The Literature of the Ancient EgyptiansJ.M. Dent & Sons limited, 1914 - 272 pages |
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The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians (Classic Reprint) E. A. Wallis Budge No preview available - 2017 |
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Abydos Acacia Amen Amen-Ra Anpu Bata beautiful Behold Bekhten boat body Book British Museum brought Chap Chapters chief cometh crocodile crown dead deceased divine dynasty earth Egypt Egyptian enemies evil eyes face father funerary gave goddess gods gold Governor hands Harmakhis hath Hathor heaven Heliopolis hieratic hieroglyphs Homage to thee Horus inscription Isis Khensu Khufu king land live Lord magician maketh Memphis Meru mighty mouth Nekhen Nephthys Nile North Nubia offerings Osiris palace papyrus peasant Pepi Pharaoh Piankhi praised priest Prince Ptah Pyramid Texts reign rejoice Rensi river royal Rut-tetet sailed scribe serpent servant smer soul South spells spirit steward Sun-god Tefnut Tehutinekht temple Teta Thebes thine things Thoth thou art thou hast thou shalt throne thy heart Thy Majesty thy name thyself tomb town Tuat twelfth dynasty unto thee Upper Egypt wife words of power
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Page 236 - There the tears of earth are dried ; There its hidden things are clear ; There the work of life is tried By a juster Judge than here. FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.
Page 31 - King, my lord; behold we do not even thus to our cattle." And a duck was brought unto him, and its head was cut off. And the duck was laid on the west side of the hall, and its head on the east side of the hall. And Dedi spake his magic speech. And the duck fluttered along the ground, and its head came likewise; and when it had come part to part the duck stood and quacked. And they brought likewise a goose before him, and he did even so unto it. His Majesty caused an ox to be brought, and its...
Page 47 - ... upon right and truth of heart, who are without deceit and fraud, and to whom wickedness is an abomination, do ye away with my evil deeds, and put ye away my sin [which deserved stripes upon earth, and destroy ye any evil whatsoever that belongeth unto me],2 and let there be no obstacle whatsoever on my part toward you.
Page 56 - I have given bread to the hungry man, and water to the thirsty man, and apparel to the naked man, and a boat to the [shipwrecked] mariner.
Page 49 - I have come to thee, O my Lord, and I have brought myself hither that I may behold thy beauties. I know thee, and I know thy name, and I know the name[s] of the two and forty gods who exist with...
Page 52 - I have not given the order for murder to be done for me. I have not inflicted pain upon mankind. I have not defrauded the temples of their oblations. I have not purloined the cakes of the gods.
Page 52 - I have neither added to nor filched away land. I have not encroached upon the fields of others. I have not added to the weights of the scales [to cheat the seller]. I have not misread the pointer of the scales [to cheat the buyer]. I have not carried away the milk from the mouths of children.
Page 62 - ... Thou art not repulsed from the gates of the Lower Heaven. Thoth, the doubly great, the Lord of Sesennu, cometh to thee. He writeth for thee the Book of Respirations, with his own fingers. Thy soul doth breathe forever and ever.
Page 78 - I had created, when lo! I was bitten by a serpent which I saw not. Is it fire? Is it water? I am colder than water, I am hotter than fire. All my flesh sweateth, I quake, my eye hath no strength, I cannot see the sky, and the sweat rusheth to my face even as in the time of summer. " Then said Isis unto Ra, "O tell me thy name, holy Father, for whosoever shall be delivered by thy name shall live.