WISDOM OF TH E EAST T H E BU RD EN O F I S I S

BEING TH E LAMENTS OF

I S I S f AN D N EP H T H Y S

TRANS LATED FRO M TH E EGY PTIAN WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES TEACKLE D ENNI S

LOND ON R REE W O M RR ALB M LE T . J HN U AY, E A S T ,

SHARER OF

D I N E Y P T AY S G , 18 LOVI N GLY

D EDI CATED

CON TEN TS

INTROD UCTION

OF NEPHTHY S

HY MN TO OSI RIS -SOKAR EDI TORI AL NOTE

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185 PI CCAD I LLY , W. TH E BU RD EN OF I SI S

INTRODUCTION

OF all the Egyptian religious beliefs that existed from the Prehi storic period down into Roman o ne times , the oldest and the most held in venera tion was that connected with the worshi p of H i . Os ris , Isis and orus These three , though primarily only local gods , at an early period became prominent deities o f all Egypt ; and the cult of Isis , more particularly , remained a li o f favourite always , rival ng even that in later times . During the many thousand years o fEgyptian nl history , not o y did many changes occur in n the ceremonies con ected with these cults , but also the legends and origin of the Osirian faith received many additions and interpolations ; and thus the old faith lost much of its purity . Th e simplest form in which it is preserved to us states that Osiris was the son of Seb and Earth and Heaven ; of whom were 9 10 INTRODUCTION

Sutekh born also Isis , and , or , a s he is also called .

Osiris married his sister Isis , while Set chose e hth h a N p ys . It is probably due to t is fe ture of the legend that the often married

c a . their sisters , and o c sionally also their daughters Osiris was the first divine ruler of Egypt whence he came is not told ; but when he came to that n country , he found it su k in barbarism and t ignorance , with no law but that of streng h , and poverty everywhere . He went through i n the land settling quarrels , organ zi g govern ment , teaching polite manners and customs , dictating laws and civilizing the people .

Set , his brother , became jealous of the renown h e u o of Osiris , and at d him beca se of the go d he had done and resolved upon his destruction . t Assis ed by the evil spirits , or demons (the ! enemies or foes of the chants) , Set con structed a large chest exactly the size and shape of the body of his brother Osiris ; and at a ff feast given by the latter , he o ered to present hl the chest , which was ric y adorned , to the one whose body it best fitted . No one was i successful until Os ris entered the chest , when o f Set closed it , and with the help the evil spirits bore it from the banquet hall and cast it into the Nile . Thereupon Isis fled to the Delta , u taking with her Hor s , her son , whom she left be r to ca ed for in Buto , according to some THE LEGEND OF OSIRIS 11

Teh u ti legends ; others say he was left with , i o f n . or , god lear ng Isis then took a boat and searched the Nile for the body of her sh e husband , which ultimately found in the ul Delta . Before it co d be interred , however , it di was stolen by Set , who then vided the body into fourteen portions , and scattered them over A the whole of Egypt . gain the bereaved Isis commenced a search for the pieces o f her hus ’ h r band s body , and found t i teen the fourteenth piece , the phallus , she was unable to find , it having been eaten by fish . Wherever a fragment of the body of Osiris to was found , a temple was there erected his memory and as the head (or according to some authorities , the heart) was found at Abydos , s that city was con idered as especially sacred , and was the centre of his worship . o f , son Osiris and Isis , avenged his ’ father s death by ultimately slaying Set ; while i ul u Osir s , mirac ously res rrected by Horus in un the regions of the dead , ruled over the der

b . world and its inha itants Such , briefly , is the f legend o Osiris . But the cult could never have become national in character without changing o f in many ways . Every city and town any prominence in Egypt h a d its o wn especial local

! e deity , who received sp cial worship , even while a i other deities were dm tted to exist , though considered subordi nate to hi m : and at an 12 INTRODUCTION early date the priesthood of Osiris began sys tem a ti ca lly to identify th e leading characteristics of these various local gods with those of Osiris .

- Hence in course of time we find Osiris Sokar , an identification of the local god Sokar with the - hi great deity of Abydos ; Osiris , w ch in

Greek times became , where the attributes of Osiris had become identified with those of a hi Memp te deity ; and in later times , Osiris became a solar deity , and is addressed by epithets and titles which seem to show an identification i o d . with , the sun g By th s means , Abydos became the great early religious centre of Egypt . But these identifications of various deities were not confined to Osiris . Horus became mutated , - -Ra and gained new attributes as Horus , he became the midday sun ; and under the priest o f hood Heliopolis , he became Tum , the setting sun , even losing his name . Isis , also , received new qualifications , being often identified with (whom the Greeks in turn identified with Aphro dite) but the chi ef places where Hathor was worshipped were at Dend ereh and at Der - o f Bahri , in the western portion Thebes ; whil e the worship of Isis centred around Abydos and Busiris , the latter being frequently mentioned in the liturgies and in later times also she was worshipped at Philae and her worshi p was so l popu ar , that long after Egypt had ceased to be b - a nation , and her gods had become a yword , EGYPTIAN TRINITIES 13 there were no less than three great temples erected f to her cult within the walls of Rome itsel . It is this merging of the attributes Of one o f ni god into those another , and their u fication into Osiris , to which the chants refer when speaki ng of th e attributes o f the deities . The eating o f the fourteenth fragment o f the body o f Osiris by fish is paralleled by a similar ” o f legend in the story Anpu and , often ”

o f Two . called . the Tale the Brothers The triad was not an unusual combination in the Egyptian belief ; for besides that of Osiris , Kh o ns u Isis and Horus , we find Amen , and at Thebes ; and other lesser triads ; so that when Christianity reached Egypt , the trinitarian idea found ready adherents ; and this may partly account for the strides whi ch Christianity made in Egypt almost before it had obtained a foothold elsewhere . The resurrection of Osiris and his rul ing over the spirits o f the deceas ed is nearly a parallel to the story of the Cretan i K ng Minos , and possesses some points in common with the Christian belief ; whi le the worshi p of Isis paved the way for the worship of the V irgin Mary many centuries later , though this latter was repudiated by the Egyptian Christians o f the first four centuries , probably as being too reminiscent of paganism . (Budge , Paradise f o I . . the Fathers , , II ) l The position o fSet is curious . Whi e he was 14 INTRODUCTION

considered an evil deity , yet he had many temples hi and wors ppers in early times , strangely t o enough , in addition the Horus name , some Pharaohs had a Set name and the name of wa s Set used by several later Pharaohs , such as M r n ta h -a a - h i - Set I . Set e e e t Nekh t y , y p , Set p , Set

and others . Nephthys plays a somewhat unimportant role

in the liturgies , as well as in the Egyptian pan a i theon , being usu lly associated w th Isis . She seems to have repudiated Set after the murder o f s Osiris , and to have aided Isis in eeking for

the bo dy . The continui ty of the chants is much broken r it appears as if two , or even th ee , deities are

addressed at the same moment . This , however , is due to two causes first , the identification of attributes originally belonging to divers deities in the person of the one god Osiris and second , to the fact that these chants were accompanied — by spectacul ar performances a forerunner of the

- miracle plays o f the Elizabethan period . Various temple Officials impersonated the gods on certain occasions , and these were implored , invoked or praised as the living representative of the deity . But more frequently the animal sacred to the god was brought out and worshipped — re re not for himself , but for the deity he p df sented . The Hawk of Horus at E u , the e Co w Crocodile of Seb k at Crocodilopolis , the CHANTS OF IMMORTALITY 15 — of Hathor , the Bull Apis all were praised as the living counterpart chosen by the god to represent hi And s mself . ju t as in Roman Catholic churches , at certain times , a bell was formerly rung to frighten away the Devil , so in the Egyptian time the -bearer was prom inent at sacred festivals ; for it was his duty , by shaking the sistrum , not to frighten the evil one , but to call the attention of the deity specially to his wor shippers . This accounts for the frequent appeal in the liturgies Behold the excellent sistrum bearer ll o ne What wi most impress in these liturgies , n however , is the deep , sincere religious feeli g that — permeates them the grief for the lost one , the n hi m hope of again beholdi g , the cry from the heart for help , the reliance upon the divine all -ru li ng destiny that shall bring the trial to a happy ending , and the triumph of a desire ul : realized and a hope f filled these sentiments , as much a part of human nature now as then , bring the fa r-o ff dwellers of the land of Kem near at heart and feeling to the twentieth-century reader of our own era . For above all nations of e old , the future life entered esp cially into the Egyptian daily life and thought their religion was one where the present was considered onl y the threshold ; and it was their belief in the absolute endlessness of matter and the im mortality o fthe spirit that causes the frequent 16 INTRODUCTION

formul a after many of their names - zetta living for ever , eternal . The two papyri in whi ch these chants are u fo nd were both discovered in Luxor , Egypt ; and that relating particul arly to Osiris is written in a hand representing an intermediate stage hi between eratic and demotic . The chants of ns o f Isis were found i ide a statue Osiris , by

M . Passalaqua . The period when these chants were first in written is unknown . Probably the earliest

times , they were committed to memory , and handed down verbally from generation to genera di tion , as were so many tra tions of olden time .

We may believe , however , that they had already been reduced to writing by the time of u i the fo rth dynasty , though at that t me they probably consisted chiefly o f the invocatory portions , the subsidiary matter being added

s . later , and at different period The date of the texts from which the present 3 B n 00 . C . translatio s are made approximates , while the texts thems elves are written in a purer and more classic style than are most of the writings o fthat time so that it is probable that in their present form they certainly are

- not later than the twenty sixth dynasty , and may probably be as early as the eighteenth or nineteenth .

The Osiris chant , together with one of the E! ISTING TE! TS 17

Isis and Nephthys liturgies , exists in the hieratic ” n B form in what is k own as the hind papyrus , E M 10 188 l . . , while the other Isis iturgy is in the 142 5 Berlin papyrus . Extracts have been pub ” lish ed Ple te by y , in Recueil des Travaux ,

V l . . . . o . III , and by Dr E A Wallis Budge in i ” V l f Arch a eo lo a . o . . o LII g , many years ago D e H o rra ck published the second Isis liturgy in n o f French , a tra slation which into English ! ”

f l . o Vo . appeared in Records the Past , II

The three chants , however , have not heretofore been published in one volume . From the frequent mention of the sistrum k bearer in the chants , we now that this musical hi instrument was c efly employed , but the music in whi ch they were written is unknown . The hl Egyptians rated music hig y , and Plato con sid ered their music superior to the Greek , both for melody and energy . But harmony and rhythm were always subordinated to the words ,

- and the subject matter was paramount . There were two sorts o f harmonies known to the old a s Egyptians , which the Greeks designated r - Dorian and Ph ygian the former grave , di slow and tranquil , the latter a thyrambic form , probably employed in these chants , which was forceful , appealing and energetic . The Egyptians based their music on seven Ph a lerus e diatonics , which Demetrius of attribut s to the seven vowels others say the seven 2 18 INTRODUCTION

s senses , or the seven planets . Dion Ca sius H a lica r corroborates him , while Dionysos of na s sus says , Melody embraced an interval of

— - five it never rose more than three and one half

tones toward high , and fell less toward bass . This probably was a result of the us e of the three stringed lyre . To find a probable origin for th e legend of

Osiris and Isis , it may seem strange to have to turn to the shores of Mexico and Central America o f yet there , among the ruined cities the ancient

Mayan civilization , according to Le Plongeon , are two temples bearing historical inscriptions which in many details correspond with the n a nd Egyptian legend . The ki g , ruling well wisely , is slain and dismembered by his brother , - e e and the sister wife , aft r finding the body , erect d S over it a and phinx , the latter with a ’ human head on a leopard s body ; after which she travelled eastward , to the colonies of her race that had settled there centuries before ; wh ere she lived until her death . Her son ulti i a nd mately k lled his usurping uncle , ruled the

Mayans in his stea d . The points of resemblance between the two legends are too numerous to name here but as the period when the Mayan events took place is about ten thousand years before Christ , if the legends arose from one com mon source it would give ample time for hi story t o become merged into myth .

THE LAMENT S OF ISIS AND NEPHTHYS

BERLIN PAP 142 ( . 5)

INV OCATION concerni ng the glorious things done o f o f by the two the temple Osiris , I -Am entit o f Kheut , the great God Abydos ; per 4th 2 5th formed in the summer month , day ; li kewise to be performed in every shrine of Osiris ’ hi - at every one of s Heb festivals .

Glorify his soul Establish his dead body Praise his spirit Give breath to his nostrils and to hi s parched throat Give gladness unto the heart of Isis and to that of Nephthys Place Horus upon the throne of hi s Father li Th entirti 8 Give life , stabi ty and power to Osiris , sh e Born of the great forsaken one , who is called Pelses also , the truthful di Glorious are her acts , accor ng to the words of

the gods .

1 e s r s h A titl of O i i Withi n t e . — s H eb a pe ci a l fes tiva l . 3 — Th entirti na me of Osiris . 2 0 THE LOVE OF ISIS 2 1

Behold now , Isis speaketh , 1 Come to thy temple , come to thy temple , oh An

Come to thy temple , for thine enemies are not — Behold the excellent sistrum -bearer come to thy temple — Lo I , thy sister, love thee do not thou depart from me B ’ Behold unnu , the beautiful one Come to thy temple immediately— come to thy

temple immediately Behold thou my heart , whi ch grieveth for thee Behold me seeking for thee— I am searching for thee to behold thee Lo , I am prevented from beholding thee I 1 am prevented from beholding thee , oh An It is blessed to behold thee— come to the one who loveth thee

Come to the one who loveth thee , oh thou who art ’ Un- fer No . beautiful , , deceased Come to thy sister—come to thy wife

Come to thy wife , oh thou who makest the heart

to rest .

I , thy sister , born of thy mother , go about to

every temple of thine , Yet thou comest not forth to me o G ds , and men before the face of the gods , are fo r weeping thee at the same time , when they behold me

9 h s un o r n . N a e h e un d An, t e ( moo ) god m of t s 80 . 3 ne th e i es s s O of t tl of O iri . 2 2 LAMENTS OF ISIS AND NEPHTHYS

h Lo , I invoke t ee with wailing that reacheth high

as heaven ,

Yet . thou hearest not my voice Lo I , thy sister , I love thee more than all the earth And thou lovest not another as thou dost thy sister Surely thou lovest not another as thou dost thy sister

Behold now , Nephthys speaketh , Behold the excellent sistrum -bearer ! Come to thy temple n Cause thy heart to rejoice , for thy e emies are not All thy sister -goddesses are at thy side and be

hind thy couch , Calling upon thee with weeping—yet thou art prostrate upon thy bed Hearken unto the beautiful words uttered by us and by every noble one among us Subdue thou every sorrow which is in the hearts

of us thy sisters , s — Oh thou strong one among the god , strong among men who behold thee o h We come before thee , prince , our lord

Live before us , desiring to behold thee Tu rn not thou away thy face before us o ur Sweeten hearts when we behold thee , oh prince Beautify o ur hearts when we behold thee e h th s I , N p y , thy sister , I love thee EVEN AS THE SUN 2 3

r Thy foes are subdued , the e is not one remaining . wi Lo , I am th thee I shall protect thy limbs for n ever , eter ally .

Behold now, Isis speaketh , ' I Praised be An thou shinest upon us from

heaven every day , Yet can we not behold thy beams . Teh u ti pro tecteth thee he causeth thy soul to i Ma a d et ‘ be established with n the boat , by the power of thy name of Come to me ; for I would behold thee and thy s U a zit beauties by mean of the eye , By the power o fthy name of Lord of th e six festivals

Thy royal attendants are by thy side , nor go they forth from thee Thou takest pos session of heaven by the great s ne s of thy terrors , and by the power of thy name of Prince of the fifteen festivals shinest Thou upon us like Ra , the lord Tum Glow thou above us like . — Gods and men live when beholding thee shi ne thou upon us Brighten thou the two lands 5

The two horizons are fitted for thy pathways .

1 2 o W s . Th e s u n o d . G d g Thoth , of i dom 3 Suns e t boa t . 4 — Ma gi c eye of O siris bringing h ea lth a nd h a ppiness to e w arer . 5 Upper a nd Lo wer Egypt . 2 4 LAMENTS OF ISIS AND NEPHTHYS

Gods together with men are with thee i No harm cometh unto them from thy sh ning , Nor from thy journeying in the celestial boat

above .

Thy enemies have ceased to be , for I am protect

ing thee , oh Ra , lord e fir Come thou to us as a bab , thou st great Sun

god . Depart not from us who behold thee There proceedeth from thee the strong Orion in

heaven at evening , at the resting of every day

Lo , it is I , at the approach of the Sothis period , wh o doth watch for him , Nor will I leave o ffwatching for him for that h which proceedeth from t ee is revered . An emanation from thee causeth life to gods and

men , reptiles and animals , and they live by n mea s thereof .

Come thou to us from thy chamber , in the day e when thy soul b getteth emanations , The day when offeri ngs upon offerings are made u to thy spirit , which ca seth the gods and men

likewise to live . od Praise , be to the Lord , for there is no g like unto u rn 1 thee , oh T

Thy soul possesseth the earth , and thy likenesses the underworld

1 R u n a a s . B o t of , god 3 — o r A s un a er s s o d e l s . Tum tum , f th of O iri , g of H liopo i NEPHTHYS SPEAKETH 2 5

e Lo , it is prepar d for and containeth thy hidden

shrine . e Thy wife is ready to prot ct thee , and thy son

l s . Horus a so , as prince of the land

Behold now , Nephthys speaketh , Behold the excellent sistrum -bearer ! Come to U h -No fer — thy temple , , deceased , come to Dedd u l l Behold the bul , the begotten one to eu Come thou Anep (Mendes) , the beloved closure Come to Khar Come to the two Dedd u s (Men s l des and Bu iris) , the place which thy sou ul loveth , and the so s of thy fathers likewise

Thy son , thy child Horus , born of thy sister

goddesses , is before thy face . It is I who doth illuminate and protect thee every day I wi ll not depart from thee for ever 1 An ‘ Oh , , come thou to Sais , for thy name is Sau (protector) ! Come to Aper Behold thou thy mother , Nut , o h thou lovely child Depart thou not from her Come to her breasts ; abundance is therein is ul Thy sister , too , beautif , depart thou not from

her , oh son

1 Men es no t th e ce es a Ded d u is ere ea n . d , l ti l , h m t 2 h A pu n o n t e wor d S a is . 2 6 LAMENTS OF ISIS AND NEPHTHYS

Ta ru d Come to Sais , oh Osiris , and to , Nise Pelses She who is called also p , born of , deceased

Come to Aper , thy city , thy seat , and to the temple of Deb ! Thou shalt rest beside thy mother eternally She preserveth thy limbs and p rocureth terror ro tecteth among thy enemies , for she p thy

members for ever . Behold the excellent sistrum-bearer ! Come to thy temple

Come , behold thou thy son Horus as prince of gods and men He taketh possession of the cities and the nomes by the magnitude of his terrors l e hi m Heaven and earth are fi l d with fear of , And the barbarians are submissive under his s terrors . Thy children are among god and

men , And the eastern and western horizons are among the attributes of thy producing

Thy two sisters are at thy side , purifying thy

soul ,

And thy son Horus a dm itteth thi ne attributes . There cometh forth funereal and other offer — — ings beer , bulls and geese for thee Teh u ti - in proclaimeth thy Heb festival , and

' vo keth thee with his pro tecting fo rm u la e Horus covereth thy limbs with his protections lo rifieth Every day thy son Horus g thy spirit ,

THE CHANTS

B ( . M . PAP . 10188)

BE GINNING in front of the temples , during the - s e h th s Heb festival of Isis and N p y , and per r o f ri Kh ent formed before the sh ine Osi s , Am entit l Go d in , the great , lord of Abydos , the 4th 2 2nd month of Inundation , on the day and 2 6th d a continued to the y. Purify all that which appertains to the temple bring forth the utensils o f e a b the priestess s , who have performed the h lutions , their arms not being bared , their air flowing over their shoul ders and their heads crowned with woollen scarves ; a musical i in instrument in their arms , and the r names di scribed upon their shoulders , de cated to the service of Isis and Nephthys . Let them utter praises in the temples according to this writing , before this God . Let them say ,

Behold the lord Osiris (Repeat four times th e

formula . )

1 l Title of Osiris Within th e underwor d . 2 8 THE PRAI SES OF OSIRIS 2 9

Is not his Kher- Heb priest held in awe in this — temple great in heaven and great o n earth

(Repeat four times the formula . ) s not the two impersonators of the goddes es , H unnu u and fi the beautif l , approaching to thy shrine at this moment Z‘ (Repeat

twice . ) Do we not behold the excellent sistrum-bearer r n approaching to thy temple and d awi g nigh , though thou hast departed from us ’ Lo a l s , H nnu , the beautifu , pas eth over the land

hourly and yearly , at his proper season h ’ He , the purified image of his fat er Tenen , the essence o fdeep mysteries

He proceedeth from Tum , the most excellent lord i l Perfect is he , l ke his father , the e dest god born o fthe body of his mother Come thou to us with thy attributes Let those among us who travel not thy path be embraced by thee Beautiful o fface and greatly beloved is the image ’ o f Tenen , male lord of love , adored when he exhibi th te himself . His limbs fail from hi s being bound

Come thou in peace , oh thou lord of tho se among us who behold the two goddesses united !

1 - 9 3 Offi cia tes a t H eb es a . Su n s r f tiv l god . O i is . 30 THE CHANTS

Afliictio ns and evils exist not for thy members ,

for they are not of thy creation . o ur Oh thou , chief , turn again thy face toward u s — , thou mighty one , great one among the gods The path that is visible t o thee is one that cannot o h H u nnu be described, thou child , Fo r it doth remain , though thou goest forth throu gh h eaven and earth with thy attributes ! u l Lo , tho art as the Bul of the two goddesses wi come thou , child gro ng in peace , our lord Behold us Thy essence exi s teth with us like as the essence ofTebba exi steth in the place f o his destruction . o h Come thou in peace , great child of his father Mentu Within thy te mple fear thou not

Thy son Horus avengeth thee , and he woundeth and carrieth away him who lurked in his

den , He whose name a daily flame destroyeth from among the gods— Tebb a 1 perisheth as waste

matte r .

As for thee , thou hast thy temple h no t i Therein fear t ou Set , nor every calam ty

done by him or brought about by him . 3 em b ra ceth Nut proceedeth forth , and thee with joyfulness

1 N a me of Set . 2 G ess n er s s . odd of ight , moth of O iri BECAUSE OF THE INUNDATION 3 1

u Travel tho through the land among us , odorous

at thy com i ng forth . e Rebels b hold us gazing upon thy face , glowing

in its marvellousness . o u r b e Behold lord is upon our left hand , and hold the beautiful face o f the beloved lord turned toward us u i Lo the B ll , begotten of the two cows Is s and Nephthys Lo there cometh the bearer of the bronze

coloured sistrum , as the praises increase i l hi m Beaut fu when he beholdeth , the lord , among

the seated ones , o f He , the progeny the two cows Isis and Neph thys , the chi ld surpassingly beautiful i He appeareth unto us in thy image , l ke the one

beloved . t Behold thou me , thy sis er Isis , loved of thy a he rt , loved by thy body

Loved art thou , because of the inundation of the h land t is day .

Travel thou among us , oh thou praised one , Raise us living in place of what thou hast made

empty . o u r be Come thou in peace , oh lord , whom we hold our prince Approach in peace ; drive away tempest from before our temple Send thy protection over us like a male protector

(Repeat . ) 3 2 THE CHANTS

Lo ! ! u the two goddesses Behold Osiris , b ll of Am entit , who is alone established Very great is he among the gods the virile in 1 iina e fant , the great heir of Sab , born the g of the Go d of Gods Come thou to the two widowed es There goeth about thee the whole circle of the s god , and they meet with thee — hi s Behold , Set cometh grievous is name when s uttered near thy shrine , in pre ence of thy o h father , Ra He is cast forth to contend with opponents i Come surely to thy priests , striv ng and grieving before thy temple u Come s rely to thy priests , in none other than thi ne o wn image Our lord sitteth down in his temple in peace

alone the great conqueror is his name . ff da After his long su ering he resteth , taking nger ous council against his enemies

He smiteth the land in his designs .

! Go forth , great one with the gods And s with thee the circle of the god in front , with ’ s - -O - - the in trument for pening the mouth , that

it may equal thy perfection before the gods . r o ne w Walk through the land enti ely , great hich o art a b dy , with the royal upon his

forehead .

1 G ea r a e si s . od of th , f th r of O ri 1 3 li s re n . Sutekh . Re gi ou ce mo y DESTROYER OF EVIL 33

m At his co ing , the whole speech of the god loved alone is found ; h is soul is exceedingly be

loved . Live thou in repeated union with the two god desses Thy arms shall attain their desire now as formerly ; Thou hast proclaimed thyself under thy Signet — as a king o f the circle o f th e gods the lord Thy priests surely come ; thy father Ra smiteth

that which hath evil designs . Th e ds surro und eth circle of the go thy pathway , and they meet with thee Destroy thou the evil ones and the great calamity h w ich has fallen upon the two counterparts , Isis and Neph thys Thy hous e is holding festival for the calam ity (of -d evil oers) . Hi s o ff i enemies are cut by d saster from him , when they behold him o v rfl w t He e o e h the land as i s hi s custom . He hath driven away di sas ter from Nut the sur o i r face the earth hath he laid ba e , and carried it away in h is chariot He hath carried away and smitten th e enemi es of o h to s f thy father, Ra , ju tify himsel Thy son Horus is fettered so that he may not answer to thee 3 4 THE CHANTS

i Traverse thou the land in thy man festations , stride thou like Nut over the four quarters o fthe world dl Thou passest over the land , above the go y

temples of the two goddesses , Isis and Nephthys At thy proceeding thou art exalted twice

over . hi s — Behold , Set in chariot thy enemies are not hi s enem i es

Come thou into thy temple , oh Osiris , and seek for thy place

Behold thou , and hearken to the speech of Horus ,

lying in the arms of his mother , Isis d Overcome thou indeed in the two lan s , oh lord ! o u t Carry thy word , preserve it in the temple ,

inscribe thou it , oh great God ; wi Restrain th thy manifestations , in thy going

forth from thy temple , oh Osiris t o Co n Come thou in peace thy seat , oh lord , quero r !

Show us the great Bull , the lovable lord , as he shall become ro d uceth Thy duck , thy sister , Isis , p the sweet

odours belonging to thee and with thee , Ye us t thy way doth not tend toward , oh our lord ! Give thou life from the beginning unto be lievers !

36 THE CHANTS

Come thou to thy temple , and fear thou not

Come thou to thy temple , and fear thou not Behold the two impersonators of the goddesses behold the excellent sistrum -bearers Approach to thy temple Be thou exalted twice over in thy temple Lo w , the gods are in their places I am the glo ous sister of her elder brother

Thy wife , the elder of thy mother un Come thou to me , r ning after my heart , which woul d look upon thee Thy back hath never been beheld by me—make

clear the way to us , before me . O th e Behold Ra in heaven Protect , h Nut , land Make a sha dow in the land as doth Ra inflame l the heart , that thou mayest escape evi I nfla m e the heart , to cause thee to come after me Lo thou canst not prevent it from turning me

toward thee . Firm are the dwellings of Osiris returning on hi s path s I am seeking after love behold me e xisting in l : the city , great are its wal s — I grieve for thy love toward me come thou only , now that thou hast departed l Tebh a Behold thy son , who causeth to retreat from destruction WHERE DANGER LURKS 37

Hidden am I among the plants , and concealed is

thy son that he cannot answer to thee , while thi s great calamity remaineth Yet concerning thee , there is no likeness of thy flesh left e I follow thee alon and surround the plants , each o f hi w ch holdeth danger for thy son , Lo , I , a woman , in front of all Lo Behold this male child , I know , I and the - i— o . Opener Ways , Osiris ds I go about thy ways , I turn back towar my

elder brother , escaping from danger . s ds I inflame the hearts of hundred of thousan ,

and ponder greatly upon the gods . o h Behold us , lord let thy love not lack before

our faces , thou male one , sweet lord , ruler of ! Egypt , lord eternal

Fly thou with life , prince everlasting ; destroy

the ones who know not the goddess , thou

ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt , the lord Command over Deseret l — there thou remainest

not , ull i exi steth hi m For f of me is the heart wh ch in ,

the elder , the lord 3 Command over the Nome of I qertet Come to me with thy attributes Come in peace

Come in peace , oh ruler of Upper and Lower

Egypt , thou prince 1 1 La n l . d of th e dea d . Underw o r d 38 THE CHANTS — Come in peace because of our love for thee come l i ike the breath , like my love at behold ng thee My arms are raised for thy protection love thou me Love thou me in the two orbits of the Realms of o f Osiris , full my pondering about thee There thou dost receive a fill et for the hair among them who dwell therein w Breezes blow for thee ith perfume , oh husband,

elder , lord beloved — Come thou in peace to thy temple lo , the ex cellent sistru m -bearer approacheth to thy hi s us house , with instrument of m ic on his

e . arm . (R peat twice ) Thou dost take from thy shrine thy possessions Am entit as the male one of , the place of thy shrine H ennu Thy body is before the temple of . Hail in thy name of prince everlasting

' Horus co m eth t o thee in ! strength He removeth thy limbs and he co llecteth thi ne emanations and that whi ch goeth forth from thee

The great god approacheth at thy word , and is

restrained by thy attributes . o ur Come thou in peace , oh lord , the child , for continually thy son Horus doth avenge

thee . Come before thy temple—grant abundance to thy LORD OF THE DEAD 39

hi r holy temple w ch thou lovest , oh p ince ,

leader , strong one

Break open before us as the only Egg , oh strong

one , valorous son o ne -o f- - Lo , this is the opener the body , the master — d hi s ful one the go Seb is before mother . a d o rnin s Am entit Great are my g , for that done in is beloved di He hath vanquished saster , he is lord of the a Am entit o f de d , the Bull of , born Horus to Ra of the two horizons , the child lovely n the one beholdi g him . Come thou to us in peace twi ce renewed—remove thou thy penalties D rive away the evil moment , oh our lord Come thou to us in peace twice renewed Praise the child

The elder cometh in peace , rejoicing , and there - ul cometh the looked for r er of Egypt , the

prince eternal , as Still Heart . ll o ur As Sti Heart is thy heart , oh lord come thou to thy temple— fear thou not the

great evils . Dost thou not behold and hear the words uttered ‘ at thy Heb -festival 2 s - Behold , the excellent si trum bearer s There cometh to thy temple the circle of the god , e s eking to see thee , oh child , lord, first maker

of the bod y . 1 Osiris . 40 THE CHANTS

The babe whom thou lovest is before thy face ,

the heir overcoming at the beginning , the n excelle t son .

There proceedeth from the temple , visibly and

audibly , the grieving of Isis concerning thee ,

upon the path to thy place . Grant deliverance before those whom thou lovest ; — They weep for thee with hair unbound , before Un-No fer , the lord of bounty , the prince great

in his terror , the god above the heavens — The gods pro duce the inundation for thee be

gotten is it by thee daily . Lo the di vine essence of the gods is spread upo n hi s limbs Behold ! he causeth to live thos e of the older time —h e and human beings since , the lord of u bo nty , prince making fertile ,

Great lord , plant giving life , granting twice over the peace o fthe gods There are funeral offerings for the souls o f the ll Sesht a o f deceased , and for , the lord the

funeral couch , the lord of the sacred eye , in

the holy horizon of the temple . i hi s He sh neth at his season , and is brilliant in r hou ,

Thou art Khu , who art accompanied by radiances . Shi ne thou at the left hand of Tum

Behold , thou art upon the seat of Ra , revealing hi s brilliances . 1 n One of th e go d s of th e u derworld . THE FORERUNNER OF RA 4 1

fli th Thy mummy e with thy soul toward Ra . ill um i nest Thou at the daybreak , and thou e restest at evening , this b ing thy daily work ; Fo r thou art at the left hand of Tum the ever n u lasting , eter al . Thou risest , and hatef l wickedness is restrained even before it is a conceived , before its cal mity cometh upon

thee . He turneth back the attack of foes that come

fiercely against him . 1 I m seh ti The god , he is thy heir

Cause thou every one of the gods to praise him . Exalt the circle of the gods by thy victory

occupy thyself with Ra every day . Behold thou the image on thy left hand— behold i thou the image of l ving beings , for thou art

n . Tum , the foreru ner of Ra There cometh to thee the entire circle of the gods t h n above y head , invoki g joy upon thy

n hi . head , and falli g flame upon t ne enemies

There is praise to thee from us , that thy flesh may embrace again thy bones ; thy word is de

creed every day . h i Approach t ou like Tum in his season , turn ng

not thy sinews are strong in thee , oh thou Opener -o f-Ways

He bringeth thee to the mountains , he heweth the place o fburial

it God o f ligh t . 42 THE CHANTS

- ret l There belongeth to thee all Ta Dese . a re two — For thee the , Isis and Nephthys do o n thou strengthen us , for they ponder thy

Image . Thy limbs are as mutilated unto thee they seek

to bind together thy dead body . No calamity cometh to them when approaching to thee with hair unbound u r Come tho to us enti ely , for thou rememberest Thou comest with thy attributes before the land f modi y thy power .

For thy peace is proclaimed to us , oh lord , heir

of the two thrones , god alone excellent , designed of the gods : every god a d o reth thee be Thou comest ; it is thy temple ; fear not , o f loved Ra , beloved of thy two images Be peaceful in thy temple thy words are eternal Lo ! the two representatives o f the goddesses ! Lo the excellent sistrum-bearer — Come to thy temple h e rejoiceth twice over s o f in thy temple becau e thee , oh child , like one beloved ! ! : r Behold thou Come , come to us g eat is thy

protection , thou whom we love come thou

to thy temple , nor fear thou . Behold the gods existing in heaven ! Behold the gods existing on earth 1 La nd of th e Dea d .

44 THE CHANTS — It is the avenger , our lord lo , I am son of Seb Depart not from me in thy time—lo it is not ever hi s time

I follow after thy ways , after thy going thence ,

lord beloved of me , h o verest s o r e Thou who over the land , n rest st in thy passage I am inflamed with loving thee ! Hail ! Ap proach

Behold , I weep for thee alone ; come to me wh o runneth because o fmy desire to behold thee ; While I am behind thee I desire to behold thy face ! h n Hail , t ou who art invoked in thy temple , bei g protected twi ce over in peace Hail to thee twice over ! Our lord cometh to hi s temple ; our arms shall protect him

behind his temple . Our lord cometh in peace to his place : when

thou art established in thy temple , fear thou not

Lo praised twice over is our lord , with acclama

tion , because God is great . Come thou in peace and truth ; go thou forth ds a under Ra , masterful among the go , p proved one

- Come in peace , thou looked for child Come thou with thy attributes as a child HORUS THE SON 45

the evil one has fallen ; Horus is as a

prince . He is great toward thee ; he is not exalted

above thee in his circuit . Lo , the two goddesses , the ones loving the father , lord of rejoicings The hearts of the circle of the gods of the region of Fayum rejoice for thee ; Thy holy temple holdeth thy beauties the circle of the gods is filled with awe at thy terrible

ness and the land trembleth at thy terror . i I am thy w fe , made as thou art , the elder sister , ul so of her brother .

He cometh and is visible , the lord beloved ,

praised twice over , the great Egg .

He cometh and is visible , the babe ; the child d h a va ncet . , he cometh and is visible The extent o fthe earth weepeth for thee the 1 h Sesh ta regions lament for t ee , ;

Heaven and earth weep for thee , for great art

thou among the gods . — There are not a few who adore thy soul come

to thy temple , nor fear thou . Thy son Horus em b ra ceth the circui t of heaven

Bebi prevaileth ; fear thou not . Thy son Horus taketh vengeance before thee ; he overthroweth for thee the evil ones and

plotters .

1 f Her e used o r O siris . 1 So n o fOsiris . 46 THE CHANTS

Hail , oh lord , whose increase in brightness is daily beheld the odour of thy limbs is like f odours o Punt . Praised are those who a re dead and at peace ;

and the entire circle of the gods rejoiceth . Come thou to thy wife in peace ; her heart flu ttereth for thy love she is not embraced

since thy going from her . — Her heart shall delight to behold thee thy beauties go forth of thee to her in thy

shrine .

She removeth from thy limbs calamity and evil , such as hath never happened unto thee

formerly . Come thou to life in front of thy wife Hail Guard thou the inundation in the fields of Aphro — d ito po lis this day grant grain twice over

let there be no likeness of evil . 1 The Cow weepeth for thee with her voice thou art beloved in her heart ; her heart flu ttereth , enchanted for thee ; em b ra cet She h thy limbs with her two arms , di and cometh running stea ly toward thee ,

for peace . s Behold , her vengeance is accompli hed for thee she is caused to be mighty by thee Thy flesh hath she bound with thy bones for thee she hath gathered for thee thy breath in

Of . front thee , and made thy bones entire 1 H a th or. NUT THE MOTHER 47

Thy mother Nut cometh to thee in peace , she hath built up life from her own body ; The renewed soul is made doubly steadfast

thy soul it is , oh male begotten , lord of women There is unguent for the hair at thy comi ng to the regions of the god s

Unguent for thine anointed hair . Lo , he goeth — forth himself h e cometh wi Come in peace t ce over , King of Egypt , prince 1 Come in peace , lord of Sais her two arms are ‘ Sh enthi t stretched toward thee , oh , and her heart goeth forth to thee — dl Thou art as God come forth with go y amulets , for 10 they are not over hi s child to protect

Thy hair is like turquoise over his body , at thy coming into the cul tivated fields With turquoise is thy hair twined and with lapis l : lazuli , the finest of lapis lazu i Lo the lapis lazu li is above thy hair thy skin and thy flesh are l i ke iron of the south ;

thy bones are formed of silver . I am as a chil d : thy teeth are to thee as fine lapis lazuli :

- Sweet scented odours are upon thy hair, with i unguents that proceed from h mself . i e f Ch efs are before th e as lapis lazuli . Sab li ts 1 ’ 1 L h s . s r . e. t e City O i is 48 THE CHANTS

s w up him elf ith offerings unto thee , causing hi m , the great God , to approach ,

He , who goeth forth in front of the great heir ,

who goeth forth from Ra , the eldest one , ul - beautif prince , of god like face , the living soul of I stennu (Thoth) di The child , procee ng from the God of seeing o f n and hearing , the eldest one , prince easter

and western horizons , heir of Sab . He giveth to thee every circuit of the Sun God —c o h ome to thy temple , Osiris , Opener-o f-Ways to the Gods Thou openest thy two eyes and thou dost behold

among them . Remove thou storms o f rain and give thou di i sunshine to the land , with fecun ty dur ng ni - the ght time . -Am entit Come to thy temple , oh Osiris Kheut come to thy temple Co me with the body of the Uraeus on thy head his two eyes shine over the two regions o f the gods ;

e . Exalt d twice over is the prince , our lord

Thy foes are destined for slaughter , since they are not steadfast at all because of thy

name .

‘ Un-No fer— Make firm thy limbs for thee , oh life , stability and health

For thy flesh causeth the heart to rest , oh Osiris , ul beautif . BEHOLD ! HE COMETH ' 49

Lo , there goeth forth with thee , and in front of 1 i H u Ta tenen thee , th s god , and , thy father , who suppo rteth heaven ; and thou art the r r sseth fourth god who p o g e therein . ul fl eth th e Thy so y to east , because thou art as Ra the image of . Those existing in the realms of the dead are accepted with rejoicing : exi steth Sab , who therein , openeth unto thee . ff They come to thee with an o ering , and travel 1 Dedd u to thee with an offering from . — Osiris is exalted before thee h e is exalted twice

over in peace .

There cometh unto thee Isis , lady of the horizon , who hath begotten herself alone in the ds image of the go . It is she who is avenged before thee- it is she who is avenged be fore thee s She hath taken vengeance before Horu , the woman who was made a male by her father

Osiris . -o f- Go forth and behold the Opener Ways , - the revered , the Uraeus wearer Come forth as Ra ; come forth as the pupil of

the eye that beholdeth Tum , when Ra shineth as chi ef twice over ! Behold He cometh

1 o d A g of ear th . 1 Th e les a l Ce ti City . 50 THE CHANTS

COLOPHON This litany compiled by the priest of the 1 e temple of Het , the R corder of Amen of the 1 Se -Am su rank of , the priest Nes , son of the - priest Pedi Amen , for the King of the two lands , - e -Ra he being the sistrum bear r of Amen , and - n son of Ta Mut , she who belongeth to Tu ra . 12 4th Writings of the th year , month of summer , in the day of the (life , l 1 stability and health) A exander , son of Alex —h e ander , prince of the god and father being -Ra s s also priest of Amen , king of the God , prie t s first of Horu the Ra , the great child , supreme , born of Am en ; priest of the Amen -o f-the -two ‘ Kh ensu d Bennit Horns , priest of in the mi st of , -o f— - - - priest of Osiris the great persea trees , priest of -in- - ds -o f—I shrel -h a Osiris the mi t , priest of Amen -in- - -o f-I ui - set the midst p , Uab priest of the Ra in e m the chief temple of the t mples of A en , over the Sa -priests of second rank ; recorder of Sa the treasury of the God Amen , over the priests of second rank deputy of Amen , of the Sa -priests of second and fourth rank ; pries t of fer-H o te No fer No p , the great God ; priest of H o tep the child , priest of Osiris , Horus , Isis and 1 Nephthys , priest of the temple of Het , priest

1 1 ’ e s ra e . Diospolis Pa r v a . Pri s t g d 3 lexa n er I I s o n o fP l Arid aeus. A d , hi ip 1 Part of Thebes .

HYMN TO OSIRIS -SOKAR

F RMUL E - O A for the bringing in of Osiris Sokar , in connection with the mysteries spoken heretofore .

! Hail , royal one , coming forth in the body

Hail , hereditary son , chief of the ranks of the gods ! l ! Hai , lord of many existences

Hail , thou whose substance is like in the temples

Hail , lord of the duration of life , giver of years v ! Hail , lord li ing throughout eternity r Hail , lord worthy of many hund eds of thou sands of praises !

Hail , brilliant one , both at thy rising and thy setting Hail to him who maketh pleasant all that which breatheth ! Behold the lord of great fear and trembling o f ! Hail , lord many divinities i hi l , resplendent one with the w te crown , lord of the royal crown THE FEARLESS ONE 53

Behold the sacred child of Horus , the praised o ne

o f Hail , thou soul Ra , in the adored boat l Hail , thou restfu leader take possession of thy

o f Behold the lord fear , who causeth himself to come into being ! a l ita teth — Hail , thou whose heart p p not , take possession of thy city ! Behold the o ne beloved of gods and goddesses us — Hail , thou who ca eth the inundation , take possession of thy temple ! r — Hail , dweller in the unde world , take possession o fthy offerings — Hail , thou protector , take possession of thy temple ro west Hail , thou who g like unto the ape of Teh uti hi ni nl ! , or to the s ng su ight

Hail , thou flower honoured of Pharaoh l h a ndlest Hai , thou who the holy rigging of the 1 Sektet -boat o f —h e Behold the lord youth , becometh old in his shrine l the Behold the excellent sou s , which are in realm s of Death ! Behold the sacred designer of north and south !

Behold the mysterious one , he who is unknown to mankind 1 B oa t o fth e Dea d . 5 4 HYMN TO OSIRIS -SOKAR

l l Hai , thou en ightener of those who are in the n w see u der orld , that they may the sun light o fth e Behold the lord crown , the great one in Suten-Henen

Hail , thou great and terrible one of Naret 1 U a st n Hail , dweller in , flourishi g for ever -Ra Hail , Amen , King of the Gods , who causeth his members to grow in hi s rising and in his setting l t n Hai , receiver of monumen s and offeri gs at the entrance of the tomb la cest a Hail , thou who p the Ur eus crown upon the hea d of its lord

Hail , thou who causest the earth to remain in its place o f Hail , opener the mouth of the four great gods who are in the underworld l ul o f ri Hai , living so Osi s , crowning him with the moon ! ! hi his Hail , thou who dost de essence in the great shrine of Amen ! n Hail , thou hidden God , Osiris in the u derworld l — s Hail , thou whose sou resteth in heaven, who e enemy hath fallen s The Godde s Isis speaketh unto thee , uttering a cry from the river Send the purified Abd -fish from before the o h n boat of Ra , lord of the beginni g , 1 Thebes . ISIS SPEAKETH 55

Wh o becometh like the immortal ones that re — joice , thou egg who becometh as one ” renewed . She cutteth o ffthe heads of the enem ies in this ” a her name of L dy of Tepka .

Oh , lady of the beginning , come thou before our i faces in th s her name of Hathor , lady of Ua st emerald , lady of the holy s her Come thou in peace , becau e of this name of Ua st Hathor , lady of the holy o i n hi C me thou in peace , oh , t s her name of lady of peace

Come thou in front , to overthrow her enemy , in i a th s her name of Hathor , l dy of the temple - of Suten Henen , the golden hi Come thou in peace , in t s her name of Hathor, lady of I nb ut Come thou in peace beside Neh -s r- zer in this - name of Hathor , lady of Shet Tekh

Shine , oh golden one , beside her father in this

her name of Bast . Go forward over the temples and by the side

of the great temple , in this her name of

Sa tet . ds — The two lan become fertile , regulate thou the Ma zit gods in this her name of . Hathor o verpo wereth the enemy o fher father by i m o fSekh et th s her na e ‘ Ma zit o verpo wereth exceedingly in thi s her name I m m u of lady of . 5 6 HYMN TO OSIRIS -SOKAR

la ceth She p perfume upon her head and her hair , ei in this her name of N t . s hi s Extol him before the god , and before wit nesses Hathor is the lady of Ua st Hathor is the lady o f Suten -Henen : Hathor is the lady of Tepka Hathor is the lady of Meh u t Hathor is the lady of Reh esa u : Hathor is the la dy of Shet-D esret : Hathor is the lady of the Turquoise : Hathor is the lad y of I neb Hathor is the lady of Ua hwa h : Hathor is the lady of Am mu Hathor is the lady of I m em : Hathor is as of Met-Sas The nine companions 1 approach—let your arms be beneath your father Osiris—protect the

land . (Repeat four times . ) a H il , thou crowned lord of the feast ! (Repeat

twice . ) Oh prince ! hail ! it is sweet for the courtesans whom thou lovest

Hail , thou who livest twice over throughout eternity ! Hail —thou keepest festival for ever a d va ncest ! Hail , adored one thou along the ways

Hail , thou who art established in the regions above the heavens 1 Th e a o r c cle th e s . P ut , ir of god PROTECTOR OF THE LAND 57

o h Go d —h ! Hail , , ear thou Protect the land ! — Hear thou the cry protect the land from the gates of th e heavenly nomes hi m Hail to who cometh forth with his two eyes , son o fthe servant of God

Hail , protector , preserver when thou speakest h e w Hail , protector of Pharaoh , when doeth hat thou lovest

Hail , protector of Pharaoh , when he causeth thy praises to be made

Hail , thou seated one , for there cometh to thee this peace of heart Hail to the son of the servant of God there is recited for him the service of the festival ! l Hai , thou who art established by the name of Dedd u -above -the -heavens - e Dedd u - - Hail , thou sweet scent d one in above the heavens ! Hail , thou who comest subduing hostile ones

Hail , thou who comest adoring the Infant ro d u cest Hail , thou who p his fear in rebellious hearts ll Hail , oh worker who fo oweth his lord , though the follower o fthe god B a st a ttend eth hi m not l Behold , there are rebel ious hearts , hating the

temple , but the end of all things strikes them upon their necks 5 8 HYMN TO OSIRIS - SOKAR

Lo the coming of the lord of Dedda -above-the — heavens h e strikes down rebellious hearts (Repeat the words sixteen times to the a o co m a nim ent u p of musical instr ments . )

ni It is fi .

COLOPHON

May their names remain fixed , and not de u stroyed for ever before Osiris , Hor s , Isis , — Neph thys those gods and goddesses who are herein mentioned ; and before the gods and goddesses in their entirety who are in the under world , and in the chambers and great shrines r exi sting in the unde world . Lo ! may they cause to come forth these names existent in the underworld in excellence ! Let - 1 them be invoked in the Nai boat of Ra . Let there be given for them funereal offerings upon the altar of the great God , day by day o Let there be given for them c ol water , and incense as to the excellent kings o f Upper and

Lower Egypt , who are existent in the under world . Let them be permitted to go out and o f come in among those praised Osiris , who is Let the breath of those in the underworld . it be caused that the beams of Aten 1 may fall upon their bodies every day .

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