Pyramid Texts I: Unas

Wśr(.w) ꞽč n ⸗k mśč̣č̣.w Wnꞽś nb.w mṭw(.w) m rn ⸗f č̣w

Osiris, take to yourself all who hate Unas, who speak evil against his name.

m n ⸗k rč̣.w pr.ꞽ ꞽm ⸗k

Take for yourself the fluid that came out of you.

č̣(ṭ) mṭw sp 4 m pr-tꞽ n ⸗k ḫrw | ḳbḥ.w bṭ čꜣ 2

Recitation four times: Take [it], that the voice may come forth for you. — Cool water; natron, 2 pellets.

smꞽn smꞽn wpp rʾ ⸗k

Smin, smin, which opens your mouth!

hꜣ Wnꞽś ꞽ:ṭp ⸗k ṭp.t ⸗f ḫnt sẖ(.w)-nčr(.w)

O Unas, taste its taste in front of the booths of the gods.

ꞽšš.w Ḥr.w smꞽn

The spittle of Horus is smin,

č̣(ṭ) mṭw sp 4 ḥsmn ⸗k m-ꜥb šmś.w-Ḥr.w | bṭ Šmꜥ.w čꜣ 5 Nḫb

Recitation four times: May you be cleansed with natron among the Followers of Horus. — Upper Egyptian natron, 5 pellets, of Nekheb.

Wśr(.w) Wnꞽś m n ⸗k ꞽr.t Ḥr.w šnm.tn ⸗f | nšnm

Osiris Unas, take for yourself the Eye of Horus, which he has joined — neshnem-oil.

Wśr(.w) Wnꞽś m n ⸗k ꞽr.t Ḥr.w ꞽn.tn ⸗f nčr(.w) ꞽm ⸗ś | twꜣ.wt

Osiris Unas, take for yourself the Eye of Horus, with which he has brought the gods — tuawet-oil.

mrḥ.t mrḥ.t čn(ꞽ) ꞽ:wn ⸗č

Ointment, ointment, where are you?

ꞽm.t-ḥꜣ.t Ḥr.w čn(ꞽ) ꞽ:wn ⸗č

You who are on the brow of Horus, where are you?

wn ⸗č m <ḥꜣ.t> Ḥr.w

You were on the [brow] of Horus;

ṭṭ (⸗ꞽ) čm <m> ḥꜣ.t Wnꞽś pn

[I] place you [on] the brow of this Unas,

ś:nč̣m ⸗č n ⸗f ẖr(.ꞽ) ⸗č

that you may make it pleasant for him who is under you,

ś:ꜣḫ ⸗č św ẖr ⸗č

that you may make him an akh [transfigured spirit] beneath you,

č̣i̯ ⸗č śḫm ⸗f m č̣.t ⸗f

that you may give him power over his body.

Wśr(.w) Wnꞽś ꞽn<.n> (⸗ꞽ) n ⸗k ꞽr.t Ḥr.w ꞽč.tn ⸗f r ḥꜣ.t ⸗k | ḥꜣ.tt Čḥn.w

Osiris Unas, [I have] brought you the Eye of Horus, which he took to your brow — finest Libyan oil.

ṭbn Wnꞽś p.t mr Rꜥw ḫns Wnꞽś p.t mr Č̣ḥw.tꞽ |

Unas goes round the sky like Ra, Unas crosses the sky like Thoth.

ꞽwꞽ(.w) Wnꞽś m grḥ mś(.w) Wnꞽś m grḥ

Unas was conceived in the night, Unas was born in the night.

n(.ꞽ) św ꞽm.(ꞽ)w-ḫt Rꜥw ṭp.(ꞽ)w-ꜥw.w(ꞽ) nčr-ṭwꜣ.w(ꞽ)

He belongs to those in the following of Ra, who go before the Morning God.

ꞽwr(.w) Wnꞽś m Nw.w mś(.w) ⸗f m Nw.w

Unas was conceived in Nu, he was born in Nu.

ꞽꞽ.n ⸗f ꞽn.n ⸗f n ⸗čn tʾ n(.ꞽ) gm.wn ⸗f ꞽm

He has come, he has brought you the bread that he found there.

č̣(ṭ) mṭw nṭfṭf ꞽr.t Ḥr.w ḥr bꜣ.t n.t č̣n.w

Recitation: The Eye of Horus drips onto the bush of the djenu-plant.

swr.t ⸗f ꞽm swr ⸗f ꞽm

what he drinks of, he drinks of;

ḫnč̣ śꜣšr.t ꜣw.t ⸗f pꞽ

khenedj and sasheret: that is his meal.

hꜣ Wnꞽś nꞽ šm.n ⸗k ꞽś m(w)t.tꞽ

O Unas, you did not go away dead,

šm.n ⸗k ꜥnḫ[.t(ꞽ)]

you went away alive.

ḥmś ḥr ḫnṭ Wśr(.w) ꜥbꜣ ⸗k m ꜥw ⸗k wč̣ ⸗k mṭw n ꜥnḫ.w mkś nḥb.t ⸗k m ꜥw ⸗k wč̣ <⸗k> mṭw n Štꜣ.w-ś.(w)t

Sit on the throne of Osiris, your aba-sceptre in your hand, that you may give orders to the living; your mekes and your nehbet-sceptre in your hand, that you may give orders to those whose places are hidden.

ꜥw(.wꞽ) ⸗k m (Ꞽ)tm(.w)

Your arms are Atum,

rmn(.wꞽ) ⸗k m (Ꞽ)tm(.w)

your shoulders are Atum,

ẖ.t ⸗k m (Ꞽ)tm(.w)

your belly is Atum,

pḥ ⸗k m (Ꞽ)tm(.w)

your hindquarters are Atum,

rṭ(.wꞽ) ⸗k m (Ꞽ)tm(.w)

your legs are Atum,

ḥr ⸗k m Ꞽnp.w

your face is Anubis.

pẖr n ⸗k ꞽꜣ.(w)t Ḥr.w pẖr n ⸗k ꞽꜣ.(w)t Śtẖ

The mounds of Horus serve you, the mounds of Seth serve you.

hꜣ Wnꞽś sꜣ(u̯) k(w) šꞽ č̣(ṭ) mṭw sp 4

O Unas, beware of the lake! Recitation four times.

mꜣ ⸗k ꞽm.(ꞽ)w ꜥḥ Ḥr.w pw ḥnꜥ Śtẖ

May you see those who are in the palace — that is, Horus and Seth.

pśg ⸗k ḥr n(.ꞽ) Ḥr.w n ⸗f ꞽ:ṭr ⸗k nkn ꞽr(.ꞽ) ⸗f

May you spit on the face of Horus for him, that you may remove the injury that is on him;

ꞽꜥḥ ⸗k ẖr(.wꞽ) n(.ꞽ) Śtẖ ꞽ:ṭr ⸗k ꞽy ⸗f

may you take hold of the testicles of Seth, that you may remove his mutilation.

mś(.w) n ⸗k pf ꞽwr(.w) n ⸗k pn

That one was born to you, this one was conceived for you.

mś(.w) ⸗k Ḥr.w m rn ⸗f nwr.w n ⸗f tꜣ śṭꜣ.w n ⸗f p.t

You bear Horus in his name of ‘Him at whom the earth quakes and the sky trembles’.

fnč̣ ⸗k m śꜣb ꞽ:ḫm(.w)-śk(.w)

Your nose is the Jackal, O imperishable one;

ꞽbḥ(.w) ⸗k Śpṭ.w ꞽ:ḫm(.w)-śk(.w)

your teeth are Sopdu, O imperishable one;

ꜥw(.wꞽ) ⸗k Ḥp(.y) Ṭwꜣ-mw.t-⸗f

your arms are Hapy and Duamutef:

ṭbḥ ⸗k pr ⸗k r p.t prr ⸗k

you need to go up to the sky, and you go up;

rṭ(.wꞽ) ⸗k (Ꞽ)mś.t(ꞽ) Ḳbḥ-śn(.w)-⸗f

your legs are Imsety and Qebehsenuf:

ṭbḥ ⸗k hꜣ(.w) ⸗k ꞽr nn.t hꜣꜣ ⸗k

you need to go down to the lower sky, and you go down;

ꜥ.(w)t ⸗k sꜣ.t(ꞽ) (Ꞽ)tm(.w) ꞽ:ḫm(.w)-śk(.w)

your limbs are the two daughters of Atum, O imperishable one.

šn(.w) Śꜣḥ ꞽn Ṭ(w)ꜣ.t wꜥb ꜥnḫ(.w) m ꜣḫ.t

Orion is encircled by the Duat, pure and living in the horizon.

č̣(ṭ) mṭw Rꜥw-(Ꞽ)tm(.w) ꞽꞽ n ⸗k Wnꞽś pn ꜣḫ ꞽ:ḫm-śk(.w) nb ḫr.wt ś.t wꜣč̣ 4

Recitation: Ra-Atum, this Unas has come to you, an imperishable akh [transfigured spirit], lord of the affairs of the place of the four papyrus-columns.

ꞽꞽ n ⸗k sꜣ ⸗k ꞽꞽ n ⸗k Wnꞽś pn

Your son has come to you; this Unas has come to you.

šꜣś ⸗čn ḥr.t ꞽꜥb.twn m śnk.w

May you cross the sky, united in the darkness;

wbn ⸗čn m ꜣḫ.t m bw ꜣḫ.n ⸗čn ꞽm

may you rise in the horizon, in the place where you became akhs.

Śtẖ Nb.t-ḥw.t ꞽ:s.y ḥw(w) n nčr(.w) Šmꜥ.w ꜣḫ(.w) ⸗śn ꞽśč

Seth and Nephthys, go and proclaim to the gods of Upper Egypt and their akhs too:

ꞽꞽ (ꞽ)r ⸗f Wnꞽś pn ꜣḫ ꞽ:ḫm-śk(.w)

‘This Unas has indeed come, an imperishable akh.’

č̣(ṭ) mṭw (Ꞽ)tm(.w) sꜣ ⸗k pw p(w)-nn Wśr(.w)

Recitation: Atum, this one here is your son, Osiris,

nhp ⸗f nhp Wnꞽś pn

If he mourns, this Unas mourns.

Šw sꜣ ⸗k pw p(w)-nn Wśr(.w)

Shu, this one here is your son, Osiris.

Tfnw.t sꜣ ⸗č pw p(w)-nn Wśr(.w)

Tefnut, this one here is your son, Osiris,

č̣.n ⸗č śč̣b ⸗f ꜥnḫ ⸗f

whom you have caused to revive, that he may live.

Gbb sꜣ ⸗k pw p(w)-nn Wśr(.w)

Geb, this one here is your son, Osiris.

Nw.t sꜣ ⸗č pw p(w)-nn Wśr(.w)

Nut, this one here is your son, Osiris.

Ꜣś.t śn ⸗č pw p(w)-nn Wśr(.w)

Isis, this one here is your brother, Osiris.

Śtẖ śn ⸗k pw p(w)-nn Wśr(.w) č̣.y śč̣b ⸗f ꜥnḫ ⸗f ss ⸗f čw

Seth, this one here is your brother, Osiris, who has been caused to revive and live, that he may punish you.

Nb.t-ḥw.t śn ⸗č pw p(w)-nn Wśr(.w)

Nephthys, this one here is your brother, Osiris.

Č̣ḥw.tꞽ śn ⸗k pw p(w)-nn Wśr(.w) č̣.y śč̣b ⸗f ꜥnḫ ⸗f ss ⸗f čw

Thoth, this one here is your brother, Osiris, who has been caused to revive and live, that he may punish you.

Ḥr.w ꞽt(ꞽ) ⸗k pw-nn Wśr(.w)

Horus, this one here is your father, Osiris.

pśč̣.t-ꜥꜣ.t Wśr(.w) pw p(w)-nn

Great Ennead, this one here is Osiris,

č̣.n ⸗čn śč̣b ⸗f ꜥnḫ ⸗f

whom you have caused to revive, that he may live.

pśč̣.t-nč̣ś.t Wśr(.w) pw p(w)-nn

Lesser Ennead, this one here is Osiris.

Nw.t sꜣ ⸗č pw p(w)-nn Wśr(.w) č̣ṭ.n ⸗č ꞽr ⸗f mś.n-t(ꞽ) n (⸗ꞽ) ꞽ.t(ꞽ) čn

Nut, this one here is your son, Osiris, of whom you said, ‘Your father has been born to me.’

śk.n ⸗č n ⸗f rʾ ⸗f

You have wiped his mouth for him,

wp(.w) rʾ ⸗f ꞽn sꜣ ⸗f Ḥr.w mr.y ⸗f

his mouth having been opened by his son Horus, whom he loves,

čnw(.w) ꜥ.(w)t{t} ⸗f ꞽn nčr(.w)

his limbs counted by the gods.

m rn ⸗k ꞽm(.ꞽ) Ꞽwn.w nč̣ṭnč̣ṭ ⸗f m č̣ṭ(ꞽ).t ⸗f

In your name of ‘Him who is in Heliopolis, who abides in his abiding-place’;

m rn ⸗k ꞽm(.ꞽ) Ꜥnč̣.t ḥr(.ꞽ)-ṭp śpꜣ.(w)t ⸗f

in your name of ‘Him who is in Andjet, chief of his nomes’.

ꞽ:fḫ n ⸗k ś(ꞽ) sꜣ ⸗k Ḥr.w ꜥnḫ ⸗k ꞽm ⸗ś

Your son Horus releases it for you, that you may live by it.

ꞽw.n ⸗f ḫr ⸗č N.t

He has come to you, O Net;

ꞽw.n ⸗f ḫr ⸗č Nsr.t

he has come to you, O Nesret;

ꞽw.n ⸗f ḫr ⸗č Wr.t

he has come to you, O Great One;

ꞽw.n ⸗f ḫr ⸗č Wr.t-ḥkꜣ(.w) wꜥb(.w) n ⸗č śnč̣(.w) n ⸗č

he has come to you, O Great-of-Magic, pure for you and in awe of you.

ḥtp ⸗č ḥr ⸗f

May you be content with him,

mś.n čw Ꞽḫ.t[-wt.t] [ś:škr.n] [čw] Ꞽḫ.t-wr.t n čwt ꞽś Ḥr.w šn(.w) m sꜣ ꞽr.t ⸗f |

Ikhet[-utet] has borne you, Ikhet-weret [has adorned you], for you are Horus, encircled by the protection of his Eye.

č̣(ṭ) mṭw ꜥḥꜥ ⸗k ḥr ⸗f

Recitation: Stand upon it,

tꜣ pn [pr(.w)] [m] [(Ꞽ)tm(.w)]

this land [that came forth from Atum],

[nšš] pr(.w) m Ḫprr

[the spittle] that came forth from Khepri.

ḫpr ⸗k ḥr ⸗f ḳꜣ ⸗k ḥr ⸗f mꜣ čw ꞽt(ꞽ) ⸗k mꜣ čw [Rꜥw]

Come into being upon it, be high upon it, that your father may see you, that [Ra] may see you.

[ꞽw].n ⸗f ḫr ⸗k ꞽt(ꞽ) ⸗f ꞽw.n ⸗f ḫr ⸗k Rꜥw

He has [come] to you, O his father; he has come to you, O Ra.

ḥtmꞽ.n ⸗k čw m wr-ḥkꜣ(.w) Śtẖ ꞽm(.ꞽ) Nbw.t nb Tꜣ-Šmꜥ.w

You have equipped yourself as Great-of-Magic, Seth who is in Nubt, lord of Upper Egypt.

ꞽ:fḫ n ⸗k m mꜣr.w

Loose yourself from misery;

ṭp ⸗k n rpw.t ꞽwn.t

your head is for the Lady of Iunet.

pr ⸗k wp ⸗k wꜣ.t ⸗k m qś(.w) Šw

May you go forth and open your way through the bones of Shu;

šn čw ẖnw-ꜥw.w(ꞽ) mw.t ⸗k Nw.t

may the embrace of your mother Nut enfold you.

wꜥb ⸗k m ꜣḫ.t

May you be purified in the horizon

ś:fḫ ⸗k ꜥb(.w) ⸗k m šꞽ(.w) Šw

and cast off your impurity in the lakes of Shu.

šm n ⸗k wč̣ ⸗k mṭw n ꞽꜣ.(w)t Wśr(.w)

Go, that you may give orders to the mounds of Osiris.

ḥtp-č̣i̯-nsw m śꜥḥ ⸗k nb m ś.(w)t ⸗k nb(.wt)

An offering that the king gives, in all your dignities, in all your places:

nḥb.t ⸗k ḫnt ꜥnḫ.w

your nehbet-sceptre at the head of the living,

mṭw ⸗k ḫnt ꜣḫ(.w) Ꞽnp.w ꞽś ḫnt(.ꞽ) ꞽmn.t(ꞽ)w Ꜥnč̣.t(ꞽ) ꞽś ḫnt(.ꞽ) śpꜣ.(w)t ꞽꜣb.tt

your staff at the head of the akhs [transfigured spirits], like Anubis, Foremost of the Westerners, like Andjety, foremost of the eastern nomes.

ḥtp w(ꞽ) ḫr.t ⸗k

How content is your condition!

śpḥ.t(ꞽ) ⸗k m bꜣbꜣ

your ribs into the hole!

śt mw ꜥḥꜥ č̣r.tꞽ

Water is poured out; the Two Kites stand up.

tmm rʾ ⸗k ꞽn š(m)ś.t

Your mouth is closed by the Shemset,

tmm rʾ n(.ꞽ) š(m)ś.t ꞽn Mꜣfṭ.t

the mouth of the Shemset is closed by Mafdet;

p{n}<s>ḥ(.w) ś:bꜣg ꞽn nꜥw

the one who weakens is bitten by the snake.

č̣(ṭ) mṭw kbb hꞽ tꞽtꞽ bꞽtꞽ šś sꜣ ḥꞽfg.t rn ⸗k pw

Recitation: Kebeb hi titi biti shes sa hifget — that is your name.

ḳmꜣ.n ⸗f (ꞽ)t(ꞽ) ⸗f r tꜣ

He has cast his father to the earth,

fḫ.n ⸗f Ḥr.w m-ḫt ⸗f

he has left Horus behind him.

rṭ č̣nḥ(.wꞽ) ⸗f m bꞽk

His wings have grown as a falcon's,

ꞽ(w) šw.tꞽ m gmḥś.w ꞽn.n św bꜣ ⸗f ḥtm.n św ḥkꜣ(.w) ⸗f

the two plumes as a gemehsu-falcon's; his ba has brought him, his magic has equipped him.

wp ⸗k ś.t ⸗k m p.t m-ꜥb śbꜣ(.w) n.(ꞽ)w p.t n čwt ꞽś śbꜣ wꜥ.tꞽ r-rmn Nw.t

You shall open your place in the sky among the stars of the sky, for you are the Sole Star at the shoulder of Nut.

(w)ṭ.n pśč̣.t ꜥw ⸗śn ꞽr rʾ ⸗śn ṭp-rṭ(.wꞽ) wꜥ pn ꞽm(.ꞽ) ⸗k č̣ṭ.w nčr wč̣ ⸗f mṭw n ꞽt(ꞽ.w) nčr(.w)

The Ennead have put their hands to their mouths at the feet of this one among you, of whom the god said, “He shall give commands to the fathers of the gods.”

ꜥḥꜥ r ꜥꜣ(.wꞽ) ꜣḫ.t ꞽ:sn ꜥꜣ(.wꞽ) ḳbḥ(.w) ꜥḥꜥ ⸗k ḫnt ⸗śn Gbb ꞽś ḫnt(.ꞽ) pśč̣.t ⸗f

Stand at the doors of the horizon, open the doors of the cool waters; you shall stand at their head like Geb, foremost of his Ennead.

ꜥḳ ⸗śn ꞽ:ḥ(w) ⸗śn śč̣b

They go in, they drive off harm;

pr ⸗śn fꜣ ⸗śn ḥr ⸗śn mꜣ ⸗śn čw Mnw ꞽś ḫnt(.ꞽ) ꞽtr.t(ꞽ)

they come out, they lift their faces, they see you like Min, foremost of the Two Shrines.

ꜥḥꜥ ꜥḥꜥ ḥꜣ ⸗k

One who stands stands behind you,

pr ⸗k m Ṭ(w)ꜣ.t

You come forth from the Duat.

ꞽ:nč̣ (⸗ꞽ) ḥr ⸗k śꜣꞽ

Hail to you, Sia!

ḳmꜣ.n čw Gbb mś.n čw pśč̣.t

Geb has created you, the Ennead has given birth to you.

ḥtp Ḥr.w ḥr ꞽt(ꞽ) ⸗f ḥtp (Ꞽ)tm(.w) ḥr rnp.(w)t ⸗f

Horus is content with his father, Atum is content with his years,

ḥtp nčr(.w) ꞽꜣb.t(ꞽw) ꞽmn.t(ꞽw) ḥr Wr.t ḫpr.t m ẖnw-ꜥw(.wꞽ) mśw.t nčr(.w)

the gods of the east and the west are content with the Great One who came into being within the embrace of the birth of the gods.

Wnꞽś čsw čw ḥr gś ⸗k

Unas, raise yourself onto your side,

ꞽr wč̣ (⸗ꞽ) mśč̣č̣ ḳṭṭ ś:bꜣg.y

do what I command, you who hate sleep, you who were made limp!

ꜥḥꜥ ꞽm(.ꞽ) Nṭꞽ.t

Stand up, you who are in Nedit!

ꞽr tʾ ⸗k nfr m P(ꞽ)

Your good bread is made in Pe;

šśp śḫm ⸗k m Ꞽwn.w

receive your power in Heliopolis.

č̣(ṭ) mṭw Wnꞽś pꞽ ꜥꜣ

Recitation: Unas is a great one.

pr.n Wnꞽś ꞽm.(w)t(ꞽ) mn.t(ꞽ) pśč̣.t

Unas has come forth from between the thighs of the Ennead.

ꞽwr(.w) Wnꞽś ꞽn Śḫm.t

Unas was conceived by Sekhmet;

ꞽn Šsm.t(ꞽ)t mś.t Wnꞽś śbꜣ śpṭ ḥꜣ.t ꜣw šm.(w)t ꞽnn ḫr.t ḥr.t n Rꜥw rꜥw-nb

it was Shesmetet who bore Unas, a star sharp of brow, wide of stride, who brings the needs of the sky to Ra every day.

ꞽꞽ.n Wnꞽś r ś.t ⸗f ṭp.t nb.t(ꞽ)

Unas has come to his throne that is upon the Two Ladies,

wč̣ Wnꞽś nfr.t ꞽr ⸗f ś(ꞽ) Wnꞽś pꞽ nčr-ꜥꜣ

Unas commands what is good, and he does it; Unas is the great god.

č̣(ṭ) mṭw wꜥb.n wꜥb.n (⸗ꞽ) m śḫ.t ꞽꜣr.w

Recitation: He has bathed — [I] have bathed in the Field of Reeds.

wꜥb.n Rꜥw m śḫ.t ꞽꜣr.w

Ra has bathed in the Field of Reeds.

wꜥb.n Wnꞽś pn m śḫ.t ꞽꜣr.w

This Unas has bathed in the Field of Reeds.

ꜥw n(.ꞽ) Wnꞽś m ꜥw Rꜥw

The hand of Unas is in the hand of Ra;

Nw.t šsp ꜥw ⸗f

Nut, take his hand!

ꞽr tm ⸗k ꞽr(.w) ś.t n Wnꞽś ꞽr.kꜣ Wnꞽś fꜣ.t m ꞽt(ꞽ) ⸗f Gbb

If you do not make a place for Unas, Unas will lay a curse on his father Geb.

śk rč̣.n Wnꞽś wnm ⸗śn m swr ⸗śn swr ⸗śn m bꜥḥ ⸗śn

Now Unas has made them eat at their drinking and drink at their flooding,

ꞽḫ mk-t(ꞽ) Wnꞽś ꞽm ꞽn mꜣꜣ.w św

so that Unas may be protected there by those who see him.

Ḥkn.wtt ṭp č̣ꜥm ⸗ś

Hekenutet is on her djam-sceptre.

Tfn.t Wnꞽś twꜣ.t Šw ś:(w)śḫ ⸗ś ś.t ⸗f m Č̣ṭ.w m Č̣ṭ.t m Č̣ṭ.wt ś:ꜥḥꜥ ⸗ś ꞽꜣ.t(ꞽ) m-ḫnt wr.w sk ⸗ś šꞽ n Wnꞽś m śḫ.t ꞽꜣr.w ś:mn ⸗ś ꜣḥ.t ⸗f m śḫ.t(ꞽ) ḥtp(.w)

Unas's Tefnut, she who supports Shu: she widens his seat in Djedu, in Djedet, in Djedut; she sets up the two standards at the head of the Great Ones; she digs a lake for Unas in the Field of Reeds; she establishes his field in the Field of Offerings.

wč̣ꜥ Wnꞽś mṭw m mḥ.t-wr.t ꞽm.(w)t(ꞽ) ẖnn.w(ꞽ) śk wśr(.w) ⸗f m wśr.w ꞽr.t Tbꞽ nḫt(.w) ⸗f nḫt.w ꞽr.t Tbꞽ

Unas judges cases as Mehet-weret, she who is between the two combatants, while he is powerful with the power of the Eye of Tebi and strong with the strength of the Eye of Tebi.

č̣(ṭ) mṭw ꞽ Gbb kꜣ Nw.t Ḥr.w pꞽ Wnꞽś ꞽ(w)ꜥ ꞽt(ꞽ) ⸗f

Recitation: O Geb, bull of Nut, Unas is Horus, the heir of his father.

ꞽw wč̣ꜥ.n Wnꞽś tfn ḥnꜥ tfn.t

Unas has judged Tefen and Tefenet;

ꞽw śč̣m.n Mꜣꜥ.tꞽ

the Two Maats have heard,

ꞽw Šw m mtr.w

Shu was witness.

ꞽw wč̣.n Mꜣꜥ.tꞽ pẖr n ⸗f nś.(w)t Gbb čs.y ⸗f św n mr.tn ⸗f

The Two Maats have decreed that the thrones of Geb pass to him, that he may raise himself to what he desired.

ṭmč̣(.w) ꜥ.(w)t ⸗f ꞽm.(w)t štꜣ.w smꜣ ⸗f ꞽm.(ꞽ)w Nw.w

His limbs that were in hiding are joined together, and he unites with those who are in Nu.

pr.ꞽ Wnꞽś ꞽr Mꜣꜥ.t ꞽnt ⸗f ś(ꞽ) ꞽ(w) ⸗ś ḫr ⸗f

Unas goes up to Maat, that he may fetch her, and she is with him.

č̣(ṭ) mṭw (w)ṭ(.w) sḫn.w(ꞽ) p.t n Rꜥw č̣ꜣ ⸗f ꞽm ꞽr ꜣḫ.t

Recitation: The two reed-floats of the sky are set down for Ra, that he may cross on them to the horizon.

(w)ṭ(.w) sḫn.w(ꞽ) p.t n Ḥr.w-ꜣḫ.tꞽ č̣ꜣ Ḥr.w-ꜣḫ.tꞽ ꞽm ḫr Rꜥw

The two reed-floats of the sky are set down for Horakhty, that Horakhty may cross on them to Ra.

(w)ṭ(.w) sḫn.w(ꞽ) p.t n Wnꞽś č̣ꜣ ⸗f ꞽm ꞽr ꜣḫ.t ḫr Rꜥw

The two reed-floats of the sky are set down for Unas, that he may cross on them to the horizon, to Ra.

ꜥnḫ Wnꞽś ḥnꜥ kꜣ ⸗f bꜣ ⸗f ḥr ⸗f ꜣmś ⸗f m ꜥw ⸗f ꜥbꜣ ⸗f m č̣r.t ⸗f nhni̯ ⸗f n ⸗f sb(.w) r ⸗ś(n)

Unas lives with his ka [vital force], his ba [spirit-manifestation] upon him, his ames-sceptre in his arm, his aba-sceptre in his hand; he summons to himself those who have gone to them.

ꞽn ⸗śn n ⸗f fṭ ꞽpw ꜣḫ(.w) śmś.w(w) ḫnt.(ꞽ)w ḥnk.t(ꞽ)w ꜥḥꜥ.w m gś ꞽꜣb.t(ꞽ) n(.ꞽ) p.t č̣śr.w ḥr č̣ꜥm(.w) ⸗śn

They bring him those four akhs [transfigured spirits], the eldest, foremost of the sidelock-wearers, who stand on the eastern side of the sky, raised upon their djam-sceptres,

č̣ṭ ⸗śn rn nfr n(.ꞽ) Wnꞽś pn n Rꜥw

that they may tell the good name of this Unas to Ra

ś:ꞽw ⸗śn Wnꞽś pn n Nḥb(.w)-kꜣ(.w)

and announce this Unas to Nehebkau.

nč̣ ꜥḳ Wnꞽś pn m mḥ.t(ꞽ) śḫ.(w)t ꞽꜣr.w

The entry of this Unas into the north of the Fields of Reeds is welcomed.

č̣ꜣ Wnꞽś m Mr-n(.ꞽ)-ḫꜣ

Unas crosses on the Lake of Kha.

č̣ꜣ-t(ꞽ) č̣ꜣ.t Wnꞽś pn ꞽr gś ꞽꜣb.t(ꞽ) n(.ꞽ) ꜣḫ.t č̣ꜣ-t(ꞽ) č̣ꜣ.t Wnꞽś pn ꞽr gś ꞽꜣb.t(ꞽ) n(.ꞽ) p.t

The crossing of this Unas is made to the eastern side of the horizon; the crossing of this Unas is made to the eastern side of the sky.

śn.t ⸗f Śpṭ.t

His sister is Sothis,

mśč.w ⸗f Ṭwꜣ.t

his offspring is the Duat.

(w)ṭ(.w) sḫn.w(ꞽ) p.t n Ppy pn č̣ꜣ.y Ppy pn ꞽm ⸗śn ꞽr ꜣḫ.t ḫr Rꜥw

The two reed-floats of the sky are set down for this Pepi, that this Pepi may cross on them to the horizon, to Ra.

prr ⸗f ḥr ḥtꞽ n(.ꞽ) ꞽṭ.t wr.t

He goes up on the smoke of the great censing.

ꞽ:pꜣ Wnꞽś pn m ꜣpṭ

This Unas flies as a bird,

ḫnn ⸗f m ḫprr

he alights as a beetle;

ꞽ:pꜣ ⸗f m ꜣpṭ

he flies as a bird,

ḫnn ⸗f m ḫprr m nś.t šw.t ꞽm.t wꞽꜣ ⸗k Rꜥw

he alights as a beetle on the empty throne that is in your bark, Ra.

ꜥḥꜥ ꞽ:ṭr čw ꞽ:ḫm(.w)-ꞽw.t ḥmś Wnꞽś pn m ś.t ⸗k

Stand up, take yourself away, you who know no coming, so that this Unas may sit in your place,

ẖn.y ⸗f m p.t m wꞽꜣ ⸗k Rꜥw

and he will row in the sky in your bark, Ra.

ꞽwṭ Wnꞽś pn tꜣ m wꞽꜣ ⸗k Rꜥw śč čw pr ⸗k m ꜣḫ.t śč św ꜥbꜣ ⸗f m ꜥw ⸗f m ś:ḳṭ wꞽꜣ ⸗k Rꜥw

This Unas pushes off from the land in your bark, Ra; when you come up from the horizon, he is [there] with his sceptre in his hand, as the one who pilots your bark, Ra.

ꞽꜥ ⸗k n p.t

You ascend to the sky

nč̣r Ḥr.w Śtẖ m ꜥw n(.ꞽ) Wnꞽś šṭ ⸗śn św r Ṭ(w)ꜣ.t

Horus and Seth take hold of the arm of Unas; they carry him off to the Duat.

ꞽw Wnꞽś pn ṭp šmś.w Rꜥw

This Unas is at the head of the followers of Ra;

nꞽ Wnꞽś pn ṭp nčr(.w) tḫtḫ

this Unas is not at the head of the gods who are in disorder.

gp p.t ꞽḥ.y śbꜣ(.w)

The sky is overcast, the stars are darkened,

nmnm pč̣.(w)t śṭꜣ ḳś(.w)

the bows quake, and there tremble the bones

ꜣkr.w gr(.w) r ⸗śn gnm.w mꜣ.n ⸗śn Wnꞽś ḫꜥ(.w) bꜣ(.w) m nčr ꜥnḫ m ꞽt(ꞽ.w) ⸗f wšb m mw.(w)t ⸗f

of the Akeru [earth-gods]; silent before them are the genmu, now that they have seen Unas appear in glory, mighty in ba [spirit-manifestation], as a god who lives on his fathers and feeds on his mothers.

Wnꞽś pꞽ nb sꜣb.wt ḫm.n mw.t ⸗f rn ⸗f

Unas is the lord of cunning, whose name his mother does not know.

ꞽw špś.w Wnꞽś m p.t

The nobility of Unas is in the sky,

ꞽw wśr ⸗f m ꜣḫ.t mr (Ꞽ)tm(.w) ꞽt(ꞽ) ⸗f mś św

his power is in the horizon, like Atum his father, who begot him.

wp(w).t(ꞽ) pw hꜣb.w ⸗f r ḫśf

He is a messenger whom he sends out to punish.

ꞽn Šsm.w rḫś ⸗f śn n Wnꞽś fśś n ⸗f ꞽḫ.t ꞽm ⸗śn m ktꞽ.(w)t ⸗f mšr.wt

It is Shezmu who butchers them for Unas and cooks for him a meal of them in his evening cooking-pots.

Wnꞽś pꞽ wnm ḥkꜣ(.w) ⸗śn ꞽ:ꜥm ꜣḫ(.w) ⸗śn

It is Unas who eats their magic and swallows their akhs [transfigured spirits].

ꞽw wr(.w) ⸗śn n ꞽš.t ⸗f ṭwꜣ.(y)t

Their great ones are for his morning meal,

ꞽw ḥr.(ꞽ)w-ꞽb ⸗śn n mšr.wt ⸗f

their middle ones are for his evening meal,

ꞽw šrr(.w) ⸗śn n ꞽš.t ⸗f ḫꜣw(ꞽ)

their little ones are for his night meal,

ꞽw ꞽꜣ(.ww) ⸗śn ꞽꜣw.(w)t ⸗śn n kꜣp.(w)t ⸗f

their old men and their old women are for his incense-burning.

ꞽn ꜥꜣ(.w) mḥ.t(ꞽ)w p.t wṭ.w n ⸗f śč̣.t r wḥꜣ.wt ẖr.t ⸗śn m ḫpš(.w) n.(ꞽ)w śmś(.w) ⸗śn

It is the Great Ones in the north of the sky who set the fire for him to the cauldrons that hold them, with the thighs of their eldest.

ꞽw pẖr ꞽm.(ꞽ)w p.t n Wnꞽś šśr-t(ꞽ) {t} n ⸗f ktꞽ.(w)t m rṭ(.w) n.(ꞽ)w ḥm.(w)t ⸗śn

Those who are in the sky serve Unas; the cooking-pots are stoked for him with the legs of their women.

ꞽw ṭbn.n ⸗f p.t(ꞽ) tm.tꞽ

He has gone round the two skies entire,

ꞽw pẖr.n ⸗f ꞽṭb.w(ꞽ)

he has circled the Two Banks.

Wnꞽś pꞽ śḫm-wr śḫm m śḫm(.w)

Unas is the Great Power, mighty among the powers.

Wnꞽś pꞽ ꜥšm ꜥšm ꜥšm.w wr

Unas is a sacred image, the image of the images of the Great One.

ꞽw mk.t Wnꞽś m-ḥꜣ.t śꜥḥ.w nb.w ꞽm.(ꞽ)w ꜣḫ.t

The place of Unas is at the head of all the august ones who are in the horizon.

Wnꞽś pꞽ nčr śmś r śmś.w(w)

Unas is a god, older than the eldest.

ꞽw pẖr n ⸗f ḫꜣ(.w)

Thousands serve him,

ꞽw wṭn n ⸗f šn.(w)t

hundreds make offering to him.

ꞽw rč̣(.w) n ⸗f ꜥw m śḫm-wr ꞽn Śꜣḥ ꞽt(ꞽ) nčr(.w)

A warrant as Great Power has been given to him by Orion, father of the gods.

ꞽw wḥm.n Wnꞽś ḫꜥ.w m p.t

Unas has appeared again in the sky,

ꞽ(w) ⸗f śbn(.w) m Nb-ꜣḫ.t

he is crowned as Lord of the Horizon.

ꞽw ḥśb.n ⸗f čꜣs.w-bḳś.w

He has broken the joints of the spines,

ꞽw ꞽč.n ⸗f ḥꜣ.tꞽ(.w) nčr(.w)

he has taken the hearts of the gods.

ꞽw wnm.n ⸗f ṭšr.t

He has eaten the Red Crown,

ꞽw ꜥm.n ⸗f wꜣč̣.t

he has swallowed the Green One.

wšb Wnꞽś m smꜣ(.w) śꜣꜣ.w

Unas feeds on the lungs of the wise;

ḥtp ⸗f m ꜥnḫ m ḥꜣ.tꞽ(w) ḥkꜣ(.w) ⸗śn ꞽśč

he is content to live on hearts, and on their magic too.

fꞽw Wnꞽś nśb ⸗f śbš.w ꞽm.(ꞽ)w ṭšr.t

Unas is disgusted as he licks the sebeshu that are in the Red Crown;

ꞽ(w) ⸗f wꜣḫ ⸗f

he flourishes,

ꞽw ḥkꜣ(.w) ⸗śn m ẖ.t ⸗f

their magic is in his belly.

nꞽ nḥmm śꜥḥ.w Wnꞽś m-ꜥw ⸗f

The dignities of Unas will not be taken from him,

ꞽw ꜥm.n ⸗f śꞽꜣ n(.ꞽ) nčr nb

for he has swallowed the understanding of every god.

ꜥḥꜥ.w pꞽ n(.ꞽ) Wnꞽś nḥḥ

The lifetime of Unas is eternity;

č̣r(.w) ⸗f pꞽ č̣.t{n} m śꜥḥ ⸗f pn n(.ꞽ) mrr ⸗f ꞽrr ⸗f mśč̣č̣ ⸗f nꞽ ꞽr.n ⸗f ꞽm(.ꞽ) č̣r.w ꜣḫ.t č̣.t-r-nḥḥ śk bꜣ ⸗śn m ẖ.t Wnꞽś ꜣḫ(.w) ⸗śn ḫr Wnꞽś m ḥꜣ(.w) (ꞽ)ḫ.t ⸗f r nčr(.w) ḳrr.t(ꞽ) n Wnꞽś m ḳś(.w) ⸗śn śk bꜣ ⸗śn ḫr Wnꞽś šw.wt ⸗śn m-ꜥw ꞽr.(ꞽ)w ⸗śn

his limit is everlastingness, in this dignity of his: ‘If he wishes, he does; if he dislikes, he does not do’, he who is within the limits of the horizon for ever and ever. See, their ba [spirit-manifestation] is in the belly of Unas, their akhs are with Unas, as the surplus of his food beyond the gods, cooked for Unas from their bones. See, their ba is with Unas, their shadows taken from those to whom they belong.

č̣(ṭ) mṭw śčp Mꜣfṭ.t ꞽr nḥb.t ꞽn č̣i̯ ⸗f

Recitation: Mafdet leaps at the neck of Indjef.

č̣r.t n.t Wnꞽś ꞽw.t(ꞽ) ḥr ⸗k

The hand of Unas that comes against you,

nꜣš.wt nn ꞽw.t(ꞽ) ḥr ⸗k m Mꜣfṭ.t ḫnt.t ḥw.t-ꜥnḫ

these nashut that come against you, come as Mafdet, foremost of the Mansion of Life.

ꞽ:ḥ(w) ⸗ś čw ꞽr ḥr ⸗k pꜣḫ ⸗ś čw ꞽr ꞽr.t(ꞽ) ⸗k

She strikes you on your face, she scratches you on your eyes.

ꞽ:ḫr ⸗k m ḥś ⸗k sbn ⸗k m wsš.t ⸗k

You fall in your dung and slip in your urine.

ꞽ:ḫr śč̣r sbn

Fall, lie down, slip away!

mꜣ čw mw.t ⸗k Nw.t |

Your mother Nut sees you.

č̣(ṭ) mṭw ḫꜥ Rꜥw ꜣḫ.t ⸗f ṭp ⸗f ꞽr ḥfꜣ.w pn pr m tꜣ ẖr.ꞽ č̣bꜥ(.w) Wnꞽś

Recitation: Ra appears, his Radiant One upon his head, against this serpent that came out of the earth, that is under the fingers of Unas.

ꞽ:šꜥ ⸗f ṭp ⸗k m ṭś pn ꞽm(.ꞽ) č̣r.t Mꜣfṭ.t {ḥr} śčꜣ ⸗f ṭp.(ꞽ)w-rʾ ⸗k

He cuts off your head with this knife that is in the hand of Mafdet; he pulls out what is on your mouth;

śšr ⸗f mtw.t ⸗k m fṭ(.w) ꞽpw rwč̣(.w) ꞽm.(ꞽ)w-ḫt čbw.t Wśr(.w)

he drains your venom with these four cords that are behind the sandals of Osiris.

hꞽ.w śč̣r kꜣ sbn |

Hiu, lie down! Bull, slip away!

ḫt.t Wnꞽś ḫt.t ⸗f

The khetet of Unas is his khetet.

č̣(ṭ) mṭw ꞽ H̠r.t(ꞽ) n(.ꞽ) Nsꜣ.t mẖn.tꞽ n.ꞽ ꞽḳh.t ꞽr.t H̠nm.w ꞽn nw n Wnꞽś

Recitation: O Kherty of Nesat, ferryman of the Iqhet which Khnum made, bring this to Unas!

Wnꞽś pꞽ Skr n.ꞽ Rʾ-sčꜣ(.w)

Unas is Sokar of Rosetjau.

ꞽw Wnꞽś ꞽr bw ẖr(.ꞽ) Skr ḫnt(.ꞽ) Pč̣.w-šꞽ

Unas is coming to the place where Sokar is, foremost of Pedjushe.

śn {n} ⸗nꞽ pw ꞽn nw n mꜣč̣.w ꞽpn n.(ꞽ)w s(my).t

This is our brother: bring this to these madju of the desert.

pꜣ.t ⸗k n ⸗k (Ꞽ)tm(.w) ḥnꜥ Rw.tꞽ ꞽr.w nčr(.wꞽ) ⸗śn č̣.t ⸗śn č̣ś ⸗śn

Your offering-cake is yours, Atum, with the Double Lion, who made their divinity and their bodies themselves:

Šw p(ꞽ) ḥnꜥ Tfnw.t ꞽr.tꞽ nčr(.w) wtč.tꞽ nčr(.w) ś:mn.t(ꞽ) nčr(.w)

that is, Shu and Tefnut, who made the gods, who begot the gods, who established the gods.

ꞽ:č̣ṭ ⸗čn n ꞽt(ꞽ) ⸗čn wn.t rč̣.n n ⸗čn Wnꞽś pꜣw.(w)t ⸗čn ś:ḥtp.n čn Wnꞽś m č.wt ⸗čn

Tell your father that Unas has given you your offering-cakes, that Unas has satisfied you with your portions.

ꞽm ⸗čn ḫśb Wnꞽś č̣ꜣ ⸗f ḫr ⸗f ꞽr ꜣḫ.t

Do not hinder Unas when he crosses to him at the horizon.

ꞽw Wnꞽś rḫ(.w) św rḫ(.w) rn ⸗f

Unas knows him, he knows his name:

Nḥ rn ⸗f

Neh is his name;

Nḥ-nb-rnp.t rn ⸗f

Neh-lord-of-the-year is his name.

ś:pꜣ.n Wp-wꜣ.(w)t Wnꞽś r p.t m-m śn.w ⸗f nčr(.w)

Wepwawet has made Unas fly up to the sky among his brothers the gods.

mꜣ.n n ⸗čn(ꞽ) Wnꞽś mr mꜣꜣ Nḥb.w-kꜣ(.w) n Śrḳ.t

Unas has looked to you two as Nehebkau looks to Selket.