Egyptian · AI translation
Papyrus Salt 825 (pBM 10090+10051, a ritual for the preservation of life)
English for the 1 passage of this work that the Atlas of Ancient Myth, Magic in the Ancient Texts and a study of demons and angels quote or cite, and which the library holds in no published English. The numbers are the edition's own references.
1.129–1.141
ḫr jr mnḥ j:jri̯ =w jri̯ =f n sbjw.pl r šꜥd rn =f r tm di̯ pri̯ bꜣ =f m ḫb,t
Now, as for the wax which they work: it is made into rebels, to cut off his name, so as not to let his ba come forth from the place of execution.
jr mnḥ jri̯ =w ṯs,t.pl jm =f r {ḥḥ}[ḥtm] rn =f
As for the wax: they make knots in it, to destroy his name.
jmi̯ =k bgꜣy ḥr =st jw =k ḥrw.ṱ wr sp-2
You must not be slack concerning it, while you keep very, very far away.
mkw,t pw ꜥꜣ.t n,t Wn-nfr jri̯ sꜣ n nswt m ꜥḥ,t =f
It is the great protection of Wennefer, which makes protection for the king in his palace.
mtw =tw jni̯ =w r di̯ st ẖr nbj,t Sḫm,t r sḥtm sbjw.pl
And they are brought to put them under the flame of Sekhmet, to destroy the rebels.
ḫr jr ꜥr,wj n jmn,tt ꜥḥꜥ =f n Wsjr j-ḏbw tꜣ md,t j:jri̯ ḫpr ẖrr =f tꜣ-ḥꜣ,t
Now, as for the two doors of the West: he stands at them for Osiris, repaying(?) the matter that happened under him in the beginning.
dmꜣ n pḥ,wj-kꜣ,t ꜣbd 1 ꜣḫ,t 20 hrw šsp mḏꜣ,t.pl wḏi̯ mḏꜣ,t.pl
The binding of the end of the work: first month of Akhet, [day] 20, the day of receiving the books and dispatching the books.
pri̯ ꜥnḫ m[w]t jm =f
Life and death come forth from it.
jri̯ =tw dmꜣ n pḥ,wj-kꜣ,t jm =f
The binding of the end of the work is done on it.
mḏꜣ,t štꜣ.t spnꜥ ḥkꜣ,w.pl ṯ[ꜣ]s ṯ[ꜣ]s.pl smn ṯ[ꜣ]s.pl rdḥw pꜣ šn ḏr =f
A secret book, which overturns magic, ties knots, makes the knots fast, and ... (rdḥw) the whole circuit.
ꜥnḫ jm =s m[w]t jm =s
Life is in it, death is in it.
jmi̯ =k pri̯ ẖr =st
You shall not carry it out.
jr pri̯ ẖr =s m[w]t =f n m[w]t sjn n šꜥd ḥr-ꜥ
As for one who carries it out, he will die a sudden death, by slaughter at once.
Translator's note. Line 130: {ḥḥ} is deleted by the editor in favour of ḥtm 'destroy'. Line 131: ḥrw.ṱ, 'far away', may mean 'on guard'. Line 134: j-ḏbw is obscure; taken as 'repaying'. Lines 135 and 137: dmꜣ n pḥ,wj-kꜣ,t, 'binding of the end of the work', is uncertain. Line 138: rdḥw is unexplained.
The whole original: the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae (open pBM 10090+10051 (pSalt 825) ("Rituel pour la conservation de la vie")).