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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Tosor, they shall assemble beside thy head Osirian," &c. 7. Sate,
having upon her head a urasus. "The address of Sate, mistress
of Tapp, we grant thee to live in the land of Tosor, we submit
thy limbs like the sun in the Amenti, establishing thy name in
the mouth of the living." 8. Meui, having upon his head an
ostrich-feather. "The address of Meui, the son of the Sun, set

up thy face, Osirian," &c............................

9. Tafne, without any distinctive emblem. " The address of

Tafne, the daughter of the Sun, I give......to the Osirian, &c.;

of the wine (or milk) of the divine race. I grant that thy soul
may seek tbee, and that he may see like the sun, like his splen-
dour." 10. Hape, cynocephalus-headed. The address of Hape.
" I give justification to the Osirian, kc; in Noutehir like the lords
of the abode of glory : go thou to the heaven like the soul of the
sun. I make nothing of thy enemies for ever and ever." 11.
Kebhsnauf, hawk-headed. " The address of Kebhsnauf. ' I
have come to thee, Osirian, &c.; I submit for thee thy limbs; I
bind thy flesh, submit for thee thy arms; I give thee youth for
ever, Osirian," &c.

The large horizontal line of hieroglyphics contains part of a
prayer. From the unusual tenour and abbreviated manner in
which it is written, it is almost impossible for a complete analysis
of the whole. It commences the speech, " Hail, Osirian, superin-
tendent of the abode of the river (?) Saotou justified set out with
offering to the sun; go thou to the parhedals of the great god:
manifest thyself in going to the solar abode of the two truths,
enshrining thy soul," &c.

The series upon the right side are perfectly analogous to those
on the left; the deceased is represented standing as before, with
a garment from the loins to the ankles, called basoui, tied by a
girdle round the waist, and holding in his hands a figure of Truth
to a train of deities in compartments, formed by perpendicular
lines of hieroglyphics, containing a series of hortatory addresses
similar to those upon the other side. 1. Thmou or Thom, having
upon his head the pschent. The hieroglyphics record " the speech
of Thom. I lead to my orbit the Osirian, &c. Saotou in the

Amenti; I enshrine his body ; I .......... his adoration (?)

in the abode of glory." 2. Osiris pethempamentes, having upon
his head the otf. " The address of Osiris pethempamentes. I give
life to the Osirian, &c.; I lead him to the gods; I accord that he
may go and abide in the abode of glory, like the stars (or gods) of
the race of the earth and heaven." 3. Anubis, jackal-headed.