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The Pyramid Texts

By Translation by Samuel A. B. Mercer

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The Ferryman and the Deceased Kings Ascension, Utterances 300-311

Utterance 300.

445a. To say: O Hrti of Ns?.t, ferryman of the ’I?h.t-boat, made by Khnum,

445b. bring this (boat) to N. N. is Seker of R-St?.w.

445c. N. is on the way to the place of Seker, chief of Pdw-š.

445d. It is our brother who is bringing this (boat) for these bridge-girderers (?) of the desert.

Utterance 301.

446a. To say: Thy established-offering is thine, O Niw (Nun) together with Nn.t (Naunet),

446b. ye two sources of the gods, protecting the gods with their (your) shade.

446c. Thy established-offering is thine, O Amun together with Amunet,

446d. ye two sources of the gods, protecting the gods with their (your) shade.

447a. Thy established-offering is thine, O Atum together with the two lions, ye double power of the gods, yourselves, who created yourselves,

447b. that is, Shu together with Tefnut, (who) created the gods, begat the gods, established the gods.

448a. Say ye to your father (Pta?)

448b. that N. has given to you your established-offering, that N. has satisfied you with your due.

448c. Ye shall (or, should) not hinder N. when he ferries to the horizon to him.

449a. N. knows him, knows his name. N?i is, his name, N?i lord of the year is his name;

449b. he with the warrior's arm, Horus who is over the shd.w of heaven, who causes Re‘ to live every day.

450a. He will rebuild N.; he will cause N. to live every day.

450b. N. comes to thee, Horus of H?.t; N. comes to thee, Horus of Šsm.t;

450c. N. comes to thee, Horus of the East.

451a. Behold, N. brings to thee thy great left eye as healer.

451b. Take it, the intact (one), to thyself from N.; its water is in it, being intact;

451c. its blood is in it, being intact; its breath is in it, being intact.

452a. Enter into it; take possession of it, in this thy name of "Sacred ??3s" (a god),

452b. that thou mayest approach to it in this thy name of "Re‘"'.

453a. Put it on thy brow, in this, its name of "choice oil",

453b. that thou mayest rejoice in it, in this its name of "willow-tree",

454a. that thou mayest sparkle thereby among the gods, in this its name of "that which sparkles", (or, "t?nw.t-oil"),

454b. that thou mayest be pleased with it in this its name of "oil of pleasure", (or, "?kn.w-oil").

454c. (Then) will the Rnn-wt.t-serpent love thee.

455a. Stand there, great reed-float, like Wp-w?.wt,

455b. filled with thy splendour, come forth from the horizon,

455c. after thou hast taken possession of the white crown in the water-springs, great and mighty, which are in the south of Libya,

456a. (like) Sebek, lord of B?h.w.

456b. Thou journeyest to thy fields, thou passest through thy ksb.t-woods,

456c. thy nose breathes the fragrance of the Šsmt.t-land.

456d. Thou causest the ka of N. to approach his side,

456e. like as thy Wig (deified) approaches thee.

457a. Purify N., make N. bright

457b. in this thy jackal-lake, O jackal, where thou purifiest the gods.

457c. Thou art become a soul, thou art become pre-eminent (sharp), (like.) Horus lord of the green-stone--(to say) four times--(like) the two green falcons.

Utterance 302.

458a. To say: Heaven is serene (?); Sothis lives, for it is N. who lives, the son of Sothis.

458b. The Two Enneads have purified themselves for him

458c. as (in the form of) the ms?tiw-hook-star, the imperishable.

458d. The house of N. in heaven will not go under, the throne of N. on earth will never be destroyed.

459a. Men bury themselves (in their grave (?); the gods fly up.

449b. Sothis caused N. to fly to heaven among his brothers the gods.

449c. Nut, the great, uncovered her arms for N.

460a. The two souls who are at the head of the souls of Heliopolis, who genuflected at sun-rise,

460b. passed the night, while they did this, weeping for the god.

460c. The throne of N. is by thee, O Re‘; he will not give it to anyone else.

461a. N. ascends to heaven, to thee, O Re‘;

461b. the face of N. is as (that of) falcons;

461c. the wings of N. are as (those of) geese;

461d. his claws are as the fangs of the god of the Dw.f-nome.

462a. There is not a word among men on earth against N.;

462b. there is no condemnation of him among the gods in heaven.

462c. N. has removed the word against him; N. has destroyed (it) so as to mount up to heaven.

463a. Wp-w?.wt has caused N. to fly to heaven among his brothers, the gods.

463b. N. moved (flapped) his arms like a smn-goose;

463c. N. flaps his wings like a kite.

463d. He flies who flies, O men; N. also flies away from you.

Utterance 303.

464a. To say: Gods of the West, gods of the East, gods of the South, gods of the North--

464b. these four pure reed-floats, which ye placed for Osiris,

464c. for his ascension to heaven,

465a. that he might ferry over to ?b?.w, while his son Horus was at hand (at his fingers),

465b. (whom) he reared and whom he caused to dawn as a great god in ?b?.w,

465c. place them for N.

466a. Art thou Horus, son of Osiris? Art thou, O N., the god, the eldest, son of Hathor?

466b. Art thou the seed of Geb?

467a. Osiris has ordained that N. dawn as a second Horus.

467b. Those four souls (spirits), who are in Heliopolis, have written it

467c. in the register of the two Great Gods who are in ?b?.w.

Utterance 304.

468a. To say: Greetings to thee, O daughter of Anubis, who is at the windows, of heaven,

468b. thou friend of Thot, who is at the double rail (end) of the ladder.

468c. Open the way for N., that N. may pass.

469a. Greetings to thee, O ostrich, who is on the shore of the Winding Watercourse.

469b. Open the way for N., that N. may pass.

470a. Greetings to thee, O ox of Re‘, with four horns,

470b. thy horn in the West, thy horn in the East, thy horn in the South, thy horn in the North.

470c. Incline thy western horn for N., that N. may pass.

47m. Art thou a pure westerner? I come from the falcon city.

471b. Greetings to thee, O Marsh of my Offerings (or, O Marsh of my Peace);

471c. greetings to the honourable ones (dead?) who are in thee. N. will honour those who are there.

471d. Comfortable are the pure who are in me.

Utterance 305.

472a. To say: The ladder is fastened by Re‘ in the presence of Osiris;

472b. the ladder is fastened by Horus in the presence of his father Osiris,

472c. as he goes to his ?? (spirit).

472d. One of them is on this side, one of them is on this side, while N. is between them.

473a. Art thou then a god, pure in dwellings (places)? (I am) come from a pure (place).

473b. Stand (here), O N., says Horus; sit (here), O N., says Set;

473c. Take his arm (certificate), says Re‘.

474a. The spirit belongs to heaven; the body belongs to the earth.

474b. That which men receive when they are buried

474c. are their thousand loaves of bread, their thousand mugs of beer from the offering-table of ?nti-’imnti.w.

475a. If the heir is poor because he has no testament,

475b. then shall N. (really, "he") write with his great finger;

475c. but he shall not write with his little finger,

Utterance 306.

476a. To say: "How beautiful indeed is the sight, how pleasant indeed is the view," say they, say the gods,

476b. "'the ascension of this god to heaven, the ascension of N. to heaven,

477a. his renown over him, his terror on both sides of him,

477b. his magic preceding him!"

477c. Geb has done for him as was done for himself; (and)

478a. the gods, the Souls of Buto come to him, (and) the gods, the Souls of Hierakonpolis, the gods who are in heaven, the gods who are on the earth;

478b. they make for thee (they serve thee as), N., supports of their arms,

479a. and thou ascendest, N., to heaven, and thou climbest on it in this its name of "ladder."

479b. "Let heaven be given to N.; let the earth be given to him," said Atum.

480a. He who had spoken (with Atum) about it was Geb.

480b. The regions of the kingdom, the kingdom of Horus, the kingdom of Set, (and)

480c. the Marshes of Reeds, they adore thee

480d. in this thy name of Dw?.m, as Sopdu, (who lives) under his ksb.t-trees.

481a. Has he killed thee after his heart had said that thou shouldst die for him?

481b. But, behold, thou for thy part become in spite of him as the remaining bull of the wild-bulls.

481c. There remains, there remains the remaining bull,

481d. (so) thou art remaining, O N., as their chief, as chief of the spirits, eternally.

Utterance 307.

482a. To say: A Heliopolitan is in N., O god; a Heliopolitan as thou (art) is in N. O god;

482b. a Heliopolitan is in N., O Re‘; a Heliopolitan as thou (art) is in N. O Re‘.

482c. The mother of N. is a Heliopolitan; the father of N. is a Heliopolitan.

483a. N. himself is a Heliopolitan, who was born in Heliopolis,

483b. when Re‘ ruled the Two Enneads, (when) Nefertem ruled men,

483c. (as) one without an equal, the heir of his father Geb.

484a. Any god who puts out his arm (menacingly),

484b. when the face of N. turns to thee to adore thee,

484c. (and) when N. calls to thee on behalf of his person, O god, on behalf of his nose, O god,

484d. he shall have no bread, he shall have no cake among his brothers, the gods;

485a. he shall send no message, he shall not cover in heat among his brothers, the gods;

485b. the double doors of the mskt.t-boat shall not be opened for him, the double doors of the m‘nd.t-boat shall not be opened for him;

485c. his speech shall not be judged as (that of one) in his city; the double doors of the destroyer ("Hell") shall not be open (again) for him.

486a. N. comes to thee.

486b. N. is the wild-bull of the highlands, the bull with the large head, which comes from Heliopolis.

486c. N., wild-bull of the highlands, comes to thee.

486d. Henceforth N. is he who has given birth to thee and who gives birth to thee.

Utterance 308.

487a. To say: Greetings to thee, O Horus, in the regions of Horus;

487b. greetings to thee, O Set, in the regions of Set;

487c. greetings to thee, O ’I?r.w, in the Marshes of Reeds;

488a. greetings to you, ye two harmonius (goddesses), daughters of the four gods, who dwell in the great palace (Heliopolis),

488b. ye who are come forth at the voice of N., naked.

489a. N. has looked to you, as Horus looked to Isis;

489b. N. has looked to you, as the N?b.w-k?.w (serpent) looked to Sr?.t-?tw;

489c. N. has looked to you, as Sebek looked to Neit;

489d. N. has looked to you, as Set looked to the two harmonius (goddesses).

Utterance 309.

490a. To say: N. is the d??.i of the gods, who is behind the house of Re‘,

490b. born of the wish of the gods, which is in the prow of the boat of Re‘.

490c. N. sits before him;

491a. N. opens his boxes; N. breaks open his edicts;

491b. N. seals his rolls (of papyrus);

491c. N. sends forth his messengers, the indefatigables.

491d. N. does, that which he (Re‘) says to N.

Utterance 310.

492a. To say: If N. should be bewitched, so will Atum be bewitched.

492b. If N. should be slandered, so will Atum be slandered.

492c. If N. should be beaten, so will Atum be beaten.

492d. If N. should be hindered on this road, so will Atum be hindered.

493a. N, is Horus. N. comes after his father (in time); N. comes after Osiris.

493b. O thou, whose face is before him, whose face is behind him,

494a. bring this (boat) to N. Which boat shall I bring to thee, O N.?

494b. Bring to N. that which flies up and alights.

Utterance 311.

495a. To say: Look at N., O Re‘; recognize N., O Re‘.

495b. He belongs to those who know thee. He knows (that)

495c. when his lord (Re‘) goes forth, he should not forget the ?tp-di,

496a. so that she "who excludes whom she will exclude" may open the doors of the horizon for the going forth of the boat of the morning-sun.

496b. (N.) knows the hall of the royal throne, which is in the midst of the platform of ’iskn, whence thou goest forth,

497a. that thou mayest enter (step down into) the boat of the evening-sun.

497b. Commend N.; commend him, commend him--to say four times one after another--to those four raging ones (winds),

497c. who are around thee (Re‘) who see with two faces, who speak with two mouths (?),

498a. who are evil with those who are unfortunate, with those who would destroy them (the winds?),

498b. that they put not out their arm, when N. turns to thee, when N. comes to thee,

499a. as one who says to thee this thy name of "great flood," which proceeds from the great (one).

499b. N. will not be blind when thou leavest him in darkness;

499c. he will not be deaf when he does not hear thy voice.

500a. Mayest thou take N. with thee, with thee;

500b. he who drives away the storm for thee; be who chases off the clouds for thee; he who breaks up the hail for thee.

500c, N. will do homage (upon) homage to thee; he will cause acclamation (upon) acclamation to thee.

500d. Mayest thou set N. over dt3.t.