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Peintat is my correct name. O great god whose name
is great, (14) appear to this child without alarming or
deceiving, truthfully.' You utter these (15) charms seven
times, you make him open his eyes. If the light is good
and he says ' Anubis is coming in,' you call before him
(Anubis). (16) Formula: 'O Riz Muriz, O To-ur-to,
O this beautiful male born of Herieou, the daughter of
the Neme, (17) Come to me, for thou art this lotus-
flower that came forth from in the lotus of Pnastor, and
that illuminates the whole earth; (18) hail! Anubis,
come to me, the High, the Mighty, the Chief over the
mysteries of those in the Underworld, the Pharaoh of
those in Amenti, the Chief Physician, (19) the fair [son ?]
of Osiris, he whose face is strong among the gods, thou
manifestest thyself in the U nderworld before the hand of
Osiris. Thou servest (20) the souls of Abydos, for they
all live by thee, these souls (namely) those of the sacred
Underworld. Come to the earth, show thyself to me
name is attached to the execution-block, but here it has the determina-
tive of fire.
1. 17. Cf. Horus on the lotus at Erment L. D. iv. 61, g. 65; and in
Greek papyri, f\els hopcprjv vrjttiov Traidos em Acotco KaOrjpevos Parthey, Zwei
gr. Zauberpap., ii. 106; o em tov Xcotov KciOrifievos Kai \aimvpi8uv rrjv o\rji>
oiKovjj.€VT]v Leyd. Pap. Gr. V. iii. 15.
ssn, srpt, see Loret, Rec. trav., i. 190, for a useful but by no means
final discussion of the Egyptian names of the lotus, srpt (see 1/12)
is a name apparently of late introduction, shi is very ancient, and both
words are to be paralleled, with varied meaning, in Semitic languages.
From this passage one may conjecture that srpt is the lotus bud and s&i
the flower.
1. 18. wr syn, 'chief physician,' an old Egyptian official title (O. K. in
P. S. B. A., xi. 306, Persian period Brugsch., Thes., 639), but amongst
the gods most applicable to Thoth. Apparently Thoth and Anubis are
here united, cf. the name Hermanubis and 1. 21. hry-sst,' chief over the
mysteries,' is another old title appropriate enough for either Thoth or
Anubis.
1. 20. ' For they all live by thee.' Apparently Anubis was responsible
for the provision of food and attendance on the souls.
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Peintat is my correct name. O great god whose name
is great, (14) appear to this child without alarming or
deceiving, truthfully.' You utter these (15) charms seven
times, you make him open his eyes. If the light is good
and he says ' Anubis is coming in,' you call before him
(Anubis). (16) Formula: 'O Riz Muriz, O To-ur-to,
O this beautiful male born of Herieou, the daughter of
the Neme, (17) Come to me, for thou art this lotus-
flower that came forth from in the lotus of Pnastor, and
that illuminates the whole earth; (18) hail! Anubis,
come to me, the High, the Mighty, the Chief over the
mysteries of those in the Underworld, the Pharaoh of
those in Amenti, the Chief Physician, (19) the fair [son ?]
of Osiris, he whose face is strong among the gods, thou
manifestest thyself in the U nderworld before the hand of
Osiris. Thou servest (20) the souls of Abydos, for they
all live by thee, these souls (namely) those of the sacred
Underworld. Come to the earth, show thyself to me
name is attached to the execution-block, but here it has the determina-
tive of fire.
1. 17. Cf. Horus on the lotus at Erment L. D. iv. 61, g. 65; and in
Greek papyri, f\els hopcprjv vrjttiov Traidos em Acotco KaOrjpevos Parthey, Zwei
gr. Zauberpap., ii. 106; o em tov Xcotov KciOrifievos Kai \aimvpi8uv rrjv o\rji>
oiKovjj.€VT]v Leyd. Pap. Gr. V. iii. 15.
ssn, srpt, see Loret, Rec. trav., i. 190, for a useful but by no means
final discussion of the Egyptian names of the lotus, srpt (see 1/12)
is a name apparently of late introduction, shi is very ancient, and both
words are to be paralleled, with varied meaning, in Semitic languages.
From this passage one may conjecture that srpt is the lotus bud and s&i
the flower.
1. 18. wr syn, 'chief physician,' an old Egyptian official title (O. K. in
P. S. B. A., xi. 306, Persian period Brugsch., Thes., 639), but amongst
the gods most applicable to Thoth. Apparently Thoth and Anubis are
here united, cf. the name Hermanubis and 1. 21. hry-sst,' chief over the
mysteries,' is another old title appropriate enough for either Thoth or
Anubis.
1. 20. ' For they all live by thee.' Apparently Anubis was responsible
for the provision of food and attendance on the souls.