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THE PAPYRUS OF THE ROYAL MOTHER NETCHEMET.
“ joined as a perfected soul unto thy mariners.
“ Hail Ra, in thy divine name of Ka, since thou
“ dost pass by the (4) divine Eye of Ra of scven
“ cubits with a pupil of three cubits, do thou
“ indeed make strong the lady of the two lands,
“ the royal mother, hfe, strength, health ! Net-
“ chemet, (5) triumphant, as a perfect khu
“ among thy marincrs ; and let thy strength be her
“ strength. Hail Ra, in thy name of Ra, since
“ thou dost pass by those who are overthrown
“ [in cleath], (6) do thou indeed make to stand
“ up the Osiris, the lacly of the two lancls, the
“ royal mother, Netchemet, triumphant, upon
“ her feet; and let her become a perfect khu
“ (7) among thy mariners, and let thy strength be
“ her strcngth. Hail Ra, in thy name of Ra,
“ since the hidden habitations of the underworld be
“ opened unto thee (8) and thou dost make glacl
“ the hearts of the company of the gods thereof,
“ do thou indeed grant a heart unto Osiris, the
“ royal mother, Netchemet, triumphant; and (9)
“ let thy strength be her strength, ancl her
“ members thy members, O Ra. [May she be]
“ stablished by [this] Chapter.”
Rubric : This Chapter shall be recited over
a bandlet made of the hne linen of kings upon
which the Chapter hath been written (10) with
water of anti, and the bandlet shall be placed 011
the neck of the khu who hath been made perfect
on the day of the funeral. If this amulet be
placecl on (11) his neck, whatsoever things he
pleaseth shall be done for him as for the company
of the gods ; ancl he shall join himself unto the
followers of Horus; and he shall be stablished
among the starry gods face to face with (12) Septet
(Sothis); and his following shall be like unto [that
of] H orus with Sothis ; and his corruptible body
shall be like unto a gocl in the eyes of his kinsfolk
for ever and ever ; ancl the godcless Menqet shall
make (13) plants to gerimnate upon his body.
The man for whom these thmgs shall be done shall
come forth by day in the underworld ; and the
majesty of the god Thoth (14) himself shall clo
th ese things [for him]; and the majesty of the
£od Osiris.with love will make the beams
of the god Shu to fall upon his bocly ; ancl the
“ Chapter of not letting the soul (?) of a man be
“ destroyecl in the underworld ” [shall be recited
for him].
Ancl behold Osins, the lady of the two
lands, the royal mother, life, strength, health!
Netchemet, life, strength, health ! triumphant,
saith, “ Hail, thou who art exalted upon thy
“ standard, thou who art adored, (16) thou
“ mighty one of souls, thou gocl Klui (?) who
“ art most terrible, thou who dost set the fear
“ of thyself upon the gods, thou who dost rise
“ upon the everlasting throne, make thou to be
“ happy, O thou god Khu (?), my bocly and (17)
“ my khu,
PLATE XI.
“ for I am provided with [power], and I am a
“ khu who is equippecl with power; I have
made a way for myself unto thy place where
“ Ra-PIathor clwelleth.”
Text: [Chapter CXXXIX.] (i) The
ChAPTER OF ENTERING INTO (2) THE DIVINE
PI ouse. The lacly of the two lancls, Netchemet,
life, strength, health! saith : “ Hail to thee,
“ O Temu ! I am the ^od Thoth who hath
“ judged the two fighting gocls [i.e., Horus
“ ancl Set]. I have macle an end of the strife
“ which existecl between (3) them, ancl I have
“ done away with their cries of woe. I have
“ delivered the Antu fish in his turning back,
“ and I have performed that which thou clidst
“ order concerning him. I have lain down to
“ rest m the House of the Thigh by the orcler
“ of the words of the divine Agecl One, having
“ my clivine amulets with me.I am [one
“ of the Sherau gocls (?).”
Text: [C HAPTER Ib.] (I) T HE CHAPTER
OF MAKIXG THE SXlIU (i.e., THE SPIRITUAL BODy)
TO ENTER INTO (2) THE UNDERWORLD ON THE
day of the funeral. Osiris Netchemet,
triumphant, saith : “ Hail to thee, O thou
“ who art m Set-Tchesert of Amentet ! Net-
“ chemet, life, strength, health ! (3) knoweth thee,
“ ancl knoweth thy name. Deliver thou her
“ from the worms which are in Re-stau, which
“ hve upon the bodies of men ancl women, and
“ feed upon their (4) blood ; for she knoweth you,
“ and she knoweth your names. When Osiris
“ Neb-er-tcher, who keepeth himself hidden,
“ journeyecl for the hrst time [in Amentet], he
“ causecl the breath (5) of fear to be put into
“ those who were dwelling in the Bight of
“ Amentet; ancl he gave commands concerning
“ hmi that was living in the hidden places, and
“ [stablished for him] a seat m the darkness,
THE PAPYRUS OF THE ROYAL MOTHER NETCHEMET.
“ joined as a perfected soul unto thy mariners.
“ Hail Ra, in thy divine name of Ka, since thou
“ dost pass by the (4) divine Eye of Ra of scven
“ cubits with a pupil of three cubits, do thou
“ indeed make strong the lady of the two lands,
“ the royal mother, hfe, strength, health ! Net-
“ chemet, (5) triumphant, as a perfect khu
“ among thy marincrs ; and let thy strength be her
“ strength. Hail Ra, in thy name of Ra, since
“ thou dost pass by those who are overthrown
“ [in cleath], (6) do thou indeed make to stand
“ up the Osiris, the lacly of the two lancls, the
“ royal mother, Netchemet, triumphant, upon
“ her feet; and let her become a perfect khu
“ (7) among thy mariners, and let thy strength be
“ her strcngth. Hail Ra, in thy name of Ra,
“ since the hidden habitations of the underworld be
“ opened unto thee (8) and thou dost make glacl
“ the hearts of the company of the gods thereof,
“ do thou indeed grant a heart unto Osiris, the
“ royal mother, Netchemet, triumphant; and (9)
“ let thy strength be her strength, ancl her
“ members thy members, O Ra. [May she be]
“ stablished by [this] Chapter.”
Rubric : This Chapter shall be recited over
a bandlet made of the hne linen of kings upon
which the Chapter hath been written (10) with
water of anti, and the bandlet shall be placed 011
the neck of the khu who hath been made perfect
on the day of the funeral. If this amulet be
placecl on (11) his neck, whatsoever things he
pleaseth shall be done for him as for the company
of the gods ; ancl he shall join himself unto the
followers of Horus; and he shall be stablished
among the starry gods face to face with (12) Septet
(Sothis); and his following shall be like unto [that
of] H orus with Sothis ; and his corruptible body
shall be like unto a gocl in the eyes of his kinsfolk
for ever and ever ; ancl the godcless Menqet shall
make (13) plants to gerimnate upon his body.
The man for whom these thmgs shall be done shall
come forth by day in the underworld ; and the
majesty of the god Thoth (14) himself shall clo
th ese things [for him]; and the majesty of the
£od Osiris.with love will make the beams
of the god Shu to fall upon his bocly ; ancl the
“ Chapter of not letting the soul (?) of a man be
“ destroyecl in the underworld ” [shall be recited
for him].
Ancl behold Osins, the lady of the two
lands, the royal mother, life, strength, health!
Netchemet, life, strength, health ! triumphant,
saith, “ Hail, thou who art exalted upon thy
“ standard, thou who art adored, (16) thou
“ mighty one of souls, thou gocl Klui (?) who
“ art most terrible, thou who dost set the fear
“ of thyself upon the gods, thou who dost rise
“ upon the everlasting throne, make thou to be
“ happy, O thou god Khu (?), my bocly and (17)
“ my khu,
PLATE XI.
“ for I am provided with [power], and I am a
“ khu who is equippecl with power; I have
made a way for myself unto thy place where
“ Ra-PIathor clwelleth.”
Text: [Chapter CXXXIX.] (i) The
ChAPTER OF ENTERING INTO (2) THE DIVINE
PI ouse. The lacly of the two lancls, Netchemet,
life, strength, health! saith : “ Hail to thee,
“ O Temu ! I am the ^od Thoth who hath
“ judged the two fighting gocls [i.e., Horus
“ ancl Set]. I have macle an end of the strife
“ which existecl between (3) them, ancl I have
“ done away with their cries of woe. I have
“ delivered the Antu fish in his turning back,
“ and I have performed that which thou clidst
“ order concerning him. I have lain down to
“ rest m the House of the Thigh by the orcler
“ of the words of the divine Agecl One, having
“ my clivine amulets with me.I am [one
“ of the Sherau gocls (?).”
Text: [C HAPTER Ib.] (I) T HE CHAPTER
OF MAKIXG THE SXlIU (i.e., THE SPIRITUAL BODy)
TO ENTER INTO (2) THE UNDERWORLD ON THE
day of the funeral. Osiris Netchemet,
triumphant, saith : “ Hail to thee, O thou
“ who art m Set-Tchesert of Amentet ! Net-
“ chemet, life, strength, health ! (3) knoweth thee,
“ ancl knoweth thy name. Deliver thou her
“ from the worms which are in Re-stau, which
“ hve upon the bodies of men ancl women, and
“ feed upon their (4) blood ; for she knoweth you,
“ and she knoweth your names. When Osiris
“ Neb-er-tcher, who keepeth himself hidden,
“ journeyecl for the hrst time [in Amentet], he
“ causecl the breath (5) of fear to be put into
“ those who were dwelling in the Bight of
“ Amentet; ancl he gave commands concerning
“ hmi that was living in the hidden places, and
“ [stablished for him] a seat m the darkness,