The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) · 345 of 357 · tr. E.A. Wallis Budge
Chapter 43 (part 106)
Come, O Thoth, and take them unto Osiris, bring all the evil words which have been spoken and place them in the hollow of thy hand; thou shalt not escape therefrom, thou shalt not escape therefrom.
Whosoever marcheth, marcheth with his ka .
Horus marcheth with his ka , Set marcheth with his ka , Thoth marcheth with his ka , Sep marcheth with his ka , Osiris marcheth with his ka , Khent-maati marcheth with his ka ; and thy tet shall march with thy ka .
Hail, Unas, the hand of thy ka is before thee.
Hail, Unas, the hand of thy ka is behind thee.
Hail, Unas, the leg of thy ka is before thee.
Hail, Unas, the leg of thy ka is behind thee.
Osiris Unas, I have given unto thee the Eye of Horus, and thy face is filled therewith, and the perfume thereof spreadeth over thee.
The libations which are poured out by thy son, which are poured out by Horus, are for thee, O Osiris, and they are for thee O Unas.
I have come, and I have brought unto thee the Eye of Horus that thou mayest refresh thy heart therewith, I have placed it beneath thy feet, and I give unto thee whatsoever hath come forth from thy body that thy heart may not cease to beat through [the want] thereof. Thy voice shall never depart from thee, thy voice shall never depart from thee.
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This subject has been lucidly discussed by Maspero, Recueil de Travaux, t.
xii., pp.
78, 79.
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See Archæologia , vol.
lii., p.
453, at the foot.
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For the text and French translation, see Maspero, Recueil de Travaux , t.
iii., p.
179 ff.
1.
Here water shall be sprinkled.
2.
Repeat four times.
3.
Repeat four times and burn incense.
4.
Here [pour out] fresh water, and [burn] two portions of incense.
5.
Repeat four times.] "[Here is] unguent, [here is] unguent.
Open thy mouth, O Unas, and taste the taste of the scent which is in the holy habitations.
This scent is that which distilleth from Horus, this scent is that which distilleth from Set, and it is that which stablisheth the hearts of the two Horus gods. Thou purifiest thyself with the Heru-shesu;[*] thou art purified with natron, and Horus is purified with natron; thou art purified with natron, and Set is purified with natron; thou art purified with natron, and Thoth is purified with natron; thou art purified with natron, and Sep is purified with natron; thou art purified with natron, and art established among them, and thy mouth is [as pure] as the mouth of a sucking calf on the day of its birth.
Thou art purified with natron, and Horus is purified with natron; thou art purified with natron, and Set is purified with natron; [thou art purified with natron] and Thoth is purified with natron; thou art purified with natron, and Sep is purified with natron; thy ka is purified with natron, and thou art pure, thou art pure, thou art pure, thou art pure.
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Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.
[auto] Deities such as Osiris and Horus are depicted with human-like attributes (Ka, Tet, Eye) and personal agency within the ritual context.
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The maintenance of a state of cleanliness—physical, moral, or spiritual—required for encounter with the divine.
[auto] The text explicitly states that purification by water and incense must be effected before the deceased can partake in offerings.
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