ight,
reap it near the divine Souls of the East. I, even I, know the divine
Souls of the East, that is to say, Heru-khuti (Harmachis), and the Calf of
the goddess Khera, and the Morning Star(63) [daily. A divine city hath
been built for me, I know it, and I know the name thereof; 'Sekhet-Aarru'
is its name]."(64)
Of Sekhet-Hetepet
[From the Papyrus of Nebseni (British Museum No. 9,900, sheet 17).]
HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF SEKHET-HETEPET, AND THE CHAPTERS OF COMING
FORTH BY DAY; OF GOING INTO AND OF COMING OUT FROM THE UNDERWORLD; OF
COMING TO SEKHET-AARU; OF BEING IN SEKHET-HETEPET, THE MIGHTY LAND, THE
LADY OF WINDS; OF HAVING POWER THERE; OF BECOMING A _KHU_ THERE; OF
PLOUGHING THERE; OF REAPING THERE; OF EATING THERE; OF DRINKING THERE; OF
MAKING LOVE THERE; AND OF DOING EVERYTHING EVEN AS A MAN DOETH UPON EARTH.
Behold the scribe and artist of the Temple of Ptah, Nebseni, who saith:
"Set hath taken possession of Horus, who looked with the two eyes upon the
building(?) round Sekhet-hetep, but I have unfettered Horus [and taken him
from] Set, and Set hath opened the ways of the two eyes [which are] in
heaven. Set hath cast(?) his moisture to the winds upon the soul [that
hath] his day (or his eye) and who dwelleth in the city of Mert, and he
hath delivered the interior of the body of Horus from the gods of Akert.
Behold me now, for I make this mighty boat to travel over the Lake of
Hetep, and I brought it away with might from the palace of Shu; the domain
of his stars groweth young and reneweth its former strength. I have
brought the boat into the lakes thereof so that I may come forth into the
cities thereof, and I have sailed into their divine city Hetep. And
behold, it is because I, even I, am at peace with his seasons, and with
his guidance, and with his territory, and with the company of the gods who
are his first-born. He maketh the two divine fighters (_i.e._, Horus and
Set) to be at peace with those who watch over the living ones whom he hath
created in fair form, and he bringeth peace [with him]; he maketh the two
divine fighters to be at peace with those who watch over them. He cutteth
off the hair from the divine fighters, he driveth away storm from the
helpless, and he keepeth away harm from the _Khu_s. Let me gain dominion
within that Field, for I know it, and I have sailed among its lakes so
that I might come into its cities. My mouth is strong; and I am equipped
[with weapons to use] ag
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