“Praise be unto thee, O Osiris, lord of eternity, Un-Nefer, Heru-Khuti, whose forms are manifold, whose attributes are majesty, [thou who art] Ptah-Seker-Tem in Heliopolis, lord of the Sheta shrine, creator of Het-ka-Ptah (Memphis) and of the gods who dwell therein, thou Guide of the Other World, whom the gods praise when thou settest in the sky.  Isis embraceth thee contentedly, and she driveth away the fiends from the mouth of thy paths.  Thou turnest thy face towards Amentet,[1] and thou makest the earth to shine like refined copper.  The dead rise up to look upon thee, they breathe the air, and they behold thy face when [thy] disk riseth on the horizon.  Their hearts are at peace, inasmuch as they behold thee, O thou who art Eternity and Everlastingness.

[Footnote 1:  The “hidden” land, the West, the Other World.]

LITANY

“1.  Homage to thee, O [Lord of] the Dekans[1] in Heliopolis and of the heavenly beings in Kheraha,[2] thou god Unti, who art the most glorious of the gods hidden in Heliopolis.

“Grant thou unto me a path whereon I may pass in peace, for I am just and true; I have not spoken lies wittingly, nor have I done aught with deceit.[3]

“2.  Homage to thee, O An[4] in Antes, Heru-Khuti,[5] with long strides dost thou stride over heaven, O Heru-Khuti.

“3.  Homage to thee, O Everlasting Soul, who dwellest in Tatu (Busiris), Un-Nefer,[6] son of Nut, who art the Lord of Akert.

“4.  Homage to thee in thy rule over Tatu.  The Urrt Crown is fixed upon thy head.  Thou art One, thou createst thy protection, thou dwellest in peace in Tatu.

“5.  Homage to thee, O Lord of the Acacia.  The Seker Boat[7] is on its sledge; thou turnest back the Fiend, the worker of evil; thou makest the Eye of the Sun-god to rest upon its throne.

“6.  Homage to thee, mighty one in thine hour, Prince great and mighty, dweller in Anrutef,[8] lord of eternity, creator of everlastingness.  Thou art the lord of Hensu.[9]

“7.  Homage to thee, O thou who restest upon Truth.  Thou art the Lord of Abydos; thy body is joined to Ta-Tchesert.  Thou art he to whom fraud and deceit are abominable.

“8.  Homage to thee, O dweller in thy boat.  Thou leadest the Nile from his source, the light shineth upon thy body; thou art the dweller in Nekhen.[10]

“9.  Homage to thee, O Creator of the gods, King of the South, King of the North, Osiris, Conqueror, Governor of the world in thy gracious seasons!  Thou art the Lord of the heaven of Egypt (Atebui).”

[Footnote 1:  A group of thirty-six Star-gods.]

[Footnote 2:  A town that stood on the site of Old Cairo.]

[Footnote 3:  This response was to be repeated after each petition.]

[Footnote 4:  A Light-god.]

[Footnote 5:  Harmakhis of the Greeks.]

[Footnote 6:  A form of Osiris.]

[Footnote 7:  The Henu Boat of Seker was drawn round the sanctuary of Seker each morning.]