Howard-Vyse, Richard William Howard: Operations carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: with an account of a voyage into upper Egypt, and Appendix (Band 2) (London, 1841)

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The three central lines interposed between these divisions, the text
of which is continued to the foot of the lid, contain three prayers
— the central line one, to Netpe : "Osirian! &c, extend the

mother JYetpe over thee............as she is attached to the

firmament: do not......for ever and ever." The line to the

left contains another invocation to the same deity: "Go, thou
Osirian, &c, to Netpe; may she unite thee to the chief of her
race ; may she anoint thee with water like the east eye (?) in the

solar abode in......the darkness with thy.........."

To the right and left, in two vertical lines of hieroglyphics,
continued down the whole length, are two similar prayers. The
one to the right contains a trilogistic prayer : " The invocation
Osirian, &c; life for thee, thou who residest among the living,
illuminate thou Osiris pethempamentes, Osirian, &c, who residest

among the light.........." The prayer to the left: "....The

invocation .... Osirian, &c; appear thou, elevate thou, sit thou

..........in the abode of Haroeri, the guardian of Poni; hail,

Osirian, See.; receive thou life, do not place thy feet in the heaven,
do not.... thou in the world." The two lines at the side of the
cover also contain two prayers of similar nature to those at the
top of the sides, " Osirian, &c, may the four deities, children
of Horus, making road to his father Osiris ; may they shew,
or appear, before thee; may they lead to thee, &c, Osirian,
&c, chastising thy enemies in the sepulchre, leading thee," &c.
The other line to the right contains "Hail, Osirian, &c.........

....................support thou the other great gods; may

they give thee thy enemies under thee for ever and ever."

The lour first lines to the left of-this contain " the prayer of
the Osirian military chief, superintendent of the signet, chief
purifier? scribe of the divine books of Amoun-ra sonther... .scribe
of the viands of.... prefect of the abode of the inundation
(Nilometor). Saotou, justified son of----prophet of Sate (?) mis-
tress of Eianho, Oohmos, or Iohmos (Amos, or Amasis), justified
child of the lady of the house, Taisaenonkh justified, I come to
thee Nephthys, thy sister, guardian of the land of Hosk, enshroud-
ing to thee thy limbs, and arranging for thee thy arms, giving
passage to thy breath—thy life; may they raise to thee thy arms
..................do not lament thy fault for ever and ever.

The prayer to the right contains " the speech of the Osirian
military chief, superintendent of the signet, priest of the temples
of the white wall, attached to the......at the abode of silver