Pyramid Texts

Pyramid Texts — Budge 1911 Pepi I / Merenre / Pepi II selections — sourcepage 371

Appendix 357 the Sekhet-Aaru, thou sailest over the seats of the great god. Heaven is given unto thee, earth is given unto thee, Sekhet-Aaru is given unto thee. And lo ! the two great gods transport thee, Shu and Tefnut, the two great gods of Anu. Awake, stand up ! This Spirit came forth from Tat, Osiris Pepi cometh forth from Keb. Hail, Pepi ! Thou art the son of the great god. Thou hast been purified in the Lake of Tatta, thou hast received thy throne in Sekhet-Aaru. 805. Thy water is to thee, thine abundance is to thee, thy effluxes are to thee, coming forth from Osiris. Thou collectest thy bones, thou settest in place thy members, thou puttest in order the fluids in thee, thou workest thy cords. The hat chamber (tomb) is open for thee, the doors of the sarcophagus are drawn asunder, and the gates of heaven are thrown wide open. I sis welcometh thee, Nephthys said, "In Peace " {i.e., welcome). They see their brother at the festival of Tem. These libations, O Osiris, protect thy flesh in Kerkubaf. Thy soul is within thee. Thy Power (sekhem) is nigh thee, thou art stablished as the Chief of thy Powers. Thou art lifted up, Osiris Pepi ! Thou rushest upon the Domains of the South, thou rushest upon the Domains of the North. Thou hast the mastery of the Powers which are in thee. Thou makest thy spirits jackals, which are given to thee by Horus of Nekhen. Thou art raised up, O Pepi, sit thou upon thy crystal (?) throne, by the decree of Anpu, Chief of the Divine Hall. Thou art purified with thy eight libations, [and] eight nemset vases, and dabet vases, which came forth from the God-house. God therefore art thou, bearing up heaven on thy shoulders, and sup- porting the earth. Smentet^ supplicateth thee, Ment-urt^ addresseth thee. Hands are turned aside for thee, removed i^) for thee are feet. This appearance of thine is like that of a star, the Morning Star.^ He cometh to thee, his Father, he cometh to thee, Keb. Take his hand, make his seat to be on the Great Throne. He uniteth with the two Channels (?) of Oebhu (the 1 1 /v\f\fjv\ Jr^ •