The Egyptian Heaven and Hell, Vol. I- the Book Amtaut (Books on Egypt and Chaldaea, Vol. XX of the Series)

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Tuts volume is the first of a, series of three volumes which treat of the Egyptian Heaven and Hell. It contains the complete hieroglyphic text of the Boox Am-Tuat, with translations, and reproductions of all the illustrations, A series of Chapters dealing with the origin and contents of Books of the Other World, with prefatory remarks, and a full index to the whole work, will be found in the third volume, :

CAP.

I,

VII,

VIII.

Ix.

CONTENTS.

Tue Boox Au-Tuat:— Tur TirtLe of THE WoRK . . : 7 THE First Division, orn WESTERN VESTIBULE, OF THE JuaT, caLLeD Net-Ra. With 8 Illus- PAClONE® 6. SW Ge a eS Tue Second Division oF THE TuatT, CALLED Urnes, With 11 Illustrations, . «.« . Tnz Tuirp Division or THE TvatT, CALLED Net- NEB-UA-KHEPER-iuT. With 13 Illustrations . .Tue Fourtu Division oF THE TUAT, CALLED ANKHET-KHEPERU. With 7 Illustrations. . Tae Firri Drviston or tHe Tuat, caLLED AMENT. With 8 Illustrations. . . . : : Tae Sixt Division or THE TUAT, CALLED METCHET-MU-NEBT-TuaT. With 19 Ilustra- tions . P Yan a

. . . fy

Tuk Seventa Division oF THE TuaT, CALLED THEPHET-sHETA. With 18 Illustrations . . THe Erentu Division or THE TuatT, CALLED TEBAT-NETERU-S, With 17 Ilnstrations-. Tye Ninty Division oF THE TUAT, CALLED BEst- ARU-ANKHET-KHEPERU. With 18 Illustrations.

PAGE

85

116

139

• 161

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CHAP, PAGE X. Tue Tents Division or tHe Tuat, cALLED METeEt-

QA-UTCHEBU. With 22 Illustrations : . 207 XI. Tse EveventH Division or THE TUaT, CALLED

RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU. With 26 Illustra-

tions . r . . 232 XII. Tue Twevrra Diisen, OR oe Vacnuiil.

OF THE TUAT, CALLED KHEPER-KEKIU-KHAU-

mestv. With 13 Illustrations . ; : . 256

ERRATA

P. 32, 1. 1, for “ phallus” read “Ass”; p. 60, 1. 13, for “Hon” read “Hou”; ibid., 1. 19, for “confieh” read “ soitfieh 7; p. 70,

= Eaend =

1. 7, for = read <=> P. 81, 1. 6, for » read AWA

iS ae ; p. 139, 1. 8, for “Thephet-Asar” read “ Thephet-

shetat”; p. >. 256, 1, 3, for “Then-neteru” read “ FehopersRekin7 khau-mestu.”

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THE TITLE OF THE WORK

“THE WRITINGS AND THE DRAWINGS OF THE HIDDEN “PALACE WICH APPERTAIN TO THE SOULS, AND TIE “GODS, AND THE SHADOWS, AND THE SPIRITS, WHICH “COMPOSE THE BEGINNING OF THE HoRN OF Ament, “OF ‘THE HORIZON OF AMENT, [WHICH IS] THE UTMOST “ BOUNDARY OF THE THICK DARKNESS OF THE HORIZON OF “ AMENTET, CONTAINING THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SOULS “OF THE UAT, AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SECRET “SOULS, AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DOORS AND “THE WAYS THROUGH AND ON WHICH THE GREAT GOD “JOURNEYETH, AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF…..- 4 “AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOURS AND OF THEIR “GODS, AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE JOURNEYINGS OF “THE HOURS**ND OF THEIR GODS, AND THE KNOWLEDGE “OF THE FORMULAE [WHICH THEY SAY] TO RA, AND “THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPEECHES WHICH HE MAKETM B

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“TO THEM, AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GODS WHO “PRAISE HIM AND OF THOSE WHO EFFECT DESTRUCTION.”

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CHAPTER I.

THE FIRST DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH IS CALLED NET-RA.

In the scene that illustrates the Fmst Division of the Tuat, which is passed through by the Sun-god during the First Hour of the night, we see that the centre of the middle section is divided lengthwise into

. are s J vs PF edits anit i

RO VE x ee a le

The Boat of Af, the dead Sun-god, Maati goddesses, Neken-f,

two parts by a river which flows along it. In the upper part is the boat of the dead Sun-god Ar, l ae

who is in the form of a ram-headed man; he wears a disk upon his head, and stands within a shrine in the Sekrer boat, ie. the beat in which the god travels

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from noon to sunset. In front of the shrine in the

boat stand the three deities, Ap-vat, VUE ne Sa,

=z we and the “Lady of the Boat,” Os,

who wears on her head a disk and horns. Behind the

shrine stand five gods, each having the head of a

‘man; the names of the first four are HERU-HEKENU,

NG 5° Ka-suu, (_} C, ie, the “double of Shu,”

NEHES, an |, Le., the “ Look-out,” and Hu, g ie and

i iS] J the fifth ig the Steersman KuERP, > Q 4 uOS . On the high prow of the Sektet boat hangs an object which is said to be a carpet by some, and a reed mat by others, and on the side, near the curve of the prow, is an wichat. In front of the boat march :—

1. The two goddesses Maat, the one representing the South of Egypt, and the other the North.

2. The god NEKENT-F, <—~ et » who holds a spear,

or knife, in his left hand.

3. The god Kuenrt Amentet, bearded, and in mummy form, and wearing the White Grown and ‘the Menat.

4, The god Sexugr, or as it is written here SEKHMET, | y= <—, lioness-headed.

5. The god SEHETCH-uR, ig pe ieee Se, ram-headed.
6. Four Terms, the first of which is calledUT-mETU-RA,

FIRST DIVISION—NET-RA 5

‘ 1 i > | =, the saan Ur-MEtTu-TEM, ’ i it s eee

the third Ut-metTu-Kuerera, $1 iN > 19, and the

fourth Ut-metu-Asar, ’ i i S | els ;

7. The leader of the company, who is called Tcna- unnvr, | iN Ss 5 *; by his side is a serpent, ua awn called Sa (2), that stands on his tail.

AEG Bi impose.

WE a QA RRR

“rhe gods Khenti- Amentet, cae Sehetch-ur, the Four Terms, and Teha-Unnut,

This scene is explained by the horizontal line of inscription written above it, and the hieroglyphic text, based on the editions of Lefébure and Champollion, reads :—

se UN © 2 08 0] 2s Sas | KS Ws S12 Bo pots

SAS mes hiobiatlies

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Tit Seek ad Suu SL THM A eee AY LS

Cx A aa i I awn"

“The name of this Field is ‘Maat’ This god “arriveth in the SexTeT Boat, he maketh a way “through the Court of this city, which is two hundred “and twenty measures in length, which he travelleth “through to URNES. He passeth through the water, “which is three hundred measures in extent, and he “hbestoweth the fields upon the gods who follow him. “Net-RA is the name of this Field, ArneBAuI is the “name of the guardian [of this Field]. This god “beginneth to declare in this region the words which “perform the destinies (?)’ of those who are in the “ Tuat.”

In the lower part of the middle section of the scene we have another boat, in the centre of which is a beetle; on one side of the beetle is a god with his knees in. the direction of the prow of the boat, but having his head turned behind him and his hands raised in adoration of the beetle, anti on the other is a god who also has his hands raised in adoration

of the same object: The legend reads S ae | » Le, aww -

“the coming into being of Osiris”; as the boat has

is] 1 For eS kheper en. AN

FIRST DIVISION—NET-RA 7

no reed mat or carpet hanging from the prow, we may assume that it is intended to. represent the Atet or Matet Boat, ie. the boat in which the Sun-god travelled over the sky from sunrise to noon.

aS OSPR So TA Se Aa hiod TS ieee Soil! _l §& ta Tom if iad ARS te 1 ti #\x , erent TTI MR aC | ALVA Oy J ORY OR BOCK. fferay ‘oot F zee | Y \ Bae (ae | emma, iY SS A) Pay awn! =e || \

The Boat of the Birth of Osiris, with serpents and gods, In front of the boat glide three serpents, which are a— re called SEK-RE, t } ) SEFA, l, and NEPEN,

\ AN QO , and in front of these march four man-headed AW

egia-F=1=

— ecttiongs AMA,

Gods in the procession of the Boat of the Birth of Osiris,

gods and two hawk-headed gods, each with a serpent in his left hand, a god called NABTI, ww tJ 7 who holds a crook fin each hand, Net, or Nerru, goddess

am

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of the South, NET, or NEITH, goddess of the North, and a the goat goddess ARTET, —— fy. The two hawk- headed gods are called Tcmarut, \ a > \, and ha

MetI, i i , and the four following gods ABENTI,

tes BENBETI, oe oA \ , SEKHTI, and

sme —- 1 0 ON BAD

The explanation of this scene is given by the horizontal line of hieroglyphic text written above it, which reads :—

ZZ —<—— (a) | awn www. GY <> oak 2 iil — aS

eyes SA ls

PTLA

(eee St

he

“ [The god cometh to] this Court, he passeth through it “in the form of a ram, and he maketh his transformations “therein. After he hath passed through this Court, “the dead who are in his following do not [go with “him], but they remain in this Court, and he speaketh

THE NINE APES AND TWELVE GODDESSES! 9

“words unto the gods who are therein. If copies of “these things be made according to the ordinances of “the hidden house, and after the manner of that which “is ordered in the hidden house, they shall act as “magical protectors to the man who maketh them.”

In the upper register are the following :-—

I. Nine apes, who are described as “the gods who a the gates to the Great Soul,” dia Qd iS

<= 3 _ 7 rown e – Their names are:—l. Un-ta,

em ne ; ‘ eee 3 tA, © f=. 8, Maa-gn-Ri,

Si 4, Apra, J ===. 5, ABABEN, ¥ nn

6. AKEN-AB, [em 7 . BEntn, Jy }- 8 . AFA,

|x l. 9, TcnERTCHER, > > f.

II. Twelve divine beings, who are described as the

“goddesses who unfold the portals in the earth,” ‘| ij

a ! = : a QQ S + = Their names are:—1. Qat-A,

4\ef iv 2. NEBT-MEKET, = a

=o 8. SEKMIT, 9 QQ o 4. Ament-uRt, [fame Se a

1 joann Sy Jr poe ! The variants a 1. TAA « 2. de oe 3. a oS ol) Jo fe afot.

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Tor 5. SHEFTU, <= >}. 6. REN-THETHEN,

he Hexent-ex-sa-s, § mann me J] INN iN +, oe ee EM-KHU-S, 2 rams : axons & ——, 9. SEKHET-EM- _KUEFTIU-S, Yom hr. 10. Hurt, § Pale i

11. Hunt, Sa p. 12. NEBT-ANKH, Se °°

The nine Apeo-warders, The twelve goddesses of the fates,

Each goddess: stands with her arms hanging by her sides.!

| The variants are :—1. Boa 1 se = = h. 6 ag! = A .

ff Yl. 9 On my, 10. Pa. n¥ +. 12 eos

FIRST DIVISION—NET-RA Il

III. Nine seated gods, each with his hands raised in adoration of Ra; they are called the “gods who praise

Ra,” an * QQ >! 2, The first three are man-

*headed, and are aa Hercu- -K, 9) ——0, Maa-i,

, and HEs-A, g = a Ge: the second three are jackal- headed, and are called NEB-TA-TESHER, ts wm,

Ap-vat, WU Set, and Ap-seKHEMTI, 1S Y Y i. and

the third three are crocodile-headed, and are called AT * Tonmat-Tuat, iy De: SEKI, iN QQ Sh, and z 2? SEKHEM-HRA, Y INS | 1°

IV. Twelve divine beings, in the form of women, who are described as “the goddesses who guide the

great god,” | a > Q ‘A ie Their names

are:—l. TENTENIT, pase I = Ba 2. SBAI,

(J QA x 3, MAT-NEFERU-NEB- SET, — a —.

4, KHESEFET-SMATET, nas . 5. KHUAI, —— a {

! “ - a 2&2 <>

SN qd Fy. 6. MAKeEtT-ARI-8s, a :

YA OS

corn =" * a Ten-AB-UAA- 7. URT-AMT Tuat, Si i 8, HlER-AB-UAA

CS

aS

——_

! The variants are :—1. $2. 2. . 3. j—s. 4. ——i *

Me OP ALE EY oF?

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SET, @ v uns 9. MESPERIT, INN a. QQ a i.

es cos Ea 10. USHEM - HAT - KHEFTIU - S, — >) La. tH, 7 o—olll tt

4 = al} [|] 7 11. SHESET-KERH-MAKET-NEB-S, Paras = . a enti = 11 12. TESET-TESNERU, —— Ww on 1.

• a

Cx. oe e

The nine praisers of Ra, The twelve goddesses who guide Ra,

In the lower register are the following :— I. Nine seated apes, who are described as the “gods

1 The variants are :—1. i qd a. 2. (J Q) se TUS he Te § Sle 6S. 1. Spo *. 8. 60 Mus, 9. A Lie. aor}! o BSP. 12, Sir Be.

NINE APES AND TWELVE FIERY SERPENTS 13

Who sing ‘to Ra as he entereth into the Tuat,” ff TY

1 ff So sees QQ pane AAk&. Their names are:— 1a Ca

1. An-xKar, q + “i co. 2. Kuenri-sue-r, iho. om LGYY2 I~GF Be ae te: ale HEN GI ZY. 4. fae. Aa are GY4 ww BZ : = EM-BEN-F, = mm Q: Di Gees ud % 7. HETHTI, fd 6 =

• 8, PA-THETH, DK 2 QS Se ee tan 1 => \ = 9

ITS oT mh

The nine singing apes. The twelve light-giving uraei,

II. Twelve’ serpents, who throw fire forth from their,

mouths, and are described as “those who make light

== AA

1 Th ut fe tL. e 4, ° e@ variants are :—1 tus J

Diimichen’s edition (pl. iii.) three of the apes are called BEs!,

SPAY, vom at tom | JN

In

14 BOOK OF AM-TUAT—FIRST DIVISION

the darkness in the Tuat.” Their names are:—1. BEsit, ZYYFY J pa Qd s f). 2, Hererrr, eee (I a. 3 Z. @ LNAI 4, Kuyut- Mu, yy Oem, z HESEQ - KHEFTI - SET,

NVA

4ge " i = jt gles Te * Saas oes 7, MERT-

NESER, f = =~ fl I. 8. BEHENT, J | a |

9, Ap -SuHE, You. 10, Nesert, “~ = ().-

11. Ap-Asr, VY i fh. 12. SHENIT, i Q) a,l III. Nine man-headed gods, with their hands raised in adoration, who are described as the “gods who

praise [Ra],… the lord the company of the gods,”

=> YY | ay KZ i ic Their names are :— fo

GUU2 >\ rom LES, a ani . i‘ Tat, . 2. Herem-As, 9 a fen. op.

3. ARA, l <= l Ny 4 Aau, l A > . 5, HEMHeM,

fo fu - 6. KA-NETERU, ATT: 7. TUATI, a.

=. 8. HEKENNU - Ra, g ee | ©. 9. AA-ATER, ro} ~— Qa AN NM, l = eww

“

I the variants aro. {lJ o. 4, he move 6 Bila ee fe Tet ¢ Soa es a,

THE PRAISERS OF RA 15

IV. Twelve goddesses, with their arms hanging by

their sides, who are described as “ those who give praises a a ma I

to Ra as he passeth over URNES,” nt

<> © Sai, Their names are my Maa- 1 o— <> ow”

NETER - 8, =5 90. 2. Art - NETER - 8, (= Tf.

3. ELEKENT, oo 4, Net, ta 5, APERT-RE,

awn

The nine praisers of Ra. The twelve goddesses who sing to Ra.

—I a <— ob. o _ a * J. 7. NEBT-HET, ice ; : ? a a 8. Hrd - sEnI (?), F ! 1 9. TEFNUT, Ke a.

10. Nurer, Q.. 11. Amen, t ae 12. Asz, J a.

1 The variants are :—1. a |. 2. ce | . 3. ‘A & . 4 <i Ale s. ? lf. 10. 11. t

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The address which the Sun-god makes to the gods in the First Division of the Tuat reads :\—

cant eee oe Coe ae ntonEl Sts. YE te Se PR | amr Loge = >} RR rie PS oaks | inf SAGSE OPIATES Ch SS SRR SS) Ca RS eed eS! i OANG Sgn | eo DA Me tog ki A woke UR AZ RM ON See PSRTINGTTS Us Tad. Pade im dS diastiS WRAPS See FH Tit SgSivIs Lrilithe «

’ See Léfebure, op. — Bi iv., pl. 28, Sicha v Bgupte, tom. v., pl. 4 41,

ADDRESS OF RA TO THE GODS 17

= De [eee mes nes ei | Pe +I Y ni

aire Wise iw a Fm De Arar IN RS ee [ANN men mise ST Sem | sonal villi ee eke ole =| leo ae Sods Te ae wl Sas _ me De SERS ISS ae a a

a

111 Ses oy te SS oor re Soll Se OD Al YP Sel TrareaiSrwZs

rere WolESs ic hh See dene Bie SSID DIS Sls

aaa)

IN a -

ANS WS

ce a

| ek \ Ll ic) bf

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am hoe Ie os IS a Xs nae SAS TenTYwSscil— IF@VZzZlAi= ‘Well. th ae est Pull

a. df) WS

=> TT naan A § pier a. HO wsiea A oeif tia yt ew

2 Aud) wan hea tle ey ! = J

Vell a wan & oon TO DS fa (LT cle ee

MriA le=Stlile So =? 9 <> r= § Sx Sp Ses, ow, \

I

The Majesty of this god standeth up after he-hath taken up his position in this Court, and he addresseth words to the gods who are therein, saying, “Open ye to “me your doors, and let me come into your Courts! “Give ye light unto me, and make ye yourselves guides “to me, O ye who came into being from my members, “my word hath gone forth to you. *Ye are made of my “bodies, I have made you, having fashioned you of my “soul, I have created you, I have made you by means

ADDRESS OF THE GODS TO RA 19

“of my enchantments, [and] I have come to avenge “myself the blood of my members which have risen up “against me, and I will bring to destruction that which “hath been made for it. I will make perfect with the Me and haces of my forms Osiris Khenti Amenti. Open “to me the doors with your hands, O ye Apes, unfold — “to me the portals of the Courts, O ye Apes, [and “ welcome] the gods (or, goddesses) who have come “into being from my divine Souls, come ye into being, “come ye into being for(?) KHEPERA, O ye who have “your being at the head of the Tuat. Stand ye up, in “ UrRnEs, and stablish ye yourselves on the secret banks “thereof, and work ye for the gods of Tuat in the “Court which ye guard, possess ye your plans in your “seats, in your domains and in your fields.”

The gods of this Court say unto Ra, “O great god, “[the doors] are opened to thee, and the portals of the “secret Ament are thrown open before thee, the doors “of Nut the great are thrown wide open, illumine “thou the darkness of night (or, thick darkness), “provide for that which is in the place of destruction, “and approach thou in thy name of Ra the place where “is Ostris Kuentt Amentt. There is a shout of joy “to Ra at the entrance to the doors of the earth (?). “Praise be to thee and make thou perfect the light, and “enter thou [in through the habitations] of the Great “Country. The Apes (ambentz) open the doors to thee, “the Apes (amhetetu) unfold to thee the portals, the “serpents sing and exalt thee, and the divine serpents

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“lighten thy darkness for thee……. O Ra, the “goddess of the hour cometh to thee, the two Sout- “GODDESSES tow thee along in thy form, and thou “takest up thy position on the ground of the Field of “[this] land. Thou hast taken possession of the night, “and thou wilt bring in the day, and [thou] dost “likewise make long the hours, and thy boat cometh “to rest. Thou seizest the grain of the god HenBEeT “in thy secret place(?) Net. Thou openest Net-RA, “thou uncoverest the god TcHEBA, the uraeus goddesses “(neterit) of URNES acclaim thee, the uraeus goddesses “(nehenuit) ascribe praise to thee, thy word is madt “against thine enemies, thou givest tribulations to “those who are condemned.”

The Majesty of this god uttereth words after he hath come forth into this Court, he doeth battle at the fortifications thereof, the doors of this [Court] are strong, saying, “Shut [your doors] by your bolts. “Come ye to me, advance ye to me, make ye your way “{to me], and ye shall abide in your place; take ye up “your stand on the banks of the stream [URNEs].” This great god passeth them by, and they (ie., the gods) wail when he hath gone by them in the FIELD oF Urns. [The goddess of] the hour who guideth [this great god] through this Court is “ USHEM-HAT-KHEFTIU- NU-Ri.”

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CHAPTER II.

THE SECOND DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH IS CALLED URNES.

In the scene that illustrates the Szeconp Division of the Tuat, which is passed through by the Sun-god

ee eon 2a ree

iia

ate allie iy RS Rt ila aD aa:

(

during the Second Hour of the night, the Boat of the Ram-headed god Ar is seen making its way along the

oa

The Boat of Af in the Second Hour.

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stream which flows, as before, through the division lengthwise; the crew congists of the same gods, and they occupy the same positions in the boat as they did in the First (Division. It is, however, important to notice that immediately in front of Ap-uat we see two serpents, which are called Isis and Nephthys respec-

tively, Up occupying the front of the boat. No

carpet or mat hangs over the bows of the boat, and the utchat is not represented on its side; the boat moves over the waters by means of some power exerted either ._ by itself or by some of the gods who stand in it. In front of the boat of eAr the way is led by a procession of four boats, which are moved, presumably, by the same power which moves the boat of Ra.

The First BOAT has ends which terminate in bearded human heads, and its celestial and solar character is attested by the sign for “heaven,” -—, and the utchat <=; with which its sides are ornamented. The object of this boat is to support the disk of the full moon, which rests within a crescent upon a support divided into thirteen sections, each typifying a day; thus the full moon as it appears on the fourteenth day of the month is here represented. By the disk kneels a god

who is “supporting Maat,” pum —» f ©, which is ANN symbolized by a feather, and is described by the word Maat, mH = , written between it and the support oD et »

of the moon’s disk. In the mutilated text above the

THE SECOND DIVISION—URNES 23

boat it is said that “this great god approacheth this “yevion, and he is conveyed along in the boats of the

“earth, by means of then®….. , and he paddleth “along through this Field and uttereth words,”

irae PRMD 2 a leh fLagene ab Ue} LS

The Boat of the Full Moon.

The uaine of the fore part of the boat appears to be

URER, a S wns? and in front of the boat is written “Chief of the gods of the Tuat,” an Shi ING

a * Sue

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the hieroglyphics above the full moon read | > s

IN fu ING and those above the stern of the boat

read, “Field of him that beareth up URnes,” Qua Ss <> oD

The ends of the SECOND BOAT likewise terminate in

Be Pare 38S] £2 i a f Si

Tm tT

Ce

The Boat of the goddess Hathor.

bearded human heads, but each is surmounted by a pair of plumes. In the centre of the boat, between two goddesses, stands a huge sistrum, which is the symbol of the goddess Hathor, and indicages that the boat is that of Havnor, or of Haruor-Isis. In the fore part of the boat is a beetle, which is described

<= Wn a as {This great god Never,” *] ay Oo ao 0 Ric Nw cots SO

THE SECOND DIVISION—URNES 25

Above the goddess to ‘the left of the sistrum are written the words, “their boats seud forth their words,”

as Tr

rant tS > arias dver the plumed head in [— a9

‘ < — front is written > d IN rah Y IN {, and over

that ab the other end of the boat, “Osiris crieth to it,”

é —2= im, = = a2 oon ~ & =

i it

=a

3335555555555

The Boat of the Lizard-god.

S ; : i fo 4) <=>. On the side of the boat are the

sigus FZ, and ==>. The prow of the THIRD BOAT is surmounted by a 6 crown of the South, and the stern by a crown of the

ee CE

North, and between the two sceptres, Hi which

symbolize the gods Anru and Ap-vat, ie, the jackal-

26 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

headed gods of the South and North, is a huge lizard, from the back of which spring the head of Osiris and a White Crown. On the side of the boat are the signs ‘3 and =. Above the crown of the North is the legend U-ur, > ra Ge, which, however, probably

refers to the sceptre near it; above the lizard we have

g

U

5 a

aw | : ; : Ge = a a bans | above the foremost sd IN

l | =a ==, and immediately in front is rane : . Sas

Awa (ree =

and under the front of the buat is | i A.

The prow aud stern of the FOURTH BoaT terminate in heads of uraei, each of which is turned towards the

THE SECOND DIVISION—-URNES 27

deity who is kneeling in the middle of the boat. In the centre kneels a woman without arms, and before and behind her stands a man, who is likewise without arms. At each end of the boat grows a plant or, perhaps, a large ear of wheat, which indicates that the boat is that of the form Of Osiris as the god of vegetation, who is known by the name Never. The legend by the ear of corn in the front of the boat reads, “ the boat

which conveyeth Neper,” Q) wos 3! wanen )

ddd and that by the ear in the stern, “ pine -t of

herbs and _plauts,” Q i, ee = iN INN yey ei’

The deity in the boat, or the boat itself perhaps, is

called Hert-MENA-¥-TUA-UAA-F, g QO y a l | ule

on) ss. This boat is the boat of the god Kom

NEreR, the god of grain, and a form of Osiris as the god of vegetation ; it may be noted that its side has no

utchat eC upon it. In the upper register are :—

1. A bearded god, with a phallus in the form of a knife, called Ast NETCH-T, j eT Ss) or, i a Le., “Isis, the avengeress.”

2. A god of similar ee and attribute called Szs-

QENBETI, eS be jeg \ =) ie. “Seb of the two

corners.” 3. A ram-headed god, with a similar attribute, called

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KHNEMU QENBETI, 0 4, ie, “Khnemu of the two

corners.”

-4, An ibis-headed god, with a similar attribute,

) called TEHUTI- HER -KHENT -F, pe ae Mn tom, —_ os :

ie., “ Thoth on his steps.” é 5. An ape-headed god, with a similar attribute,

called Aru-ER-KHENT-F, l $. a me tm,

ie., “ Afu on his steps.”

“Up

LLNS

Second Hour. Upper Register. Gods Nos, 1—7.

6. Lioness-headed deity, with a ie attribute, ws called KETUIT-TENT-BA, fee aS)

Le., “Cutter of the soul.”

All the above gods are in mummied form, and occupy chairs of state.

7. A god standing upright, and holding a kherp

seeptre ur Weapon, Y in his left hand; he is called

THE SECOND DIVISION—-URNES °* 29 ots 1G oO iz @, } Xe TH? comer of the power of the cnemy.” 8. A hawk-headed god, with a uraeus on his head,

KO. » ie. “Horus of the Tuat.”

SUKUEM-A-KIBETIU,Y “Over-

called HERv-Tuat,

9. A god, who holds a knife in his left hand, and has his right raised to strike; he is called SEBEN-ITESQ-

• a

KILAIBITU, [I J] a a

fl te com SOOO

Second Hour, Upper Register. Gods Nos, 8~15.] ~

33

10,11. Two ape-headed gods, called respectively ANN Bh Bent, J , and AAna, l nnn a \ el)

12, A god with the head of a hawk and the head of an animal, i, Set and Hervu-ur, who is here called

“He of the two faces,” eed \. Kem

13, 14. The crook of Osiris, | mmm ff,

RAAF

3

30 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

_and the upper half of a serpent called Mer-en-Asir, ie., “staff of Osiris.”

15. The term of Osiris facing a deity with the head of a lioness, who is called SESENT-KIIU, ae ie., “ Terrifier of spirits.”

16—18. Three goddesses, each of whom has a sceptre in her left hand, and a uraeus on her head; their names

re

Second Hour. Upper Register, Gods Nos. 16—21,

are :—MEST-S-TCHESES, (h = A = , AMMA

Fae ee 1 ry KHEFTIU, iN IN iN % I and Hert-Tvati, => aS

• pi

19—21. The goddesses SEKHET, of Thebes, v = fa, -AM - TCHERU, 0 IN Es ‘SS | ‘, AMENT - NEFERT

— |

ae

[ eccaraaam | i) con - e Qo d NET-TEPT-ANT Ye l O25 Aime Can sar O00 Mergarnins f° a

THE SECOND DIVISION—-URNES 31

In the lower register are the following :—

1. A god, standing, called NEBAUI, “Tt ‘SS \ N-

2—A, Three gods, each of whom has two ears of corn

stuck in his hair; these are called BEsua, J &

NEPER, ue 8; and Tepu (?), ae (or, PAN, O l ry) :

5—7. Three gods,*each holding an ear of wheat in

fp

Sg ie FAST Ail dagaea

Second Hour. Lower Register. Gods Nos, 1—8.

his eft hand; their names are Hetcn-a, j oP iE As, — | : and NEPEN, 0 . ANA

8. A god, holding a knife in his left hand, called

» a Ar-Ast-neter, | | | i.

JONI

9—11. Three gods, seated, in mummy forms. The first has the head of a horned animal, and is called

AMU-AA, ——1 IN > Si iz., “the Eater of the

32 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

phallus”; the sécond has the head of a man, and is

called iN wo. | QQ r— VP, AKHABIT; and the third

has the head of a jackal, and is called NEprT-Ta- ~~ ww

om. 12. The god Osiris UN-NEFER, i coral

TCHESER, Ron.

<>’

in mummy form, wearing the crown of the South. © ‘ 13. The god Kuur, & : nF who holds in each

~ hand a long lotus-topped sceptre surmounted by a star.

Second Hour. Lower Registcr. ‘tods Nos, 9—15, *

14. The two-headed god (Horus-Scet ?) called HrA-r- = | ll A-F, . Xam
15. The god HERU-HEN, »- 16, 17. Two gods, each holding in his left hand the sign of life inverted ; their names are Hun, g a SS,

and HeTcHETCHTU; R ) a > i

~

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18—20. Three gods, each holding a palm branch :

their names are New, (or, NareEH, cn <7 g &y) ; Maxu&l, | QQ, and RENPITI, mea \ { {.

21. A god, who holds a knife j in “his left hand, and i is _ called AFAU, ae — & > :
22. A god, holding in his hand the ie of “year,

• whoiscalled Fa-AR-TRU, aN fy lees Sate => i nh

SSE Cis Zs a¢5a nent dy

”

Second Hour. Lower Register. Gods Nos, 16-22, e

e The text referring to the gods in the upper register reads :— ,

aml alee 2 eS Aim ALS Bm mPa 7 INS Seared

wd, dee Tt Sat | HBS OE 2a NS Re MS ove = OT SMAd ie SWEATS aVZyeh— SiPSr7… o MRIS ale NOS O28 ark Ned ||P aw or) ee PIAA ls Naor ° ae SR LZBK BERT IRD DHS BS

“[Those who are in this picture] praise this great “god after he hath come forth to them, and behold, it “is their words which lead him to them; they lament “when he hath passed onwards, having’ spoken words “to them. Behold, these gods are they who make the “words of those who are upon earth to reach [the god], “and it is they who make souls to approach their forms. “Their work consisteth in causing to come into being “the offerings of the night, and in performing the

THE SECOND DIVISION—URNES 35

a [of enemies] at their hour. It is they who

“guard the day, and who bring on the night until this “great god cometh forth from out of the thick dark- “ness to repose in this Court of the eastern horizon of “heaven. They cry out in lamentation to this great “god, and they utter wailings for him after he hath “passed by them. Those who know them shall come “forth by day, and he shall be able to journey “during the night to the divisions of the great double “ city.”

The texts which describe the duties of the gods in the lower register read :—

[S-LECSWAeAS Sri NBT 2 =~ So Sly coeliac Woes | oe Sho Sehr Tom bare lore TemA PPA Wma (MENT Fe ST Seay! Lee Se

36 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

siete IZSanan- _— Ah- MED SiathS Volt ohsta sin BEL DNC TCE mm WEP OE. MEA Sis PAW INS Swell} SVE zl Soi LS.

“{Those who are in this picture give unto this great “god the seasons} and the years which are in their “hands. When this great god hath made speech with “them, they answer him, and they have life through “the voice of this great god, and their throats draw in “preath, for when he crieth to them he ordereth them “what they are to do, and he appointeth to them green - “herbs in abundance in their field. And they supply “with the green herbs of URNES the gods who are in “the following of Ra, and they make offerings of water “to the spirits by the command of this great god, and “they kindle flames of fire in order to burn up the “enemies of Ra, and there is wailing to them, and they “lament after this great god hath passed them by. « AM-NEBAUI is the guardian of this Field; whosoever “knoweth [this] is in the condition of a spirit equipped “with [words of power], and [the gods] protect [him].”

. THE SECOND DIVISION—URNES 37

The five lines of text which contain the address: of the gods to Ra, and the answer of the god, read :—

TL NTS eases

rs @) Tig Yi ade 28. Si Se S| Sa MG esl See Sere \s (SSe SSA gh

wees 2. A IU S SOURS PLASC yy Os ON Sh OQ) YS oe PES SHEE PSAP A URE

aN QS ww —— OW

PUREST ASE.

TSeTiTMRA Meese

38 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

TS SVN SoZ es 2 Sofa!) poe Wt mia tt LN

Ati Slap y

= &, Ww ww e— Tr —==.cn

= iil \

wD OLY) wy Sl td td mr! »aD a. eos at KE

SHAS + faa a

e | amt pa 3 ian <=

— SZ. av — mom

• Sono dt = iff cod | he MSS22 Piri Sl

AN Keli Pie et

RW WW > [A ZGZY @ Wl Xa &F ES Ee pain aan <> a YY. nw ED | mr in| f ms) — oa oe

= ies mir 1c —

fOMPAMMET PAST

Si Zao “PEti=

THE SECOND DIVISION—URNES 39

I} 0: 2 pp |

Pe fe: le =f 2

SERA TD a Te See ‘isl | GY om yy aS bo mo fiflc=eo o allt mm 8 BY

Ce OE IETS Ot 2 Sy c— SRST mS 19S

ae

oe ons 7 NOL —o Mas ae ae ee ee lve WZ RG ak LL se eee G4 tes FZ WWW SS GG An ebla oe a mA

? a4 ae SP eb geld ort [Fol er L1-PESLINTHES ‘ SeEh ee lak ITT i SP TINS Oo Baga

WN

SP oe alate a tcc ra gp « De WHA THiS Sl ame A Tete DIRS IT

— fo won Rion S| TS NA

rao esi A cami sudo oa oo =z <a ee a ee — EYZ = SIPEISZ Pe” —— mR xa The en of the Tuat speak to this great god as he entereth in with understanding to the boundary, and he is borne over NeT-RA into URNES, saying, “Hail, “thou who risest as a Mighty Soul (KH4-BA-4A), who “hast received [the things which belong to] the Tuat, “Ax, thou guardian of heaven….. thou livest, O «Ap, in Ta-TESERT. Come thou, and cast thou thine “eye in thy name of Living One, Khepera, at the head “of the Tuat. Traverse thou this Field, O thou who “hast might, bind thou with fetters the Hav serpent, “and smite thou the serpent Neha-hra- There is “rejoicing in heaven, and there are shouts of gladness “upon the earth at the entrance of thy (literally, his)

“body. He who shineth sendeth forth light, and the “Uru gods give light [at dawn; destroy thou] the

a A\

WS WW

THE SECOND DIVISION—URNES 41

Wd

“darkness which is in AMENT in thy name of SEKHER- “ SHETAU-UR-A, illumine thou the thick darkness, O AF. “His jawbones are to him, and Ra taketh up, his “position in Ament. Thy boat is to thee, and it is thy “right, thou art guided along, and those who convey “thee over the water and who dwell in the earth make “calamities to come upon APEP straightway on thy “behalf. Thy protector is the Star-God (Sa), thou “art praised and adored, thy soul passeth on, thou “goest onward and thy body is equipped with power, “and the regions(?) are opened [to thee]. The doors “of the hidden land are opened [before thee], Osiris “eometh unto thee, OsIrRIS avengeth thee, and thy “word is madt against thy enemies. Thou goest to “rest, thou goest to rest in AMENT, and thou comest “into being in the form of KnHEprERA in the East.”

This great god sendeth forth words to the gods who dwell in the Tuat and to those who inhabit Urnes, saying, “Open ye your hidden doors so that the god “ Ay may look [upon you] and may throw aside your “darkness, and that ye may draw your water from “ Urnes, and your bread from …… , and that wind “may come to your nostrils, and that ye may not be “destroyed and overcome by your own foul odour, and “that ye may not be choked by your own dung, and “that ye may untie and cast away your swathings, and “that ye may lift up your legs and walk upon them, “and that ye may stretch out_your arms, and that your “souls may not be made to remove themselves from

42 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

" you. O ye who live in your forms, and who utter “your words of magical power, who are provided with “your swords [whereby] ye. may hack in pieces the “enemies of Osiris, whose seasons are permanent, whose “years are well established, who pass your state of “ being [in] your hours, who dwell in your estates, who “have your barley in your bread cakes, who have “loaves of bread made of the grain which is yours, “whose word is madt, depart from my boats, and “retreat before [my] images, [that I] may vivify “anew this your Field, the Field …… living ones. “[My] soul is among…… you who have done “battle on my behalf, who have protected me against « Apep, who have life through my soul, who have being “through my bodies, who stablish your seats of holiness “which have been decreed to you that ye may exist “therein, [who are with your souls] by day, who are in “my following in the Tuat, when I make my way “through the night and when I destroy the darkness, “O grant me your help so that I may travel on in the “following of my eye, and that I may journey forwards “with those who go to my place in the East. Utter “ye cries of joy, O gods of the Tuat, for I avenge you, “[utter ye cries of joy,] for 1 order your destinies.” When they have addressed this god whilst rowing along his boat Am-ra, they cry out, and they bring him to rest in the Field of the NgpErTIU gods who are in the following of Osiris. If these scenes be done [in writing] according to the similitudes which are in the

THE SECOND DIVISION—-URNES 43

hidden place of the palace, and if a man hath know- ledge of [these] words… . they shall act as magical protectors of a man upon earth, regularly, unfailingly,

and eternally. The name of this hour is SESHET- MAKET-NEB-S,

( 44)

CHAPTER III.

THE THIRD DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH IS CALLED NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT.

In the scene whieh illustrates the Turrp Division of the Tuat, which is passed through by the Sun-god

he our, dur dng the Tump Hour of the ase e the bo at of the e god making its way over the water rine

THIRD DIVISION—NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT 45

in the underworld. The dead Sun-god Ar stands within a shrine in the form of a ram-headed man, as before, but there is a change in the composition of the crew, which now consists only of four mariners, two of whom stand before the shrine and two behind, and the goddess of the hour and a hawk-headed deity, one of

tL SSS

The Bont which capsizeth.

the forms of Horus, who is occupied in tying loops of rope to the elongated hawk-headed rowlocks in which the paddles may be worked. The boat of Ar follows in the train of three boats, which may be thus described :-—

sa

a?

The foremost boat is called UAA-PENAT, aces ees _—i

46 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

ie., “The boat which capsizeth”; it contains three hawk- headed forms of the god Horus, and is steered by two male figures, who stand one in the bows and the other ‘at the stern. In the middle of the boat stand the

hawk-god Bak, J q =~, and the hawk-goddess BAKET,

J l = , and behind them, standing on a snake, is the

SIE

b P_¢ (

Mme Re

The Boat of Rest.

third form of Horus. Between the oo steersman and Baket is the serpent TEKA-HRA, ty 2 2, Le., “Fiery face,” and the aft steersman bears a name of ne ; ‘ go AE similar meaning, NAb-qné, | J nT x

The second boat is called UAA-HERER, wns <>,

‘THIRD DIVISION—-NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT 47

ic., “The boat of Rest,” and has in the middle an | Osiris god in the form of a mummy; each end of the boat terminates in the head of a cynocephalus, and it is steered by two beings, one of whom is called TeSEM-HRA-F,

St el «“

• » Le, “He whose face is like a knife,”

. NAA and the other KHEN-EN-URT-F, s , = ‘; i) NAAN => Roe

SOS Lot dim feos oe

7 Ocacnemamelin

The Boat of the Branch.

ig., “The ferryman who resteth not.” The Osiris god stands hetween two gods, one of whom is called AU-MATU,

rr < iy and the serpent which stands on its tail

between the steersman in the bows and the first god is

called SeT-EM-1rRA-F, f), INN a, e a 3 tm

48 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

The third boat is called Pa-Kuer, KE, ie,

“The Branch,” and each end terminates in the head of a lion. In the middle of it stands the form of Osiris,

who is called SHEFSHEF, , and he wears on his

head a pair of ram’s horns; his arms and the upper

SOS

The Four Forms of Osiris,

portion of his body are swathed. Behind him stands the mummied form called Am-ra, ++ ’ y? and before him the god NeEs-vast, = Fl}. Of the two

steersmen, only the name of the second, KHEN, or NANA . KUENNU, Si oh, is given: the name of the serpent

THIRD DIVISION—NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT 49

J

—— which stands on its tail is SET-EM-MAAT-F, se f

iN a |. — .

The procession of boats is met by four forms of Osiris, who stand with the upper portion of their bodies

IDNANNA

Sad swathed. Their names are:—1l. NEB-NET, <a aM , a

2. Ment, — Ql. 3 . ARI-TCHERU, “7 > ell

4, MAA-TCHERU, ay ean ER yf lé

• The text written above the boats reads :—

B.A)! 2 TSA AEZAYP ere | ee lh ee te ere een OME LEAS Sere et Pi me belprapeaiemiccgrie

cor =. im

Se! eet eo ALE El-NLieeKE | ee

50 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

_ “This great god journeyeth over NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER- “ AUT (ie, the Water of the Lord One, the Creator of “food). [He who ‘is in] this picture transporteth the “boats which are in the earth, and he paddleth Osiris “to this City. This great god resteth for a period in “this City, and he sendeth forth his voice to Osiris, “and to those who are in his following, and [then] “these hidden boats guide him into this Field. This “great god paddleth through this Field towards the “Hour TENT-BAIU, and these boats journey round to “the district of THETTU, after traversing this City. “Whosoever knoweth these things shall have both his “habitation and his bread with Ra.” In the upper register are the following :—

1, A dog-headed ape seated on an oval mass of sand ;

; = Aan 1 he is called Her-sHa-F, OO » or eon 1, ——Dooo cr tt.

“He who is on-his sand.”

2. A dog-headed ape called TcHEB-NETER, J 1, or ‘TEBI-NETER, | QQ ‘| lf seated. in a coffer (?) with a vaulted roof. °

3, 4. Two jackal-headed gods called Anru, Jos,

and NEHEM-KHERU, TO iN i | » 4), or NEHA-

KHERU, TO iN [.

“5, 6. A man and a woinan, who hold in each hand a pupil of the Eye of Horus, or Ra; the man is called

THIRD DIVISION—NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT 51 am . 3 g Aytu, j } , Le. “He who brings,” and the woman

AWN t - j ~~ AnTET} ie., “She who brings.” 7. The ram SMA-KHEFTIU-F, —— X = Oot,

NN] a Xm 8. A mummied form, with projecting hands, called.

PET-AHAT, A raF ; =a a

Y

Fe 4

ty

Third Hour, Upper Register. Gods Nos, 1—6,

9. AnuBIS of Thebes, TPRSIME in the form of a jackal, couchant on a pylon.

10. A kneeling man, who holds in his left hand a pupil of the Eye of Ra, and is called An-maat-Ra-

SEHETEP - NETERU, =O ard ie, “The

a tlad lu’

“bringer of the Eye of Ra, who maketh content the “ gods.”

Aw tor, JE. tor, AG.

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52

W?

“Great one of words of power,” surmounted by a piece

of flesh, Q.

rE SHE He @ 1,

c¢ i=

SES 772

Z|

3 al i x a o a aq 3 oO S 2 é ~] Oo -_ a Pp 2 fd 3 & A a

Third Hour, Upper Register. Gods Nos, 7—11.

r : S= 8 Ui ; 11. The papyrus sceptre UR UEKAU, g ie.,

12—15. Four gods, whose names are SAH-AB,

aus eh Re

THIRD DIVISION—NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT 53

ok & g , THEMA, “3, Hun-saHu, i + &) a ge Q, and THET-EM-KERH, sz — BD ga,

oe a= =< 1619. Four mummied forms. The first has a pair

of horns on his head, the second two curved plumes (?), the third a winged uraeus, and the head of the fourth is without ornament; their names appear to be PEBA-F,

AY WAN I ea 1 SO js 5

Third Hour, Upper Register, Gods Nos. 20-26, 7 <a =f) oO &, Ka-arv, U ==, Ava, QQ oes oe AD

and TEBA, <=> J & Ts

20—23. Four goddesses, whose names are HAlIt, REP YG ty, Aveoms YTS OY gy more 7) and Remit, es Qd a 47; these, as their names

testify, were professional mourners. 24, The god HEnrvu-KHETI;! IN Ses followed by

54 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

ANA the HENNU, g 5 Ss standard, ie, the hawk of

SEKER upon a standard, ENS;

25, 26. The gods Mrn-Maat, 4 a ; 7 cts a

NETER-NEFERU, ah Ti. The text which refers to the above are —

Sawn = DS 0 ead en em wont tt @& 6 FP baw Vib rtomrrt aa eS SaSe liv Pom ST o 20 wn Pome Ree A

ml amSengainls

(Wineries ere oS APSTADINS Sid

= NA I a So al ee rime be) Tt Dl IN SYS Sade e D se TDINO Br

wee THOTT BS am RP EP EO} al i i

“Those who are in this picture in the TuaT have “the flesh of their own bodies, and their souls speak

THIRD DIVISION—-NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT 55

“over them, and their shadows are united unto them, “and after this great god hath addressed them, they “speak to him, and they say words of praise to him, “and they weep after he hath passed them by. The “work which is theirs in Amentet is to take vengeance “upon the Seba fiend of Ra, to make Nu to come into “being, to make Hap (ie. the Nile) to flow, and when

“Bas ft reed iig ee

i

Third Hour. Lower Register. Gods Nos. 1—6,

“he hath come forth in the earth from them, they send “forth their voice, and take vengeance upon the Seba “fiend. Whosoever knoweth [these things] shall, when “he passeth by these beings, not be driven away by their “roarings, and heshall never fall down into their caverns.”

In the lower register are :—

1. The god Kunemu, ram-headed.

2. A bearded male figure called NeErtTa, =, with hands raised in adoration.

56 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT 3—6. Four forms of Osiris, mummified, bearded, and wearing the White Crown, and seated on chairs of state; their names are Asin-nep-Amenter, [| <> t Asin-xaent-Amenrer, || dh ts Asin-asrt, [f <a

aN : . is i , and Asdr-THet-HEH, that is, “Osiris, lord of

Third Hour. Lower Register. Gods Nos, 7—13, Amentet,” “ Osiris at the head of Amentet,” “Osiris of the two seats,” and “Osiris, conqueror of millionssof years.”

7—11. Five goose-headed beings, each holding a

knife in his right hand; four of their names are

NEWA-HRA, 1 A ee AKEBSEN, A BJ ee, ATEMTI, l Se IN —- and TUATUI, U1 > \ By.

RNG CT ok

THIRD DIVISION—NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT 57’

12-14. A male figure called Seraisnir, — KK

well Z :

—— rd h oth

Ce or K Kin » who holds a knife with b

hands, and stands between two women, whose names

§ @ are MESKH-SET, (h —,) and TEPT-BES-S, aes J | fl. (|,

& — me J i mie usa 15. The male bearded figure AmeENTI, | Wks

Third Hour. Lower Register. Gods Nos. 14—~19,

e 16—19. Four forms of Osiris, mummified, bearded, and wearing the Red Crown, and seated on chairs of

state; their names are AsAr-ka-AMENTET, i Lj he

Asin-ner-kuentu-F, | Q x=, Asdr-BATTI(?),

; <> Biz WAVE and ASAR-KHERP-NETERU, Bie ‘| ;

20, 21. The two goddesses SEH, q : , and Aniv,

58 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT ;

° % , who stand grasping the sceptre { with both hands, and have their heads turned behind them.

22, The goddess Ba-KIAT!, a 4. who holds in each hand one of the eyes of Horus or Ra.

23. The god KHETRA, ae IF holding 4 and ae

Third Hour, Lower NL Gods Nos, 20—26,

24-26. Three gods, with bowed backs, who touch the earth with their hands. The text relating to the above reads :—

eS UN ST OSA AMA LOS SI3 mae booed beta

(© THIRD DIVISION—NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT 59

el PASE a TiO OE eee oe asa Pi Sy APS ae Fe > [oay| nf Rife 1S S32) SSW ST AA dd SAA ted ise air (SJR NeW NM Tricoddee & WN MYO D THR PR Msc

“Those who are in this picture [and those who are “in] the house of TET praise this great god, and when “this great god hath sent forth words to them, they “come to life, for when he hath called to them and “hath sent forth his words to them [they have] their “water, and they receive their due (literally, heads) in “addition to the utterance of his mouth. The werk “which they have to do in Ament is €o hew and to “giack souls in pieces, and set restraint upon shadows, “and to destroy such doomed beings as have their “being in their place of destruction which blazcth with

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“fire. They send forth flames and they cause fires to “spring up, and the enemies are as those who have “their knives over (or, on) their heads. They wail “and they lament when this great god hath passed. “them by. The name of the warder of this Field is “Kuerrd. Whosoever knoweth this shall be in the “condition of a spirit who hath dominion over his legs.”

M. Maspero, in his description of the Tarp Hour}

1 The portions rendered by M. Maspero read thus:—Ce grand dieu dit aux Biou shetiou (Ames mystérieuses) qui suivent Osiris: “O vous dont j’ai rendu mystérieuses, dont j’ai occulté les Ames, ‘que j’ai mis 4 la suite d’Osiris pour le défendre, pour escorter ses “images, pour anéantir ceux qui l’attaquent, si bien que le dieu. Hon ‘est & toi, 6 Osiris, derriére toi, pour te défendre, pour escorter tes “images, pour anéantir ceux qui l’attaquent, si bien que Hon est & ‘toi, 6 Osiris, que Sa est & toi, 6 Khontamentitpvous dont les formes “sont gtables, vous dont les rites assurent l’existence, vous qui “respirez l’air [de vos narines, qui voyez] de vos faces, qui écoutez ‘de vos oreilles, qui étes coiffés de vos coufith, qui étes vétus de vos ‘“bandelettes, qui avez des revenus d’offrandes 4 vous sur terre par “Voffice des prétres du dieu, qui avez des champs & vous de votre “propre domaine, vous dont les Ames ne sont point renversées, dont ‘les corps ne sont point culbutés, ouvrez vos cercles et tenez-vous & “vos places, car je suis venu pour voir mes corps, inspecter mes ‘images qui sont dans )’antre monde, et vous m’avez convoyé pour ‘me permettre de leur apporter mon aide, si bien que je conduis a “Ja rame ton Ame au ciel, 6 Osiris, ton 4me 4 la terre, 6 Khonta- “‘ougrit, avec tes dieux derriére toi, tes manes devant toi, ton étre “et tes formes [sur toi?], et alors ton mane est enchanté, 4 Osiris, “vos manes sont enchantés, 6 vous qui suivez Osiris. Je monte en “terre et le jour 8st. derriare moi; je traverse la nuit, et mon &me “ge réunit & vos formes pendant le jour, j’accomplis de nuit les “rites qui vous sont nécessaires, j’ai créé vos Ames pour moi, a “qu’elles soient derriére moi, et ce que j’ai fait pour elles vous “‘empéche de tomber au lien d’anéantissement.”

THIRD DIVISION—-NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT 61:

-wludes an extract from the speech which the Sun-god Ra makes to the inhabitants of NrT-NEB-UA-KHEPER- AUT; as he points out, though three copies of the speech are extant, all are mutilated (see Lefébure, Le Tombeau de Seti I., 1° partie, pli. xv.-xvii, pll. xviii-xx., and pl. xxii.), and it is impossible at present to reconstruct the text, although the general meaning of several

sentences is clear enough.

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CHAPTER IV.

THE FOURTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH Is CALLED ANKHET-KHEPERUD.

In the scene that illustrates the FourtH DIvision of the Tuat, which is passed through by the Sun-god during the Fourtu Hour of the night, a region which is entirely different from anything seen previously is entered. We see that the general arrangement which makes each Division to contain three sections has been followed, but the actual path of the Boat of the Sun is different. Instead of passing along the middle section as before, the god is obliged to pass over the region of the kingdom of Seker. The course which was usually passed over by the dead runs from one side of the section to the other diagonally, and it may be thus described :—Starting from the upper side of the top- most division, the corridor, which is called Rxe-stau,

<> -¢-, slants across to the lower side; at the point where it touches the line which divides the first and second section is a door, which is thrown open. The door is called MATES-sMA-TA, — Se Soe

—f——

— A ¥ | Faapee — ¥ Pi . The corridor runs

WES

C@huus)

=f

~ We Al]

"

(ei

R

7

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ry ——_<— Cae

THE’ FOURTH DIVISION—ANKHET-KHEPERU 65

parallel with the line which divides the first and second section for some ‘distance, and is described as the “road of the secret things of Re-stau; the god doth “not pass through the leaves of the door, but they hear

cM a Mw OS leapt a if1e \ TA x

\ Se 8 ee pe ro ie

Vig a. jem. A sharp bend takes

RE-STAU in a slanting direction across the middle section

of the scene, and at the bottom of it is another door, <= >~ | 1,

—— l »? the corridor runs parallel with the line which divides

the second and third section for some distance, when it crosses the section, again in a slanting direction, and at the end of it is a third door, which is called METEs-

EN-NEHEH, INN = pies INS © g. In the second

slant of the corridor is an inscription which describes it as the “road by which entereth the body of SEKER, “who is on his sand, the image which is hidden, and is

‘ - NM “neither seen nor perceived,” | AAS a AZO ost

Su 2 NSS TTS Se!

“his voice,”

which is called MrTES-MAU-AT,

—-e- AAW =H =a t+ 1 Variant, se SN ) Ss STS SS |laag a <> on 2!!! Sp

co 1 ns

<a, wt © 0 <>.

66 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

As the further course of the corridor will be described under the Fifth Hour we may pass on to consider the Boat of the Sun, and the means by which the god makes his way onward.

Ra and the gods who formed his crew have left the boat in which they travelled until now, and have betaken themselves to one, each end of which termi- nates in the head-of a serpent. This serpent-boat is drawn along by four gods, who are called TUN-EN-MAA, OS wn. 2 Ay Za

I Ss = 8 and SHETAI, —o Qq . Above the boat is written, “ [Whilst] this great god journeyeth: over “those who are in this scene the flames which the “mouth of his boat emit guide him through these “pools; he seeth not their forms, but he crieth to “them and to their Be and they hear his voice,”

Ne Ta a aah Nees IE vam nla A aoe mss D +S iv Home Dabs | ath eet S Se > oes ree

_ SSR 1 -_<— 1 Variant, Ke : 2 Variant, @ .

<—— 7 Variant, aww Rem a i

bed <—_—> y| HER-UARFU, <> =) aoe : AR-NEFERTU,

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THE FOURTH DIVISION—ANKHET-KHEPERU 69

In front of those who tow the boat of Ra are :— A form of Osiri i — 1: a siris called EM-ANKHTI, IN $. ry or <— + % (see p. 71). os : ‘ + Z 2. The crook of Osiris, iN i i , or Z

(see p. 75). *

3, 4. Thoth, ibis-headed, and Horus, hawk-headed,

standing facing each other, with the Urcnat, @; above their outstretched hands and arms; the title of

Thoth is UtTnesu, > = ( Sb or “| >, Le., «the Raiser,” and that of Horus is Av-iu; A cs i) i a > , “the wide of hands.” The Utchat is called SEKRI, = \. <—_ aad _—— _—— 5. The god SETHEN-HAT, ===> —) or = Tf Fe wm @ | AWM wearing the crown of the South. 2 a». 6. The god HER-TEBAT-F, | & ) Le.,

“He who is over his place of burial,” having in the place of a head two curved objects, which M. Maspero identifies with mummy bandages (sce p. 79).

7. The god Uatcu-HrA, le, ie, “Green Face” (see p. 79). tio oa
8. The god Herter, 0 who carries the crook of a Osiris mentioned above (No. 2) (see p. 79).

9—11. Three gods, each of whom carries £ in_ his

70 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT left hand, whose names are SEM-ANKH, Sp %, AN-HER,

jas; and UT-MET, y | Gee pp. 79, 83). 12. The goddess Nusr-Anku, Pe ae (see p. 83).

The text which refers to these — reads:— | ANN NN ae cl 2 || ots Nose NS at en ber | Seem 3 Bet SS oes} | Se cto [—= =m Iw tt f =. eer KL Aw

—” DE a | everett <> es SB PPI a lil

Tah CIBIS Blo

Axo wie sor

“Those who are in this picture, in their forms of “their bodies, are the hidden [travellers] upon the way “of the holy country whose secret things are hidden. “They are the guardians of the way of the holy [land] “for those who enter into the hidden place of the “Tuat, and they keep ward over Anpu in his forms as “he tows them along, when he entereth in by them in “the holy land.”

In the upper register are :— 1, A goddess, wearing the crown of the North, apparently a form of Neith (see p. 63).

.) The words over which a line is printed are repeated inadvertently by the scribe.

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THE FOURTH DIVISION—ANKHET-KHEPERU 73

2, A serpent, with a human head, and two pairs of human feet and legs (see p. 63).

38—5. Three serpents, which move side by side along te. Phiow | ea Of them it is said, “Those who are in this

the ground “upon their bellies,”

“picture make their passage to every place each day,” tee a ——

As moore @ | OO iawn ae weve Ia Oa — UI ws rs Snr OS NO p. 67).

6. The scorpion ANKHET, + o, and a large uraeus. Of these it is said, “Those who are in this picture “stand in Re-stau at the gr of the way [to guard

Sit, a oe ren Se e [i nan OS et pata

mown A | J\ -e- @ Behind these i a who appears to be making an offering of two libation vases to the serpent. Of him it is said, “He who is in this picture is the guide

” > ji a of the holy way, LS x— | IN e. oS —— ao | (see p. 71).

7. A three-headed serpent, with a pair of hawk’s wings, and two pairs of human legs, and of him it is said, “He who is in this picture in the Tuat is the “warder of this holy way of Re-stau; he liveth upon “the abundance [which cometh] from his wings, his

“body, [and] his heads,” Se “e-@ ji 9 AY

74 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

Joo MES se Steet DS

f dli2Z a aad \ gees ean iy) (820 PP: 71, 75).

• me

8. The god Ap-Tuat, W | ay? Whe holds a sceptre, iF in his right hand, and stands before the serpent NEHEB-KAU, w a J CI, which has two heads on one

end of its body, and one head, instead of a tail, at the

other. Of the god Ap-Tuar it is said, “He who is in

“this picture is in the form which Horus made, and he

“openeth [the way] for the two gods on this way,” tm | aot

sm FSP LAIST?

Kan =. Of the serpent NEHEB-KAU it is said, “He

NW

“who is in this picture is at his place NET-MU, by the “holy way of passage of RE-STAU, and he journeyeth “about to every place each day, and he liveth upon the “abundance of that which issueth from his mouth,”

• o> ele ow ss Be SK & Co we — _— Ra A ws SE eo es,

= NN a a n10 Slans ee I ees (see pp. 75, 79).

9. A god, who grasps the third head of Neuus- KAU

with his right hand, and a staff with a curled end in the left; facing. him is a headless god called AB-Tuat

20 J ir m (see pp. 79, 83).

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THE FOURTH DIVISION—ANKHET-KHEPERU 77°

10. A goddess of the South (NEKHEBET) and a goddess of the North. Of the last group.of figures it is said, “Those who are in this picture are in the form wherein “Horus hath made them; they are the warders of “the serpent NEHEPU, who guide him to the hidden

“thing which is on this secret way,” » Zs mown mam (ne

24} RPA ETS PP

——) buat) i r—- — a (see ay UN At 2 law Ss p. 83).

‘In the lower register are :—

1. A large boat, each end of which terminates in the head of a woman; lying along the bottom of the boat.

r : NNN NAY is the serpent HETCH-NAU, Ro S) SN » (see

pp. 63, 67). Concerning him it is said, “He? who is in “this picture …. in his boat great, is the [serpent] “which guardeth the AnETH chamber ; he standeth up at “ the mouth of the hidden passages of the Aner chamber, “and he liveth upon the two voices of the heads of the

“is? Sellen LAL 2S BUR Al heal aalhmcter re = if ato AISI S Bi

1 The text is in the plural,

78 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

eee Under the neck of this serpent is the emblem

“life,” $.

2. A woman called MUTHENITH, mown “ty ==,

=

standing (see p. 67).

3, A woman called SHATHETH, CW S silcs

c——)

standing (see p. 67).

4, The divine mummy ferm BeEnnl, J pooealllE

seated (see p. 71). 5. A lion-headed goddess called HEN-KHERTH (2), A g awn (see p. 71). . 6. A goddess, with a pair of horns on her head, in a sitting position, but with no throne to sit upon; her

name is THEST-APT, ™ (see p. 71). Of these

beings it is said, “Those who are in this picture are in “the forms wherein Horus made them, and they stand “on the ground of es in the hidden place……..

en Pt Fae Sa wz, TOO ws oe

7. The male serpent AMEN, a (see pp. 75;-77).

8. The female serpent HEKENT, B mem “i, which has a human head growing out of its body, a little distance from the tip of its tail; the human head faces the serpent Amen. Of the male serpent it is said, “ He

iE bed etl sete ve Ne HIN Red | #ofecgggegy | | olechacom

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—S— ; Z| SS.

THE’ FOURTH DIVISION—ANKHET-KHEPERU 81

“who is in this picture is the guardian of the secret “passages which lead to the AHETH chamber; he “journeycth round to every place each day, and he “liveth on the words of the gods who guard this road,”

ca I aS Se Oo hw 2 Seo @ o fia Se —— =, emake

2 SISTERS 11S 9

meaning iat the legend which refers to the. female

serpent Hekent is not clear; it reads: Sy 2 Oo lf 2 SSP Te PANS ST il

9. The three-headed serpent (see p. 79) MENMENUT, i rn , Which is described as the “hidden image

“of the AueTu chamber [of Seker], which is illumined “daily at the birth of Kuererd by that which cometh “forth from the faced of [the serpent} MENMENT,”

oe | or 0 ZY acer PATE —IPSRN @ 1 ef Sim Sg Ser FA]. ove the back of this serpent are six stars and fourteen

• human heads, each of which is surmounted by a disk. These fourteen heads represent, as M. Maspero has well shown, the gods of the first fourteen days of the month, who are being carried by the three-headed serpent to G

82 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

the Utchat, which Thoth and Horus:are carrying to it; they appear again in the next Division of the Tuat, where they are seen drawing along the boat of the sun.

10, The winged disk of the god Kuureri, @ J). Beneath stands the “envoy of heaven,” Sf ==>, with his right hand raised, and his left stretched out, and behind him is the goddess Maat, ( a (see p. 83). ®

anal

ib

GRE S dda

LAE A\ is

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CHAPTER V.

THE FIFTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH IS CALLED AMENT,

In the scene that illustrates the Firra Division of the Tuat, which is passed through by the Sun-god during the Firra Hour of the night, we see the’ boat of, the sun being drawn along by seven gods and seven goddesses (see pp. 91, 95, 99, 103,107). The legend over the seven gods is partly broken away, but what remains of it proves that it must have been similar in meaning to that which is over the heads of the goddesses, which reads, “These are the goddesses which tow Ra along in the “Tuat over this Circle, and they make this great god “to advance so that he may rest in Nu in the Tuat,”

Trani RAST S 5 eS

one mo 5d co

aww coittat Ae ! + — & earn I In front of the seven goddesses march four gods, who appear to be under the guidance of “Isis of Amentet,”

J a i and who are described as the “great sovereign Sy wown

“chiefs who provide food in this Circle,” +>

86 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

<–> Oo OB rH mm © 1) 8 Saiheeae SoM, oI ||

7A a a —— —S FI aa : @ iS {| and holds a staff in his hand; the second

. The first god is called Her-Knu,

is AN-1IETEP, j =», and holds the sceptre { in his hand; the third is Heru-nmqur, 2¢2 ive is hawk- headed, and holds the crook (| in his hand; the fourth is Ur-METu, y |, and holds a tree in his left hand.

The text containing the address of the Sun-god to the seven gods is broken away, and all that remains of it reads, “ This great god maketh his journey by means “of those who tow him over this Circle in [his] boat

9 (= | osc 1@ A © yale , A ww ete © hick

nnn » l A aS ZY. A portion: of the answer of the seven gods to him is also broken away, but what remains of it reads, “Is opened to thee the earth to “such an extent that thou hast passed over the Beautiful “ Land, and the roads concerning which Ra hath spoken “to thee, O Osiris. Thou criest out, O Ra, to the Land “of Seker, and Horus hath life upon his sands. Come “to Khepera, O Ra! Come to KheperahL Work ye “with the cord, O ye who make Khepera to advance, “so that it may give the hand (ie., help) to Ra whilst “he passeth over the hidden. ways of Ra, in the horizon. “[Come] in peace, in peace, O Ra of the Beautiful

fs taf yi

| Mee a SS fPe, Lew CIS 75%

it. WM 4

a or

— _ wk uw —s G g =o ee e SS — 3 — te fo) ‘wat ened Ce) 4 a oe tu mA ——S — i] (= & (Ij : al a

—F

hal da Piel led

THE FIFTH DIVISION—-AMENT 8g

« Ament.” TT ae SD wl a IRIAN

Sas enn hr te BEM S AIS a

Oo i 1 | | oD) 1 pa hi oae SS a og lgn

OD ARS & YZ =O!

| nw ME II] a\Z a O ww

rol

2M0 a’

In the middle of the scene we see that the ground rises (see p. 103) and forms a kind of hollow mound, the highest point of which terminates in the head of a woman, which faces to the right; immediately above her head is a scarab which is in the act of descending, but only one half of its body is visible. Concerning the beetle it is said, “Behold Khepera “who, immediately the [boat of Ra] is towed to the “top of this Circle, unites himself to the roads of “the Tuat; when this god standeth on the head of “the goddess he speaketh words to Seker every day,”

YOUR e Se ae

ie |S wom RI a Coa

TA lim tt [eel WSS.

The short lines of text just above the mound read, “The majesty of this great god journeyeth on by “being towed along, and these goddesses receive him,”

go THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

NSSPEporyElie Rae VIVE

words which aré addressed to the god by the goddesses are, “Come, O Ra, in the peace of the Tuat! Let Ra “ advance on the road in the boat which is in the earth, “in his own body, and let his enemies be destroyed. “{The goddess] Ament crieth(?) to thee, O Ra, so that “thou mayest join her, and mayest go forwards in “the sky as the GrEAT ONE who is in the horizon, “and mayest be towed along by those who tow — “thee, and, verily, mayest destroy all thine enemies,”

(Vee oa wea Soo N= TAS fle == zen | ies Oe oe

Lh oe eS = Bo Ti SH SAR 2

this address Ra replies, saying, “O ye who have received “your weapons, O ye who have grasped your sceptres, “QO ye who shake your spears, 6 ye who stand by your “tchefau food, who sit down to your offerings, who are “the warders of food and bread and are the lords of “the provisions in Ament, Isis giveth herself unto you, “and Ament joineth herself unto you, so that I may

THE FIFTH DIVISION—AMENT 93

“stand up hy you for your protection when I pass by you

vinous! “PY AY 0 ae S| mm | rile ale Lire to Toe

ANT. Si

ANA AWNA

EE cerned —=_S>] <= (0) UN LS ee ee ee a hee jes imag te eae ef) ws om —— em MeO am pc

rm De bs ry TR DS So ae riod ry i a 0

‘The “Land of Sekri,” | a \ af which is men- x

tioned by the seven cu who are towing the boat of Ra, lies immediately below the mound of earth, and forms, as it were, an oval island in the river of the Tuat; its shape is, as M. Maspero has said, an elongated ellipse, C—, and it is formed wholly of sand. The “Land of Sekri” is described in the legend which is written at each end of the oval as “The horizon (?) of “the hidden country of Sekri, which guardeth the

“hidden body (or, fiesh),” aK { > IK i . —rvw=]sFQVRRO ereaa |

This mysterious oval is supposed to rest upon the bodies of two man-headed lion sphinxes set tail to tail ; of these, however, only the heads and fore quarters

94 ‘THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

appear, one at each end of the oval. Each sphinx is called Ar, l anaes GA

“from the voice of the great god,” and “his work is to

“keep ward over his image,” => cs INN | >7 Xo ee Pea aeaal

Within the oval already described is stretched out at almost full length on the ground a monster serpent (see pp. 99, 103), which has two snakes’ heads at one end of his body, and a bearded human head at the other (see p. 99); the text above his snakes’ heads is mutilated, and all that can be made out satisfactorily are the words neter da, “great god.” From the middle of his body springs a pair of wings, and between them, immediately under the female head at the top of the mound, stands the god Sexri, in the form of a hawk-headed man. Of him it is said, “His work is to hm — ama oe ee gre and of the serpent, “he liveth upon the magical pro- . ee which issueth from his mouth every day,”

& te ewe saT:

The text aa refers to the oval reads :— LP SBP STS PAHS 1A SWEETS

, and he is said “to have his existence

• <o— “protect his own form,” <> a

oo

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| cee: (fed

THE FIFTH DIVISION—AMENT 97

SSSR IKE SS

ISS .AtcSanlhks

HENS SET

oo MFT Se2N

“The Image which is in this picture is in thick “darkness. . The dawn in the horizon which belongs to “this god [cometh] from the eyes of the heads of the “great god, whose flesh sendeth forth light, and whose “legs are bent round, the great god who keepeth ward “over the flesh of SEKRI, who is on his sand, his own “image. The voice of this horizon is heard in this “hour after this great god hath passed them by, like “unto the sound of the roarings which are in the “heights of heaven when they are disturbed by a “storm.”

On the lef of the horizon (see p. 95) of SEKRI is the serpent TEPAN, 4 me, “who liveth by the voice

“of the primeval per of the earth. He cometh forth “«and he goeth in, and he presenteth the offerings made *«to this great god every day unseeing [and unseen],”

FE MIM TED IE Se Sele loo Mes &

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the right (see p. 107) of the horizon is the serpent

ioaioig + iN DK @, “who liveth upon the

“flames which issue from his mouth. His work is to

“protect the horizon, and he never entereth into any “house of the Tuat,” te — {ht = %o— MM a xd ar a]

fr geek pee ax I C9) 98 A Own CI .

Immediately in front of this serpent are four seated gods (see p. 111), of whom the heads of two are turned behind them; they are described as the “gods who “hold the secret forms of SEKRI, who is on his sand,”

cw Wn <= _——— | ooo

ie iit \ a Pheer

holds on his knees the White Crown, J , the second

the Red Crown, vy, the third the head of the ram of

HERU-SHEFSHEFIT, and the fourth the plumes of Shu,

or some other god of light and dryness. The legend

above them reads, “Their forms are in the place among

“them in their own bodies. They follo# after this

at ca “great god unseeing and unseen,” Sr i ae

UN Daon Piel ae Nes

12 Sess} AWA ees <a «

Behind the serpent Trpan (see pp. 87, 91) are four human bearded heads, each with a mass of fire upon

e . fee.) * ot” . AD 4 e,? one ovee F aiow fe ooo qa ‘= ae, =

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THE FIFTH DIVISION—-AMENT Ior

the top of it, which project from the long, narrow lake

AANA AWA called NETU, ab mw: these are called the “ Blazing ® AW .

• & a | 4. . heads, a” NES f, I, Along. the lake are

written, in two methods of writing, “The gods who are “in the Ammahet weep when the boat hath passed “them by. on its way to the….. Tabs os “and the waters which are here are like unto fire

“to those who are in them,” LQ J & i StS ety Neg Saped<t. antral NEN

PN2R

In the upper register are :—

1. The goddess AmEnrrr, standing with her arms stretched out in front of her at right angles to her body, and wearing the feather of Maat on her head ésee p. 87).

2, A group of nine large axes (four are broken away), the foremost surmounted by the Crown of the North, and the hindmost by the Crown of the South (see pp. 87, 91). The mutilated speech of the god written above them reads,“ Give me thy hand (e., help me) Amentet ! “Good is this water which leadeth to the tomb [where] “rest the gods. Hail, exist ye, O nine gods who have “come into being from my flesh, and have not come

sosasg2 *EMS

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“into being from your own forms, and who are firm in “respect of your food, I avenge you, do ye avenge me.”

TASS

Bee TRS Pr eu we S

eae NUT eins FI mee BH am TOM im VT

3. The god who is the “ eierdian of those who are submerged,” pall > Be my (see pp. 91, 95).

4, The sac SATIU (2), > IN | (see p. 95).

5. The god ANKU-AR, $ ty, hawk-headed (see p. 95).

6. The god BatH-rEsTH (?) crocodile-headed, & —=— s==> (see p. 95).

7. The god ANpP-IENI, Va ue QQ, jackal-headed

(see p. 99). Of these five gods it is said, “They act as “guardians of Net, and of those who are submerged in “the Tuat, and they (protect] and make to pass on the

“oat,” “be mem BA) BI XE S

RRM | A | S> 3 HK ico 5 To these the Sun-god makes an sadness, which reads T q Ue Sic ol °

N \

THE FIFTH DIVISION—AMENT 105

Sd oA ae rm =H! An SLEMTES ry seca TT Sy a A be ee

= Wb it Pi ee | natag me ma | ES So Fae SS oe

AAA

pos poet tet 14 heron -O 111 2 yew Simm FA v sae ee AR [| Res o—= l 14 | iso “your waters, who keep ward over your lands, who go “round about in the pool of those who are submerged “in Nu, pilot ye these to the lands of the sea of the “Tuat, unto your waters which never dry up, and rise “ye up in your lands and let me travel over you in “peace. This great god gaith, O ye, lift ye up your “weapons to your….. image, and protect ye the “foreheads of your madt, and perform ye your work, “in order that I may be able to pass by you in peace,”

(oom os = —<— LY

AWA til

“This great god saith, O ye who stand by

\N

WW ih

Sam Paw ctol | | tl eke

masz 2S NAPE MA > i

oS

Tinea rae A rrvis 8. Immediately in front of the god Anp-nent is an object which looks like a chamber with a rounded roof; but whatever it may be, it is filled with sand, and from the fact that the sign of “night” or “darkness,” —™, appears at the top, we may conclude that it represents

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some form of the dark underworld of Seker. To each side of it a hawk clings by his claws, and from the lower part of it emerges the scarab, which has already been mentioned (see p. 103).

9, A huge serpent, the two heads facing the “object described under No. 8. Of him it is said, “He liveth “by Ra every day, he travelleth over every place of “madt in the Tuat, and it is he who setteth himself in

. is aes to the scarab,” + hom © oO a ae)

5 mea WW <> : assim a ten er nS Gi. To this serpent

Ra saith, “Hail, thou pean TER, whom I myself “have fashioned, open thou to me thy folds, open thou “thy folds wherewith thou hast doubly sealed the — “earth to protect me, and*march thou against those “who are in my following, in order that I may pass by -

“thee in pence: mn q le Se

=(¥zca= <2 Fao — ia olhaciotgigi oat pe era

Z : [4#mn OO ’ 10. The god BAFERKHEFTIU, & soo! ram headed (see p. 111). 11. The god Iv-HER-APTESU = je | 1@, who holds , : SS ee? a lasso in each hand (see p. 111).

THE FIFTH DIVISION—AMENT 109.

12. The god An-Ar, j 4, edit a feather of Maat (see p. 111).

13. The’ god Apur, \ ll), with his head turned behind him ; he is provided with a shade, T (see p. 111).

14. The god Amu, bull-headed (see p. 107).

15. The god Set, bull-headed (see p. 107).

16. The god SenT-NEF-AMENTIU, a> 7 (see p. 107).

17. The god Hutep-NETERv, 7 | (see p. 107).

Of these eight gods it is said, “They stand by at the “annihilation of the dead in the Tuat, and their work “is to burn up with fire the bodies of the dead by the “flames from their mouths in the course of every day,” AIG & oem mA ren 59 ky Sr ONS oh 1 a — 1 iPro |S we Te? [S]. ae A goddess, standing upright, with her hands stretched out to the top of the head of a man who is kneeling before her, and is cutting open his head with a hatchet; the goddess is called i al mae - a and “lives upon the blood of the dead, and upon

“that which the gods give,” + = — ait peas

Ke NA TE 44. att (see p. 113),

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The text of the speech which the god makes’ to the eight gods reads :—

TALL ee A MS

oniae ns eee

PolimelemAlbpSs fimae hii —— rn so ee a ie

aao29 pal ST Tela Ss

Oe en ee a awn bod! rt SUT Lam Set EP es ry) 0

alos — & —

one S| ! riage [Pet RARASZ=ATs “The Majesty of this great god saith unto them, . “Hail, ye who stand at the blocks of torture, and who “keep ward at the destruction of the dead, ye whose “voices have come into being for you, whe have “received your words of power, who are endowed with “your souls, who sing hymns to the accompaniment of “your sistra, who take vengeance on the enemies, who

“annihilate the dead; who hack in pieces shades [of “men and women], who destroy and cut in pieces the

1 eZ LY az ee ys. ———arj — uy iE

1 >) ERG:

The\ Kingdom of Seker,

The Kingdom of Seker,

THE FIFTH DIVISION—AMENT II5 ’

“ dead, who avenge Osiris and hearken unto words near “ Unnefer, provide ye yourselves with your slaughtering “knives, fetter and bind with your hands [this] figure “which is with you, so that I may journey past you in “peace. Whosoever knoweth this shall pass by the “ goddess in peace.”

The entrance into the Sixth Division of the Tuat is made through a door in the lower register,. which is guarded by a serpent “who openeth it himself,”

f— ——; here, too, appears the large five-rayed

star which is the symbol of the planet VENUS, and is described as the “living god which journeyeth, and

“ journeyeth, and travelleth,” 1 a l ee

Te oe a”

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CHAPTER VI.

THE SIXTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH IS CALLED METCHET-MU-NEBT-TUAT.

In the scene which illustrates the SrxtH Division of the Tuat, which is passed through by the Sun-god during the SixtH Hour of the night, we see, in the

The Boat of Af, the dead Sun-god, in the Sixth Hour.

once again standing in his boat, under the- canopy, accompanied by his usual company of gods. He is no longer in the serpent boat wherein he passed through the domain of Sekri, and he is no longer being towed along. In front of the boat are :—

1. The god Thoth, in the form of a man with the head of a cynocephalus ape, seated on a throne, and

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bedring the name TEHUTI-KHENTI-NEB-TUAT, aN * a Ke aan a

2. A female figure, with her hands turned behind

her, holding in each the pupil of an eye of Horus or

Ra; she is called AMENT-SEMU-SET, | rawr Is | | Pe

The text above the boat reads: My = es |

bh Solas? BT A MS

The goddess Ament-semu-set. Thoth of the Tuat.

fd iN > | “) . Ales Ri _“ This great god travelleth

“through this city, being provided with [his] boat, on “the water; he worketh the paddle in this eountry “towards the place of the body of Osiris.” . . : “The “Majesty of this great god [speaketh to] the gods who “are in this country when he arriveth at these houses “which are hidden, and which contain the image of “Osiris. This god crieth [to the hidden forms which

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“are in them, and they hearken to the voice of this “god, and then he passeth them by,” an q ]

D rata nen ee TTT OES a won seo Roel SN Sel won HY Te mall

i 4 W 4 i}

The Four Kings of the South,

In the abode of Osiris are sixteen gods in mummied forms. The first four are bearded, and wear the ment and the White Crown, and each is described by the title

suten, ae _ yLe., “ King of the South.” TheSecond four are bearded, and are described as HETEPTIU, at ar 5

‘the third four are bearded, and wear the menat and the Red Crown, and each is described by the title bat,

\Z; and the fourth four are bearded, and are called

SIXTH DIVISION—METCHET-MU-NEBT-TUAT II9Q

The Four “ Spirits.”

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Ku, Se? ie., “Spirits.” Immediately in front

‘of thése gods is an enormous serpent with five heads, which is called Asu-urdu, © = , ie, the “Many- faced.” The body of this serpent is bent round to form an oval, and within it lies on his back the god Aru, QQ, who is holding upon his head a beetle, which is the symbol of the god Kueperd. The text written above reads:—

The Serpent Ash-hrau,

Th soles } Sm A MoV es See

—w _W = —=—fa™ UNM rrimel o huairited rrilr wn LZ o Pt tawa! O awl | | 11 PELE PE SWQM% aw

= VS ei rye VG i mrt 1 | wm cad SPI a lee rirtesio ari? DM erie Se!

SIXTH DIVISION—-METCHET-MU-NEBT-TUAT I21

woe of) om = eg Set

INAAA

tte ao Ea Pie Ma ari oe ———) SM a |& se [ Si NS mn F Whi vel See wee Keel

acs. ~HKSROee wr a fit VT Paice Ik VY oo dee oo el Boh 2 At Sirs SRL SISO AIL TY Aq PTS TANS ESRD SN bseabesnse| Aaa te Sees f bs 2Apei We oe SIE ENS doh Pl dt Fi

“Saith the Majesty of this great god to the kings of “the South, to the HETEPTIU, to the kings of the North,

“and to the Spirits who are in this City:—May your “royal state and condition be with you, may yé receive

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“ your White Crowns, and ye HETEPTIU [imay ye receive] “your offerings, and ye kings of the North may ye “receive your Red Crowns, and ye SpmRITS may ye “receive your appointed rites; may your offerings be “unto you, and may ye be in peace. May ye have “power over your souls, may ye be adored (?), may ye “have sovereignty over your city, may ye have peace “in your fields, may ye join yourselves to (ie., attain “to) your secret things with your crowns(?), may your “appointed rites be paid to you, may your sacrifices of “propitiation be made to you, and give to the gods “their mouth. Avenge ye me in [this] land, and hack “in pieces the serpent Apep, O ye kings of the South, “ye Heteptiu, ye kings of the North, and ye Spirits, “who dwell in [this] land.”

“Those who are in this picture stand up in their “places, and they hear the voice of the great god, the “lord of the dead body, that is to say, Kuererd in his — “own flesh …… in the act of guarding.”

Of the Serpent of Many Faces it is said, “Of him “who is in this picture, with his tail in his mouth, his “work is to rise up with this image, to journey to the “West in his form, and to travel to every place of the “Tuat. Through the voice of Ra it is that the figures “who are in him advance.” “

The text which runs in the border above the upper register reads :—

Sel ates t=: aN

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INSBSSy AN Ezz iN irs Gi SS eS

oP rl LSSlSiTl>

SZVIMMINEARVE ST

ial EISOHsre =o lwh bis. d 1b 0 Scent JES

“(This is] the hidden path of Amentet, on the water “of which is transported this great god in his boat to “arrange the lots (or, plans) of those who are in the “Tuat. If their names be uttered, if their bodies be “known, if their true forms and the knowledge of their “hours be known, and the qualities of this secret figure “of the Tuat (which are unknowable), by any man “whatsoever: or if an exact representation in drawing “be made of what is in the Hidden Place (Ament) of “the Tuat, which is to the south of the At of Amentet: “whosoever knoweth this thing shall be one who is “fully provided with food in the Tuat, and he shall “partake in the offerings which are made to the gods “who are in the following of Osiris, and he shall have. “(ie receive) the offerings which all his kinsfolk are “in duty bound to make to him upon earth.”

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In the upper register are :—

A company of nine gods and goddesses, all of whom are represented as seated, but their seats of state or thrones are invisible; they may be thus enumerated :—

1. The god HETEP-KHENTI-TUAT, —?5 dh eee,

in the form of a mummy; his hands project from his bandages, and on his head he has symbols of meat and drink.

SSE Site eS

sso sya S44 A88

ttt awn aw ot ‘=

ro} Ww With

Asdr-am-4b-neteru, Asth-mehit, Hetep-khenti-Tuat.

2. The goddess Astu-meHiT, or AsT-AMuIT,

Ve 1X elle. OF => f lll 2, with the Crown 2

the North on her head. The name means “ Isis. in the North.”

er aes | 3. The god AsAr-Am-Ab-nererv, © \° Ig « | I ie., “ Osiris in the heart of the gods.”

SIXTH DIVISION–METCHET-MU-NEBT-TUAT 125 '

AAA 4. The god HERU-KHENTI-AHET-F, IN dh Ry a 7 o\ Xm, ie, “Horus at the head of his field,” hawk-

headed, with his hands projecting from his bandages.

. PANS a

5. oe a iam J a 4 =| g go. 8 or 5| } <e x? ape-headed, with his hands pro-

jecting from his bandages. ANN 6. The god Maa-An-KueNTI-AUET-F, = © ([h ‘

HES SSNS

—— Ft

Wlenbethem. Maa ab-khenti-ahet-f, Benti-ar-ahet-f, Heru-khenti-ahet-f.

a . : . Qe , Wearing the White Crown and menaé, and to

with his hands projecting from his bandages. 7—9. Three goddesses, the peek two of whom are

called HENBETIEM (?), wr Wits , and THEHBITH,

=f IQ =, The text which refers to this

company of the gods reads : nn ste Vy Bes ae saan Dat mo TTL ul CALS Sy ee

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+“) = SmSRSIwl ad SS rt MI

‘ia GoM cur wre ete

Soe Sd den ab ss ae ea 1S8 bl SiS mel iss (=S—SI— {Slee toa LS

bee eM Sinise

leo Ste — aA<— serge S sar 2 an

ica 8 lth li ocrotte |

| ar 4 “Saith the Majesty of this great god

“to the inl who are over this Field :—O ye gods who “dwell in the Tuat, ye Heteptiu who keep ward over “your masters, ye unto whom offerings are made from “the offerings of your fields of offerings, whereon ye “take your rest each day, unite ye yourselves to the “provisions which are mine. Ye are the lords of “fyour] hands, ye have right {to direct] [your] feet, ye .“are exalted in your forms, ye are great in your “transformations, ye have power over what ye produce, “ye have power over what ye have possession of, ye “have possession of that over which ye have power, ye

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“have power over that over which ye have possession, ye “have possession of that over which ye have dominion, “protect ye Osiris from those who would act with “violence and wrong against him. The work of these “gods in the Tuat is to give offerings to the gods of “the Tuat, who are masters of their offerings and of “the food which proceedeth forth from the mouth of “this great god.”

‘. 10. Three sceptres of the form if each surmounted

ke

= pomernsy

Three Sceptres ot the White Crown. ereves . Tkehbith.

by the WuIrE Crown; from the base of each projects a knife.

11. Three sceptres of similar form, each surmounted by the Rep Crown; from the base of each projects a knife. .

12. Three sceptres, of similar form, each surmounted by a uraeus; from the base of each projects a knife.

The text which refers to these reads: I | 4 ) |

NA AON

pra Ball ih aon MS | ESD | ES]

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mm Von eY =o mise os AS ©

HES QRSShime “S. [%’]

ees iia ee

PE) A aw FE ES HL SA WZ SZ By / Uw Se 2B YY) ae at es ZZ awn bn ae are 8 Nl - IT i tecg 4 rllaoidt ee Boo: ae cas @ <O© aa: ) 2s @ S, £) [les 50 S Saith

“the Majesty of this great god to the Majesties of the

Three Sceptres of the uraei, Three Sceptres of the Red Crown,

“kings of the South and North who dwell in the Tuat:— “Teeap ye, O ye who wear the White Crowns, and ye “who wear the Red Crowns like Souls [who are in] “their lands. Ye who belong to the Tuat produce “your own offerings therein. Make ye to be Maat . “your sceptres(?), let your souls live, and let your

“throats have food to swallow, and ye shall come into “being upon the land…… Their souls shall rise

“up in the Tuat‘on their sceptres(?), they are provided

SIXTH DIVISION—METCHET-MU-NEBT-TUAT 129 with knives, and no violence shall be done to them Be xe are goddess …. .”

13. The lion KA-HEMHEMET, (_{ fo fu ©, couchant, a

and facing the two companies of the gods described above. Above his back are the two Utchats, between which is the sign (5.

; 9 14. A form of the goddess Isis, = |=,

in a sitting position, but without a throne.

Thath- Hetchefu. Isis-Thaath neteru, 1

5. The god Hetcuerv, gS ; |

a: The god THATH-NETERU, ===> iN =| Wn? in mummied form, holding a sceptre in one hand and a knife in the other.

17. A chamber, with ar opening under the roof, through which a snake, which stands on its tail outside it, belches fire; under a vaulted covering is an “image,” ‘Sy, of Ra, in the form of the hind-quarters of a lion,

‘ ave 4 _SS). The chamber is called Het-tuav-Ri, ol And.

Ka-hemhemet,

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18. A similar chamber, with an “image” of Ra in the form of a hawk’s wing, mS’; the name of the

chamber is Het-STAU-KHER-AHA, © (| ti OM.

19. A similar chamber, with an “image” of Ra in the form of a human head; the name of the chamber

: : Ri = FF © i : is Hxt-TEMTET-RA, on ‘e The texts read: Sinn SS TM o elle

“ORR | eS eS © 1.58

at DE ) X

Sg So fF ISv 1S NAINA S

SSUES oleso {RSASHRRS SPSS EAS

WW ig

SIXTH PINISION SMETCHE PMU NEE ETO 131

ah MiSe Sy

SvRllIAg ole Sr ig BY Ss0h-

In the lower register are :—

1. The god Henrr(?), *, crocodile-headed, and in

a seated position, but without a throne.

Hem. Ahi. (Em-nu-ur.] Henti.

2. The god EM-NuU-UR, De Seq? crocodile-headed, or ape-headed.

. The god Am, l g A).

The god Hem, fo ie

. The god Nrvcn-aTEr, a ne

The god ANKH- IRA,

a Bm 8

=

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132

e 7. The god Mrr-urA, | ®, 8. The god Netcntt, > a 9 . a

Moe eet ee ote 23. 20 et Seo fe

Met-hra. Ankh-hra,

Netch-atef,

Wetchti. 9—12. Four goddesses, each in a seated position, but

without throne; the first is called Antuetu, | ; ww &——

Henhenith. Antheth.

Sehith, Hemt.

the second Henyenirn, (YW ‘yh =, the third Her, ANG aN and the fourth SEHITH, | g QQ =,

SIXTH DIVISION—METCHET-MU-NEBT-TUAT 198 The text which refers to tliese reads: ne Vy Tete ol rar nest + PS SEUSS el ROL Ta ol her S PT Sula Fee Oa eS NS ait lrril AS bay Sf ar oY sormsa Pi iTia all oP i Se tot Tok ed Sab TSN AT rad Si Srl Sl NK beatae as NE BP LOA (2A

& NN) > IN n060en 4 “The Majesty of this great | A

“god saith. unto these gods:—O ye gods who dwell in “the Tuat, aud who are in the following of the lord of “the beings who are in the Tuat, who stand up and sit “down in Nu, who dwell in your Field, O ye gods who

134 (Awl ==]

The Serpent Am-khu and the heads of the Four Children of Horus.

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“send forth light, and who “make to stand up your “ bodies, and O yeagoddesses “who sit down in the fol- “lowing of the ScaRraB in “the place where are his “bodies in the Tuat, O ye “who live ou your “whose hearts live on their “food, who send forth light “in the darkness which sur- “roundeth you, who have “the mastery over your Red “Crowns, who partake in “content of the offerings “made to you, let them “travel in my following, let “my soul be with me, let “me rest (or, unite myself) “to my bodies, and let me “pass by you in peace. “These gods hear the voice “of Ra every day, and they “have their life through his “voice. The work which “they have to do in the “Tuat is to convey along “souls, and to accompany “the shades of the dead,

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“and to make provisions for spirits, [and to find for “ them] water.”

13. Thy monster serpent AM-KHU, ~~ © >] , with his head raised from the ground, and the symbol of “life” under his head. Out of the crest of each of the four undulations of his body springs a bearded head, and the four heads are those of the children of

: PE cn " Horus—MEstTHA, y4, Hari, R Q), TUAMUTEF, —H 0

• aN = » and QEBH-SENNU-F, RL! " The text

which refers to the serpent reads: Ss —_ PaNN

eZ SSUv2zilt | — ry aoe [

een lee aN SBE 7 J<fosted i OR Hl oe

e° Oo FS es =, “This serpent is himself invisible O Ill = a

“to this great god, but these forms (ie., the heads of “the four children-of Horus) have their being in his “folds, and they hear the voice of this great god every “day. The work which he doeth in the Tuat is to “devour the shades of the dead, and to eat wp the

“spirits of the enemies [of Ra], and to overthrow “(those who are hostile to him] in the Tuat.”

14, The god Kat, 2 iN QQ.

oT

136 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT 15. The god Ment, Qq §. ; ANA 16. The god Ann-rer, {) ““™ : Ie g en | Poesia © Ca 17. The god Unt, =. Each of these four gods is

ee STEELE ae

in a sitting position, but has no throne whereon to sit.

18. A company of nine serpents, each of which

belches fire from its mouth and is armed with a huge

= 22m a OI Rwee ta. ss ect kh Od SACS = aes “=” Wf b, a, As

f “iY Oo

A a [ce

CHK KARO

The sini ofa sntens of ous, knife; only the heads and upper parts of the bodies of these serpents are visible. Their names are TA-THENEN, KUuEPERA, G, SHU, f, SEB,

= an a , TEM, ._,

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i~ BF Asin, Td IIeru, IN Apu, YW , aad

HIEreriv, . The text which refers to the four gods

and the nine serpents reads :—

rs oe ee reed are —=——— + /\ —o— <> 00 4 I

ee

58 iT SMS She fi

CPi

Wen es FORE = NM PT re Okl fawn be soir ——

| hana Gy SS wrens FS NY Se | SIS ae be oe

Ta op imeee MoS

eed

SRLS en NG |

AWW Ee a = <2 % lhe 1@) ss = rin ai terse S~ 11d On eT & Ge <> 55 aoa Tete ie ers eae Coll

“ort 29S Old

9 O_O OO ay Nia Raa IS oO Piss qd SS Ss a 20 eh ENT

NP 8S he Mt

“Saith the Majesty of this great god to these gods :— “O ye who make yourselves to be standing up although

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“ye are seated, ye who are in motion although ye are “at-rest, ye whose souls come into being, ye who are “united to your shades, who lift up your feet and who “move onwards by your thighs, unite ye yourselves to “your flesh, and let not your members be fettered. “They have their life through the voice of this great “god every day, and the work which they do is to “watch the two comings of the god Khuti.”

Concerning the nine serpents it is said :-—

“The Majesty of this great god speaketh words to “these male gods who are at the head of this city :-— “Hail, O nine forms of the divine spirits, whose faces “are of flames, who are provided with your knives, “burn ye up the enemies of Khepera, hack in pieces _“their shades, for ye are the warders of the Hidden “Flesh, which is made of Nu, your habitation, for it is “ye who dwell in the Water of Ta-THENEN, and it is “for you that the magical powers of Khepera come “into being. They have their means of living from “the word of Ra every day. The work which they do “in the Tuat is to hack asunder the dead, and to cause “the spirits to be destroyed.”

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CHAPTER VII.

THE SEVENTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH IS CALLED THEPHET-ASAR.

TuE scence that illustrates the SevenTH Division of the Tuat, which is passed through by the Sun-god during the SEveNTH Hour of the night, is introduced by three lines of text, which read :—

SONY LT eho dl PD Soke tS Pistol Sl RiSSes Se ERS dod RETR Maes * gab) WSS alee

o> & xX BD , ss BS Some ASI SSS

| 22 [AD wah elf] ew.

“The Majesty of this great god taketh up his abode _ “in the Hall of Osiris, and the Majesty of this god

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“addresseth words to the Hall of the gods who dwell “therein. This god performeth all the rites proper “ffor entering] this Hall, and he advanceth on his way a againt Apep by means of the words of power of Isis, “and by means of the words of power of the Sovereign “God. The name of the gate of this City wherethrough “passeth this god is Rutt-AsAr. The name of this “City is THEPHET-SuETA. The name of the hour of the “night which guideth this great god into it is Kuerres- “ HAU-IIESQET-[NEITA]-HRA.”

(ie = Al ee “oOo” ee ne

A - mnt

4m CAGE

The Boat of eee ius dead the dead Sun- god, ie the Seventh Hour,

In the middle register are :—

1. The boat of Ra, who stands under a canopy formed by the body of the serpent Meuen; the god is ram- headed and wears a disk on his head, and his name Aru, QQQ, is written twice near him. In front of him stand HEKA-SER, Btu R, and Sa, and Isis, who has

both arms stretched out before her, and is reciting the words of power which shall inake the boat to advance.

THE SEVENTH DIVISION—THEPHET-ASAR -I41

Behind the god stand HERU-IEKEN, Ka-Suu, NEnEs, Hu, and the “protector of the boat.” Above the boat

is written: is | eae 2oa0

: A pean en Oye Set 9

SyTRMIUSS PaldTHIEMURES O° Doh UR TASS SPL

Sane

a | Os | a enn]

— oes wwe | a Tw “This great Pirlo © lear Ww “god journeyeth in this City in the path of the Cirele of “San (Osiris) hy means of the utterances of the words “of power of Isis and of the words of power of SER, so “that he may journey on his way against NEHA-HRA. “Tf these words of power’of Isis, and those of SER be “uttered, APEP shall be turned back and shall be shut “up in Ament, in the hidden place of the Tuat; if “they be uttered on the earth it shall be so likewise. “Whosoever shall utter them shall become one of those “who are in the boat of Ra, both in heaven and upon “earth; but whosoever knoweth not these figures shall “not know how to repulse NEHA-HRA.”

2. The serpent Neua-urA, which is transfixed to the ground by means of six knives. The goddess SERQET,

pas ‘[fstands with a band round his neck in the act of

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F, oe Solis

SS eed stands by his tail, round which he is tying a fetter.

The text which refers to him reads: As @Q | WWM p= |} I

sal B nomm 2am a 4 PES b BN SBS ee SERA VIPS IS

Ea rk Ne wm |oss Go A A A Aw oo a

strangling him, and the god HER-TESU

The Sien Neha-hra ices fettered by Serqet and Ter-tesu-f,

o = @ sS= a A 2.53 = iui SE ee fa] | sO O%— 42 4a

SoS WS SAL Dee ee >

eft = a S= YP am peer e 19 He who

“is in this picture is Apep, and he ier anne his “country, which is in the Tuat; TcHau is the name of “this district, which is four hundred and forty cubits

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“in length, and four hundred and forty cubits in

“breadth, and his voice guideth the gods to him. He ° “who is with(?) him after this great god hath made- “his passage through this City, halteth(?) with Art,

“opposite to the country whereover he would make a

“way; behold, SrrgeT is at the head [of Apep], and

“ HER-TESU-F placeth his deadly fetter about his feet

“after Isis hath taken possession of the words of power

“of Ser of two-fold strength, [and Ra] giveth their

“words of power. Whosoever knoweth it (ie, this

“picture and the text) upon earth shall not be one of, “those of whose water Nea-11rA drinketh.”

Temtith. Tenith, ‘* Nakith, Wetemtit.

3. The goddess HETEMTIT, g | l a Seq, armed. . with a knife. 4, The goddess NAKITH, q jy =: armed with a knife. — a
4. The goddess TenIrv, d (var. c=> lq =),

armed with a knife.

6. The goddess TeEmTITN, C= d = = (var.

aes qq ‘a i armed with a knife. These four goddesses ee

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guard four rectangular coffers, at the end of each of which is a hunan head; inside each coffer is a mound of sand, beneath which is buried one of the four forms of Osiris. The first coffer “contains the form of TEM,”

iN eT = ° 7 ; Sp]! Son the second “contains the form of

Kuereri,” 4 “Pt {| 9 Q; the third “contains the

The coffer of Ra. The coffer of Osiris.

-» EE « form of Ra,” | Tome and the fourth “con-

tains the for 7 ASI! aing the form of Osiris, \p i i. The

goddesses are described as: TY a 0 ! lie NN A = YR Ke TELA CSO Zs worn

00a coy 111 bade! a Tt | mam | ott

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NSH eS Sens 4

PO |

• a “ oot we K x2 si , “The goddesses who hack

“at Apep in the Tuat, who repulse (or, bring to nought) “the affairs (or, matters) of the enemies of Ra. Those “who are in this picture, and who hold knives, hack “asunder Apep in the Tuat each day.”

7—10. The four coffers of Osiris, concerning which

‘it is said: ents cia = Xe TU ooo | Se

Pid = cw Ce ae mwa = Sen SGrnGyrnG awn | I rato AD pase | IZA | W=

— . —_ © AAW | EBC OS “tm “are the] hidden magical figures of the Tuat, the “funeral shrines of the hidden heads. [When] those “who reached this region [come there, the hidden “ heads] appear, [and when they have heard the voice of “a] they cat their own forms, after this great god hath “passed them by.” The line of hieroglyphics above

the upper register reads: a= WM ra 0 | |—_—1 a a lS YOO

Sins SB ee aM

SAAD AT SUNT RAW

Sie l Dt = SaiTia oR

LU aw TT awn Re ii1ia oa

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ke Sig a detlo KS HV EISSleihesld Spe see bore ica SY! ec ©, «The hidden road of Ament. The

“great god maketh his way over it in his holy boat, “and he passeth over this road which has no water, “and none to tow. He maketh his way by means of

Neb-Uast. Seth-ab (?).

“the words of power of Isis, and by means of the words “of power of Semsu (?), and the utterances of this great “god himself [act as} magical protectors, and perform “the slaughters of App in the Tuat, in this Circle in “his windings in the sky. Whosoever shaJl make [a “copy of] these [pictures] according to the similitudes “which are in writing at the northern side of tho

• “hidden palace in the Tuat they shall act for him that “maketh them as magical protectors in heaven and in “earth. Whosoever knoweth thei shall be as thc “Spirits with Ra.”

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11. The god Nzs-Uast, if standing, and holding a sceptre in his right hand.

12. The goddess SeTH-AB (2), 2. > .

In the upper register are :-—

1, The god Suzpes, GQ , in mummied form, seated, ° —o,

Ratt rere eer, e ° te ee WMA ‘ ree tact .

spea fess aba ils Lire G&S = B “A Ni

wf Z SN

Bhepos. Ath, Ankhuithif, and holding in his right hand some curved object, which resembles a boomerang.

2. The goddess Atu, ‘A ===>, with the head of a lioness, holding the symbol of “life” in her right hand, and a sceptre in her left. ©

3. The uraeus ANKIUITHIT, + = ts with the

head of a woman.

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4. A god in human form, seated on a throne, wearing plumes and an uraeus on his head, with “life” in his right hand, and the sceptre { in his left; this god is called Arv-Asir, | aa eal xa oo Sos and he is seated under a canopy which is formed by the body of a monster serpent called ANKH-ARU-TCIEFAU-ANKH-ARU, sa & |

; + ; 8 f| I. The text which refers to the first three

bn ES

nw cate SL Sam ee

(Wich Sinem = jh Terence

me: (p; “The Majesty of this great and holy god saith,

“Grant thou me to come forth on the: path by thy “spittle (?) and by [thy] throat and let me utter the “word which is madt to Ankhit, and let me open thy “ foldy for I have come to illumine the darkness, and to “embrace him that isin Mehen.” The text which refers

to Aru-Asir reads: GY 5) me he) | = (MGA VSS Tt Tot Too PSS GEZTMAIS TPS t Re eu Lehi=

gods reads:

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149 == 0 Shee Brera

a 9 ww ee ODP GG st aw SS ! =

—_—L) — eS ee

4 ’ sets gion | © 0 TS — a 2 This god

“saith unto Osiris, who dwelleth in the serpent MEnEn, “ Hail, Osiris, Governor of the Tuat, thou lord of life, “thou ruler of Amentet, thou shalt live, live thou life, “thou hast magical power, and shalt prevail by magical

oop We le Pah eae = stl esSsity att Se ae S

L aaa I)

pel: atatir =H

rss apts

ite Asar under the sennent Mehen, The beheading of the enemies of Osiris,

“power in [this] land. Thou dost exalt those who are “in thy follpwing on their arrival before thee. Thine “enemies ave beneath thy feet, thou hast gained the “mastery over those who have worked against thee. “The flames [of fire] are against them, he burneth ~ “them up with his blazing knife which is over them, “he hacketh them in pieces and choppeth them up “with his slaughtering knife, and he reckoneth up his “members each day. O let me pass over thee in peace.”

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5. Three headless figures, kneeling, with their arms tied behind their backs; these repre- sent the “enemies of

Sag om ene SN ddl

ore Q ate PBe- a —- oo!

hind these stands a fierce cat-headed (or, lynx- headed) god, who holds a huge pointed stake in one hand, and flourishes a large knife in the other.

6. Three foes, % o

of Osiris lying on‘ their backs ; round the right arm of each a rope is tied, and the other ends of the three ropes are in the hands of a god

called Anxu, a ‘SS r

The passage which refers

to these reads; VY COS Bs te

Ankn fettering the foes of Osiris.

The serpent Afu-Tem.

Sa-Tathenen.

Divine Souls of the Seventh Hour,

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a an = WM See peas — 1 meg IG ne (Mewes a ee

I 7-0 =

A ING Siac ae Te Tir’ AW eos 23 & 2 SoS me lem ISS ec Sm= Sch he “a; “The Majesty of this god saith:—O ye spirits

“who are hostile to Osiris, who have rebelled against “the Governor of the Tuat, your hands and arms are “fettered, and [ye] are tied tightly with bonds, and “your souls are kept under ward, and your shades are “hacked in pieces, ANKU hath drawn the cords abgut “you so tightly that ye shall never he able to escape “from his restraint.”

7. Three bearded,- human-faced hawks, wearing on their heads the double crown of the South and North; ae risa tHe name of the second is wanting, and the third is

called Mam (?), = or MAat, =.

8. A huge serpent, which bears on its back a god in a sitting posture; the god is called Avv-Teny, (ibe Yer, and the remains of the text which refers

Gc nto=— to him say that he shoots forth his flame at those who rebel against Osiris, and that he eats the souls of the enemies of the god. :

the first is called Sa-TATHENEN,

e

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In the lower register are :—

1. The god HERU-IER-KIIENT -F, are = lo a’

seated on a throne, as his name funtion He is hawk-headed, and wears the solar disk encircled by a serpent; in‘his right hand is the symbol of ‘life, anct in his left a sceptre. The other forms of his name are

2 8 Nl and Neel. Of this god it is said: er

So a ee SS

Te g SS Se | TS, “The ecaeeee i B°S © 1S? “work of this figure who is in “this picture is in the Tuat, and “it is for him to send the stars

• “on their way, and to make the “hours to go on their way in the “Tuat.” The stars are personified hy gods, twelve in number, who stand each with a star on his head. Their names are :—

Heru-her-khent-f,

TAY a

1. UR-KERT, Ges mn”

2. KEKHERT (?), Mitt

g | 3, NEB-KITERT-TA, 7 | !

. TUATI, *& eae eS ae

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5. Hrar, q QQ io

YY, 6. Hi-xKuvu-…. al SZ. ’ é Ge

i ve EmtTa-A, ese pane! | 1

153

BOREAS Os .

Hist,

_ css bY 8, TESER-A, —— “1 <—

=== | 9, EMMA-A, Z2 eect .

10. SEM-NES-F, ae i) (= | a Face a)).

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a= 11. TESEM-EM-MAAT-F, c=> | an > hem, a

12. Segen-Tzrv, [I a es 2 .

The text relating to these gods reads: VY] AWA

Rec ie xh = 4 aie = $mmele Me Tera

a | =—ZZz wD Mpa onl ——

nally ——

JIS} 1\G area

ewe OS A +f D1 os | oe ANAM

SU 4111 TH \ It

=e nem tel boas

‘The Majesty of Horus of the Tuat saith unto the “starry gods:—O ye who are madat in your flesh, whose . magical powers have come into being for you, who “are united unto your stars and who yourselves rise up “for Ra in the horizon which is in the Tuat each day, “Q be ye in his following, and let your stars guide “his two hands so that he may journey through the “Beautiful Ament in peace. And, O ye gods who “stand up, who dwell in our land, light up ye your ““stars in the sky so that [I] may unite [myself] with “the master of the horizon.”

2. The Twelve Goddesses of the Hours, who face to

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the right, having cach a star on her head. Their

hames are :-—

San SS NN (ot ——)

1. HEKENNUTHETH,

Goddesses of the Hours.

— ws ESSE oe I eee

2

“ Goddesses of the Hours.

• —s eo CO

4. ‘TUATHETH

a a 5, AMENTET-ERMEN, t :

6. [Name erased.]

7, ANIvu, j ‘Ty =:

8, AUNITH, q = QQ

! —

j

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9. Tar, 5 \ ded Fr
10. Anrr-Kuu, acd Go > fi.
11. Arir-aru, <2- > || tg <>

a} C= uns +— ;

Qo oy HH

12. UAAT-TESTES,

The text relating to the goddesses of the hours reads:

A eet SS TIE Bt To

a \ Se 4 TN Sekt So 55 Filed SL Ws eer a a)

ee ly ee l Tier Per Se he nea

a

x —_ ! So Hole Fi i | Li Soma | awn

=2= «The Majesty of Heru-Tuati —> a OD

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“saith unto the Hours who are in this City:—O ye “Hours who have the power of coming into being, O “ye Hours who are endowed with stars, O ye Hours “who avenge Ia, fight ye on behalf of Him: that is on “the horizon, and take ye your forms (or, attributes), “and carry ye your symbols, and lift ye up your heads “and guide this [god] Ra, who is on the horizon, into “the, beautiful Amentet in peace.” The text goes on

tos: VY AW TY Sed i

The crocodile Ab-shi-am-Tuat,

< VSIA SEIS im “the gods and goddesses who guide this great god “along the hidden way of this City.”

3. In front of the Hours is an enormous crocodile

x Bes op CM ‘ called AB-sHi-AM-TUAT, — | WG +} * &, which

is described as “ Osiris, the Eye of Ra,” ! > j

a2 |

OS. The crocodile stands upon a long funeral

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mound, out of the end of which, immediately under the head of the animal, appears a bearded human head,

ie., “the head of Osiris,” oe or @ |<. Of the

crocodile the text says: RN a & eq yuo HT eN ES ——

coox ART 8 om 9 XS

ZZ ALY ire a 14> arene x

SESR=e FP TET am a OA

S\Ie Dyed VL ee

7 a oe is in this picture is AB-sHAu, and he is the “warden of the symbols of this city. When he heareth “the voice [of the boat of] Ra which is addressed to the

• Kye which is in his cheek (?), the head which is in his “dominion maketh its appearance, and then it eateth “its own form after this great god hath passed it by. “Whosoever knoweth this [picture] AB-sHAu shall not “devour his soul.”

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CHAPTER VIIL

THE EIGHTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH IS CALLED TEBAT-NETERUSS.

THE scene that illustrates the E1cHutH Division of the Tuat, which is passed through by the Sun-god during the EIGHTH Hour of the night, is introduced by four lines of text which read :—

a ie wm ot ee SEA A eh ae en em ed 1%! SRE SoORT tPASI Reb | SlSaa= x hy Bat AS Boat Se oe

NAN

Qa 1 Sess a 1c=s

SAslilmes TAU = Tl amet a PLA AR & AZ.

“Tho Majesty of this great god taketh up its place in “the Circles of the hidden gods who are on their sand,

M

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“and he addresseth to them words in his boat whilst ““the gods tow him along through this City by means of “the magical powers of the serpent MEHEN. The name “of the gate of this City is AHA-AN-URT-NEF. The name “of this City is TEBAT-NETERU-8s. The name of the “Hour of the night which guideth this great god is “ NEBT-USHA.,” The Circles of this Division are thus described :—

Srl Stoo PANS ri dnd ER PISS) 920

eZ. onli West pels h Latif tlio

cx hone - eee =, aes | laa Oke O10 let

“The hidden Circles of Ament which are passed “through by the great god, his boat being towed along “by the gods’who dwell in the Tuat; let them be made “according to the figures [which are depicted] on the “north of the hidden palace in the Tuat. Whosoever “knoweth them by their names shall be the possessor “of swathings upon earth, and he shall not be repulsed

_“at the hidden gates, and he shall have offerings in very “great abundance regularly and perpetually.” In the middle register are :— J, The boat of the sun, in which the god stands

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under a canopy formed by the body of the serpent Mehen, being towed along by nine gods. His passage

is thus desoribed: [] | SS]! O Sar wen HAT f he BSS gly ws TAS Soe eT OAS

oS PTET ral S| fy Vee. die Snr ncm Ld Sree LOC LP

(I< fil © APIlil a lllo= cy Fe nh Ome TE SR oe aie (pay Ltt QWYAMW J Ill cael Masts! 0-3. Zoe ee ee oman pres ZY ——D rhicsS = } ee S325 rm JbN Sts Altea se aA we an wa \ promead

= © <> oOo

Se toh 4 ==} \— mie msi — SS 0 «I! SS) -<¢ Thi

me Sa BS MIS Wl? = eed

“maketh his way into this City, being towed along

“by the gods of the Tuat, in his hidden form of “Menen, This god sendeth forth a cry to the regions

AA

jay

it

TT | nae 1)

ail

The Boat of Af, the dead Sun-god, in the Eighth Hour.

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“of every Circle. “ of this City, and “also to the gods “who are there- “in, and it is the “voice of them “which this god “ heareth after he “hath sent forth “a ery to them. “The figures of “their bodies “remain always “with their dead “bodies which - “are under their “sand, and their “gates open to “the voice of “this god each “day, and then “they hide them- “selves after he “hath passed by “them. Their “work in the “Tuat is to tow “Ra along over “ the ways of this

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“City, and they “rise wp after “they have towed “him along into “this Hall, and “they say unto “him:—O thou “vod, come thou “to thine hidden “image, O our “god, and to all “the sepulchres “of KMWENTI- « AMENTI, unite “thyself strong- “ly to it, and “mayest thou “be entreated “to lighten the “darkness of “those who are “on their sands, “We beseech “thee to come “and to unite “thyself, O Ta, “to those who _ “tow theealong.” The eight gods

tHE

Kies

165

166 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

who tow along the boat of Ra are thus described:

THANE ts Ad Made Tl 4 SRR Se dR

vee ee Sl 0 aaa

“are the gods of the Tuat who tow along Ra in the “place where the gods have their sepulchres (TEBAT- “ NETERU-SET), and he is [acclaimed] by those who are * “in this City. The images secret of TATHENEN, of “ Horus (?), [and of] the gods are with them.”

2. Nine large objects somewhat in the form ‘of

the’ hieroglyphic j shems, which has the meaning of

“follower” or “servant”; unlike this sign, however, each of the nine objects is provided with a huge knife, and from the curved end of each is suspended a human head. M. Maspero is undoubtedly correct in describing these as the servants of the god. The names of the nine servants are :— oa Ol x AMEN, l re (| =) :

oo

AWA

1. HETEP-TA,

be

io)

• — . SESHETA-BAIU (?), (3 c~ le ed i}

i —— | +, SEKHEN-KHAIBIT, @ | T le aww Pott i

ou

NEB-ER-TCHER, —7 Fe 7 => <——

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9. PEREMU (?), SS AS

Of tl ds it Es ] hese gods it is said: Se wn cel

Oo 2 oe]! penn | aon Sf EE

, ww =D in oe |

An

SINS a eat e Urs sel | DL! SER RR

petal eg tho actly

A i“ 0.0 ee D row wm, “Those who are in this

Qa ph mma Ft tt

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“picture are those who are on the path along which this “god is towed, and they have their swathings before “¢hem in the form in which the god himself [had them]. “This our great god crieth out unto those who have “their life in them, in [their] heads in their forms, and “ this god crieth out to them by their names. Their work “ig [to seize] the enemies of Ra everywhere throughout “this City, and then to make their heads to pass under “their swords after this god hath passed them by.”

3. A ram, having the solar disk between his horns,

Servants of the god Ra, First form of Tathenen. £ oF -

and the symbol of linen bandages in front of him; he

: |= ‘ is an image of TATHENEN, Ws nib of whom he is ct |

the “ first form,” g KS | |: , or G. <— 1oN =

4, A ram, having the crown of the South between his horns, and the symbol of linen bandages in front of: ‘him; he is an image of TaTlENEN, of whom he is the’

“second forin,” G G oe or OG.

5. A ram, having the crown of the North between

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his horns, and the symbol of linen bandages in front of him; he is an image of TATUENEN, of whom he is the

“third form,” G . or G BQ.

6. A ram, having the solar disk and a pair of plumes above his horns, and the symbol of linen bandages in front of him; he is an image of TATHENEN, of whom

he is the “fourth form,” BO, or BECR.

The text which refers to these reads: =~ “4 @ 2 |! i a_—<— I).

AAA ANYAA

Second formof Tathenen, Third form of Tathenen, Fourth form of fathenen,

S| eee ed en ee eee

eee ae TS LOSES es ia Paro ees NG ll

14 oe aay Oe |e = Se TS PI

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bbic = | mS ——O i} 03° > Jf] ==, “Those who are I RR Lo :

nw © “in this picture in the Tuat, with their swathings of “linen in front of them, in the form in which the god “himself [had them], are they to whom he crieth out “after he hath come to the place where they are. “And they on their part ery out to this god with their “voices which are joyful but hidden, and this god “singeth a song of joy at their voices. After [this

The Circle Sesheta.

“great god] hath passed by them, and when the dark- “ness of night hath covered them over, they receive “the diadems of Ra, and the soul of TATHENEN uniteth “itself to the earth.”

In the upper register are five Circles of the Tuat, and a door, which may be thus described :—

1. This Circle, which is called SESHETA, is entered ’ through a door with the name of TES-NEB-TERER .. . .,

Y —— To ZZ, and in it are seated :—

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1. The image of Tem, ? . = » wearing the White Crown.
2. The image of KHErERA, rad 8 l. as |
3. The image of Suu, | oo ( >. eo | Each of these is seated upon an instrument for weaving, lh. The text reads: 0 SS rn awn @ 42? Aa Oo | <——> Ul aw | bb | ene 5 nnn a prune es emt SBR 21), 5 mele

1 a it oth | —

ae fe Se i <——S www ttl I rliilo

E | on Se “Those who are in this es] CT aww = O nw’?

“picture are [seated] on their instruments for weaving “(after the manner] of Horus, the heir, the youthful “one. This god crieth out to their souls after he hath “entered into this City of the gods who are on their “sand, and there are heard the voices of [those who are] “shut in this Cirele which are like [the hum] of many “ees of honey when their souls cry out to Ra. The “name of this Circle is SESHETA.”

2. This Cirele, which is called Tuat, xs is entered

through a door with the name of TES-AHA-TATHENEN,

— of? => and in it are seated:

~—D ¥ ed :—

172 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT ao ww,

I

1. The image of TEFNET, | : es! ten 2

nn) i re 5 | ‘ 2. The image of SEs, yy ! & J

3. The image of Nur, Sr o =; os

i= Each of these is seated upon an instrument for weaving. 4 ! The text reads: Sane pul 2 {0 bare | ie

| nwa

a ed @ ow ao os MOS EI | = &| |

AA PP ieee | OT 1 | am Set

The Circle Tuat.

ae Tl IN Sd eel ye ee

-WRILUS AVIS :

Sos Ja Ar. 3, er ae

WW Sa , “Those who are in this picture are mown <> O www

“[seated] upon their instruments for weaving, which “are set firmly on their sand, according to the mystery “which Horus made. This god crieth out to their

“souls in whatsoever regions they are, and there are

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“heard the voices of [those who are] shut in this Circle “which are like the sound of the swathed ones fwhen] “their souls cry out to Ra. The name of this Circle is “TUAT.”

3. This Circle, which is called As-Nrreru, h | co

Un 2. ; es is entered through a door with the name of

Ps SS | ‘ ; TES-AKHEM-BAIU, —— *@ i, and in it are S~ = 1

seated :—

The Circle Ag-neteru.

| <>

1. The image of Osis, y loos
2. The image of Isis, Das - ss | The image of Horus, ra IN hawk-headed. ——— i ee of these is seated as before. The text reads:

1 es > CO

NAA RA eal

slr efi oO 2 {hi — ap tt © law | Itt leees t SUE

Be | ante OT ENG ar

i)

feLSISVE Se LIN SS Ig i RTT SSP FP) ji seen

A° , ‘Those who are in this picture are [seated] <= 0 mw’

“upon their instruments for weaving, which are set “firmly on their sand, according to the mystery which “Horus made. This god crieth out to their souls in “whatsoever regions they are, and there is heard the

The Circle Aakebi.

“sound of the voices of [those who are] shut in this “Cirele, which is like unto the sound of men who “lament when their souls cry out to Ra. The name of

“this Circle is AS-NETERU.” bs 4, This Circle, which is called Aaxsst, IRN

= J qq Mt , is entered through a door with the. —— an name of TES-SHETA-THEHEN-NETERU, 2— ===> Gait

a, and in it are seated :— "

THE EIGHTH DIVISION—TEBAT-NETERU-S 175

1. The image of Ka-Amexter, Sp ti tb bull-headed.

2. The image of BA-NETERU, Sp ~ TH); ram-

® headed. 3. The image of REM-NETERU, ras ar | 1, ram- ° rt |

headed. Each of these is seated as before. The text reads: & a | , a poy ® cw wim woe PT | Oe | mee aaa 2 a

SS ee et Sei ro ON reid SS SP Ses a Nyy ea ae ce LEN

| Qh D. — © | «Those who are in this no ak Osan?

“picture are [seated] upon their instruments for “ weaving, which are set firmly on their sand, according “to the mystery which Horus made. This god crieth “out to their souls in whatsoever regions they are, “and there is heard the sound of the voices of those “who are shut in this Circle, which is like unto the “sounds of bulls and of other male animals when “their souls cry out to Ra. The name of this Circle “ig AAKEBI.”

5. This Circle, which is called NEBT-SEMU-NIFU,

eal 76 , is entered through a door having

eo Ws]

176 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

the name of TENS-SMA-KEKIU, —. (| 2 ¥ {| = eee ee a) > Feo, and in it are seated :—

1. The, image of Knarnt, Ww “a Ql , ichneunfon- headed.
2. The image of Arrl, Q 24, animal- headed.
3. The image of ARI-ANB-FI, l asf J wW ae ; cynocephalus-headed.

The Circle Nebt-semu-nifu,

Fach of these gods is seated as before. The text reads:

SS Il OF | | lw eee So Hy

ttl I ae | Wn Lo <> IE aw I PEt bess 1S flo |

Se te) eae OF ON maP Se So US TSS ae Se | Slo S iro!

« 4 eo 4 : eo) (he wn <> » “Those who are in this picture are nw <> O www

THE EIGHTH DIVISION—-TEBAT-NETERU-S 177

“[seated] upon their instruments for weaving, which “are set firmly on their sand, according to the mystery “which Horus made. This god ecrieth out to their “sOuls in whatsoever regions they are, and there is “heard the sound of the voices of those whe are shut “in this Circle, which is like unto the sound of those “who make supplication through terror when their “souls cry out to a. The name of this Circle is “ NEBT-SEMU-NIFU”

6. An open door, called TEs-

<= | KNAIBITU-TUATIU, er | *ER ‘ Sag :

ft 5 el 2 ie) xi , beyond which is a goddess.

In the lower register are also five Cireles, and an open dvor, which may be thus described :—

1. This Circle, which is called

Tho ae Tes-khaibitu- CI . uatiu, IIETEvET - NEB -S, =a (\ is a f{ }

centered through a door having the name of TET-sEM- aw wD, .. ERMEN-TA ‘ 5 it are :— en Sr pesany 3 i ©

awn |

1. A goddess standing upright, called Ame (2),

la

2, The serpent MEWEN-Ta, 4,

3. Three arrows lying on the top of | ; these are

the “arrows of La.”

178 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT 4. A ram-headed god, seated on I |; his name is

NEB-REKUIT, = aoa

The text reads: aio P14

alias mua | ee I ies ear awn oo

ee tomirs 4 o> Co YW Eo A asa {

The Circle Hetepet-neb-s.

Misty ay SEY 9 a Sl Se

“Those who are in this picture are [seated]

ase —_— oO mw? “upon their instruments for weaving, [which are set

“firmly on their sand], according to the mystery which “Horus, the heir, the young [god] made. This great ’ “god crieth out to their souls after he hath entered “into this City of the gods wha are upon their sand, “and when this god crieth out to them in the two “Argrit there is heard the sound of those who are

THE EIGHTH DIVISION—TEBAT-NETERU-S 179

“shut in this Circle, which is like unto the voices of

“male cats when they cry out and their souls cry out

“to Rai. The name of this Circle is HETEPET-NEB-S.” 2. This Circle, which is called H&ETEMET-KHEMIU,

x we ie qq cae ,is entered through a door having

ea <_S the name Tes-Ra-KnEFtiu-r, S~ <n «© O NN eo 12 N oa

in it are:—

1. Nut, = P bearded and man-headed.

Pa,

a aid By

as

Sesetees

The Circle Hetemet-khemiu,

2. Ta, , bearded and man-headed.

ees HRA, (ee © crocodile-headed. ; ; : 1 Oo @ |-—— The text reads: Sth @ Oo io oue Bake

usu Cw nin Ot co ito a ea | oe

bam Bam Ssh 22 | ZEB Oy BALES eS

if =

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ISeies AUS eso

“Those who are in this picture are [seated] upon their “instruments for weaving, which are set firmly on their “sand, according to the mystery which Horus made. “This god crieth out to their souls, in whatsoever “regions they are in the two Aterti, and there is heard “the sound of the voices of those who are shut in this

“Circle which is like unto. the sound of the confused “murmur of the living when their souls cry out to Ra. “The name of this Circle is HETEMET-KHEMIU.”

(

Welol Hales of

i

The Circle IIap-semu-s.

Pia a eae oO 3. This Circle, which is called Hap-semu-s, YW

• oH an

Yr mmc’ is entered through a dvor having the

name of TES-SEKHEM-ARU, =|le VRdy iF

in it are four mummied gods, each with an instrument “for weaving in front of him, and their names are :—

1. Henser, ils aie

2. SENKET, manna Bi

THE EIGHTH DIVISION—TEBAT-NETERU-S 181

? ry. a 3. “TEBAT, = J & . os

= 4, Temret, fx\ oS. oS

The text reads: pail Y) 20 O t eal i fw Se SS PA] RS A oe | sa itl a

leet Ares Fre l> Se 22mSso 2 SoVQp

as Le oe AE PS 8 ER Vee a) o—

a Pr

—+-<> 4o o. : ae ww <> “Those who are in this picture

al in “have their instruments for weaving before them, and “they are set firmly on their sand, according to the “mystery which Horus made. This god erieth out to “their souls, in whatsoever regions they are in the two « Avert, and there is heard the sound of the voices of “those who are shut in this Circle, which is like unto “the sound of the voices of those who go down to the “)attle-field of Nu when their souls cry out to Ta. “The name of this Circle is HAP-SEMU-S.”

4, This Circle, which is called SrIERT-BAIU -s,

— g a b= on & is entered through a

a (tH) 2

es door having the name of TES-SEPT-NESUT, =—

(ee Mi AS RE ; in it are four munmied gods,

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each with an instrument for weaving in front of him, and their names are :—

1. Kexv, <> >.

The Circle Asien bahia.

onttn eI |——-

The t t reads; S| ri @ ; www Fa sites noe aoe SS On aS Sem mama TS |

rt =) onl Al yslge rt 0 vn USsaTLisre RPS 2 ae DSSS”

nw 1 ww —— 0 aw’ “Those who are in this picture have their instruments

THE EIGHTH DIVISION—TEBAT-NETERU-S 183

“of weaving before them, and they are set firmly on “their sand, according # the mystery which Horus “made. This god crieth out to their souls in what- “gsoever regions they are in the two Arerti, and there “is heard the sound of voices of those who are shut in “this Circle, which is like unto the sound of the cry of “the Divine Hawk of Horus when their souls ery out “to Ra. The name of this Circle is SENERT-BAIU-S.”

5. This Circle, which is called AAT-SETEKAU, —i

The Circle Aat-setekau.

| S iS » fl 11 lis entered through a door

<= ange ig ; F - c=

having the name of TES-KIIU, SO . » | xi 1?

in it ave four wraei, each of which rests upon its

instrument for weaving, and thelr names are :-—

• _ ee

1. A&net-ANKn, l —>T

2. RERIT-ANKH, = QQ = +

184 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT,

3. NESERT-ANKIIET, =e 0 4, SEPTAT-ANKII, Bo ee O’ . ! oO The text reads: tle: eno. tS. eas | | k |

Seal Ps Bok

woven O BS! im — Sam Ga trilLolqSO6lliif‘e 1 bth oa 7

MASS ysmas cI

——<——_— OO! 1 1 2 2 « Ow [Jia Sra

a Ica 4A 8 NO ee a) 1m <> 0 >was

“ Those who are in this picture are “[seated] on their instruments of “ weaving, and they are set firmly “on their sand. This god cricth “out -to them in whatsoever “regions they are, and they shed “light by means of their radiance [which cometh] “from the depth of their mouths, but’ they do not “come forth from their Circle; and there is heard “the sound of the voices of those who are shut in “this Circle which is like unto the twittering of the “whole of the birds of a nest of water-fowl when “they ery out to Ri. The name of this Circle is “« AAT-SETEKAU,”

The door Tes-amem-mit- em-sheta-f,

THE EIGHTH DIVISION—TEBAT-NETERU-S 185

= 6. A door called TES-AMEM-MIT-EM-SIIETA-F, ——

= —— ee iN — fl — QQ 1) = . Beyond it is a figure of the god Nu, 558, he appears to be over a ber of destruction,” om the “chamber of destruction, i P

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CHAPTER IX.

THE NINTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH IS CALLED BEST-ARU-ANKHET-KHEPERU.

HAVING passed through the EicutTm Dtviston of the Tuat, the boat of the sun arrives at the NINTH Division, which is passed through hy the sun during the Nintu Hour of the night. The opening text reads :—

Si okie RE THUE Hse ts Cine SO ee es ee KIEIS Sc IS Te7 sTiSe ese Sha ° MARSTATod.

“This great god taketh up his place in this Circle,

“te NINTH DIVISION—BEST-ARU-ANKHET-KHEPERU 187

“and he addresseth words from his boat to those who “are in it. The divine sailors join the boat of this “great god in this City. The name of the gate of this “ City through which this god entereth and.taketh up “his place on the stream which is in this City is Saa- “EM-KEB; the name of this City is Brst-ARU-ANKHET- “ KHEPERU ; the name of the Hour of the night which “guideth this great god is TUATET-MAKETET-EN-NEB-S.”

The line of text which runs above the upper register reads :—

SoS SF tease AO ANS —WRODSE Ae TS!

2 OO MEY Pees NAW NW cae | OMOoMIac0n a CI

LD rr a

ST Tal Bee ee So Pere dl a Qo 4«.cC7 oo AG ae =

Nine TSaoSisre

“The hidden Circle of Amentet, through which this “great god travelleth and taketh up his place in the “Tuat. If these things be made with their names “after the manner of this figure which is depicted at “the east of the hidden house of the Tuat, and if a “man knoweth their names whilst he is upon earth, “and knoweth their places in Amenti, {he shall attain

188 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

“to] his own place in the Tuat, and he shall stand up “in all plaeecs which belong to the gods whose voices “(or, words) are madé, even as the divine sovereign “chiefs (tchatcha) of Ra, and the mighty ones of the “palace (Pharaohs ?), and [this knowledge] shall be of “benefit to him upon earth.”

In the middle register are:—

1. The boat of the sun, with the god Aru standing under a canopy formed by the serpent MEHEN.

wie ee ded! 4

The Boat of Afu, the dead Sun-god, in the Ninth Hour,

2. The Twelve Sailors of Ra, each of whom stands upright, and holds a paddle in his hands; thgjr names are :—

°

AWA

1. KHENNU, oo re) »Le., ce the sailor ” par excellence. =e 2; Axuew-snx-, | eK = =, coer
2. AKHEM-URT-F, ieee ba ee

NINTH DIVISION—BEST-ARU-ANKHET-KHEPERU 18g

Akhem-hemi-f.

Akhem-urt4,

Akhem-sok-f.

NG

at

=, OsJREH)

Dae}

Ahhem-khemes-f. © Khen-unnut-f,

Akhem-hep-f,

LIN

Neter-neteru, - Tcha-Tuat.

Hetep-uaa,.

Igo THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

4, AKHEM-HEMI-F, l S) INN wW qd ae 5. AKHEM-HEP-F, q © \ g cs

Q

6. AKHEM-KHEMES-F, l © ; (oma PS

| 7. KHEN-UNNUT-F, & * : ,_wW GA Xn

8. HEPTI-TA-F, g oh Ri sw,

9, ITETEP-UAA, eae > q IN ams,

10. Never-nerenv, ]‘] |.

. Toua-Tuar, | HAE =, 1.

The text which refers to these reads: >” | of =AlAVordse AG Ph ESOS Bl. MTPSLSC MESS, POTD Sch L’s hs Gomes en Worth sehkets -

b 6 OS oan lade AWM Ce PIAS aS i oN CS) SaoTte

— —

ay tS

NINTH DIVISION—BEST-ARU-ANKHET-KHEPERU Igt

(HIGHS E22 =

PSN AN Se sees 2 law aw

orm BURST ca Se Oo PFU Riches art ®

TEAC Saws. «tis ; nes | bilessO | “great god joineth those who will transport hin _“through this City, and his sailors join his boat “wherein he is in his hidden form of MEHEN. This “great god addresseth words to the gods who dwell “in this City, that is to say, to the gods who are the “sailors of the boat of Ra and to those who will “transport [him] through the horizon so that he may “take up his position in the eastern Hall of heaven. “Their work in the Tuat is to transport Ra through “this City every day, and they take their stand by the “stream in this City whereon [saileth] the boat, and “it is they who give water with their paddles to the “spirits who are in this City, and they sing hymns to “the Lord of the Disk, and they make to arise [his] “Soul in his forms by means of their hidden words “every day.”

3. A bearded, man-headed hawk, wearing plunes and horns on his head, seated on a basket or bowl; his

. a _ AWA * = name is MUTI-KHENTI-TUAT, INN iS dh 3 \ oa \CI 4, The ram-god NESTI-KNENTI-TUAT, couchant on a

basket or bowl.

192 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

~ r 4

5. The cow-goddess NEBT-AU-KHENTI-TUAT, — ke eo
6. A bearded god, in munimied form, called HETEPET-

ats ED NETER, =| nie or HETEPET-NETERU, a lag ram)

Muti-kbenti-Tuat.

The text which refers to these reads: Ss won

RST eeeaetnmaelies THAIS loam ads SiO TTA Seo 1d. ae

NINTH DIVISION—BEST-ARU-ANKHET-KHEPERU 193

Q

q=

pet

Nesti-khenti-Tuat,

Hetepet-neter.

Nebt-aéu-khenti-Tuat,

Oo

194 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

qm a taoajww ral a els | cin | cy co Ton a2 es —> isa

• Ki AE “Those who are in au picture in this

“City are they who give offerings of food to the gods “who are in the Tuat; Ra decreeth for them loaves of “bread and vessels of beer, and the gods journey on in “the following of this great god to the Eastern horizon “of the sky, with HetTep-NETERU-TvaT [also] following “him.”

In the upper register are :—

1. Twelve gods, each of whom is seated upon the symbol of linen swathings; their names are :—

]. NEHA-TA, Tl A Mi nae

2. TEBA, <=> J & {|

3. Maatt (or, Anrrn), o> iN q aE 4, MENKHET, a he

4. HEBs, iI “ihe

5. N. EBTI, ~~ a \

7, AstI-NETER, J ey af co

8. AstI-Paut, j mee! cma

9. HiETEMET-KHU, g j a Fe. cS ;

Maati, Menkhet.

Teba.

Neha-ta.

Asti-paut,

sae

Ty 4

fh. Temtu,

as

= -—=

tS

mm « Neb-Pat.

Hetemet-khu,

196 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

eo} 10. Nes-Pat, Sag}:

r aa) 11. ee c= e : 12. MeEn-i, = || _—d. ANA as ianoon ‘

21S Wee sedi AER ASH SLL si

at at a Pri, = NW mei LIT mH Salma Vow ead NSS] Ae gL hla Art

i tl sanoac | Wn

here te rit bso” Sc lobe 1d. te I> |? —. | Sel = i « => SS ido me * ESS O le o rt 1 | aww = ie car ot) q > “Those who are in this picture in “the Tuat are seated firmly on their instruments for

“weaving, and they are in the form of the figures “which Horus made. Ra saith to them:—O ye who

The text which refers to these reads:

NINTH DIVISION—BEST-ARU-ANKHET-KHEPERU 197

“are swathed in your holy swathings, who are arrayed “in your garments, whom Horus covered up when he “hid his father in the Tuat, which concealeth the gods; “uncover ye your heads, O ye gods, unveil ye your “faces, and perform ye the things which must be done “for Osiris! Ascribe ye praise to the lord of AMENTET, “and make ye your word madt against his enemies “every day. These beings are the échatcha (ie., divine “sovereign chiefs) of this god, and they avenge by their “words Osiris each day; and the work which they do “in the Tuat is to overthrow the enemies of Osiris.” 2. Twelve goddesses, whose names are :—

. PERIT, = QQ a. |

fom \esr] 2. SHEMAT-KHU, SS a > :

—

z mS 3. NEBT-SHAT, ‘ ao lil wos 4, NEBT-SHEFSHEFT, X— 2.

a 5. AAT-AATET, aa Ele laA= : We 1. . 6, NEBT-SETAU, a ee I.

“7. ILENT-NUT-3, 8 wan @ | : a

8, NeBT-MAT, = sty

9, T ESERT-ANT, —e— wae

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10. AAT-KHU, == a &> © ‘SS fi.
11. SEKHET-METU, Y nd | ‘SS {|

ae WWM

• 12. NETERT-EN-KHENTET-RA, => @ ©, nnn © |

— The text which refers to these reads: Sax ron

Maen || BTR Sy [Fea Se D1 els beste Fle fhe SS ee Se GPS lS lem S

tS ee ru Toe =e

“Those who are in this picture with their bodies of the “Tuat are they who are in the forms which Horus “made. This great god crieth out to them after he “hath arrived at the place where they are, and they “come to life and they hear [his] voice. Their work “in the Tuat is to raise the praises of Osiris, and to “embrace the hidden Soul by means of their words, “and to bring life and strength to the risinys of the “vod of the ‘Tuat [in whatsoever regions they are], and “they utter words on [his behalf] in the chamber each “day.”

Nebt-shofsheft,

Nebt-shat,

Shemat-khu.

Nebt-setau.

Aat-iatet.

Tel

[f-4 gay

Ave WRU CI) Le

is a

ey

+. Netert-en-khontet-Ra,

Sgkhet-metu.

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In the lower register are :-—

1. Twelve uraei, which are mounted each on its instrument for weaving, and each pours forth fire from its mouth; their names are :—

LS pie DAES eS 2. TEKAIT, Zz A Qd af).

Oe 2 eg hse ata eeo

4, Kuut-Tuat, hs eee i jae

are

aoaw 5. TERTNESHEN, Sa5

6. Ap-suer, \Y Wier.

7. ANKHET, eo o f.

8. SHEN-TEN-AMM, an Ke ° IAN ‘ An ass [a

9. AAT-AnRU, —s Sit

10. NEBT-UAUAU, = ¥) A $} A i:

11. NEBT-REKEH, oe RO! ees a ee, i

Above the uraei is a mutilated line of text, which,

, ‘ <— 1 according to Maspero’s restoration, reads: ae |

SOUPS ae Tr] dh os

NINTH DIVISION—BEST-ARU-ANKHET-KHEPERU 20I'

At Tin — A= Pl ATP eS

wre at Aat-aru. Nebt-nauau. ” Nebt-Rekeh.

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asi sb BEES Fite

ee on bo os] pat eee igs , “The names “of the uraei who Jd. fires for the god who is the “governor of the Tuat by means of the fire which is in “their mouths. They swallow their flames after this

“god hath — de then.” The text which refers to

= Toep Oe ee Lad

YY = RA Gey ZZGZ og SeE GZY ria | t 5 ae >t [SK xy

them reads:

— INNA =H We et RMBs

HeadMeltme hes Son 2 I RSS bl OL cltge duals

Uwe nig “YY, a inl GM G-*— \ZG a sa = Ag GZ

“Those who are in this picture [are] in the Tuat [and “they have bodies of fire], and it is they who lighten “the darkness in the Tuat for [Osiris] . . . by means “of the flames of fire which come forth from their” “ouths, [and it is they who bring about the destruc-

WW N \

NINTH DIVISION—BEST-ARU-ANKHET-KHEPERU 203

“tion of| those who are overthrown in the Tuat. It is “they who drive back the serpents of every kind which “are on the ground, and which are unknown in their” “forms to the god of the Tuat. They make themselves “to live by means of the blood of those whom they hack “to pieces each day [when] those advance who endow “with magical power the dead by the mystery of their “formule. Those who know this shall see their magical “formule, and shall not pass through their flames.”

2. Nine bearded gods, who stand upright; each holds the symbol of “life” in his right hand, and a staff, the upper portion of which is in the form of a wriggling snake, in the left hand. These gods are under the direction of a god in mummied form, whose name, or

2 oo — Vil

• A ; p ie, “Horus who is over the lakes in the

Tuat.” The naimes of the nine gods are :-—

1. SEKIITI, haa x“ (or O00 Aad). 2 v

2. AM-SEKHET-F, l +} Qo es a 3, N - . NEHEBETI ‘ op ee IN J a

3. TCHAMUTI, aN INN » - al \

4. Nep-Aattl, <7 l iN \ a 1

5. HkQ-NETERU-F, f a ff 2 Z

description, is HERU~-HER-SHE-TUATI,

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ly

ace ae

NINTH DIVISION—BEST-ARU-ANKHET-KHEPERU 205

Wolleese: He . :

Pers,

206 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

7. PAN-ARI, —— = Qd {|

8. Teser-Ant, S— Th |. =—

9. ANA-SEKHET, ——o ee) Qag.

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CHAPTER X.

THE TENTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH IS’: CALLED METET-QA-UTCHEBU.

HAvING passed through the NINTH Division of the Tuat, the boat of the sun arrives at the TENTH DIVISION, which is passed through by the sun during the TentH Hour of the night. The opening text reads :—

cates l oa NG ice ae ae eae ao 0 www Iw oo aw

bl SRSt IS SRM AMIT OSL T A cn REP IR PRS 8

Oc Soo

a1 \ She weal, mown <> | I oD Rate a Obi lag =4 obs “This great god taketh up his place in this Circle, “and he uttereth words to the gods who dwell therein.

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“The name of the door of this City through which this “great god entereth is AA-KHERPU-MES-ARU. The name “of this City is METET-QA-UTCHEBU. The name of the “hour of the night which guideth this great god to “the hidden paths of this City is TENTENIT-UHESET- “ KHAK-ABU.”

In the middle register are :—

1. The boat of the sun, in which the god stands under a canopy formed by the serpent Mehen; he

Ep A BS

i peo

\

holds the symbol of life in his right hand, and serpent, which serves as a sceptre, in his left. 2. A large two-headed serpent called TyEs-HRAv, ? |, which is depicted in the form of a pair of

Saece bi? horns deeply curved towards the ends where they

. meet. The head which faces to the right has on it a

White Crown, and is directly opposite to the face of a goddess, who also wears a White Crown, and is called

THE TENTH DIVISION—METET-QA-UTCHEBU 209

J, 7S

HERT-ERMENT, ; and the head which faces the

left has on it a Red Crown, and is directly opposite to the face of a goddess, who also wears a Red Crown

and is called SIEMERTI, (R, Le., “She of the two bows.

The serpent is provided with two pairs of legs; one pair is turned to the right and the other to the left

@ = shemerti. The sorpent Thes-hrau. Hert-erment.

Within the curve is a large hawk,’which bears the 1 name of HERU-KHENTI, => dh:

3. A boat, wherein lies at full length the serpent ANKI-TA, +

1 x Or, Kiient-Heru, which became oue of the Dekans among the Grecks, i.c., xovrdp; sec Masporo, op. cit., p. 127.

P

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The serpent Ankh-ta.

4, Four male figures, each of which has‘‘a disk, ©, in place of a head; each grasps in his right hand an turow, with a spear-shaped head, which rests on his shoulder, and is pointed downwards; their names are :—

1. Terruri, © . 3. TEMAU, : >.

2. Sueseri,§ ih . 4. UTU, ‘SS = >.

3. Four bearded, human-headed figures, each of which has in his right hand a short spear, which rests

Tepthra. Shesera. Temau, Utu.

THE TENTH DIVISION—METET-QA-UTCHEBU 2II

on his shoulder, and is pointed upwards; their names

are :—

1. Serv, >. 3. Kneserv,-@ |}.

ie, =— i: 2. Exvau, >: 4, SEKENNU, <a OH. . ——D NAAN

A,

Petthi, Shemerthi. Thesu. Khi-a.

6. Four bearded, human-headed figures, each grasping with both hands a bow, which he holds above his knees ;

their names are :—

1. PErtill, F ‘ 3. THESU, ‘S |. 7 c= \ ——

oes sas ae 2. SUEMERTHI, SE”. 4. Kna-4, i : — \ a) t

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The texts which refer to the above read :—1. fly >

14.2 = DIKES REULR

SVE Tort Sold ISile ho wn NES Be EST Tiere RP SP aL beh oere ens

arin 1, “This great god maketh his journey through

“this City, in this picture, in his boat, and his sailors, “who are the gods, convey him along; this [great] god “taketh up his place in this City in the water, where- “upon those who live in the water make use of their “ weapons, and they spring into life at the sound of the “ working of the sailors, who are gods, [in the boat of Ra].”

, SPS} Vase lim sy

| ww —+— I |

oP Sodio Ssoa% AHS. l (held Soe ea

Q pea aeane; LW, “Those ein are in this <— 1 xo |

“ picture are they who are on the two sides of THES-HRAU, “who is the son of SEKRI, the governor of the Tuart. “This figure (i.e., the serpent) even in the form in which

“it is, travelleth after this great god into its horizon,

’

THE TENTH DIVISION—METET-QA-UTCHEBU 213°

“and it entereth in with To in the earth every day.”

= ThSTe = nr Je Sr SPSSEAnSlM nr

oN dl “He who is in this picture in his boat

“standeth up in the thick darkness in the Hall of the

“astern Horizon, and he taketh up his position in

“his place every day; he formeth the serpent watcher

“of the Tuat in the holy place of Kuenti-AMEnt1.” HH cw <_< —

4. Se pam 2. | O iN AA iN

law <> <> flit tic

G ee le NNN

« Ca @ Xo (Oy id. aag en

aso A ll |oocqar a rey! | Vm = © HSB mm

Aww, eS — Peubb tS awa

Der SS mimi =

NAVA ANN

Tie = 8 BS ae = wm

FLEA DISOM = wa soir NS sos bh SAAS oP RRSY

214 THE BOOK_OF AM-TUAT

fo Trias JEL Bm bs SP PY LSS lt 22 Q,8)Y1 27) on

“To those who are in this picture with their arrows, “and to those with javelins, and to those with their “bows, who are in the presence of this great god, and

• “who make their appearance with him in the Eastern “Horizon of the sky, this great god saith:—Speed ye “your arrows, make ready your javelins, bend your “bows, and destroy ye for me my enemies who are in “darkness; be ye at the portal of your horizon, and “follow ye in my train when I unite myself to those “who make adoration to my flesh in the Mantir Boat. “It is they who drive back the Sept serpent of “NEHA-HRA in the thick darkness, and when this “great god passeth on into the Eastern Hall of the “horizon, they also travel on in the train of this god.” Over the upper register runs a line of text, which reads:

STE TIE

SATIS See IZ SISTYY NOY TB ALTE ASS -s1bE

THE TENTH ETISEO NT FE Ted ee er a 215

PRAM RST RAT

2 a eee » “[This is] the’ hidden Fo) RS a Ol “ Circle of Aimentet, where Kieren uniteth himself to “the form of Ra, and where the gods, and the spirits, “and the dead hasten (?) in the hidden forms of AKExr. “Tf a copy of these. things be made according to the “figures which are depicted on the east of the hidden “chamber of the Tuat, and if [a man] knoweth it, “together with the names [of the gods], he shall “journey round about and shall pass through the Tuat, and he shall not be turned back from making himself

• a companion of Ra. .

In the upper register are :—

1. The god PANKM, oy 75” Qh, who holds : in his

right hand, and | in his left. 2. *A beetle, called Kuerrr-ankn, © 0 9, apparently

pushing along a zone of sand, >, or perhaps entering the horizon. The text which refers to these scenes reads:

ambos eT hln @ of SS Ro Se 2 ee SS EST

re ae » “Those who are in this picture in the Tuat “are in the forms of (ie., they represent) the births of

“the god KuEpeER, who is carrying his horizon to this

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“City, so that he may come forth into the Eastern “ Horizon of the sky.”

3. Two serpents, standing on their tails, which cross each other near their tips. Their heads and necks are bent at right angles to their bodies, and in the space between them rests a disk; the se®pents are called

P-ankhi. Kheper-ankh.

MENENUI, ie lh > . To the right is a youthful

goddess wearing a White Crown, and to the.left is a similar goddess wearing a Red Crown; each holds the index finger of one hand to her mouth, after the manner of children, and each is depicted in the act of sitting, but lacks a seat or throne.

5

SO

atees 8 <8

The Menenui serpents and the goddesses of the South and North,

t Fr he ery

..

lar disk

6/80!

The axe of god and th

218 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

4, An axe, symbol of “god,” standing on the handle end, with a disk resting on the side edge of the head. On the left is a goddess who is steadying the axe with her left hand, and on the right is a goddess who is steadying the disk with her, right hand; the names of the goddesses are NETHETH, ==, and KENAT, l a 1; respectively. Hach goddess is depicted in

AA

the act of sitting, but lacks a seat or throne. The text

which refers to these scenes reads : &, caoele a ci | hi

4. Ca SS aes BOR

KE tS S “pete — A —i \ ca

= Limeimneli*

ba =|StSMIZURZI I: a \ i ———— i Cc

1o-—-o v7, | vee Sp aS Oe a om ¥ |) “Of those who are in this picture [the two goddesses “on] the left come forth from the double serpent “ MANENUI, and {the two] on the right come forth from “the axe Setrit. They gather together the souls on “earth, and they make pure the mighty spivits in the “Tuat by the hidden figures which are therein, and “ {afterwards} they swallow their own spirits (or, souls) “after this great god hath passed them by.”

5. Eight goddesses, who stand upright, and hold +

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in their right hands, and { in their left; they face the

ape god, whose tail is stiffened out under him in such a unuimer as to form a seat for him, and who holds the utchat, or eye of the sun, on his two hands. The first four of the godd@sses have each the head of a lioness and are called :—

“a Sexuer, Yo,

2. MENKERT, = <=, AVWAA

Sekhet. Menkert. Huntheth, Usrit.

‘ 3, HLUNTHETH, R +. = 4, Usrit, { QQ 2, .

The remaining four have the heads of women, and have the names of:— agit

1. ABET-NETERU-S | ‘ , \ | —

2. Arrr-Tatneti, es xe

220 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT a peaee | 3. ANAT, —§ = —>] +, THEMATH-ERMEN (? : ( )s __ 8

The name of the ape-god is Ar(?)-ERMEN-MAAT-F,

O : : . . Concerning the goddesses the text says: a ga A * l AYA Ae ©

Ti ote Sa Wo ww Tee hin Prt AT nd So rriage 11 er

‘Abet-neteru-s. ° Arit-Tatheth. Ahat. Themath- ermen (?). =—=_> oo, ts = ra — St \ Seo | | eet ee ee Sea ie 1g

Sh ES ee oO \fja- oO Ae Oo eae I Mies ate a 7D Xa

Stra SU SBS IS OES YL ante cs o Orel dN

=— ~_1 ~~, “To these goddesses who make the c—56

THE TENTH DIVISION—METET-QA-UTCHEBU 221

“reckoning of his Eye for Horus in the-Tuat, Ra saith :— “*Make ye strong your spirits by means of [your] “strength, and make the reckoning of his Eye for Horus, “stablish ye his Eye for Horus, and make ye Horus to “unite himself to his emanation (or, to that which “floweth from his eyes), praise ye Horus by reason of his “Kye, and stablish ye his first Eye which is in the “hands of the god AF-ERMEN-MAAT-F, and utter ye your “words on behalf of Horus, O ye who cause to come

Af-ermen-maat-f. Ermenui. Neb-aget.

“into being the becomings of created things.’ The work “which they do in the Tuat is to utter words on behalf “of his Eye for Horus, and to cause yadiant splendour “to proceed from it each day.”

6. Eight gods, each of the first seven of whom holds

• in his right hand, and (| in his left; their names are :—

1. ERMENUI, , who has the double object aS

in the place of a head.

222 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT 2. NEB-AQET, 7 jackal-headed. 42’ x § x 3. AMEN-KHU, wt &> uP hawk-headed.

4, Her-SHETA-TAUI, Oxo , man-headed. ————— 7 o_o

5. Sem-Hunu, Sir ING man-headed.

6. Amen (?)-Henru, ‘i Ri man-headed.

7. KHENT-AST-F, <— j %—, man-headed.

8. KHENT-MENT- heme, atten he god in mummied

form, like Osiris, who wears a White Crown, and grasps a sceptre, 1; with both hands,

• which project from his bandages.

; Se The text which refers to these gods reads: += (“1

21. 22> RSIS ON TUSBRmameiims TU RT one NSE ao mFS es MP RTA un SS nl Se | eS,

“Those who are in this picture in the forms which “Horus made—when this great god crieth out to them

THE TENTH DIVISION

-QA-UTCHEBU 223

METET

Sem-Hern,

Khent-ment-f

Khent-ast f.

Amen-Ieru.

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“by their names, they unite themselves and come into “life in the shades which are in the mouth of the great “god, and their souls journey onwards in his train to “the horizon. They strip the bodies of the dead of “their swathings and break in pieces the bodies of the “enemies [of Ra], and they give the order for. their “ destruction in the Tuat.”

In the lower register are :—

1. The god Horus, hawk-headed and wearing a disk, leaning on a staff.

2. Five! lakes of water, in each of which is submerged a male forin; these figures are called the “submerged,”

|

= FUND | 3. Three? lakes of water, in cach of which is a male form swimming, meee ere turned over on his breast; these are Horus. called the “swimmers,” q IAN QQ > 4, Four lakes of water, in each of which is a inale form floating on his back; these are called the

« floaters,” —— l = \ | qd >| I. The text reads: Td SAD 45 (STZ

Pe NAG OND 1? Me ~~ Aww ZY 4 Bo sae S lito co > 1 These should be four in number. 2 These should be four in number.

’ ‘ THE TENTH DIVISION—METET-QA-UTCHEBU 225

XY MAW Any AM AANA Oo 16 Maaaaans ZZ men Soe eon ofl

im Doce ii TP 1 NWA a Ne rit Gas til i (i QA ATG Pr DS \ pe tyyy ae | hike! rms MM £ ZG

— YY LY AD | > he MSHA ZVIYT

RANslR SYA IAT milly oe S1Y FR RESIS SY POSES EID BE

moe PRY NEE REE YT

cg. © 3 | Fara The above text is full of lacunae, and whole passages, consisting of several lines, are wanting; the following version from Lan- zone’s edition (Le Domicile des Esprits, pl. ii.) will be found useful in obtaining an idea of the contents of the legends which accompanied the lakes of water:

TTL BE RAYS vee Yas Ov ee eur I ia * MES eee

le OOO en aan Sent “h ca we ridt Q

ESR

~ +i ine aa | Re: “He wi

Sheu hie

eee wilt

fab b Pam s

er =eergl or

ft 4e@e

awn aww OF El ry

poftad

STE 2 ba AI?

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‘Go S? he RSIS RS SINS pSSalat? ri Boo ivi T PI tore

—S “” fon oe of Sam ge ae Pl} Sopot | 1d SF attics

d= LSS zh i Slo Sacha PAWL TIN 6 PRIN ae Ss ictal ERO V= INT oy ! Bes, Shel, “Horus saith

a those who have plunged themselves beneath the “waters, and unto those who swim, and unto those “who float in Nu of the Tuat, ‘O ye who have plunged “yourselves beneath the waters, who shine in Nu, O “ye whose hands cover your faces, who swim with “your faces turned towards the water in the Tuat, “whose cheeks are filled with water, O ye who paddle “in the waters of Nu, whose faces are turned up into

. “THE TENTH DIVISION—METET-QA-UTCHEBU 229

“the air in the following of your souls, whose souls “have been deprived of their heavenly ‘air, and who “beat the air with your hands in order to obtain it, “O make ye your way in Nu by means of your legs, “and your thighs shall not be in any way impeded. “Come ye forth in this stream, descend ye on these “ waves, fill ye Hap-ur, and arrive ye at its furrows,

Hetemit. Bekhkhit. | Tchetmit. Senthes.

“for your members shall not perish, and your flesh “shall not decay, and ye shall have dominion over your “water, and ye shall have abundance according to my “command, O ye whose duty it is to dwell in Nu, “together with those who have plunged themselves “beneath the waters, and are in [his] following, and “ whose souls have life.” 5. A lake of water.

230 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT 6. Four female figures, each bearing a serpent on her head and shoulders; the head of each reptile is raised

above the head of its bearer, and its tail hangs down her back ; their names are :-—

1. Heremit, i QQ a

2. BEKHKHIT, J ; a

oad

i a

2 iit

Set-neheg,

a 3. TCHETMIT, =) qq 2, i> §

pee 4, SENTIES, “ nw al

The text reads: Sey Helles Sf] O

Am

Pe Pe RPS a

Itteari

‘THE TENTH DIVISION—METET-QA-UTSCHEBU 231

HOM SISSel Tht

ka <> —h —— aw 7-7) Saw ots. (alee sth. “Those who are in this picture are they whose forms “(or, figures) live by their heads. It is they who shed “light upon the road of Ra in the thick darkness, and “when he cometh forth into the Hall of the East, Ser “waketh up and travelleth on with him.”

7. A sceptre, t surmounted by the head of Set; its

——_

AANA naime is SET-NEHES, or it (, i.e., “Set who wakens.”

( 232 )

CHAPTER XI. »

THE ELEVENTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH IS CALLED RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU.

THE ELEVENTH Division of the Tuat, which is passed through by the Sun-god during the ELEventH Hour of the night, is introduced by three lines of text, which | read :— ;

2 Ome Late bmn NS Se ISSlUSenitsimllJE mo] IS eh ad es eS INS Sees SIPS Ain

PIM S RI RSS AUN GD

ca : hom. a Alko “up his position in this Circle, and he addresseth

, “The Majesty of this great god taketh

ELEVENTH DIVISION—RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU 233

“words unto the gods‘

“who are in it. The “name of the gate of “this City through “which this great god “hath entered is “SEKEN-TUATIO® the “name of this City is “ RE -EN - QERERT- APT- “KHATU; the name of “the hour of the night “which guideth this “great god is SEBIT- “ NEBT - UAA - KHESFET- “ SEBA-EM-PERT-F.”

In the middle register are :—

1. The boat of the sun, in which stands the god under a canopy formed by the body of the serpent Mehen; on his head are horns and a disk. On the high prow of the boat is a disk, encircled by a uraeus, which is

called PEstu, —— 0 Sai The text paren

—kiiial NN ? illblE=t o/ deol,

— A are ISS “ES, —

‘S

ck

aos Bi a = }s7 pl- % alt lei

Tali imum

The Boat of the Sun in the Eleventh Division of the Tuat.

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= 1o~“ o—- o ZBi’oa lee = gQ wn Y) |

A MW ol Qo ws J He “en ft) ea on <=> a b£aaw] a a | s——2 | | | Moai o re

0 K oMsts oS 073 1

SEI holt bird, ome eeu

“ god journeyeth on his way in the City in this picture, “and his sailors, who are the gods, guide him into the “eastern horizon of the sky. The star PesteT which “is on its boat guideth this great god into the ways of “the darkness which gradually lightens, and illumineth “those who are on the earth.”

2. Twelve gods, who march before the boat of the god bearing the serpent MEINEN on their heads; their names are :—

3. MEnnNI, « QQ.

4. SEMSEM, Sp, Spt.

eee 3. SEKNENNU, @ &,. Cara

4, SHETU, am » *

5, Ama, l iN ING 7

6. Amu, Q iN >». <—

7. ERTA, ai

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8. SHrru, ANS O ie 9, NETEKU, = =}.

9. ATHPI, Lae QQ. _

10. ERMENU, <> 5, 12, Fa(?), a0:

The text reads: Ss i” O | wana a]

aww Co > | | ca

=F ant > a aU Se gece i UL Lee Uae n

rm NEE es, ean, bt Do (coho 2 wer | ~ ie ra ee eR SE ihe: > HIT I III I aw | tl =—_ *n woe oe pam a fl SL [oem Seat foes ——1 OS 4 Ss Ls Se ee ES ah OS eee oP eee —> {Ga oO ty en Roe = ime Sn ae moma IN BG baa ore euiTiss Wca = fifa mon tS \ A Baa SAN a = pea ene pa co b OO OQ ee Tm Ss anton \oo= JS { O

ELEVENTH DIVISION—RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU 237

— war tm 2 . all > aa a “Those who are in a SA a (O C2’

“ this picture are in front of this great god, and they carry

• “the serpent Mehen-ta on their heads into this City, and “they travel onwards in the following of Ra into the “ Eastern Horizon of thesky. This god crieth unto them “by their names, and he decreeth for them what they “have to do. And Ra saith unto them:—‘O ye who “keep ward over your serpent-figures with your two

Sem-Nebt-het. Sem-shet.

“hands, lift ye up your heads, whose hands are strong, “whose feet are firm, who perform the journeyings “which ye are bound to make, who make long your “steps as ye go, unite ye yourselves to your offerings in “the Hall of the Eastern Horizon.’ Their work is to “mako the serpent Mehen to travel to the Eastern Hall “ of the Horizon, and they unite themselves to their habi- “tations after this great god hath passed through the “ darkness and hath taken up his place in the horizon.”

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co :

3. The serpent SEM-SHET, Sp ae On his back

rests the Red Crown, and in an angle of it is a human head.

4. The serpent SEM-NEBTIET, Sp ine On his back

rests the White Crown, from each side of which projects a bearded human head. The text reads:

yA Pllc bse se se ES

Shit Mi STS Weld.

2 =

asso eli ier me lillies oe

• 1 aN eo 3 7

Spr] 1 © ©, “[These are] the hidden images of [c— A

“Horus which are at the second door of the thick “darkness, [on] the holy road to Sait (Sais), When “this great god crieth out to them (ie. to the two “serpents) these hidden heads make their appearance, “and then they swallow their own forms (ie., they “ disappear).” 5. NeitH of the phallus, © , wearing the Red: Crown. AWM Pe . 6. NziTH of the Red Crown, = Y, wearing the Red Crown. . Am . 7. Netra of the White Crown, _ J , Wearing the

White Crown.

ELEVENTH DIVISION—RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU 239 z MA : : 8. NeitH the Young, wearing the White Se <>!

Crown. The text reads: ee (ccd 2. | O xe lwo Coad

2pm BS 1 es hrm

Fee [= Di deena

oa Nh. « fe wale Ze. ‘ i~ Q @ iS) “Those who are in a 40 6 a “O:

Neith the Young. Neith of the Neith of the Neith of the White Crown. Red Crown, phallus.

“this picture of [this] door [are] in the form which “Horus made; when this god crieth out to them “by their names they spring into life at the sound “of his voice, and it is they who guard the holy “gate of the city of Sarr (Sais), which is unknown, “and cannot be seen, and cannot be looked at.” Above the upper register is a line of text, which reads A o Beaman h oF | o9g— <—S>CI 64 300A law 1 <—

SLMS TUSASIAT erat Care es PENCIL SsIFEILSOMGL

aoe 5 s= =|, “(This is] the hidden Circle

“of the Tuat through which this god maketh his “journey so that he may come forth into the Eastern “ Horizon of the sky; it swalloweth eternally its images - “(or, forms) in the presence of the god Reku(?), who “dwelleth in this City, and then it giveth them to “those who are born and come into being in the earth. “Whosoever shall make an exact copy of these forms “according to the representations of the same at the “eastern [portion] of the hidden Palace of the Tuat, “and shall know it, shall be a spirit well equipped “both in heaven and earth, unfailingly, and regularly “and eternally.”

In the upper register are :— , , 1

1. The god Apgr-wri-veb-ronerra, “D _@ =)\ ’ OS ==

above whose body, at the neck, is a disk from which proceed two human heads, the one wearing the White Crown and the other the Red Crown; in his right

hand he holds the sceptre ‘, and in the left the

ELEVENTH DIVISION—RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU 241 ‘ he emblem of “life,” . The text reads: Ss ww, Sa TT lf 0 ~— ae = A. abl a we INN TONS re | wa awn © on oA = qn Oo

Ke, “He who is in this picture standeth up for Ra, co

“and he never departeth from his place in the Tuat.” 2. A huge serpent, with two pairs of human feet and legs, and a pair of large wings. By its side stands a god with a disk 5: upon his head, and on each side of his head is an utchat, F;; his hands are stretched out at right angles to his body, and each hand touches the end of one of the serpent’s wings. The text reads:

SSS 2LS

Se eH SS ae | he (?) ri

Sr <= Se

@ 1? “When this god crieth out to him that is in

The god ‘Aper-hra-neb- tchetta,

“this picture, the form (or, image) of the god Tem pro- “ceedeth from his back; but afterwards it swalloweth

“itself (ie., disappeareth).” The words ae Ep

&e., may form the name of the winged serpent. 3. A serpent, with a mummied god seated. on his R

242 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

back; above the god is written “ TCHET-S,” Le., “its body,” and by the tail of the serpent TD y&

It” The text reads:

a 1) NN —— Ss ae Foe A

SS < ocU lc rc KI so D

m™

is SHETU,

MES ARR a)

A

—p Yl L

Fi

ms

3

S

Ae

e

7,

fe {o

ct | m4 I> “ TCHET-S

“herself is , above “the stars (ie., the “eight stars which “are about the “heads of the two “serpents); her “work is to cast “the living ones to “ Ra every day ; she “then swalloweth

ELEVENTH DIVISION—RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU- 243

“her forms in this City of the ELeventn Hour, [and “she is] one of those who follow the god.” r

4. The god TeEpul, g, ie., the “Two-headed”; one head faces to the right and the- other to the left.

5. The god KHNEM-RENIT, 6 = o, ram-headed, A holding | in his right hand, and $ in his left.

6. The god Nenrta, —-

with both hands veined ta

adoration. —_— 7. The god AAUI-F-EM-KHA- ($s fern CC 2 r ~~ Xa <> ho h 5 ran put NEF | aw, Who has 4 ? 1 om ? oh a

two snakes’ heads in the place of a human head; his hands and arms are concealed.

8. The god Apr-Taut, V

bBo

3 his hands and arms are rie gaa vena: concealed. 9. The god MER-EN-AAUI-F, ———, in form similar

• awn Ace to the preceding. NAW : ; F

10. The god Av-ey-Aiur, | > ——I x—, in similar anal form. : al…

11. The god Reset-Aru (2), db q jim similar form.

12. The god TUA-HERU, 5 ING in similar form.

244 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

13. The god Mai, =”, i een
14. The god MESEKHTI, iy © ING

; ,% 0

15. The god Heri, g

The text which refers to these reads: a rr @ || Mow La <> |} |

arr; ee

Aaui-f-em-kha-nef. Nerta, Khnem-renit.

MY we oot oa

new

poet oe pace oe ree fe

sp My Se Shs Ge Sore aaa

Unf ’s Fries IHabSi

Wtblo oa tt tos

JLSTRM eS Pee

QERERT-APT-KHATU 245

-RE-EN-

ELEVENTH DIVISION–

w|

tu tei

=f

me, |

Ue:

Apt-taui.

Au-en-aaui-f, Mer-en-aaui-f.

Teset-afu.

li

il

Tua-Heru,

Mesekhti.

Hopi.

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rid Tale © Ae ve TB Se

I ! | ! nwa | mow | im |

po | FF Ry Yoo COS meme mamey Ten ttl 1 A wa

eS AS) l=] mS Pre oe eb Sop Esa A aS ro | Qo=— © \weoOta A @

ot

ww oe eV CIS SMS

ee ee ———

WW ma <> <> Coa “picture doth this great god call by their names, “fsaying]:—‘My hidden appearances and my secret “radiance cause your life, O ye who advance to your “shadows, who are free to move or are shrouded in “respect of the arms by the Form ‘in his holy places, “whose breaths are of the utterances of my mouth, “which giveth life and ye speak therewith, whose “offerings are on my boat whereon your souls live, ye “who have water at the source(?) of Nu wherein the “dwellers in the Tuat wash with shouts of joy, perform “that which it is your right to do, and let your souls “be in the following of [my] created things.’ Their “work in the Tuat is to make to advante the hidden . things of this great god to the hidden House each “day when they appear with this great god in the “upper heaven.”

16. A goddess, seated on the backs of two serpents,

» “Those who are in this

ELEVENTH DIVISION—RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU 247 —

Mer-ent-noteru, Nert-abui,

248 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

which lie side by side, and appear fo issue from her feet; her left hand grasps the body of one serpent, and her right is held up before her face. Her name is NEBT-ANKHIU, rs 7 IL. In front of her are three

other goddesses, who are similarly seated; their names

Qa { = ANA a - — are NeBI-KHU, &> |, NERT-Abur, = i a

and MER-ENT-NETERU, mean | He The text reads:

sari re | Oe | wae Se [5m SS

hadewees es eth Itt ie

ed Were | D2 asi eee aE pe (Sri wre Salles Tio Wor Sl esti

“Those who are in this picture have their arms on the “earth and their feet and legs in the darkness. When “this great god crieth to them in their own bodies, “they utter cries; they do not depart from their “places, but their souls live in the word of the forms “which come forth from their fect everyday. When “the shades appear, the winds which are in the Tuat “cease from the faces of these goddesses.”

In the lower register are :—

1. Horus, hawk-headed and wearing a disk, leaning

ELEVENTH DIVISION—RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU 249

with his right shoulder upon a long staff, and hold- ing in his left hand a boomerang, one end of which is in the form of a ser- pent’s head.

2. A huge ser- pent, called the “Everlasting Set,”

—h - Y’s standing

upon his tail.

Horus and the serpent Set-heh.

3. A large pit, with a vaulted roof, filled with fire,

‘ ‘ § { - : wherein “the enemies,” xa. 1, of Ra are being

consumed; the name of the pit is HATET-KETITS,

The pit of fire, Hatet-ketits.

250 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

ST Ml = Wl and is presided over by a goddess with the head of a lioness, who == holds in her hands a large knife, and pours fire into it from her mouth.

4, A smaller pit, with a vaulted roof, filled with fire, wherein “the enemies” are being consumed; the name of the pit is HATET-HANTU-S, Pears flo, and it is presided over by a goddess with a human head, who holds in her hands a large knife, and pours fire into it from her mouth.

5. A pit similar to the above, wherein “the souls,”

Se pv being consumed;

the name of the pit is HAT-NEKENIT,

ya ud—

and it is presided over by a goddess LS ateg cose as in No. 4. The pit of fire, Hat-nekenit.

of fire, Hatet-hantu-s,

ELEVENTH DIVISION—RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU 251

6. A similar pit, wherein “the shades (or, shadows) s are being consumed; the name of the pit is Hat-

, =e a ate ‘ NEMMAT-SET, P => lax in (E>? and it is presided over by a goddess as in No. 4.

7. A similar pit, wherein “the heads,” wae » are

being consumed; the name of the pit is [[AT-sEFU-s,

The pit of fro, Hat-nemmat-set. The pit of fire, Hat-sefu-s,

ane er — ” a = ( and it is presided over by a goddess as in No. 4.

8. A very large pit, with a vaulted roof, filled with fire, in which are immersed, head downwards, four male figures; the name of this pit is ANT-SEKDETU,

I, 269 1, Le, “the valley of those who are

turned upside down.”

252 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

9. Four goddesses, each one with the sign for “eastern desert” on her head; their names are :—

10. PEsI, ee QQ.

11. REKILIT, =e QQ a,

2 ox 3. HER-SHAU-8, — a -,

4. SAIT, & Qd a,

5. The god Her-vru-r, VSP!!! holding a VW * sceptre, i; in his left hand, and the sign of “life,” t,

in his right. The text reads: cine q fe moo SO a a Wi

A Dri fd VSO NR ER QUREUSTISPA OD! SRS we lA Rolo daa J@oQT oe amass Slee ode Tell 8

os fA == = ——- BLU AW oom Oo. awn oo ae GO yy Lb law ell loo a ee

SIP RIT Rohe

Ant-sekhetu,

Tho pit of fire,

Rekhit. Pesi.

Her-shiu-s.

EN I

a

Bait.

The god Her-utu-f,

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SAA BS fers] De Mesa SP —mJsShtKRT2RA

Sen = | meal em”

al +4 esa m 0a oS Lh — Sa SL wr CTO SS. ww “Sf x o—woIlhiti1oo;™

ene Pine sai ASS

‘RSID SERIAAIY Lae DS Woods rT AS BT YATE SMS AL 2 , ae aS ed

JENS TTS ra tom

“The Majesty of this god uttereth thé decree, [say- “ing]:—‘Hack in pieces and cut asunder the bodies “of the enemies and the members of the dead who “have been turned upside down, O my father Osiris Ab 6 fie ar Ne tte: date and let me come forth from it. My

ELEVENTH DIVISION—RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU 255

“father having [once] been helpless hath smitten you, “he hath cut up your bodies, he hath hacked in picces “your spirits and your souls, and hath scattered in “pieces your shadows, and hath cut in pieces your “heads; ye shall never more exist, ye shall be over- “thrown, and ye shall be cast down headlong into the “pits of fire; and ye shall not escape therefrom, and “ye shall not be able to flee from the flames which are “in the serpent SET-HEH.

“The fire of HERT-KETTUT-S is against you, the “flames of HERT-HATU-S are against you, the blazing “heat of HERT-NEMMAT-S is against you, HERT-SEFU-S “is against you, and she stabs at you, and hacks you “in pieces, and cuts you up in such wise that ye shall “never again see those who are living upon the earth.’

“ As for those who are in this picture in the Tuat, it “is the Majesty of Heru-Tuati who giveth the order “for their slaughter each day.

“Those who are in this picture, who are depicted “with the enemies of Osiris of the Tuat, and with “ HER-UTU-F, who is the guardian of this Circle, live by “means of the voice of the enemies, and by the cries of “entreaty of the souls and shadows which have been “placed in their pits of fire.”

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• CHAPTER XII.

THE TWELFTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH IS CALLED’ THEN-NETERU.

Tue TwetrTu Division! of the Tuat, which is passed through by the Sun-god during the TWELFTH Hour of the night, is introduced by three lines of text, which read :—

= Gla Pt BO BN SS en SpanobThane 1 aon BN Rui # Bo 0 mn a

Fa|2 Tosh y =k

peso ye tte ren KS FE We See et => Sal f), i ween BR aa sr(o= Zh el ‘

! 14 See Lanzone, Domicile, pl. v.

. THE TWELFTH DIVISION—-THEN-NETERU 257

“The Majesty of this great god “taketh up his position in this “Cirele, which is the uttermost “limit of thick darkness, and this “great god is born in his form of “Khepera in this Circle, and Nut “and Nu are in this Cirele for the “birth of this great god when he “eometh forth from the Tuat and

“taketh up his position in the ”

“Matet Boat, and when he riseth “up from the thighs of Nut. The “name of the Gate of this City is “‘THEN-NETERU. The name of this “City is KUEPER - KEKIU - KIIAU - “mestu. The name of the hour of “the night wherein this god cometh “into being is MAA-NEFERT-RA.”

Above the whole scene is a line of hieroglyphics, which describes it as :—

4 Sesleri lee — CI es | C—O ots

1 oo as <a (oe ed “sayy =

URE

4. 2 FE] = CIs *E2 js ik le => 4 =e 2 28 =9 sr Sez SSM ae ‘= SS Pee ii oF 445 & SS 3 ie lie [—— 2 omen | Gi | oon
5. ES ee ke oe

m

E e 258 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT Malwe2Ea The wo fron Oly ws = iN x”

“The hidden Circle in the Tuat wherein this great “god is born; he cometh forth into the pool of Nu, “and he taketh up his place in the body of Nut. “Whosoever shall make a copy thereof according to “the copies which exist in writing upon the east [wall

rail

The Boat of the Sun in the last hour of the Night,

. ©@ “of] the palace, and shall know it upon earth, it shall “act as a magical protector for him both in heaven and “upon earth.” In the middle register are :— <

1. The boat of the sun,‘in which stands the god under a canopy formed by the body of the serpent Mehen; on his head are horns and a disk. ’ In the

fore part of the boat is the beetle of Kuep[r]A, . IF

» THE TWELFTH DIVISION—-THEN-NETERU 259

ie., Kheperé, which takes the place of the solar disk that rested on the prow of the boat in the Eleventh Hour.

The text reads: bows Noe aN Re NES NOC a Se SAPERINS TIANA ~oane VAT d tine Ug

SPEMRVLTORT

Leas 21 an at

peor Sae 21 B62 [est Je]

, MM a FZ AS, =—> a | ? “This great god in this picture journeyeth along “through this City by means of the faithful servants “(amkhiu) of this hidden image ANKH-NETERU. His: “gods draw him along by a cord, and he entereth into “his tail and cometh forth from his mouth, and cometh “to the birth under the form of Khepera, and the gods “who are in his boat [do] likewise. He taketh up his “place on the face of the hidden image of the horn (or, “ forehead) of the sky at the end of the thick darkness, “and his hands seal up the Tuat. Then this great god “taket) up his position in the Eastern Horizon of “heaven, and Shu receiveth him, and he cometh into “being in the East.”

-* 260 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

2. Twelve gods, who are occupied in towing along the boat of the Sun, each with his head turned behind him and looking at the boat; their names are :—

3. HeEru, DD:

4. SHEMSU, i.

5. THENA, oo d. TAA AT 4, Bra, 5| a.

6. Au-aNKUIU-F, Jo > + | es

7. SEBEIU-F, (J QI Xo,

8. AHA-RER, ° =

9. Aucuur, 4 4.

9, Nep-Amaky, <7 4,

10. Sexr(?), a QQ. MAM

• An

11. HEQ-NEK-MU, i wr

ma 12. Au, l >.

The text which refers to these reads ns AA

Sec Mowe ey BP we A A DES oe HS

THE TWELFTH DIVISION—THEN-NETERU 261

aii eo NT en RUS mS AIS LH} eae 7 | SERRA:

de Sioa Pelle: BS NG oe |

“Those who are in this picture draw this great god “through the tail (or, bowels) of the serpent Ankh- “neteru. The loyal servants of Ra who are in his “following are the product of his hands, and they are “born on the earth each day after the birth of this “great god in the eastern portion of the sky. They “enter into this hidden image of Ankh-neteru in “the form of loyal servants, and they come forth in “the renewed forms of Ra every day. When they “tarry upon the earth it is an abomination to them to “utter the name of the god.”

3. The monster serpent Ka-EM-ANKH-NETERU,

Lt ! 7 4. Twelve goddesses, who are occupied in towing the boat of the sun through the body of the serpent

KA-EM-ANKII-NETERU; each has her head turned behind . . ‘ e her, and is looking at the boat. Their names are :—

1. Srat, Cc F a

“W

ZY 2. KHERU-UTCHAT, eZ Ces

262 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT 3. KuHET, S g. a

“~~ 4, SPERT-NETER-S, ‘| . aA

5. NEBTAMT, bey q +}.

6. NEB-TCHETTA, 7 =) :

a

7. Herit, g a Qd es

= a 8. ANKIHET-ERMEN, + . vr a 9. KMERUT-TEP (?), \ a 24nS .

10. HETEP-EM-KHUT-S, — IN cO3 . F a DO So

11. BET-NETER-S, J a 1 .

7 ; ‘ os 2. 12. TESER-ABT, —— uy a J. <—

The text relating to the serpent reads: S&S i ani SP FT, I o-—= 9 a a SS

It! A A pon SE RM Sy,

ame ae Ca =—]co.6a 0 eyo

FUleNSoh See LRA BSS: HERI ahah LV Aithod

HIRES Cee PSTN EE SEL

oy

c

Sf hd ees

ls Twelve gods of the last hour of the night

Wh “A ——

A

K

A

MOA SSSSSEULSSS eT

Twelve goddesses of the last hour of the night.

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b$rpald Gs wes, “ Those

“who are here are they have their bodies, and “they come forth in tho following of this great god “into heaven. This is the hidden image of the “serpent Ankh-neteru, which is by his den in the “Tuat, and he resteth in [his] place every day. This “great god speaketh to him in [his] name of Na, “fand the space covered by] his forepaws and legs is “one thousand three hundred cubits long……. “he liveth upon the sound of the rumblings “of the earth. The servanis who are loyal to his “service come forth from [his] mouth every day.” The text relating to the twelve goddesses reads: Sas ior 2 iI wn wen OO mown tI | oe | ere eae

• sa A mS Te

Fy OSREERAPTA SE Pe SSN SIN FRMAL EDF ODP SRE PA PETA

IN iS oy “Those who are in this picture take the =~

=

‘towing rope of the boat of Ra when it cometh forth

THE TWELFTH DIVISION—THEN-NETERU 265

nM

“from the serpent ANKI-NETERU, and they tow this “reat god into the sky, and lead him along the ways “of the upper sky. It is they who make to arise in “the sky gentle winds and humid breezes, and it is “they who order those who live [upon earth] to place “ themselves in the great boat in the sky.”

In the upper register are :-—

1. Twelve goddesses, each of whom stands: upright, and bears on her shoulders a serpent which belches forth fire from its mouth; their names are :—

=e Nz hele BE ee

Six goddesses with fiery serpents.

1. Nerert-KHAv, To B iN I. £2. Kner (?)-UAT-EN-RaA, = tt os

ww €! 3. NEBT-SESHESH-TA, Pm 4 ==,

| a4. NEFERT-HER-TEPT, Jo Sg © I. vd

5, SEUATCHET-ATEBUI-PET, | a . —_

266 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT 6. HAT-EM-TAUI-S, g = IN ess a epee

7. QAT-EM-SEPU-S, { IN . Soe 8, SEKHET-EM-KHU-S, Y § INN & eerees GO iy

“9, HLAAT-EM-SEPU-S, g rae {| INN @ll . a ——

10. Knet-Ankil (?)-F, . me | (2) ane

The text reads; Ss sw mann eyo oS 2

i SIS RAITT AE a eae S oO Sy wn NEF Tae Oo

nea lawn wow I td

SQUATAR LAME

are ren Oe NS

‘THE TWELFTH DIVISION—THEN-NETERU 267 <—_ aR et ae NN pee) || Pe Mma OMe (TA <—o

a

een Eh Tn INES

Oc} ees CtI o Ont: @ NS

4 Cn same

ww Cte eo ea ESO OSS 1 etl

Ti = TORS | Sel - As

oT] es 3 25 oa

AIRSET DMR wm NOP A aan le faitoa Sore

H ~ UR Y oS , “Those who are in this picture

“with their own bodies, and from whom their uraci “emerge, are in the following of this great god when “he setteth out for this City. They follow after this “god, and the flames which issue from their mouths “drive away Apep on behalf of Ra into the Hall of “the East of the Horizon. They journey round about “the upper heavens in his folfowing [remaining] in “their places, and they restore these gods after this “oreat god hath passed by the hidden chamber of the “sky, and then they take up their positions [again] in “thoir own abodes. They give pleasure to the hearts “of the gods of Amentet through Ra-Heru-khut, and “their work upon the earth is to drive away thpse who

268 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

“are in the darkness by the flames of their uraei which “are behind them, and they guide Ra along, and they “smite Apep for him in the sky.”

2. Twelve gods, each of whom stands upright, and has both hands raised in adoration before him; their names are :-—

1, NEB-ANKII, <7 +.

2 Hr, 1a NY}

Six gods who praise Ra at dawn,

3. Nus-Aa, >) {|

4, Nes-Tuat, <7 * | i. atl

5. NETCHEM-AB, ; || ty.

6, Has, § —a \ ©. ow % Ua-as, £6) Als- cae: Hunnu, <f p.

“THE TWELFTH DIVISION—THEN-NETERU 269 iio he et Ee Be 9, SENSABT, www “i J 2, ees OIF! 10. MA-TEPU-NETERU, dae

. I 11. THES-TEPU-NETERU, mo= © | | ne

12, Huxenu, § T° Q. .

The text reads : ee rao A fo

Six gods who praise Ra at dawn,

Trae IK cone WEY S Pn Lr? AES A ete Pag (Neos ft ene ETAT SE TONE os LS Kid

270 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

=o iim 2 Ae iva I” } eum oat EE ot (oe ah Hl

NE TA Sera \eres ABOLRERAALSo

“Those who are in this picture sing praises unto this “ great god from dawn, when he taketh up his position “in the Hall of the east of the sky. They say unto “Ra, ‘O thou who art the producer of [thine own] “birth, who dost bring into being [thine own] being, “lord of] homage of every soul….. , Heaven be- “longeth to thy soul, which taketh up its place therein, “and the earth belongeth to thy body, thou lord of “homage. Thou sailest: over the Horizon, thou takest “up thy place in thy shrine, the gods in their bodies “praise thee; descend thou into the sky and take thou “thy two souls through thy magical protectors.’ The “work of these gods in the Tuat is to praise this great “god, and they stand in this City and they count up “(or, verify) the gods of the country of Mafket (i.e., “Sinai). They descend (?) to earth [before] Ra after “he hath taken up his position in the sky and doth “rise upon the eyes of mankind in their circles.” In the lower register are :—

1. The god Nu, 556, holding 4 and $ in his left and right hand respectively.

THE TWELFTH DIViSION—THEN-NETERU 271

i)

2, The goddess Nur, eee holding | and 9. 3. The god Henu, RR SS holding { and - &, ha foddess ie HUT, Rf > 2, holding { and ae

5. The god Teal, <=> J & QQ, man-headed, and

holding an oar, or paddle.

¥ cc —— ~ <— @A

The gods who receive Ra. A god of a paddle,

mm om G. The god QastErstEr, " » man-headed

and holding a paddle. — 7. The god NEuut, TO » Nd, crocodile-headed, %

and holding a paddle. 8. The god Ni, ww Q), with the heads of {wo birds,

and holding a paddle. , 9. The deit MEKHER, @ i he deity NESMEKHEF, ek ae in the

272 THE BOOK’OF AM-TUAT

form of a scrpent, which pours forth fire from its mouth.

10. The god NEBA-KHU, J fl & » man-headed, and holding a paddle.

11. The god KNENTI-THETUH-F, dh a Nes, man- Cra AnH headed, and holding a paddle.

12. The god Ani-As, ° py, man-headed, and holding a paddle.

13. The god Tuati, Ban —, man-headed, and

holding a paddle. 14—23. Ten gods, each with his hands raised in‘ adoration ; their names are :—

TES-kKIIU, S~ =

THEMA-RE, wore

AAKUEBU, le Q J.

eee

SEKIENNU, @ > : NWA

ERMENU, ~~ > :

‘) . KHENNU-ERMEN, wae r~S.

ANA Buna, J Ta.

—=— KHU-RE, &> i

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oe lNoL chal i INNING

Silnalg b= = = df. Nee

ape obs

at iS = Ui otfa eee

Gods of paddles,

eget

Gods who praise Ra at sunrise,

Gods of paddles,

alu

ee —

\\c30°0 [ik

0 1e’&

Gods who praise RA at sunrise.

274 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

ATHEP, ne

AM-NETER, {FF .

The texts relating to these gods read :—1. Ss foal Ze AAA a 9

WS 12. Moe Mivtea Ollica

co

<=

sid) \ oa oO |on | —_f)

QareteeHtSigawererTrT

S FSS ue eee) 22

7 — + & —e4 a

Gods who praise Ré at sunrise.

Him ate ernie a

I As = “Those Teese ‘wit Pt

“who are,in this picture in their own bodies join “themselves unto Ra in the sky to receive this “great; god at his coming forth among them in the “east of the sky each day. They themselves belong “to their Halls of the Horizon, but the forms which

THE TWELFTH DIVISION—-THEN-NETERU 275

they have in the Tuat ee to} this Circle.” 9, Ss wm NAVA

So wee | ae ten foo EES opel Te AAS wa oo) Reo mens NG SARS TS — INF I

Oe Se a SB wee

“ “Those who are in thig picture with their paddles drive “ Apep to the back of the sky, after the birth of the god. “Their work is to hold up the Great Disk in the Eastern “Horizon of the sky every day. Behold the serpent “SENMEKHEF which burneth up the enemies of Ra at “the dawn! These gods go round about the heights of “heaven in the following of this great god every day, “and they receive their protection for this Circle.”

2. Sm h SHIOPROCL A Cho APU Ha |} ASAE ee

OS havo DIS FS AS

276 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

PO fe iee Shot NAAT eo 8 hr ASP} AES I IS FSP oreo Lae Te oPl tN SP LIGy 2 wos _ Tikte SMS BS

|

(Na IMALSH TO ASE

meen “Those who are in this picture are behind “the image of Osiris, who is over the thick darkness. “These are the words which this god saith unto them “after this great god hath journeyed by it:—*‘ Life [to “thee], O thou who art over the darkness! Life [to thee] in all thy majesty! Life [to thee], O governor “of Amentet, Osiris, who art over the beings of “Amentet! Lifeto thee! Life to thee! O thou who “art over the Tuat, the winds of Ra are to thy nostrils, ‘Cand the nourishment of Kheper is with thee. Thou “livest, and ye live. Hail to Osiris, the lord of the “living, that is to say, of the gods who ase with Osiris, “and who came into being with him the first time.’ “Those who are behind this hidden Image in thjs “Circle wherein he liveth have their nourishment ‘from the words of this god in their own Tuat.”

278 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT SPT RI MISES Ror d SH LOA

a FAS thel=b é \ =: Wal 2 “He who is in this picture in

“the invisible form of Horus in the thick darkness, “is the hidden image which Shu lifteth up beneath “the sky, and KeB-UR cometh forth in the earth in “this image.”

24. The end of the Tuat, which is represented by a semi-circular wall or border formed of earth and stones, or perhaps’ granite. At the middle point of this border is the disk of the sun which is about to rise on this world, and joined to it is the head

of the “image of Shu,” .~ f, with his arms stretched out along the rounded border of the Tuat. Above his head is the beetle, symbol of Khep[er], A oe who has

emerged from the boat of the Sun-god, and below is the “image of Af,” <> Q, that is to say, the body of the night Sun-god, which has been cast away.

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