| The Pylons Of The House Of Osiris APPENDIX THE OSIRIS AUFANKH, WHOSE WORD IS TRUTH, SAITH: Hail,
saith Horus, O Twenty-first pylon of the Still-Heart! I have made the
way. I know thee. I know thy name. I know the name of the goddess who
guardeth thee. "Sword that smiteth at the utterance of its own
name, stinking face, overthrower of him that approacheth her flame"
is thy name. Thou keepest the hidden things of the avenger of the god,
thou guardest them. Amam is his name. He maketh the ash trees (cedars)
not to grow, and the shenu trees (acacias) not to blossom, and preventeth
copper from being found in the mountain. The Tchatcha (Chiefs) of this
Pylon are Seven Gods. Tchen, or Anthch (At), is the name of the one
at the door. Hetepmes is the name of another there. Messep is the name
of another there. Utchara is the name of another there. Beq is the name
of another there. Anp (Anubis) is the name of another there. I have
made the way. I am Menu-Heru, the avenger of his father, the heir of
his father Un-Nefer. I have come. I have given [offerings] to my father
Osiris. I have overthrown all his enemies. I have come daily with the
word of truth, the lord of fealty, in the house of my father Tem, the
Lord of Anu, I, the Osiris Auf-ankh, whose word is truth in the southern
heaven. I have done what is right for him that made the right, I have
celebrated the Haker festival to the lord thereof. I have acted as the
leader of the festivals. I have given cakes to the Lords of the Altar.
I have been the leader of the propitiatory offerings, cakes, ale, oxen,
geese, to my father Osiris Un-Nefer. I am the protector of the Ba-soul,
I have made the Benu bird to appear [by my] words. I have come daily
into the house of the god to make offerings of incense. I have come
with the shenti tunic. I have set the Neshem Boat afloat on the water.
I have made the word of Osiris Khenti Amenti to be truth before his
enemies. I have carried away in a boat all his enemies to the slaughter-house
of the East, and they shall never escape from the wardship of the god
Keb who dwelleth therein. I have made the Kefaiu gods of Ra to stand
up, I have made his word to be truth. I have come as a scribe. I have
explained [the writings]. I have made the god to have power over his
legs. I have come into the house of him that is upon his mountain (Anubis).
I have seen the Chief of the Seh hall. I have entered into Ra-stau.
I have made myself invisible. I have found for myself the boundary.
I have approached Nerutef. I have clothed the naked. I have sailed up
the river to Abydos. I have performed the ceremonies of Hu and Sa. I
have entered the house of Astes. I have made supplication to the Khati
gods and to Sekhmet in the temple of Net (Neith), or the Aged Ones.
I have entered Ra-stau. I have made myself invisible. I have found the
frontier. I have approached Nerutef. I have clothed the naked. I have
sailed up the river to Abydos. I have performed the ceremonies of Hu
and Sa. I have received. I have risen like a king crowned. I fill my
seat on the throne in the place of my father, the God Who was at the
beginning. I have praised the Meskhen of Ta-tchesert. My mouth is full
of Maat (Truth). I have overwhelmed the Akhekhau serpents. I have come
into the Great House with [my] body in a flourishing condition. I have
caused myself to travel in the Boat of Hai. The myrrh unguent of.....
is in the hair of men (Rekhit). I have entered into the House of Astes.
I have approached with worship the two Khati gods and Sekhmet, who are
in the temple of the Aged One [in Anu].
THE SPEECH OF THE PRIEST ANMUTEF
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