Part III.
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Renouf, P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) and Naville, Edouard
“The Scale-pan(49) of one who lifteth up Right” is thy name.
I allow thee not to pass by me, saith the left side post of the Door, unless thou tell my name:
“The Scale-pan of Wine” is thy name.
I allow thee not to pass over me, saith the Threshold of the Door, unless thou tell my name:
“Ox of Seb” is thy name.
I open not to thee, saith the Lock of the Door, unless thou tell my name:
Bone of An-maut-ef is thy name.
I open not to thee, saith the Latch, unless thou tell my name:
“The Eye of Sebak, Lord of Bachau,” is thy name.
I open not to thee, and I allow thee not to pass by me, saith the Keeper of the Door, unless thou tell my name:
“The Knee of Shu, which he hath lent for the support of Osiris,” is thy name.
We allow thee not to pass by us, say the Lintels of the Door, unless thou tell our names:
“The dragon brood(50) of Renenut” is your name.
Thou knowest us: pass therefore by us.
I allow thee not to pass over me, saith the Floor of the Hall, for the reason that I am noiseless and clean, and because we know not the names of thy two feet, wherewith thou wouldst walk upon us. Tell me, then, their names.
“He who goeth before Amsu” is the name of my right foot: and “The Truncheon of Hathor”(51) is the name of my left foot.
Thou mayest walk over us: for thou knowest us.
I do not announce thee, saith the Doorkeeper, unless thou tell my name:
“He who knoweth the heart and exploreth the person”(52) is thy name.
Then I will announce thee.
But who is that god who abideth in his own hour? Name him.
He who provideth for(53) the Two WorldsWorlds.
Who, pray, is it? It is Thoth.
Come hither, saith Thoth, wherefore hast thou come?
I am come, and wait to be announced.
And what manner of man, prithee, art thou?
I have cleansed myself from all the sins and faults of those who abide in their own day; for I am no longer among them.
Then I shall announce thee.
But who is he whose roof is of fire, and whose walls are living Uræi, and the floor of whose house is of running water? Who is it?
It is Osiris.
Proceed then: for behold, thou art announced.
Thy bread is from the Eye, thy beer is from the Eye, and the funeral meals offered upon earth will come forth to thee from the Eye(54). So is it decreed for me.
This chapter is said by the person, when purified and clad in raiment; shod with white sandals; anointed from vases of ānta; and presenting oblations of beeves, birds, incense, bread, beer and vegetables.
And thou shalt make a picture, drawn upon a clean brick of clay, extracted from a field in which no swine hath trod.
And if this chapter be written upon it—the man will prosper and his children will prosper: he will rise in the affection of the king and his court: there will be given to him the shesit cake, the measure of drink, the persen cake and the meat offering upon the altar table of the great god; and he shall not be cut off at any gate of Amenta, but he shall be conveyed along with the Kings of North and South, and make his appearance as a follower of Osiris: undeviatingly and for times infinite.
PLATE XXXVIII.
PLATE XXXIX.
CHAPTER CXXV.
Notes.
For the significance of this most important chapter with reference to the religion and ethics of ancient Egypt I must refer to the Introduction. The notes in this place must be confined to the text and its elucidation.