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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
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.
[č̣(ṭ)] [mṭw] [hꜣ] Ppy ꞽw.n (⸗ꞽ) m sḫn ⸗k
[Words to be spoken: O] Pepi, I have come seeking you;
ꞽnk Ḥr.w
I am Horus.
mč̣ṭ.n (⸗ꞽ) n ⸗k rʾ ⸗k
I have pressed(?) your mouth for you;
ꞽnk sꜣ ⸗k mr.y ⸗k
I am your son whom you love.
wp.n (⸗ꞽ) n ⸗k rʾ ⸗k
I have opened your mouth for you.
[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
tꜣ ḳꜣ ⸗f ẖr rṭ(.wꞽ) Ppy Nfr-kꜣ-Rꜥw
The earth rises under the feet of Pepi Neferkare;
Tfnw.t nč̣r ⸗ś ꜥw n(.ꞽ) Ppy Nfr-kꜣ-Rꜥw
Tefnut, she grasps the arm of Pepi Neferkare.
ꞽn Skr wꜥb ⸗f Ppy Nfr-kꜣ-Rꜥw
It is Sokar who purifies Pepi Neferkare;
ꞽn Rꜥw č̣i̯ ⸗f ꜥw ⸗f n Ppy Nfr-kꜣ-Rꜥw
it is Ra who gives his arm to Pepi Neferkare.
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!
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