Appendix
(From the Papyrus of Sutimes)
SUTIMES, THE
LIBATIONER AND PRESIDENT OF THE ALTAR CHAMBER OF THE APTS,
DIRECTOR OF THE SCRIBES OF AMEN, WHOSE WORD IS TRUTH, PRAISETH
OSIRIS, AND DOETH HOMAGE TO THE LORD OF ETERNITY, AND SATISFIETH
THE WILL OF THE GOD, AND SPEAKETH TRUTH, THE LORD OF WHICH IS
UNKNOWN, AND SAITH:- Homage to thee, O thou Holy God, thou mighty
and beneficent being, thou Prince of Eternity, who dwellest in
thy abode in the Sektet Boat, whose risings are manifold in the
Atet Boat, unto whom praises are rendered in heaven and upon
earth. Peoples and nations exalt thee, and the awe of thy terror
is in the hearts of men, and Spirt-souls, and the dead. Thy soul
dwelleth in Tetu, and the awe of thee is in Hensu. Thou settest
the visible emblems of thyself in Anu, and the majesty of thy
transformations in the holy place. I have come unto thee. Truth
is in my heart, and in my breast there is neither craft nor
guile. Grant thou that I may have my being among the living, and
that I may sail up and down the river among those who are in thy
following.
© 1999 Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli