl =ṯn kfꜣ ꜥfn,t.pl =ṯn m ḫsf,w =j twt js n wr jm,j =ṯn

Uncover your faces, take off your headcloths when you meet me, for [I am] the likeness of the great one who is among you.

jy.n =j r jri̯.t p[ꜣ]q.w =ṯn

I have come to make your thin loaves (?).

nn sḫm ksj zpꜣ jm =j

The bowing centipede (?) shall have no power over me,

nn jwt! ḫꜣy,tj.w m-sꜣ =j

the slaughterers shall not come after me,

nn jwt! ḏꜣy,tj.w m-sꜣ =j

the adversaries shall not come after me.

ꜥnḫ =j m ḥtp,t jm,j.t =ṯn

I live on the offerings that are among you.

ḏd-mdw jn […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Words spoken by [...], justified: