Oh Tmu, who proceedest from Ur-henhenu,(1) who art resplendent
as the Lion-faced,(2) and who strewest thy words to those who
are before thee;
Here cometh the faithful N, from the band of those who do the
bidding of thy words.
O ye seamen of Râ at the gloaming of the day, let N live after
death, like Râ daily.
Here the helmsman: As Râ is born from Yesterday, so he too is
born from Yesterday, and as every god exulteth in life, so shall N
exult even as they exult in life.
I am Thoth as he goeth forth from the House of the Prince in
Heliopolis.(3)
Notes.
The only ancient copy of this chapter is in the papyrus of
Amen-neb (Ae), and here it is imperfect.
1.
A personification of the Nile, . The later
texts read ‘the great goddess in the Water.’
132.
The later texts have , implying the two lions Shu
and Tefnut. But the older texts have , a single god,
with a lion’s face or form. The two notions, however, are found in
combination in the Pyramid texts of Unas (l. 558) and Teta (l. 332).
3.
See note 8 on Chapter 1.
