Appendix
(From the Papryus of Nebseni, Sheet 6)
That which was
shut hath been opened [that is] the dead. That which was shut
fast hath been opened by the command of the Eye of Horus, which
hath delivered me. Established are the beauties on the forehead
of Ra. My steps are long. My legs are lifted up. I have performed
the journey, my members are mighty and are sound. I am Horus, the
Avenger of his Father. I am he who bringeth along his father, and
his mother, by means of his staff. The way shall be opened to him
that hath power over his feet, and he shall see the Great God in
the Boat of Ra, when souls are counted therein at the bows, and
when the years also are counted up. Grant that the Eye of Horus,
which maketh the adornments of splendour to be firm on the
forehead of Ra, may deliver my soul for me, and let darkness
cover your faces, O ye who would imprison Osiris. O keep not
captive my soul. O keep not ward over my shadow, but let a way be
opened for my soul and my shadow, and let them see the Great God
in the shrine on the day of the counting of souls, and let them
hold converse with Osiris, whose habitations are hidden, and
those who guard the members of Osiris, and who keep ward over the
Spirit-souls, and who hold captive the shadows of the dead, and
who would work evil against me, so that they shall [not] work
evil against me. A way shall be for KA with thee, and thy soul
shall be prepared by those who keep ward over the members of
Osiris, and who hold captive the shadows of the dead. Heaven
shall not keep thee fast, the earth shall not hold thee captive.
Thou shalt not live with the beings who slay, but thou shalt be
master of thy legs, and thou shalt advance to thy body
straightway in the earth, [and to] those who belong to the shrine
of Osiris and guard his members.
© 1999 Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli