Pyramid Texts: Deep Thought

the feet agitate for thee; the hands wave for thee, 1366c. when thou ascendest to heaven as a star, as the morning star. 1367a. N. is come to thee, his father; he is come to thee, Geb; 1367b. he is united with your dead, O gods. 1367c. Let him sit on the great throne, on the lap of his father Mḫnti-'irti ; 1368a. let him purify his mouth with incense and natron; let him purify his nails upper and lower. 1368b. Let one do for him what was done for his father, Osiris, on the day of assembling the bones, 1368c. of making firm (or, adjusting) the sandals, of crossing the feet (i.e. when ferrying over). 1369a. To thee come the wise and the understanding; 1369b. to thee comes the southern ’itr.t -palace, 1369c. to thee comes the northern ’itr.t -palace, with a salutation, 1369d. (thou) who endurest eternally at the head of the mighty ones.

feet tremble for thee, 2014b. when thou ascendest as a star, as the morning star. 2014c. He comes to thee, his father; he comes to thee, Geb; 2015a. take his hand, let him sit upon the great seat; 2015b. let him unite with the two mt-lakes of ?b?.w; 2015c. purify his mouth with natron on the lap of M?nti-’irti; 2015d. purify his nails, upper and lower. 2016a. Let one do for him what thou didst do for his brother, Osiris, . on the day of counting the bones, 2016b. of making firm the sandals, of ferrying over the lake Rd-wr. 2017a. To thee come the wise and the understanding; 2017b. thou art called to the southern ’itr.t-palace; 2017c. to thee come (the gods of) the full northern ’itr.t-palace, with a salutation.

752a. To say: O N., 752b. thou art departed that thou mayest become a spirit, that thou mayest become mighty as a god, an enthroned one like Osiris, 753a. since thou hast thy soul in thy body, since thou hast thy might behind thee, 753b. since thou hast thy wrr.t -crown on thy head, since thou hast thy misw.t -crown before thee (at hand). 753c. Thy face is before thee, thy homage is before thee; 754a. the followers of a god are behind thee, the nobles of a god are before thee; 754b. they recite: "A god comes, a god comes, N. comes (who shall be) on the throne of Osiris, 754c. that spirit comes who is in Ndi.t , that power which is in the Thinite nome." 755a. Isis speaks to thee; Nephthys laments for thee. 755b. The spirits come to thee, bowing down; they kiss the earth at thy feet, 755c. because the terror of thee, N., is in the cities of Śiȝ . 756a. Thou ascendest to thy mother Nut; she lays hold of thine arm; 756b. she shows thee the way to the horizon, to the place where Rē‘ is. 756c. The double doors of heaven are opened for thee, the double doors of ḳbḥ.w are opened for thee. 757a. Thou findest Rē‘ standing, while he waits for thee. 757b. He lays hold of thy hand, he leads thee into the double ’itr.t -palace of heaven, 757c. he places thee on the throne of Osiris. 758a.

1291a. To say: Thy water belongs to thee, thine abundance belongs to thee, thine efflux comes out of Osiris to thee. 1291b. The double doors of heaven are open for thee; the double doors of Nut are open for thee; 1291c. the double doors of heaven are open for thee; the double doors of ḳbḥ.w are open for thee. 1292a. "Welcome," says Isis; "(come) in peace," says Nephthys, when they see their brother. 1292b. Raise thyself up; 1292c. untie thy bandages; shake off thy dust. 1293a. Sit thou upon this thy firm throne. 1293b. Thou art pure with thy four nmś.t -jars and thy four ’ȝb.t -jars, 1293c. which come for thee out of thy chapel of natron, which were filled for thee in the natron lake, 1293d. and which Horus of Nekhen has given thee. 1294a. He has given to thee his spirits, the jackals, 1294b. like (to) Horus who is in his house, like (to) Ḫnti (Osiris) chief of the mighty. 1294c. A durable offering is made for thee. 1295a. Anubis, chief of the sḥ-n t r , has commanded that thou come in as a star, as god of the morning (or, as god of the morning star), 1295b. that thou pass through the region of Horus of the South and that thou pass through the region of Horus of the North. 1296a. (And) men will construct with their arms a stairway to thy throne. 1296b. He comes to thee his father; he comes to thee Geb. 1297a.