Egyptian Literature/The Book of the Dead/Coming Forth by Day (4)
COMING FORTH BY DAY
[From the Papyrus of Mes-em-neter (Naville, op. cit., Bd. I. Bl. 82).]
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“I have sacrificed unto An-heri-ertaitsa, and I am decreed to be strengthened in heart, for I have made offerings at the altars of my divine father Osiris; I rule in Tattu and I lift myself up over his land. I sniff the wind of the east by its hair; I lay hold upon the north wind by its hair, I seize and hold fast to the west wind by its body, and I go round about heaven on its four sides; I lay hold upon the south wind by its eye, and I bestow air upon the venerable beings [who are in the underworld] along with the eating of cakes.”
if this composition be known [by the deceased] upon earth he shall come forth by day, and he shall have the faculty of travelling about among the living, and his name shall never perish.
rend the places where hearts are fixed, who make slaughterings in the Lake of Fire, I know you and I know your names, therefore know ye me even as I know your names. I come forth to you, therefore come ye forth to me, for ye live in me and I would live in you. Make ye me to be vigorous by means of that which is in your hands, that is to say, by the rod of power which is in your hands. Decree ye for me life by [your] speech year by year; give me multitudes of years over and above my years of life, and multitudes of months over and above my months of life, and multitudes of days over and above my days of life, and multitudes of nights over and above my nights of life; and grant that I may come forth and shine upon my statue; and [grant me] air for my nose, and let my eyes have the power to see among those divine beings who dwell in the horizon on the day when evil-doing and wrong are justly assessed.”
if this chapter be recited for the deceased he shall be strong upon earth before ra, and he shall have a comfortable burial (or tomb) with osiris, and it shall be of great benefit to a man in the underworld. sepulchral bread shall be given unto him, and he shall come forth into the presence [of ra] day by day, and every day, regularly, and continually.[1]
- ↑ This Rubric is taken from the Papyrus of Thenna (see Naville, op. cit., Bd. II. p. 153).