Pyramid Texts

Pyramid Texts — Budge 1911 Pepi I / Merenre / Pepi II selections — sourcepage 363

Appendix 349 praise Ra, they come with bowings to thee as they do to Ra. 704. Smite, Father, the Bull Sma-ur. Thou smitest, Father, thou slayest the Great Bull. O Father, Osiris Pepi, the Bull is smitten, smitten for thee, smitten for thee, smitten by the Smiter (or. Slaughterer). The Nek Bull is smitten for thee, smitten. Thou art upon his back, upon the back of the Bull. Thou openest the Bull with thy weapon. Thou drivest thy lance into the Bull. Thou takest him by the ear. His head is cut off. His tail is cut off. His forelegs are cut off His haunches are cut off. His haunch is to serve as a haunch before Tern, the father of the gods. His two cheeks (?) are for Shu and Tefnut. His two jaw-bones are for Keb and Nut. His two flanks are for Isis and Nephthys. His two khentchui are for Khent-merti and Nest (?). His backbone i^) is for Neith and Serqet. His heart is for Sekhmet-urt. His intestines are for the Four Gods whom Horus brouofht forth, and who are beloved by him, Hep, Amkest (.'*), Tuamutef, and Qebhsenuf. His head, his tail, his forelegs, his hind legs, are for Anpu-tep-tu and Osiris- Khent-ment-f. The character (?) of the gods is in him, of the Souls of Nekhen, of the Souls of Pe. [He] eateth the red bull, [he] journeyeth on the Lake. Horus hath done [this] for his father Osiris, this Pepi. Behold, this is thy habitation, Hent-het (?), O Osiris Pepi. The winds are brought to it, the north wind is collected therein, and it raiseth thee up in the form of Osiris Pepi. The god Shesmu cometh to thee with water and wine ; Khent-ment-f [cometh] with vessels of drink for the Chief of the two Atert-gods. Thou standest up, thou sittest like Anpu, Chief of Ta-Tchesert. The god Aker standeth up before thee, Shu riseth to meet thee. Hep (the Nile) trembleth at the sight [of thee] . . . The pools are full of fragrant flowers, the banks of the canals are covered with blossoms. The offerings of the gods come. Men are glad, and the hearts of the gods rejoice. 709. Pepi cometh to thee, Horus, and thou declarest unto him that great and beautiful word which thou didst utter to Osiris. Pepi becometh great by means of it, VOL. II. 2 A