OF PROTECTING THE BOAT OF RA
[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 27).]
[The Chapter of protecting the Boat of Ra.][1]
“O thou that cleavest the water as thou comest forth from the stream and dost sit upon thy place in thy boat, sit thou upon thy place in thy boat as thou goest forth to thy station of yesterday, and do thou join the Osiris, the overseer of the palace, the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, the perfect Khu, unto thy mariners, and let thy strength be his strength. Hail, Rā, in thy name of Rā, if thou dost pass by the eye of seven cubits, which hath a pupil of three cubits, then verily do thou strengthen the Osiris, Nu, triumphant, the perfect Khu, [and let him be among] thy mariners, and let thy strength be his strength. Hail, Rā, in thy name of Rā, if thou dost pass by those who are overturned in death then verily do thou make the Osiris, Nu, triumphant, the perfect soul, to stand up upon his feet, and may thy strength be his strength. Hail, Rā, in thy name of Rā, if the hidden things of the underworld are opened unto thee and thou dost gratify(?) the heart of the cycle of thy gods, then verily do thou grant joy of heart unto the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, and let thy strength be his strength. Thy members, O Rā, are established by (this) Chapter(?).”
[this chapter] shall be recited over a bandlet of the fine linen of kings [upon which] it hath been written with anti, which shall be laid upon the neck of the perfect khu on the day of the burial. if this amulet be laid upon his neck he shall do everything which he desireth to do even like the gods; and he shall join himself unto the followers of horus; and he shall be stablished as a star face to face with septet (sothis); and his corruptible body shall be as a god along with his kinsfolk forever; and the goddess menqet shall make plants to germinate upon his body; and the majesty of the god thoth lovingly shall make the light to rest upon his corruptible body at will, even as he did for the majesty of the king of the north and of the south, the god osiris, triumphant.
- ↑ This title is taken from the Saite Recension.
