Ancient egyptian magical texts

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TE X TS TR A N SL A T E D 134.

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Oh dwarf here of heaven, the great dwarf <e head is large, whose back is long, whose thighs are sin ■ the Rrcat support that extends from heaven unto the TndenvorM the lord of the great corpse, which rests in Heliopolis, the great living god who rests in Busiris ! Pay attention (tw п—Щ < t o > NN born of N N ! Guard (S 3 t v ) him by day, watch (rsi) him by night, protect (mkl) him like you protected Osiris from Him-with-the-hidden-name on that day of the burial in Heliopolis !306 I am the Lion in Buto, the house of the heron (bnw). Your appearance is that of a monkey after reaching old age. This is an admonishment (mtr.t пз) since you have written to me—whib' one was sitting quietly in Memphis— : ‘let a shrine be made for me of l į cubits’— even though you are a giant (nht) of 7 cubits. And E said to you : ‘you will not be able to enter such a shrine of l į cul^its, since you are a giant of 7 cubits !’ And (yet) you went in and you rested in it. But see, a flood (?) has descended (?) th at (even) Nun does not know ( ?).307 The shrine is open ! The one who is in it has the face of a monkey (g!f)- Woe, fire ! The child of a Lady of distinction (rpy.t) is a baboon ! 135. (S IM IL A R L Y ) Oh you who are in Mehnet, in the H all of judgement, the lords of the Resnet and Mehnet rooms— do not raise your face against the one who is on the water !308 Osiris is on the w'ater, the Sound Eye (wdi.t) of Horus being with him. This is an admonishment (mtr.t пз), since you have writtenwhile one w'as sitting quietly in Memphis— ‘let a shrine U- made for me of l į cubits’. And one said to you : ‘oh you man of 7 į cubits

how would you enter i t ? ’ A nd (vet)


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