Pyramid Texts

Pyramid Texts — Budge 1911 Pepi I / Merenre / Pepi II selections — sourcepage 345

Appendix 331 Tchert birds {i.e., I sis and Nephthys) on the wings of Thoth swoop down and alight, and they bring this Pepi and set him upon his place. This Pepi of Hfe is a messenger (?) of Horus. . . . The Tet setteth free the Mantchet Boat for its Lord, the Tet setteth free the Mantchet Boat for its chief Isis cometh, Nephthys cometh, one on the right, one on the left, one of them as a Hat bird — -Nephthys cometh — one of them as a Tchert bird. They find Osiris, his brother Set hath cast him down to the ground in Netat.^ . . . They remove thy foulness — now thy name is Anpu. They remove the efflux of thy filth to the earth — now thy name is " Jackal of the South," They remove the evil odour of thy body — now thy name is " Heru-shati." They remove the filth of Heru-abti. They remove the filth of Heru- neb-pat. They remove the filth of Heru-Tatti. They remove the filth of Heru-neb-taui. . . . Watch, O Horus, stand up upon Set. Thou art raised up, O Osiris Pepi, the firstborn son of Keb. The Two Companies of the Gods tremble [before] him. . . . Advance thou to the Lake, sail thou to the Great Green Sea. Behold, thou art he who standeth up, he who never resteth, dweller in Abydos. Thou art endowed as a spirit in the horizon, thou art made stable in Tchetet. The Souls of An take thy hand, Ra taketh thy hand, the Two Com- panies of the Gods raise up thy head, and they make thee, O Osiris Pepi, to be at the head of the Aterti of the Souls of An. Live thou, live thou, thou art raised up ... O thou Pepi, [thy] marking cometh forth from Ra, thy sweat cometh forth from Isis. . . . 531. Lo Isis and Nephthys! The Hat bird cometh, the Tche7't bird cometh, Isis and Nephthys. They come with embraces for their brother Osiris, with embraces for their brother, this Pepi. Thou hast being (?) Thou hast being (?). Thy sister Isis weepeth for thee. Thy sister Nephthys weepeth for thee. Isis, sitting down with her hands upon her head, and Nephthys give the nipple of their breasts to their brother Pepi. Anpu is on his belly. Osiris is on his seat (?) Ap-uat is at the head of 1 f^^^>^^ ft ^1^