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Pyramid Texts V: Pepi II

English for the 6 passages 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.

18.10c–21.13a.1

18.10c

č̣(ṭ) mṭw ś:ms.n ⸗f św (ꞽ)r ⸗f | mw swr

Words to be spoken: He has brought him to himself. | Water for drinking.

20.11a.1

[č̣(ṭ)] [mṭw] [hꜣ] Ppy ꞽw.n (⸗ꞽ) m sḫn ⸗k

[Words to be spoken: O] Pepi, I have come seeking you;

20.11a.2

ꞽnk Ḥr.w

I am Horus.

20.11b.1

mč̣ṭ.n (⸗ꞽ) n ⸗k rʾ ⸗k

I have pressed(?) your mouth for you;

20.11b.2

ꞽnk sꜣ ⸗k mr.y ⸗k

I am your son whom you love.

20.11b.3

wp.n (⸗ꞽ) n ⸗k rʾ ⸗k

I have opened your mouth for you.

21.13a.1

[č̣(ṭ)] [mṭw] [ḥng] [w(ꞽ)] [rʾ] [⸗k]

[Words to be spoken: How ḥng is your mouth!]

Translator's note. 18.10c: s:ms 'bring, lead' is uncertain; 'water for drinking' (mw swr) is the label of an offering. 20.11b.1: mḏd 'press' or 'strike'. 21.13a.1 is wholly restored; ḥng is not understood, and wj may be the exclamatory 'how' or the pronoun 'me'.

21.13b

[wp.n] [(⸗ꞽ)] [<n>] [⸗k] [rʾ] [⸗k] [wp.n] [(⸗ꞽ)] [<n>] [⸗k] [ꞽr.tꞽ] [⸗k]

[I have opened your mouth for you, I have opened your two eyes for you.]

Translator's note. The whole line is restored in the edition.

479.989b

pr Ppy Nfr-kꜣ-Rꜥw m-ṭp hrw wꜥb.n ⸗f m śḫ.t ꞽꜣr.w

Pepi Neferkare goes up at the start of the day, having purified himself in the Field of Reeds.

Translator's note. m-ṭp hrw: 'at the start of the day', or 'on the day (when) he purified himself'.

479.990b.1–479.991a

479.990b.1

tꜣ ḳꜣ ⸗f ẖr rṭ(.wꞽ) Ppy Nfr-kꜣ-Rꜥw

The earth rises under the feet of Pepi Neferkare;

479.990b.2

Tfnw.t nč̣r ⸗ś ꜥw n(.ꞽ) Ppy Nfr-kꜣ-Rꜥw

Tefnut, she grasps the arm of Pepi Neferkare.

479.990c.1

ꞽn Skr wꜥb ⸗f Ppy Nfr-kꜣ-Rꜥw

It is Sokar who purifies Pepi Neferkare;

479.990c.2

ꞽn Rꜥw č̣i̯ ⸗f ꜥw ⸗f n Ppy Nfr-kꜣ-Rꜥw

it is Ra who gives his arm to Pepi Neferkare.

479.991a

ḫnti̯ (ꞽ)r ⸗f Ppy Nfr-kꜣ-Rꜥw ꞽr-ḫnt pśč̣.t

So Pepi Neferkare goes forward to the front of the Ennead.

482.1004d

ꞽw.n ⸗śn n Wśr(.w) ḥr ḫrw śbḥ n(.ꞽ) Ꜣś.t ḥnꜥ Nb.t-ḥw.t

They have come to Osiris at the sound of the crying of Isis and Nephthys.

483.1012a

čs čw Wśr(.w) sꜣ Gbb ṭp.ꞽ ⸗f śṭꜣ n ⸗f pśč̣.t-wr.t

Raise yourself, Osiris, son of Geb, his firstborn, at whom the Great Ennead trembles!

The whole original: UD Egyptian-PC on GitHub.