Tomb of Ramesses VI (KV 9, corridor C, niche at the end of the left wall)

rʾ [n(?)] [ꜥft,t(?)] [tn(?)]

Spell [for] [this] [ꜥft.t(?)].

[sḫni̯[.w]] [Nwn] [j]n wr⸢{.pl}⸣ ḏs =f

[Nun] [was embraced] by the Great One himself.

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

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

[jmm.pl] [jꜣ,w].pl n nṯr wr ḫpr.n =j jm =f

[Give] [praise] to the great god from whom I came into being.

jnk jri̯ p,t ⸢smn⸣ [sj] r rḏi̯.t bꜣ.pl nṯr.pl jm =st jw =j r-ḥnꜥ =sn r nḥḥ Ws-jr nsw nb-tꜣ,du Nb-mꜣꜥ,t-Rꜥ-mri̯-Jmn zꜣ-Rꜥ Rꜥ-mss-Jmn-ḥr-ḫpš≡f-nṯr-ḥqꜣ-Jwn,w [mꜣꜥ-ḫrw] ḥnꜥ =sn r nḥḥ msi̯ rnp,t.pl

It is I who made the sky and [established] [it], to place the bas of the gods in it, I being with them forever, the Osiris King, Lord of the Two Lands Nebmaatre-meriamun, Son of Ra Ramesses-Amenherkhepeshef-netjer-heqaiunu, [justified], with them forever, who gives birth to the years.

ḥkꜣ,pl pw bꜣ =j

My ba is magic.

wr sw r =s

He is greater than it.

bꜣ pw n Šw ṯꜣw

The ba of Shu is the wind.

bꜣ pw n Ḥḥw ḥw.t

The ba of Heh is the rain.

⸢bꜣ⸣ pw n kk,wt grḥ

The ba of Darkness is the night.

bꜣ pw n Nwn mw

The ba of Nun is the water.

bꜣ pw n Ws-jr bꜣ Ḏd,t

The ba of Osiris is the Ram of Mendes.

bꜣ pw n ={k} [Sbk] ms[ḥ] [jw] bꜣ n nṯr nb nṯr,t nb.t m ⸢ḥ⸣fꜣ,w.pl jw bꜣ ⸢n⸣ ⸢mn⸣ ⸢m⸣ [Bꜣẖ,w] ⸢j⸣w bꜣ n Rꜥ m ḥkꜣ,w [m-ḫt(?)] [tꜣ] [r-ḏr] =[f]

The ba of [Sobek] is the croco[dile]; [and] the ba of every god and every goddess is in the snakes; and the ba of N is in [Bakhu]; and the ba of Ra is in magic [throughout] [the whole] [land].

[ḏd[.w]] [j]⸢n⸣ ⸢s⸣ jri̯ =f mꜥ~k[,t] =[f] [m] ḥkꜣ,w

[Spoken] by a man when he makes his protection [with] magic:

nsw [nb-tꜣ,du] [Nb-mꜣꜥ,t-Rꜥ-mri̯-Jmn] [zꜣ-Rꜥ] [Rꜥ-mss-Jmn-ḥr-ḫpš≡f]-nṯr-ḥqꜣ-Jwn,w mn ḥkꜣ⸢,w⸣ [pwy] [wꜥb] jm,j rʾ ẖ,t [n] ⸢R⸣[ꜥ]

The King, [Lord of the Two Lands] [Nebmaatre-meriamun], [Son of Ra] [Ramesses-Amenherkhepeshef]-netjer-heqaiunu, N, is that [pure] magic which is in the mouth and the body of Ra.

⸢nṯr.pl⸣ [ꜣ]ḫ[.w].pl {ns}[mwt].w.pl ⸢ḥr⸣[j.tjwnj] [r] =f

Gods, [akh-spirits] and [dead], [be far] [from] him!

zꜣ-Rꜥ nb-ḫꜥ,pl Rꜥ-ms[s-Jmn-ḥr-ḫpš≡f-nṯr-ḥqꜣ-Jwn,w] mn ⸢Rꜥ⸣ ⸢ꜣḫ,w⸣

Son of Ra, lord of appearances, Rames[ses-Amenherkhepeshef-netjer-heqaiunu], N, is Ra, the akh.

ḏd.ḫr =k swꜣi̯ =[k] m mšrʾ~r,w m ꜥnḏ,w

Then you shall say: [you] pass by in the evening and at dawn.

ḥr ḥr =k ḫft[,j]-n-Rꜥ

[Down] on your face, enemy of Ra!

⸢nsw⸣-byt nb-tꜣ,du Nb-mꜣꜥ,t-Rꜥ-mri̯-Jmn bꜣ ḥkꜣ,w wꜥb

King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Lord of the Two Lands Nebmaatre-meriamun, the pure ba of magic.

j nb-nḥḥ qmꜣm ḏ,t skk rnp,t.pl nṯr.pl hꜣi̯.w prr.yw jm =f rꜥ-nb {k}[nb] nṯr =f ḥqꜣ jr⸢{r}-sw⸣ [m]rr jt.pl =f nṯr.pl

O lord of eternity, who created everlastingness, who brings the years to an end(?), [in whom] the gods go down and come forth every day, [lord] of his god, ruler who made himself, beloved of his fathers the gods,

dd[.w] n =f Ḏḥw,tj j⸢ꜣ⸣[,wt] [sꜥḥ] [p,t] [ḥr] =[f] [d]d.w Šw ꜥ =f ⸢r⸣ =f nḥm.k[wj] [m-ꜥ] [nṯr.wj.du] [jpwj] [wr.wj] […] ꜥꜣy.w [ḥmsi̯.y.pl] [ḥr] [jꜣb,tt] [n[.t]] [p,t] [zꜣw.pl] [p,t] [zꜣu̯.pl] [tꜣ] rd[.pl] [štꜣ,w]

to whom Thoth gives praise [and] [rank] [of] [the sky] [upon] [him], to whom Shu gives his arm, [saying]: 'I have been rescued [from] [these] [two] [great] [gods] [...] great ones, [who sit] [in] [the east] [of] [the sky], [guardians] [of] [the sky], [who guard] [the earth], [hidden] of feet.'

[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.⸢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] [reached] [the] [door] on [the] [road].

[jw] =[j] [rḫ.kwj] [bꜣ] [n] [nṯr] [pwy] [wnn] [ḥr] =[f] [[m]] [Ḥr,j-š≡f]

[I] [know] [the ba] [of] [this] [god] [whose] [face] [is] [that of] [Herishef].