Appendix
(From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 5)
He saith:- Hail,
thou Lion-god! I am Unb (the Blossom). That which is held in
abomination to me is the block of slaughter of the god. Let not
this my heart-case be carried away from me by the Fighting Gods
in Anu. Hail, thou who dost wind bandages round Osiris, and who
hast seen Set. Hail, thou who returnest after smiting and
destroying him before the mighty ones! This my heart weepeth over
itself before Osiris; it hath made supplication for me. I have
given unto him and I have dedicated unto him the thoughts of the
heart in the House of the god (Usekh-her), have brought unto him
sand at the entry to Khemenu. Let not this my heart-case be
carried away from me. I make you to ascend his throne, to fetter
heart-cases for him in Sekhet-hetep, [to live] years of strength
away from things of all kinds which are abominations to him, to
carry off food from among the things which are thine, and which
are in thy grasp through thy strength. And this my heart-case is
devoted to the decrees of the god Tem, who guideth me through the
caverns of Suti, but let not this my heart, which hath performed
its desire before the Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Khert-Neter, be
given to him. When they find the leg and the swathings they bury
them.
© 1999 Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli