Pyramid Texts

Pyramid Texts — Budge 1911 Pepi I / Merenre / Pepi II selections — sourcepage 360

346 Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection heart of the sky. Thine offerings are brought unto thee, and gifts for thee are brought before thee. Saith Set, the brother of Osiris : " Place Osiris on his side." Saith Ra : " Let the dweller in Netat move, and raise up his head. The thing which he abominateth is sleep, what he hateth is weakness ; he shall not rot, he shall not become corruption, this Pepi shall not perish." Saith your . . . . O gods : " Thou watchest in peace. Osiris watcheth in peace. He who is in Netat watcheth in peace." " Raise his head," saith Ra. His odour is that of the Uraeus." " Raise the head of Pepi," saith Ra. " The odour of Pepi is that of the Uraeus. He shall not rot, he shall not become corrup- tion, this Pepi shall not perish," saith your Tchent, O gods. " This Pepi is of thy seed, O Osiris [and Septet] in thy name of 'Am-Uatch-ur Heru-khent- khu.' He shall not rot, he shall not become corrup- tion, this Pepi shall not perish," saith your Tchent, O gods. He cometh forth from his house clothed like Horus, arrayed like Thoth. The mother of Pepi is thy Ant, O God, the father of Pepi is Anu, and Pepi himself is thy Anu, O God. Ra hath conceived Pepi, Ra hath brought him forth, Pepi is of thy seed, of Ra and Septet, in thy name of " Heru-khent-khu," the star which saileth over the Great Green Sea. "He shall not rot, he shall not become corruption, he shall not perish," saith your Tchent, O gods. He is one of the Four Gods, children of Keb, who travel over the South and North, and stand by their sceptres, who are anointed with hatet unguent, and arrayed in dtmd apparel, who live on figs, and drink wine, and are anointed with that same substance wherewith ye are anointed. Pepi is dressed as ye are dressed, he liveth upon what ye live upon, he drinketh that which ye drink, he journeyeth with you, he liveth upon what ye yourselves live on. Give ye to him his allotted portion from that which your father Keb gave unto you so that, having it, ye might not hunger or perish. Stretch ye out your hands to this Pepi of life, the sweetest smelling being of those who smell sweet. Collect the bones of this Pepi, knit together his limbs. He sitteth on his throne, he shall not rot, he shall not suffer corruption, he shall not perish, saith your Tchent, O gods.