Book of the Dead, pTurin Museo Egizio 1791 Tb 114-165

mḏꜣ,t n.t ꜥq r wsḫ,t-Mꜣꜥ,tj pḫꜣ z m ḫw,w jri̯.n =f r mꜣꜣ ḥr.pl nṯr.pl

Book for entering the Hall of the Two Truths, separating a man from the wrongs he has done, to see the faces of the gods.

ḏd-mdw j:nḏ-ḥr =ṯn nb.w Mꜣꜥ,tdu

Words to be spoken: Hail to you, lords of the Two Truths!

j:nḏ-ḥr =k nṯr-ꜥꜣ nb Mꜣꜥ,tj

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

sštꜣ dꜣ,t bz štꜣ m ẖr,t-nṯr gmi̯ m ꜥḥ,t n[.t] ḥw,t-ꜥꜣ,t ḫr ḥm n nsw,t-bj,t Zm,tj(?) mꜣꜥ-ḫrw m gmi̯[.t] m qr,t n.t ḏw jri̯.tn Ḥr,w n jti̯ =f Wsjr-wnn-nfr,w mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

The secret of the Duat, a secret initiation(?) in the necropolis, found in the ꜥḥt of the Great Mansion under the Majesty of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt Semti(?), justified, as a find in the cavern of the mountain, which Horus made for his father Osiris-Wennefer, justified.

jmi̯ =k jri̯ s[j] n ḥr-nb nb!! wp,w[-ḥr] ḥꜥ =k ḏs =k m jti̯ =k m zꜣ =k

Do not perform it for anyone at all except yourself, be it your father or your son.

n rḏi̯ mꜣꜣ r[m]{r}[ṯ] nb wp-ḥr nswt ḥnꜥ ẖr[,j]-ḥ[ꜣ]b[,t]

No one at all is to be allowed to see [it] except the king and the lector priest.

wnn.ḫr =f mj wꜥ,w jm =sn

Then he will be like one of them.

ḏi̯ =f rḫ ḫpr n =f m šꜣ,w

It lets [him] know what will happen to him by fate(?).

mḏꜣ,t tn štꜣ[,t] mꜣꜥ[.t] zp-2

This book is a secret, truly, truly.

nn rḫ ky m b[w]-nb r-nḥḥ

No other anywhere shall ever know [it];

nn ḏd n r[m]ṯ,t nb.t

it is not to be told to any people,

nn wḥm n jr,t!!

nor repeated to an eye(?),

nn sḏm n msḏr

nor heard by an ear,

nn rḏi̯.t mꜣꜣ =s wp-ḥr =f ḥnꜥ sbꜣ sw

nor shown to anyone except him and the one who taught him.

jmi̯ =k ꜥšꜣ-rʾ.pl ky-ḏd rḏi̯.t wp-ḥr =k ḏs =k ḥnꜥ jm,j-jb =k

Do not be talkative; variant: let it be [given] only to yourself and to your confidant.

jri̯ =k m-ẖnw zḥ n ḥbs wdi̯[.w] m sbꜣ[.pl] m qnw r-ḏr =f

You shall perform it inside a booth of cloth, set with stars in abundance all over it.

sštꜣ pw mꜣꜥ

It is a true mystery.

rʾ n tm ḏi̯[.t] ski̯ ẖꜣ,t n z m ẖr,t-nṯr r nḥm =f m-ꜥ wnm bꜣ.pl n,tj ḏdḥ{,w} m-ḫnt Dꜣ,t ḥnꜥ tm rḏi̯.t ṯzi̯ =tw btꜣ,w =f ḥr-tp tꜣ ḥr =f rḏi̯.t wḏꜣ jwf =f qs.pl =f r dnm ḥnꜥ nṯr nb n,tj thi̯ m ẖr,t-nṯr rḏi̯.t pri̯ =f h[ꜣ]i̯ =f r mr,wt =f jri̯.t p[ꜣ] n,tj nb m jb =f nn jntj.tw =f

Spell for not letting a man's corpse perish in the necropolis, to rescue him from the Eater of bas (souls) who is imprisoned in the Duat, and for not letting his wrongs on earth be raised up against him, for keeping his flesh and his bones sound against worms(?) and every god who does harm in the necropolis, for letting him go out and come down as he wishes, and do everything in his heart without being hindered.

ḏd-mdw jn Wsjr […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

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

jnk pꜣ bꜣ n tꜣ ẖꜣ,t ꜥꜣ.t n,tj ḥtp.tw m Jrhb

I am the ba of the great corpse which rests in Irheb.

ntf zꜣ n tꜣ ẖꜣ,t n[.t] Ḥrty pꜣ {ḫꜣs,t}[nb] {t}[r]mn n,tj ḥtp.tw n pꜣ pḥw,w Snhqrg

He is the protection of the corpse of Herty, the lord of Remen, who rests in the far region of Senhaqereg.

j pꜣ bꜣ n,tj bw ft jb =f r wbn ḥtp ḥtp bꜣ =f m-ẖnw tꜣy =f ẖꜣ,t n,tj ḥtp.tw m Snhprgn mi̯ n Wsjr […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

O ba whose heart does not tire of rising and setting, whose ba rests inside his corpse which rests in Senhaperegen, come to the Osiris [...], justified!

n[ḥm] =f sw m-ꜥ bꜣ.pl ḥz[ꜣ] ḥr sḫm ḥꜣ,tj.pl n,tj jṯi̯ ꜥ,t.pl pri̯ hh n rʾ =w r dp bꜣ.pl

May he rescue him from the savage-faced bas, mighty of heart, who seize limbs, from whose mouths a hot blast comes forth to taste(?) the bas.

nn sꜥḥꜥ.tw ḫnw nb r =f

No troublemaker will be raised up against him.

ꜣḫ ḏr,t n kꜣy jm =f r nḥḥ ḏ,t

Effective is the hand of the exalted one(?) in him, for ever and ever.

jr jri̯ mḏꜣ,t tn ḥr-tp tꜣ nn kfꜣ.tw =f jn wpw,tj.pl thꜣ n,tj jri̯ swꜣ,w n tꜣ ḏr =f

If this book is made on earth, he will not be despoiled(?) by the transgressing messengers who go about the entire land.

nn dm =f

He will not be pierced(?).

nn mt =f n šꜥd n nswt

He will not die by the king's slaughter.

nn jṯi̯.tw =f r ḏdḥ,w nb

He will not be taken to any prison.

ḫr ꜥq =f r qnb,y pri̯ m mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Rather, he will enter the court and come out justified.

ḏd-mdw ḥr jrw(?) Mw,t ẖr[,j]{.pl} ḥr 3 wꜥ,w m ḥr n Pḫꜣ,t ẖr[,j] šw,t.j ky m ḥr n Pꜥy,t ẖr[,j] ḥḏ,t dšr,t ky m ḥr n Nrjw ẖr[,j] šw,t.j ẖr[,j] mṯꜣ ẖr[,j] ḏnḥ,w.du m ꜥgꜣ,t n mꜣj

Words to be spoken over a figure(?) of Mut having three faces: one with the face of Pakhet, wearing the two plumes; another with the face of Payet(?), wearing the White and Red Crowns; another with the face of Nerau, wearing the two plumes; having a phallus, having two wings, with the claws of a lion.

zẖꜣ m ꜥnd,pl šw ḥr snṯr wꜣḏ wḥm m ry[,t] ḥr pry n jnsi̯

Drawn in dry ꜥnd on fresh incense, and again in pigment(?) on a pry of red linen,

jw wꜥ nmmj ꜥḥꜥ[.w] m-bꜣḥ =s ḥꜣ =s

with a dwarf standing before her [and] behind her,

jw ḥr =f r =s ẖr šw,t.j

his face toward her, wearing the two plumes,

jw =f m fꜣi̯[.t] ꜥ ẖr ḥr.du wꜥ,w m ḥr n bjk ky m ḥr n pꜥ,t

he with arm raised, having two faces, one with the face of a falcon, the other with the face of a human.

j:nḏ-ḥr =k ḫnt[,j]-jmn,tt Wnn-nfr,w nb-ꜣbḏ,w

Hail to you, Foremost of the West, Wennefer, lord of Abydos!

ḏi̯ =k wbꜣ [=j] wꜣ,t kk,w ẖnm =j šms,w =k jm,j.pl-dꜣ,t ꜥq =j pri̯ =j m Rʾ-sṯꜣ,w m wsḫ,t-n,t-Mꜣꜥ,tj swꜣ =j jmḥ,t dꜣ,t

May you let [me] open the way of darkness, that I may join your followers who are in the Duat, that I may enter and go forth in Rosetau, in the Hall of the Two Truths, that I may pass the Imhet of the Duat.

jy.n =j […] kꜣ […]

I have come [...] ka (vital force) [...]

Ḥr,w

Horus

ḫnt[,j]-zḥ-nṯr ḏd =f

Foremost of the God's Booth, he says:

jb ꜥq[ꜣ.w] r ꜥḥꜥ =f

The heart is exact in its position(?).

mḫꜣ,t mḥ[.tj] m Wsjr […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

The balance is filled with the Osiris [...], justified.

ḏd-mdw jn Ḏḥwtj nb-Ḫmn,w nb-mdw-nṯr nṯr-ꜥꜣ ḫnt[,j] Ḥsr,t

Words spoken by Thoth, lord of Hermopolis, lord of the god's words, great god, foremost of Hesret:

jmm! n =f jb =f r s,t =f n Wsjr […] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Give him his heart in its place, to the Osiris [...], justified.

Šꜣy

Shay

Rnn,t

Renenet

Msḫn[,t]

Meskhenet

dr ḫfti̯.pl [j]n ꜥm,tt nb[,t] jmn,t n(?) jmn[,t]

Driving off the enemies by the Devourer, lady of the West, of(?) the West.

Wsjr-Wnn-nfr,w nb-ꜥnḫ nṯr-ꜥꜣ ḥqꜣ-ḏ,t ḥr,j-tp [Rʾ-]sṯꜣ,w Jgr,t ḫnt,j-jmn,tt nṯr-ꜥꜣ nb-ꜣbḏ,w nswt nḥḥ

Osiris-Wennefer, lord of life, great god, ruler of eternity, chief of Rosetau and Igeret, foremost of the West, great god, lord of Abydos, king of everlastingness.