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INTRODUCTION.
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[his] mystery;
—ru.
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dn
not
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can be known
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the place
entuf
where he is
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an
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qem tephet anu
is he found in the painted shrine.1
Here the scribe gave to the Nile the attributes of the great and unknown God
its Maker.
In the pyramid texts we find a group of four gods with whom the deceased is
closely connected in the “ other world ” ; these are the four “ children of Horus ”
(|j||||^, whose names are given in the following order :—Hapi , Tua-
mautef , Amset (j
The deceased is called their
— 11 ^, and Qebhsennuf zi
father.”1 * 3 His two arms were identified with Hapi
and Tuamautef, and his two legs with Amset and Oebhsennuf ;4 ancl when he
entered into the Sekhet-Aaru they accompanied him as guides, and went in with
him two on each side.5 * They took away all hunger and thirst from him,8 they
gave him life in heaven and protected it when given,7 and they brought to him
from the Lake of Khemta the boat of the Eye of Khnemu.8 In one passage
they are callecl the “ four Kku's, of Horus” z (j □ ,9
and originally they represented the four pillars which supported the sky |j'j,|,or
Horus. Each was supposed to be lord of one of the quarters of the world, and
finally became the god of one of the cardinal points. Hapi represented the north,
Tuamautef the east, Amset the south, ancl Oebhsennuf the west. In the XVIIIth
dynasty the Egyptians originated the custom of embalming the intestines of the
1 For the hieratic text from which this extract is taken see Birch, Select Papyri, pll. 20 ff. and 134 ff. ;
see also Maspero, Plymne au Nil, publi'e et traduit d’aprh les deux textes du Mus'ee Britannique, Paris,
1868. 4to.
3 Pyramid of Unas, 1. 219; Pyramid of Teta, 11. 60, 286; Pyramid of Pepi I., 11. 444, 593, etc.
3 Pyramid of Pepi I., 1. 593. 4 Recueil de Travaux, t. iii., p. 905 (1. 219 f.).
6 Ibid., t. vii., p. 150 (11. 261-63). ° Ibid., t. v., p. 10 (11. 59 ff.).
7 Pn Ibid'’ t- viii., p. 91 (1- 593)' 8 Ibid., t. vii., p. 167 (1. 444).
8 Ibid., t. vii., p. 150 (1. 261).
INTRODUCTION.
2^©
seset - tn
can he be drawn
em
from
CTUTtk <2 x I
oom—=!
setau
[his] mystery;
—ru.
/vww\
dn
not
rey - tu
can be known
bu
the place
entuf
where he is
A/WW\
an
not
qem tephet anu
is he found in the painted shrine.1
Here the scribe gave to the Nile the attributes of the great and unknown God
its Maker.
In the pyramid texts we find a group of four gods with whom the deceased is
closely connected in the “ other world ” ; these are the four “ children of Horus ”
(|j||||^, whose names are given in the following order :—Hapi , Tua-
mautef , Amset (j
The deceased is called their
— 11 ^, and Qebhsennuf zi
father.”1 * 3 His two arms were identified with Hapi
and Tuamautef, and his two legs with Amset and Oebhsennuf ;4 ancl when he
entered into the Sekhet-Aaru they accompanied him as guides, and went in with
him two on each side.5 * They took away all hunger and thirst from him,8 they
gave him life in heaven and protected it when given,7 and they brought to him
from the Lake of Khemta the boat of the Eye of Khnemu.8 In one passage
they are callecl the “ four Kku's, of Horus” z (j □ ,9
and originally they represented the four pillars which supported the sky |j'j,|,or
Horus. Each was supposed to be lord of one of the quarters of the world, and
finally became the god of one of the cardinal points. Hapi represented the north,
Tuamautef the east, Amset the south, ancl Oebhsennuf the west. In the XVIIIth
dynasty the Egyptians originated the custom of embalming the intestines of the
1 For the hieratic text from which this extract is taken see Birch, Select Papyri, pll. 20 ff. and 134 ff. ;
see also Maspero, Plymne au Nil, publi'e et traduit d’aprh les deux textes du Mus'ee Britannique, Paris,
1868. 4to.
3 Pyramid of Unas, 1. 219; Pyramid of Teta, 11. 60, 286; Pyramid of Pepi I., 11. 444, 593, etc.
3 Pyramid of Pepi I., 1. 593. 4 Recueil de Travaux, t. iii., p. 905 (1. 219 f.).
6 Ibid., t. vii., p. 150 (11. 261-63). ° Ibid., t. v., p. 10 (11. 59 ff.).
7 Pn Ibid'’ t- viii., p. 91 (1- 593)' 8 Ibid., t. vii., p. 167 (1. 444).
8 Ibid., t. vii., p. 150 (1. 261).