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THE SOUTHERN HALL OP OFFERINGS.
1L
(lie who gives his protection in the twilight). Hail to thee
Ea; thou settest in the holy horizon of the west, thou settest
in thy fields in Mannu; thy divine serpents are behind thee.
Hail to thee in peace, thou hast joined the Eye of Turn
.... thee in its circle, it leads thee to the land of life ; it
sends its protection behind thy limbs. 0 you gods of the
west, who rejoice as Turn .... his presence that he may
rest; take your arms, drive away the god with the lock,
strike the enemies .... the ropes in the Sektet boat;
they come in joy and in peace .... the land of ... .
is bowing down, they bring offering's in the west, thou
resteth on thy seat, thou resteth on thy throne .... of
the west; thou provest the words of the inhabitants of
the lower world, thou doest thy will in the Anient ; great
is thy judgment and sound. The Mannu .... the gods
with locks, in thy presence loud praises from those in the
Sektet boat. Enrich King .... do that she may live
and have abundance in thy following, Ea."
Plate CXV. (Right Side).—On the right side of the
boat we find the first hour of the night, and the others
follow on the long wall. Here the words are put into
the mouth of the hour and not of the king-god. The
names of these hours are not those which we find in
other lists. Unfortunately they have been but im-
perfectly preserved. The words put in the mouth of
the hour before whom the king kneels are two
chapters of the Book of the Dead: the 22nd, called
" the chapter of giving a mouth to the deceased," and
the 59th, "the chapter of breathing air and receiving
water in the underworld."
"Said by the first hour of the night . ... en useliht (in the
great hall) is her name. She stands before Ea. King H.
rises from Nubt, which is in the unseen world. A mouth
is given to her (with words in it, in the presence of) the
cycle of the gods. The hands of H. will not be repulsed
by.......She is Osiris of Eoset, he who is on the
staircase. The king comes out (of the tank of fire)
.....its flame is extinguished when the king comes out.
Hail Turn, give sweet breath to the nostrils of the king,
(she embraces) the great throne which is at Hermopolis.
The king watches over the egg of the great cackler; its
growth is the growth of the king, its life is the life of
the king, its breath is the breath of the king. H. is
justified before all the gods."
Plate CXVI.—The words uttered by the following
hours are also taken from the Book of the Dead. They
are parts of the 71st and 42nd chapters, combined
together; from this last chapter are taken a few
sentences which deify the body of the deceased and
make a god of each part of it. The queen has the
form of a man, a star on his head, with his hands
raised; the name erased has been restored in paint as
,-----. or ^= or otherwise.
" Said by the second hour of the night, she who takes the rope
of the prow and fixes the rope of the stern is her name ;
she stands before Ea. The king is the plant in Anaaref,
the flower of (the hidden) abode. Here is Osiris. Osiris!
strengthen king H. as thou strengthenest thyself; set the
king loose, release him, let her be brought on the earth,
let what she wishes from the god of one face be done to the
king; for her hair is Nu, her face is Ea, her eyes are
Hathor, her ears are (Aput), her nose is Khentikhas, her
lips are Anubis, her teeth are Selk, her neck is Isis, her
hands are the spirit of the lord of Tattu, her arms are
Neith, the lady of Sais."
" Said by the third hour of the night .... of the big hall in
her horizon, is her name ; she stands before.....King
H. is a hawk in the southern sky and an ibis in the
northern sky; he has appeased the burning serpent when
raging, by bringing truth to him who loves her. Here is
Thoth; Thotli, strengthen the king as thou strengthenest
thyself, set the king loose, release him, release him, let him
be brought on the earth, let what the king wishes from the
god with one face be done to her, for the back of the king
is Set, her .... is Osiris, her liver is the lords of Kheraha,
her chest is the Mighty who inspires fear, her .... is
Sekhmit, there is no limb in the king without a god.
" Said by the fourth hour of the night, she who hides the
shadow in On is her name, she stands before Ean. 0
hawk, who riseth from Nu, the lord of Mehurt; strengthen
the king as thou strengthenest thyself, set the king loose,
release the king, let him be brought on earth, let what she
wishes from the god with one face be done to her. King
H. is a hawk who speaks from the window, the king rises
without veil. Here is Horsi-isis. Horsi-isis, let loose the
king, let her be brought on earth, let what the king wishes
from the god with one face be done to her .... the king
is sound on earth (?) near Ea . . good near Osiris ; do not
make your sacrifice of her (and do not put her) on their
altars. The king is in the following of the lord of all
things."
Nothing but a few words remain of the fifth hour,
and the following ones are quite destroyed.
Plates CXVII. and CXVIII.—These coloured plates
are specimens of the sculptures in the Southern Hall
of Offerings. A priest is bringing the crane or heron
already described, which is also represented with its
bill tied to its neck and marching towards the queen.
,
1L
(lie who gives his protection in the twilight). Hail to thee
Ea; thou settest in the holy horizon of the west, thou settest
in thy fields in Mannu; thy divine serpents are behind thee.
Hail to thee in peace, thou hast joined the Eye of Turn
.... thee in its circle, it leads thee to the land of life ; it
sends its protection behind thy limbs. 0 you gods of the
west, who rejoice as Turn .... his presence that he may
rest; take your arms, drive away the god with the lock,
strike the enemies .... the ropes in the Sektet boat;
they come in joy and in peace .... the land of ... .
is bowing down, they bring offering's in the west, thou
resteth on thy seat, thou resteth on thy throne .... of
the west; thou provest the words of the inhabitants of
the lower world, thou doest thy will in the Anient ; great
is thy judgment and sound. The Mannu .... the gods
with locks, in thy presence loud praises from those in the
Sektet boat. Enrich King .... do that she may live
and have abundance in thy following, Ea."
Plate CXV. (Right Side).—On the right side of the
boat we find the first hour of the night, and the others
follow on the long wall. Here the words are put into
the mouth of the hour and not of the king-god. The
names of these hours are not those which we find in
other lists. Unfortunately they have been but im-
perfectly preserved. The words put in the mouth of
the hour before whom the king kneels are two
chapters of the Book of the Dead: the 22nd, called
" the chapter of giving a mouth to the deceased," and
the 59th, "the chapter of breathing air and receiving
water in the underworld."
"Said by the first hour of the night . ... en useliht (in the
great hall) is her name. She stands before Ea. King H.
rises from Nubt, which is in the unseen world. A mouth
is given to her (with words in it, in the presence of) the
cycle of the gods. The hands of H. will not be repulsed
by.......She is Osiris of Eoset, he who is on the
staircase. The king comes out (of the tank of fire)
.....its flame is extinguished when the king comes out.
Hail Turn, give sweet breath to the nostrils of the king,
(she embraces) the great throne which is at Hermopolis.
The king watches over the egg of the great cackler; its
growth is the growth of the king, its life is the life of
the king, its breath is the breath of the king. H. is
justified before all the gods."
Plate CXVI.—The words uttered by the following
hours are also taken from the Book of the Dead. They
are parts of the 71st and 42nd chapters, combined
together; from this last chapter are taken a few
sentences which deify the body of the deceased and
make a god of each part of it. The queen has the
form of a man, a star on his head, with his hands
raised; the name erased has been restored in paint as
,-----. or ^= or otherwise.
" Said by the second hour of the night, she who takes the rope
of the prow and fixes the rope of the stern is her name ;
she stands before Ea. The king is the plant in Anaaref,
the flower of (the hidden) abode. Here is Osiris. Osiris!
strengthen king H. as thou strengthenest thyself; set the
king loose, release him, let her be brought on the earth,
let what she wishes from the god of one face be done to the
king; for her hair is Nu, her face is Ea, her eyes are
Hathor, her ears are (Aput), her nose is Khentikhas, her
lips are Anubis, her teeth are Selk, her neck is Isis, her
hands are the spirit of the lord of Tattu, her arms are
Neith, the lady of Sais."
" Said by the third hour of the night .... of the big hall in
her horizon, is her name ; she stands before.....King
H. is a hawk in the southern sky and an ibis in the
northern sky; he has appeased the burning serpent when
raging, by bringing truth to him who loves her. Here is
Thoth; Thotli, strengthen the king as thou strengthenest
thyself, set the king loose, release him, release him, let him
be brought on the earth, let what the king wishes from the
god with one face be done to her, for the back of the king
is Set, her .... is Osiris, her liver is the lords of Kheraha,
her chest is the Mighty who inspires fear, her .... is
Sekhmit, there is no limb in the king without a god.
" Said by the fourth hour of the night, she who hides the
shadow in On is her name, she stands before Ean. 0
hawk, who riseth from Nu, the lord of Mehurt; strengthen
the king as thou strengthenest thyself, set the king loose,
release the king, let him be brought on earth, let what she
wishes from the god with one face be done to her. King
H. is a hawk who speaks from the window, the king rises
without veil. Here is Horsi-isis. Horsi-isis, let loose the
king, let her be brought on earth, let what the king wishes
from the god with one face be done to her .... the king
is sound on earth (?) near Ea . . good near Osiris ; do not
make your sacrifice of her (and do not put her) on their
altars. The king is in the following of the lord of all
things."
Nothing but a few words remain of the fifth hour,
and the following ones are quite destroyed.
Plates CXVII. and CXVIII.—These coloured plates
are specimens of the sculptures in the Southern Hall
of Offerings. A priest is bringing the crane or heron
already described, which is also represented with its
bill tied to its neck and marching towards the queen.
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