Pyramid Texts

Pyramid Texts — Budge 1911 Pepi I / Merenre / Pepi II selections — sourcepage 334

320 Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection 315. Behold, it is not Pepi who maketh entreaty to see thee in thy form in which thou art, O Osiris, who maketh entreaty to see thee in thy form in which thou art, it is thy Son who maketh entreaty to see thee in thy form in which thou art, it is Horus who maketh entreaty to see thee in thy form in which thou art. Thus say the beings who are inert (?) and are Hke the Great Males under Akhemut (?)^ to thee, thus say they to thee : " Come, beloved son, in the form of the Sa-mer-f," and they ferry Horus, they ferry Horus at the appearance of Horus among the Meht-urt goddesses. Open, O ye doors of heaven, be thrown open, O ye doors of the sky, to Horus of the East, who at dawn descendeth and purifieth himself in Sekhet-Aaru.^ Open, O ye doors of heaven, be thrown open, O ye doors of the sky, to Pepi, who at dawn descendeth and purifieth himself in Sekhet-Aaru. 331. This Pepi hath ploughed the earth, he hath presented the offering. He riseth on the throne like a king, and occupieth it with honour. He saileth over the Lake of Peterta, and he traverseth the Lake of Kha. Neskestet^ stretcheth out the hand to Pepi from her shrine, from her secret place, and she maketh him a god. Behold, Pepi is a pure being, the son of a pure being, and he is purified by [the contents of] the Four Nemast vases, which are emptied (?) [over him] in the Lake of Nether in the city of Nethru,^ under the wind of Isis the Great Lady, and behold the Great Lady made Horus dry, and caused him to come with flesh purified. Is Ra more pure than Pepi [or] the doorkeeper of Qebhu (the sky) ? He taketh Pepi along to those Four Gods who are on the Lake of Kensta, and they give gifts to Osiris Pepi, and they give gifts to Ra. No boundaries are fixed for him, and [he] findeth no limits [set for him]. Behold, one arm of Keb is to heaven, and his [other] is to the earth, and he taketh Pepi along to Ra. Pepi formula is repf 2 This formula is repeated for Horus of the Tuat and Horus of Shesta. s