Book of the Heavenly Cow (tomb of Sety I, KV 17)

[ḫpr] [swt] [wbn] [Rꜥ] nṯr ḫpr-ḏ{d}[s]≡f m-ḫt wnn =f m nsw,yt

[Now] [it came to pass] [that] [Ra] [rose], the god who came into being by himself, after he had been in kingship,

r[m]ṯ.pl nṯr.pl m [j]ḫ,t [wꜥ.t]

mankind and the gods being [one] thing.

wn.jn ⸢r[m]ṯ⸣[.pl] [ḥr] [kꜣi̯.t] [md,t] […] md,t r ḫft,j.pl Rꜥ

Then mankind [were] [plotting] [words] [...] words, as(?) enemies of Ra.

[jstw] r =f ḥm =f ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb] jꜣwi̯.w

[Now] His Majesty, may he live, prosper and be healthy, had grown old:

qs.pl =f m ḥḏ

his bones were silver,

ḥꜥ,pl =f m nbw

his flesh gold,

šnj =f m ḫsbd [mꜣꜥ]

his hair [true] lapis lazuli.

wn⸢.jn⸣ [ḥm] =[f] [ḥr] [sjꜣ] [md,t] [n,t[t](?)] [kꜣi̯.t[j]] ⸢r⸣ =⸢f⸣ jn r[m]ṯ.pl

Then [His] [Majesty] [perceived] [the words] [that] [were plotted] against him by mankind.

ḏd.jn ḥm =f ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb] n n,tj.w.pl m ḫt,jw.pl =f

Then His Majesty, may he live, prosper and be healthy, said to those who were in his following:

njs m~ꜥ n =j r jr,t =j r Šw T⸢f⸣[n,t] ⸢Gb⸣ [Nw],t ḥnꜥ jt.w.pl mw,t.pl wnn.yw.pl ḥnꜥ =j jst[w] wj m Nwn ḥnꜥ gr nṯr ={j} Nwn

Summon to me my Eye, and Shu, Tefnut, Geb and Nut, with the fathers and mothers who were with me when I was in Nun, and the god Nun as well;

jnn =f šn,ty =f ḥnꜥ =f jnn =k st m ktkt

let him bring his courtiers with him. You shall bring them in secret:

jmi̯ mꜣꜣ r[m]ṯ.pl

do not let mankind see,

jmi̯ wꜥr jb =sn jy =⸢k⸣ ⸢ḥnꜥ⸣ =⸢s⸣n r ḥw,t-ꜥꜣ[.t]

do not let their hearts take flight. You shall come with them to the Great Mansion,

ḏd =sn sḫr.w.pl =sn ḏr[j].w{t}.pl jwi̯ =j m Nwn r bw ḫpr.n =j jm

that they may give their firm(?) counsel, [since] I came from Nun to the place where I came into being.

jni̯{≡j}.jn =tw nn-n nṯr.pl [ḥr-ꜥ,wj]

Then these gods were brought [at once],

[ꜥḥꜥ].⸢j⸣[n](?) nn-n nṯr.pl jpn ḥr gs[.wj] =fj ḥr dhn tꜣ m-bꜣḥ ḥm =f

and these gods [stood] on his two sides, touching the ground with their foreheads before His Majesty,

ḏd =f md,t =f m-bꜣḥ jt ={j} sms,w.pl jri̯ r[m]ṯ.pl nsw ⸢r⸣[ḫ],yt.pl

so that he might speak his words before the eldest father, the maker of mankind, king of the rekhyt [common people].

ḏd.jn =sn ḫft ḥm =f

Then they said before His Majesty:

mdwi̯{.pl} n =n r sḏm.t =n st

Speak to us, that we may hear it.

ḏd.jn Rꜥ n Nwn

Then Ra said to Nun:

nṯr sms ḫpr.n =j jm =f nṯr.pl dp-ꜥ.pl m =tn r[m]ṯ.pl ḫpr.w.pl m jr,t =j kꜣi̯.n =sn md,t r =j

Eldest god, in whom I came into being, ancestor gods: look, mankind, who came into being from my Eye, have plotted against me.

ḏd.pl n =j jr,t.pl =tn r =s

Tell me what you would do about it,

m =tn wj ḥḥj =j

for see, I am searching [for counsel];

n smꜣ.n =j st r sḏm.ṱ =j ḏ[d].tj =tn r =s

I will not kill them until I have heard what you will say about it.

ḏd.jn ḥm n Nwn

Then the Majesty of Nun said:

zꜣ =j Rꜥ nṯr ꜥꜣ r jri̯-sw wr r qmꜣ.yw.pl-sw ḥmsi̯ s,t =[k]

My son Ra, god greater than the one who made him, mightier than those who created him, remain on [your] throne!

wr snḏ =k jw jr,t =k r wꜣi̯.yw.pl jm =k

Great is the fear of you; your Eye shall be against those who plot against you.

ḏd.jn ḥm n Rꜥ

Then the Majesty of Ra said:

m =tn st wꜥr r ḫꜣs,t

Look, they have fled into the desert,

jb.pl =sn snd.w ḥr ⸢ḏ⸣[d] =[j] [n] =sn

their hearts afraid because of what [I] [said] [to] them.

ḏd.jn =sn ḫft ḥm =f

Then they said before His Majesty:

ḏi̯(?) šmi̯ jr,t =k ḥ{ꜣ}[m]w(?) =s n =k stj wꜣi̯.pl m ḏw.pl

Let your Eye go, that it may smite(?) for you those who plotted evil.

nn jr,t ḫnt,j[.t] jm =[s] [r] [ḥwi̯.t] [n] =[k] [st]

There is no eye more preeminent than it [for] [smiting] [them] [for] [you].

hꜣi̯ =s m Ḥw,t-Ḥr,w

Let it go down as Hathor.

jwi̯.jn r =f ntr,t tn smꜣm.n =s r[m]ṯ.pl ḥr ḫꜣs,t

Then this goddess came back, having slain mankind in the desert.

ḏd.jn ḥm n nṯr pn

Then the Majesty of this god said:

jyj.wj m-ḥtp Ḥw,t-Ḥr,w jri̯.t n jr[,w] [jy.n] =[j] [r] =[s]

Welcome in peace, Hathor, who has done for the Maker(?) [that] [for which] [I] [came]!

ḏd{≡j}.jn nṯr,t tn

Then this goddess said:

ꜥnḫ =k n =j jw sḫm.n =j m r[m]ṯ.pl jw nḏm ḥr jb =j

As you live for me, I have prevailed over mankind, and it was sweet to my heart.

ḏd.jn ḥm n Rꜥ

Then the Majesty of Ra said:

jw =j r sḫm jm =sn [m] [nsw]

I shall have power over them [as] [king].

m sꜥnd.w st

Do not diminish them!

ḫpr Sḫm,t pw šbb,t n.t grḥ r rh[n]i̯.t ḥr snf =sn šꜣꜥ{≡j}-m Nn-nsw

That is how Sekhmet came into being, the mash(?) of the night, to wade in their blood from Herakleopolis onward.

ḏd.jn [Rꜥ]

Then [Ra] said:

njs.pl m~ꜥ n =j wpw,tj.w.pl ḫꜣḫ,w.pl sjn.w.pl sḫs{≡j} =sn [mj] šw,t n ẖ,t

Summon to me swift messengers who hurry, that they may run [like] the shadow of a body.

jni̯.jn =tw nn-n wpw,tj[.w.pl] [jpn] ḥr-ꜥ,wj

Then these messengers were brought at once.

ḏd.jn ḥm n nṯr pn

Then the Majesty of this god said:

šꜣs n r Jꜣbw

Hurry to Elephantine,

jni̯.pl n =j ddj,t r-wr

bring me didi [a red substance] in great quantity.

jni̯.jn =tw n =f nn-n ddj,tj

Then this didi was brought to him.

rḏi̯{.t}.jn [ḥm] [n] [nṯr] [pn] [ꜥꜣ] [ḥn]sk,tt[j] n,tj m Jwn,w ḥr nḏ ddj,tj jpn

Then [the Majesty] [of] [this] [great] [god] had the [Braided One] who is in Heliopolis grind this didi,

jstw gr ḥm,t.pl ḥr tš jt r ḥ[n]q,t

while maidservants were crushing barley for beer.

rḏi̯.jn =tw ddj,tj jpn ḥr šbb,t tn

Then this didi was put into this mash,

[wn.jn] [mj] [sn]f n r[m]ṯ.pl

[and it was] [like] the [blood] of men.

jri̯{.t}.jn =tw ḥ[n]q,t hbn,t 7000

Then 7,000 jars of beer were made.

jwi̯.jn r =f ḥm n nsw-byt Rꜥ ḥnꜥ nṯr.pl jpn r mꜣꜣ nn-n ḥ[n]q,t jstw ⸢ḥḏ⸣ ⸢tꜣ⸣ n smꜣmꜣ r[m]ṯ.pl jn nṯr,t m sw.pl =sn n.w ḫnty.t

Then the Majesty of the Dual King Ra came with these gods to see this beer, now that the land had dawned for the slaughter of mankind by the goddess on their days of going upstream(?).

ḏd-mdw jn ḥm n Rꜥ

Words spoken by the Majesty of Ra:

nf{j}r.wj stj

How good it is!

jw =j r mki̯.t r[m]ṯ.pl ḥr =s

I shall protect mankind with it.

ḏd.jn Rꜥ

Then Ra said:

fꜣ⸢y⸣.pl m~ꜥ stj r bw {ꜣ}[ḏd].n =s smꜣ =j r[m]ṯ.pl jm

Carry it, then, to the place where she said: I shall slay mankind there.

[n]hp.jn ḥm n nsw-byt Rꜥ m nfr,w-grḥ r rḏi̯.t stt.tw nn-n sḏr,t

Then the Majesty of the Dual King Ra rose early, in the depth of the night, to have this sleeping-draught poured out.

wn.jn ꜣḥ,t.pl n,tj šzp 3 mḥ[.tj] m mw m bꜣ,w n ḥm n nṯr pn

Then the fields were filled three palms [deep] with the liquid, by the might of the Majesty of this god.

šmi̯{.t}.jn ntr,t tn m dwꜣ,wj

Then this goddess went out in the morning

gmi̯.n =s nn-n ḥr mḥi̯.t

and found these [fields] flooded.

nfr.jn ḥr =st jm

Then her face was pleased there.

wn.jn =st ḥr swrj nfr ḥr jb =st

Then she drank, and it was good to her heart.

jy.n =s tḫj.tj

She came back drunk,

nn sjꜣ.n =s r[m]ṯ.pl

without having recognised mankind.

ḏd.jn ḥm n Rꜥ n nṯr,t tn

Then the Majesty of Ra said to this goddess:

jy.t.wj m-ḥtp jmꜣ,yt

Welcome in peace, gracious one!

ḫpr nfr,t{.pl} m Jmꜣ,pl [pw]

That is how the beautiful women of Imau came into being.

ḏd.jn ḥm n Rꜥ n ntr,t tn jri̯[.w] n =st sḏr,t m tr.w.pl [n] rnp,t jp{n}[.w] =st r ḥm,t.pl ={j}

Then the Majesty of Ra said to this goddess: Sleeping-draughts shall be made for her at the seasons [of] the year, assigned(?) to her by the maidservants.

ḫpr jri̯.t sḏr,t pw m [jp-ḥm,t[≡s](?)] ḥb n Ḥw,t-Ḥr,w jn r[m]ṯ.pl nb[.w] ḏr hrw dp,j

That is how the making of sleeping-draughts at [the counting of her maidservants](?), the festival of Hathor, by all people came into being, since the first day.

ḏd.jn ḥm n Rꜥ n ntr,t tn

Then the Majesty of Ra said to this goddess:

jn jw mḥr.n hh n mḥr

Has the burning of pain caused pain(?)?

ḫpr ḫr[,t](?) trj {j}[p]w jn mḥr

That is how the duty(?) of respect(?) came into being, through the sufferer(?).

ḏd.jn ḥm n Rꜥ

Then the Majesty of Ra said:

ꜥnḫ =j n =j jw jb =j wrd.w wr r wnn ḥnꜥ =sn

As I live for myself, my heart is very weary of being with them.

smꜣm =j st sp-n-jwtj ={j}

I slew them, a matter of nothing(?);

nn-wn ꜥnd ꜣw,t ꜥ =j

there is no shortness in the reach of my arm.

ḏd.t.n nṯr.pl n,tj.w m-ḫt =f m bh[ꜣ](?) m wrd,pl =k jw =k sḫm.tj m mrr,t.pl =k

What the gods who were in his following said: Do not flee(?) in your weariness; you have power over what you wish.

ḏd.jn ḥm [n] nṯr pn n ḥm n Nwn

Then the Majesty of this god said to the Majesty of Nun:

ḥꜥ,pl =j ꜣhd[.w] m sp dp,j

My limbs are feeble for the first time;

nn {jꜣy}(?) [zꜣy](?) =j r pḥ.t wj ky

I will not wait(?) until another overtakes me.

ḏd.jn ḥm n Nwn

Then the Majesty of Nun said:

zꜣ Šw jr,t =[k] n jt =[k] ⸢m⸣ nḏ,pl =f

Son Shu, [let] [your] eye [be] for [your] father, as his protection(?);

zꜣ,t Nw,t ḏi̯ =t sw [ḥr] [psḏ] =[ṯ]

daughter Nut, put him [on] [your] [back]!

ḏd.jn Nw,t

Then Nut said:

mj m jr =f jt =j Nwn

How so, my father Nun?

j.jn Nw,t

So said Nut.

⸢m⸣ _ ⸢Nwn⸣

[...] Nun.

ḫpr ⸢Nw,t⸣ [m] [jḥ,t]

Nut became [a] [cow],

[__].jn swt ḥm n Rꜥ ḥr psḏ =s

and then the Majesty of Ra [...] on her back.

[jwi̯.t] pw jri̯.n nn-n r[m]ṯ.pl [m(?)] [bw(?)] [wꜥr.n(?)] =[sn(?)] [r(?)] =[f(?)]

Then these people [came] [from the place where they had fled to(?)],

ꜥḥꜥ[.n] mꜣꜣ.n =sn ⸢sw⸣ ḥr psd n [j]ḥ,t

and they saw him on the back of the cow.

[ꜥḥꜥ[.n]] ḏd.n n =f nn-n r[m]ṯ.pl

[Then] these people said to him:

[s]b[i̯.n](?) =[tw](?) [r](?) =[k](?)

[Rebellion has been made] [against] [you](?).

[mj(?)] n =n [s]ḫr =n ḫft,j.w.pl =k wꜣ.w.pl md,t ⸢r⸣ ⸢jri̯⸣.w{.pl} st

[Come](?) to us, that we may overthrow your enemies who plotted against the one who made them.

wḏꜣ ḥm =f r ꜥḥ =[f] […] n ⸢jd⸣,t tn

His Majesty proceeded to [his] palace [...] of this cow,

[nn](?) [zb]⸢j⸣(?) =f ḥnꜥ =sn

[and he did not(?)] [go(?)] with them.

ꜥḥꜥ.jn r =f tꜣ m kk[,w]

Then the land was in darkness.

ḥḏ r =f tꜣ dwꜣ,wj(?) jw nn-n r[m]ṯ.pl [ḥr] pri̯ ẖr pḏ,t.pl ḫt⸢.pl⸣ […]

When the land grew bright in the morning(?), these people came out with bows and sticks [...],

[fꜣi̯(?)] =sn ꜥ n sti̯.t r ḫftj.w.pl

[and] they [raised(?)] an arm to shoot at the enemies.

ḏd.jn ḥm n nṯr pn

Then the Majesty of this god said:

ḫw,pl =tn ḥꜣ{.pl} =tn šꜥ,t{ꜣ}[j.w].pl

Your misdeeds(?) are behind you, you slaughterers!

ḥri̯ šꜥ,t [r(?)] [šꜣꜥ(?)]

Slaughter is far [from(?)] [the beginning(?)].

[ḫp]⸢r⸣ ⸢š⸣ꜥ,t pw ⸢m⸣ [r[m]ṯ.pl]

That is how slaughter came into being among [mankind].

ḏd.jn nṯr pn n Nw,t

Then this god said to Nut:

ḏi̯.n =[j] wj ḥr sꜣ ={j}[t] r ꜥḫi̯.t wj

[I] have put myself on [your] back to raise myself up.

pw-trj sj ḫru̯{.pl≡f} st Nw,t ḫpr.t[j] jm m(?) p,t[,du]⸢.t.j.w⸣(?)

What is this? Nut says(?), having come into being there as(?) the [two] skies(?).

{tjw}[ḏd] ḥm n nṯr pn

[Said] the Majesty of this god:

ḥri̯ tj r =sn

Keep yourself far from them!

ꜥr wj

Raise me up!

mꜣꜣ wj

Look at me!

ḫpr =s [p]w [m] [ḥr,t]

That is how she became [the] [sky].

⸢wn.jn⸣ ḥm n ⸢nṯr⸣ [pn] [ḥr] ⸢mꜣꜣ⸣ m ẖnw =st

Then the Majesty of [this] god was looking out from within her.

ḏd =s

She said:

ḥwj.w grg =k n =j m ꜥšꜣ

If only you would furnish [it] for me with multitudes!

ḫpr _ [pw]

That is how [...] came into being.

[ḏd.jn] [ḥm] =f ⸢ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb]⸣

[Then] His [Majesty], may he live, prosper and be healthy, [said]:

ḥtp sḫ,t ꜥꜣ

A field is at peace here!

ḫpr sḫ,t-ḥtp pw

That is how the Field of Peace came into being.

jꜣ rjd =j sm,w.pl jm =s

Ah, I will grow plants in it!

ḫpr sḫ,t[-jꜣr,pl] [p]w

That is how the Field of [Reeds] came into being.

grg =[j] st m [j]ḫ,t.pl nb.[w]t

[I] will furnish it with all things.

[ḫpr] jḫjḫ.pl pw sbꜣ.pl

[That is how] the glittering ones, the stars, came into being.

wn.jn Nw,t ḥr sdꜣdꜣ ⸢n⸣ [qꜣi̯.t]

Then Nut began to tremble because of [the height].

[ḏd.jn] ḥm [n] Rꜥ

[Then] the Majesty [of] Ra [said]:

ḥwj ꜣ n =j ḥḥ.pl ḥr twꜣ =s

If only I had millions to hold her up!

ḫpr Ḥḥ.pl pw

That is how the Heh-gods came into being.

ḏd.jn ḥm n Rꜥ

Then the Majesty of Ra said:

zꜣ =j Šw jmm tw ẖr zꜣ,t =[j] Nw,t

My son Shu, place yourself under [my] daughter Nut;

zꜣu̯ n =j Ḥḥ.pl Ḥḥ.pl jm ꜥnḫ =sn m [j]ḫḫ,w

guard for me the Heh-gods, the Heh-gods there, who live in the twilight;

jmm sj ḥr-dp =k mnꜥ =k st

put her on your head and nurse her.

ḫpr rḏi̯.t mnꜥ,t pw n zꜣ n zꜣ,t

That is how the giving of a son as nurse(?) to a daughter came into being.

ḫpr rḏi̯.t zꜣ pw jn jt =f ḥr ḏꜣḏꜣ =f

That is how a father's placing of a son on his head came into being.

ḏd.tw rʾ pn ḥr jd,t Ḥḥ.pl n,tj.w.pl ḥr qꜣb,t =st Ḥḥ.pl n,{ꜣ}[tj.w].pl ḥr sꜣ =st

This spell is to be spoken over a cow, with Heh-gods who are at her breast and Heh-gods who are at her back.

mḥ šzp =s 4 m rꜥ~y[,t]

One cubit, her palms 4(?), in paint(?).

psḏ,t sbꜣ ḥr ẖ,t =st

Nine stars on her belly,

st(?) pr[i̯.tj](?) m pḥ,wj jr,j ẖr-ḥꜣ,t mn,t.j-du =sj ={st}

it(?) emerging(?) from the hindquarters, which are in front of her two legs.

Šw ẖr ẖ,t =st

Shu under her belly,

jri̯.w m qnj,t

made in yellow,

gꜣb.du =fj ẖr nꜣ-n sbꜣ.pl

his two arms under these stars,

⸢jri̯.w⸣ m rn =f r-jm,wt{.n≡j} =sn m-ḏd Šw ḏs =f

made with his name between them, namely: Shu himself.

wjꜣ ḥm,y[t] kꜣ~rjj jm =f jtn ḥr-r =f Rꜥ jm =f ẖr-ḥꜣ,t Šw r-gs ḏr,t =f

A bark with a steering-oar(?) and a shrine in it, the sun-disk above it, Ra in it, in front of Shu, beside his hand;

ky-ḏd ḥꜣ =f r-gs ḏr,t =f

another version: behind him, beside his hand.

jri̯.w mnd.du =s m-ḥr,j-jb mn[,t].du =st jꜣb.[t]j

Her two udders made in the middle of her two left legs.

jri̯.w gs =sn m zẖꜣ,pl m-ḥr,j-jb tꜣ mn,t m-ḏd rw,tj

Their side made with writing in the middle of the leg, reading: Outside(?).

jw =j jm =j

I am there(?).

nn ḏi̯ =j jri̯

I will not let [it] be done,

sn m shꜣi̯.t

them going down(?).

n,tj ẖr pꜣ wjꜣ n,tj ḫft-ḥr m-ḏd

[That] which is under the bark that is in front, reading:

n wrd =k zꜣ =j

You shall not grow weary, my son!

sn m shꜣj

Them going down(?).

m-ḏd

Reading:

ḫr,t =k mj ꜥnḫ [ḏ,t]

Your condition is like living [forever].

m-ḏd jm

Reading: There(?)

zꜣ =k jm =j

your protection is in me.

ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb] r fnḏ =k pwy

Life, prosperity and health to this nose of yours!

n,tj ḥꜣ Šw r-gs gꜣb =f m-ḏd

[That] which is behind Shu, beside his arm, reading:

zꜣw sn

Guard them!

n,tj ḥꜣ =f r ḏr,ww =f m shꜣi̯.t m-ḏd

[That] which is behind him at his side, going down(?), reading:

[mꜣꜥ] ꜥq =sn jw =j ḥmi̯ =[j] rꜥ-nb

[Truly(?)] they enter, while [I] withdraw(?) every day.

n,tj ẖr gꜣb n pꜣ tw[t] n,tj ẖr mn,t jꜣb,j[.t] m-ḥꜣ{,t} =st m-ḏd

[That] which is under the arm of the figure that is under the left leg, behind it, reading:

ḫtm [j]ḫ,t.pl nb[.wt]

Sealing all things.

n,tj ḥr ḏꜣḏꜣ =f ẖr pḥ,wj n tꜣ jd,t n,tj m mn,t.j.du =st m-ḏd

[That] which is on his head, under the hindquarters of the cow, which is at her legs, reading:

jr[,j] pr.t =f

The one belonging to his going forth(?).

n,tj ḥꜣ tw[t].[w]j n,tj m mn,t.du =sj ḥr ḏꜣḏꜣ.pl =sn

[That] which is behind the two figures that are at her two legs, on their heads:

jꜣ[w] {ꜣ}[m] j~gr,t{nꜣ}(?)

Praise [in] the necropolis(?).

jw ḏi̯ =tw jꜣ,wt gr,t ꜥq{.tw} =f

Office is given, too, when he enters.

n,tj ḥr ḏꜣḏꜣ n pꜣ twt.[w]j n,tj r-jm,jw ḫpš.du =sj

[That] which is on the head of the two figures that are between her two thighs:

[Dwꜣ-]m{t},t[≡f] Jdm wꜣs-ḥrw[,t]

[Dua]mut[ef], Idem(?), Was-herut(?).

ḏd.jn ḥm n nṯr pn n Ḏḥw,tj

Then the Majesty of this god said to Thoth:

njs m~ꜥ n =j r ḥm n Gb r-ḏd

Summon for me the Majesty of Geb, saying:

mj

Come,

sjn ḥr-ꜥ,wj

hurry at once!

jwi̯.jn r =f ḥm n Gb

Then the Majesty of Geb came.

ḏd.jn ḥm n nṯr pn

Then the Majesty of this god said:

ꜥḥ{tjw}[ꜣ] tw ḥr ḥf[ꜣ],wt.pl =k jm.t.pl =k

Do battle against(?) your serpents that are in you!

m =k snḏ.n =sn n =j m wn =j [jm]

Look, they were afraid of me while I was [there].

jw gr,t rḫ.n =k ꜣḫ,pl =sn

And you yourself know their magic powers.

jri̯ r =k gr,t šꜣs r bw n,tj jt =j Nwn [jm]

Go now to the place where my father Nun [is],

ḏd =k n =f zꜣw jm,j.pl-tꜣ-mw ḥnꜥ gr,t jri̯.t zẖꜣ,pl ntk r jꜣ,t nb[.t] n ḥfꜣ,wt.pl =k n,tj jm r-ḏd

and tell him: Guard the creatures of land and water! And also make writings of yours for every mound of your serpents that are there, saying:

zꜣu̯.pl tn ḥꜥb [j]ḫ,t.pl nb.[w]t

Beware of disturbing(?) anything!

rḫ =sn [n,tt] tw≡j ꜥꜣ

Let them know [that] I am here.

m =k wj wbn =j […] wn =j n =sn

Look, I shine forth [...] I am there for them.

m =k gr,t jr gr{t}[g] =sn ntf pw wn{k}[n].t[j] =f[j] m tꜣ pn n-ḏ,t

Look too: as for their founding(?), it is he who will be in this land forever.

zꜣw tw gr,t r nw-n ḥkꜣ,yw.pl rḫ.w.pl rʾ.pl =sn

And beware of those magicians who know their spells.

m =k ḥkꜣ,w jm ḏs =f

Look, magic itself is there.

m =k jr ꜥm sw m =k [wj]

Look, whoever swallows it, look, [it is I].

nn ḫpr.n sꜣu̯.t[w](?) =j m-ꜥ ꜥꜣ,t ḫpr.n =f m-ḥꜣ,t =j

Never has it happened that I was hindered(?) by a great one who came into being before me.

wḏ =j sn n zꜣ =k Ws-jr zꜣw šrr.pl =sn smꜥ~hj jb n sms,w.pl =sn jm

I will commit them to your son Osiris, to guard their young and make the hearts of their elders forget(?) there

ꜣḫ{.pl}(?) =sn n,tj.w.pl jri̯ =sn m mrr.pl =sn r tꜣ r-ḏr =f m ḥkꜣ.w.pl =sn jm,j.w.pl ẖ,t.pl =sn

their magic powers, which they work as they please against the whole land, with their spells that are in their bellies.

ḏd.jn ḥm n nṯr pn

Then the Majesty of this god said:

njs m~{ḏi̯}[ꜥ] n =j n Ḏḥw,tj

Summon Thoth to me!

jni̯.jn.tw =f ḥr-ꜥ[,wj]

Then he was brought at once.

ḏd.jn ḥm n nṯr pn n Ḏḥw,tj

Then the Majesty of this god said to Thoth:

m =tn [wj] ꜥꜣ m p,t m s,t =j ḏr-n,t{j}[t] [wj] r jri̯.t sšp ꜣḫ,w m dwꜣ,t ḥnꜥ Jw-n-bꜣ,du{,t}

Look, [I] am here in the sky, in my place, since [I] am to make light [and] radiance(?) in the Duat and the Island of the Two Bas(?).

zẖꜣ =k jm

You shall write there,

sjd =k n,t[j.w] jm,j.w.pl =sn jr{r}.y.w =n jri̯.w.pl sbj,t {jn}[m] {jr}[ꜣ]kr,w šms.pl n špt-jb pn

and you shall bring low(?) those who are among them, those whom we made, who made rebellion among the Akeru [earth gods], the followers of this angry-hearted one.

jw =k m s,t =j [m] s,tj

You shall be in my place [as] deputy,

jḫ ḏd =tw n =k Ḏḥw,tj s,tj Rꜥ

and so you shall be called Thoth, deputy of Ra.

jw =[j] gr,t r rḏi̯ hꜣb =k ⸢wr.w.pl⸣ r =k

[I] will also let you send out those greater than you.

ḫpr {pr}[h]ꜣbj pw n Ḏḥw,tj

That is how the ibis of Thoth came into being.

jw =j gr r rḏi̯.t dwn =k ḏr,t =k r-ḫft ḥr n pꜣw,t{ꜣ}[tj.w].pl ꜥꜣ.w.pl r =k jw nfr ḫn =j jri̯ =k

I will also let you stretch out your hand before the face of the primeval gods who are greater than you, and good is my word(?) that you carry out.

ḫpr tḫn,j pw n Ḏḥw,tj

That is how the tekheni of Thoth came into being.

jw =j gr r rḏi̯.t jnḥ =k p,t.j.du m nfr,pl =k m ḥḏw,t =k

I will also let you encircle the two skies with your beauty and with your brightness.

ḫpr jꜥḥ pw n Ḏḥw,tj

That is how the moon of Thoth came into being.

jw =j gr r rḏi̯.t ꜥnꜥn =k ḥꜣ[,w]-nb[,t],pl

I will also let you turn back(?) the Haunebut.

ḫpr ꜥnꜥn pw n Ḏḥw,tj

That is how the baboon(?) of Thoth came into being.

ḫpr r =f pw m ṯꜣ,tj wnn =k gr m s,tj =j

That is how [he] came to be vizier. You shall also be my deputy,

ḥr mꜣ.yw.pl tw nb.w.pl wbꜣ jm =k

with all who see you being opened(?) through you,

jw jri̯.t.n =[j] nb[.t] ={j} ḥr dwꜣ n =k nṯr

and everything [I] have made praising god for you.

ḏd s md[w]{,t} pn ḥr =f ḏs =f sjn m bꜣq mrḥ,t

A man shall say this spell over himself, anointed with moringa oil and unguent,

[sḥtp,w] ḥr ꜥ.wj.du =fj m snṯr

[a censer] in his two hands with incense,

ḥꜣ msḏr.du{ḏr,t} =fj ḥsmn

natron behind his two ears,

bd dp rʾ =f

natron on his mouth,

wnḫ,t =f [m] sšr.wj.du m-mꜣw,t

his clothing [being] two new garments,

wꜥb =f sw m mw mḥw,yw tbi̯.y m tjw.du n,tj ḥḏ,tj.du

having purified himself in floodwater, shod in two white sandals,

zẖꜣ[.w] ={j} mꜣꜥ,t(?) ḥr ns =f m rʾ~y[,t] [wꜣḏ.t] n.t zẖꜣ[,w]

with a Maat(?) drawn on his tongue in [green] scribal paint.

jr wnn jb n Ḏḥw,tj r šdi̯ =st ḥr Rꜥ wꜥb.ḫr =f m wꜥb{,t} 9 hrw.pl

If Thoth's heart is set on reciting it for Ra, he purifies himself with a purification of 9 days.

jrr ḥm.w.pl [n] r[m]ṯ.pl m-mj,tt-jr,j

Servants [among] people shall do likewise.

jr šdd[.w] s[t] j[r] ⸢jrr⸣ =f jr,w pn n,tj r mḏꜣ,t tn jw =f jrr =f ꜥḥꜥ,w =f m-q[ꜣ]b _ [__]⸢j⸣[_].n.t ḥꜣ,w

As for the one who recites it, [if] he performs this rite that is in this book, he will spend his lifetime in the midst of [...] more(?).

jw jr[,t].du =fj r =f ꜥ,t.pl =f nb[.wt] r =f

His two eyes shall be his, all his limbs shall be his,

n sni̯ šm,t.pl =f

his steps shall not go astray(?),

⸢jw⸣ ḏd.w r =f jn r[m]ṯ.pl jw =f mj Rꜥ hrw n msi̯.tw =f

and it shall be said of him by people: He is like Ra on the day he was born.

n šrj.n [j]ḫ,t.pl =f

His goods shall not grow less,

n sꜣt.n ꜥrr,yt =f

his gate shall not be defiled(?).

šs-mꜣꜥ ḥḥ n sp

Truly correct, a million times.

s⸢ḫni̯[.w]⸣ ⸢Nw⸣n jn wr ḏs =f

Nun was embraced(?) by the Great One himself.

ḏd =f n nṯr.pl pri̯.yw.pl m jꜣb,tt [n.t] p,t

He said to the gods who come forth in the east [of] the sky:

jmm.pl jꜣ,w.pl n nṯr sms,w ḫpr.n =j jm =f

Give praise to the eldest god, from whom I came into being!

jnk jri̯ p,t smn [sj] [r] [rḏi̯.t] [bꜣ.pl] [nṯr.pl] [jm] =[st] jw =j ḥnꜥ =sn [r] [n]ḥḥ msi̯.n rnp,t[.pl]

I am the one who made the sky and set [it] firm [to] [place] [the bas] [of the gods] [in] [it], and I am with them [for] the eternity that the years have borne.

ḥ[kꜣ] pw bꜣ =j

[Magic] is my ba [manifestation].

wr sw r =s

It is greater than that(?).

bꜣ pw n Šw H̱nm,w

The ba of Shu is Khnum.

bꜣ pw n [n]ḥḥ Ḥwj,t

The ba of [eternity] is Rain(?).

bꜣ [pw] ⸢n⸣ ⸢kk,w⸣ Grḥ

The ba of darkness is Night.

bꜣ pw n Nwn Rꜥ

The ba of Nun is Ra.

bꜣ pw n Ws-jr bꜣ Ḏd,tj

The ba of Osiris is the Ram of Mendes.

bꜣ.pl pw n Sbjk{.pl} msḥ.w.pl jw bꜣ n nṯr nb m ḥfꜣ,w.pl jw bꜣ n ꜥꜣpp m bꜣẖ,pl jw bꜣ n Rꜥ ḫt tꜣ r-ḏr =f

The bas of Sobek are the crocodiles; the ba of every god is in the snakes; the ba of Apophis is in Bakhu; the ba of Ra is throughout the whole land.

ḏd.⸢ḫ⸣[r] s jrr =f mꜥ~k,t =f m ḥkꜣ,w

A man says, when he makes his protection by magic:

jnk ḥkꜣ,w pwy wꜥb jm,j rʾ ={j} ẖ,t ={j} [n] Rꜥ

I am that pure magic which is in the mouth and the body [of] Ra.

nṯr.pl ḥrj.tjwnj r =j

Gods, keep far from me!

jnk Rꜥ ꜣḫ,w

I am Ra, radiance(?).

ḏd =k swꜣi̯ =k m mšr,w m ꜥnḏ,w

You shall say [it] when you pass by in the evening and in the morning.

ḥr ḥr =k

On your face!

ḫr =k ḫft,j{.pl}-n-Rꜥ

Fall, enemy of Ra!

jnk bꜣ =f ḥkꜣ,w

I am his ba, magic.

j nb-[n]ḥḥ qmꜣ ḏ,t skk ⸢rnp⸣,t.pl nṯr.pl h{m}[ꜣ]ꜣ.w Rꜥ jm =f nb nṯr =f ḥqꜣ {jr}jr{r}-sw mrr tw jt.w.pl nṯr.pl ḥkꜣ,w wꜥb ḥr ḏꜣḏꜣ =f jri̯ rpy,t ꜥḥꜥ.tj ḥr t{tjw}[ꜣy] =k rsj[,t]

O Lord of [eternity], creator of everlastingness, who wipes out(?) the years of the gods, into whom Ra descends, lord of his god, ruler of the one who made him, you whom the fathers of the gods love, pure magic upon his head! Make a female figure standing on your southern [side](?),

jri̯ nṯr[,t] ḥr =s m-ḥr-jb =s ḥfꜣ,w ꜥḥꜥ[.w] ḥr sd =f

make a goddess upon it, in its middle a snake standing on its tail,

ḏr,t =s ḥr ẖ,t =f

her hand on its belly,

sd =f ḥr tꜣ

its tail on the ground.

dd.w n =f Ḏḥw,tj jꜣ,wt sꜥḥ p,t ḥr =f dd.w{j} n =f Šw ꜥ.wj.du =[fj] r =f nḥm.kwj m-ꜥ nṯr.wj.du jpwj ꜥꜣ.wj ḥmsi̯.y.pl ḥr jꜣb,tt n[.t] p,t zꜣw.pl p,t zꜣu̯.pl tꜣ rd.w.pl štꜣ,w

He to whom Thoth gives office, the dignity of the sky upon him, to whom Shu gives [his] two arms against(?) him: I am rescued from these two great gods who sit in the east [of] the sky, guardians of the sky, guardians of the earth, who make the hidden ones grow(?).

ḏd.ḫr =sn

Then they say:

ꜥꜣ.wj sw pri̯ =f r mꜣꜣ Nwn

How great he is when he goes forth to see Nun!

ḏd-mdw [jn] wꜥb m ꜣbd m […] 1[5].n[t] [r-]mj,tt jr,pl pn dp,j-ꜥ

Words to be spoken [by] one who is pure in(?) the month, on [...] 1[5]th(?) [day], [like] this former rite.

wnn ḏd rʾ pn ꜥnḫ m ẖr,t-nṯr

He who says this spell shall live in the necropolis;

wr snḏ =f r dp,j.jw-tꜣ

great shall be the fear of him among those on earth.

jr ḏd =sn pw rn.w.pl =k [n]ḥḥ ḥnꜥ ḏ,t

If they say: Who? — your names are [Eternity] and Everlastingness.

ḏd.ḫr =sn

Then they say:

[nṯr] [pw] [m] [mꜣꜥ,t]

[He is] [a god] [in] [truth].

ḏd.ḫr =sn

Then they say:

jw pḥ.n =f n ⸢ꜥꜣ⸣ m tꜣ wꜣ,t

He has arrived here(?) on the road.