This selection is located in the
pyramid of Un-is on the west wall of the Sarcophagus Chamber. Faulkner
is assuming in his translation, that the third person Un-is was originally
in the first person. The Science of Egyptology (along with Faulkner)
classifies this Utterance as one of "a series of spells against snakes
and other noxious creatures."
230a. djed medu neshefui ek em ta sepeheti ek em baba
djed
'Said' (in the Sarcophagus Chamber facing West) [Faulkner omits]
medu
'is the solitary Word,'
[Faulkner omits]
neshefui
ek 'so that your two emitters'
[Faulkner has 'Your poison-fangs(?)']
em
ta 'will be in the earth'
[Faulkner has 'be in the earth,']
sepeheti
ek 'and your two rows of
ribs' [Faulkner has 'your ribs']
em
baba 'will be the Soul Tunnel.'
[Faulkner has 'be in the hole!']
Said (in
the Sarcophagus Chamber facing West) is the solitary
Word,
so that your two emitters will be in the earth and your two rows of ribs
will be the Soul Tunnel.
230b. seti mu oho djereti
seti
mu 'The seed shoots out'
[Faulkner has 'Pour out the water']
oho
djereti 'when the two eyes
remain attentively fixed,' [Faulkner has 'while the Two Kites stand
by;']
The seed
shoots out when the two eyes remain attentively fixed,
230c. temem re ek in shemeset temem re en shemeset in mafedet
temem
re ek 'so that your Tunnel
Opening will be completed' [Faulkner has 'your mouth is closed']
in
shemeset 'by that Eye which
follows,' [Faulkner has 'by the instrument of punishment,'
temem
re en shemeset 'and the Tunnel
Opening of that Eye which follows will be completed' [Faulkner has
'and the mouth of the instrument of punishment is closed']
in
mafedet 'by that which is
seen;' [Faulkner has 'by Mafdet.']
so that
your Tunnel Opening will be completed by that Eye which follows, and the
Tunnel Opening of that Eye which follows will be completed by that which
is seen;
230d. peneh sebeg in nou
peneh
sebeg 'whoever is relaxed
may be bitten into' [Faulkner has 'He who has been made weary(?)
is bitten']
in
nou 'by Levitating Second
Sight.' [Faulkner has 'by the n'aw-serpent.']
whoever
is relaxed may be bitten into by Levitating Second Sight.
231a. i ro pezeh en Un-is ta pezeh en Un-is geb
i
ro 'O Universal Star,'
[Faulkner has 'O R'a,']
pezeh
en Un-is 'it is because Un-is
has bitten into' [Faulkner has 'I have bitten']
ta
'the earth,'
pezeh
en Un-is 'it is because Un-is
has bitten into' [Faulkner has 'I have bitten']
geb
'the Seat of the Soul,' [Faulkner has 'Geb,']
O Universal
Star, it is because Un-is has bitten into the earth, it is because Un-is
has bitten into the Seat of the Soul,
231b. pezeh en Un-is it en pezeh su
pezeh
en Un-is 'and it is because
Un-is has bitten into' [Faulkner has 'I have bitten']
it
en 'the grandfather of'
[Faulkner has 'the father of']
pezeh
su 'the Levitating Second
Sight which bites into him,' [Faulkner has 'him who bit me.']
and it is
because Un-is has bitten into the grandfather of the Levitating Second
Sight which bites into him,
231c. in ze pen pezeh Un-is ne pezeh su Un-is
in
ze pen 'that it is such a
Levitating Second Sight' [Faulkner has 'It is this person']
pezeh
Un-is 'which must bite
into Un-is,' [Faulkner has 'who has bitten me,']
ne
pezeh su Un-is 'when Un-is
fails to bite into it;' [Faulkner has 'I did not bite him;']
that it
is such a Levitating Second Sight which must bite into Un-is, when Un-is
fails to bite into it;
232a. sut ii er Un-is ne shem Un-is er ef
sut
'for it is such a Levitating Second Sight' [Faulkner has 'it was
he']
ii
'which must come' [Faulkner has 'who came']
er
Un-is 'to Un-is,' [Faulkner
has 'against me,']
ne
shem Un-is 'when Un-is fails
to go' [Faulkner has 'I did not go']
er
ef 'to it.' [Faulkner
has 'against him,']
for it is
such a Levitating Second Sight which must come to Un-is, when Un-is fails
to go to it.
232b. shezepui en maa ef Un-is shezepui en degeg ef en Un-is
shezepui
'The second seventh of a cubit distance (of the Star before the brow)'
[Faulkner has '(he bit me) at the second instant']
en
'is because' [Faulkner has 'of']
maa
ef 'such a Levitating Second
Sight is seeing' [Faulkner has 'seeing']
Un-is
'Un-is.' [Faulkner has 'me,']
shezepui
'The second seventh of a cubit distance' [Faulkner has 'at the second
instant']
en
'is because' [Faulkner has 'of']
degeg
ef 'it is looking'
[Faulkner has 'looking']
en
Un-is 'at Un-is.' [Faulkner
has 'at me.']
The second
seventh of a cubit distance (of the Star before the brow) is because such
a Levitating Second Sight is seeing Un-is. The second seventh of a cubit
distance is because it is looking at Un-is.
232c. pezeh ek Un-is di ef uo ek maa ek Un-is di ef sen nu ek
pezeh
ek Un-is 'If you (O Levitating
Second Sight) bite into Un-is,' [Faulkner has 'If you bite me,']
di
ef 'he will cause'
[Faulkner has 'I will cause']
uo
ek 'you to be one (with him
in levitation).' [Faulkner has 'you to be alone;']
maa
ek Un-is 'If you only see
Un-is,' [Faulkner has 'if you (only) look at me,']
di
ef 'he will cause'
[Faulkner has 'I will permit']
sen
nu ek 'you to be a Second
Sight (in front of him without levitation).' [Faulkner has 'you to
have your companion.']
If you (O
Levitating Second Sight) bite into Un-is, he will cause you to be one (with
him in levitation). If you only see Un-is, he will cause you to be a Second
Sight (in front of him without levitation).
233a. pezeh nou in not pezeh not in nou
pezeh
nou 'Such a Levitating Second
Sight is bitten into' [Faulkner has 'The male serpent is bitten']
in
not 'by the Levitating Eye,'
[Faulkner has 'by the female serpent,']
pezeh
not 'so that the Levitating
Eye will also be bitten into' [Faulkner has 'the female serpent is
bitten']
in
nou 'by the Levitating Second
Sight (because they are one).' Faulkner has 'by the male serpent;']
Such a Levitating
Second Sight is bitten into by the Levitating Eye, so that the Levitating
Eye will also be bitten into by the Levitating Second Sight (because they
are one).
233b. shen pet shen ta shen em djer bah ha rekhit
shen
pet 'Inquire into the Blue
Void,' [Faulkner has 'the sky is enchanted,']
shen
ta 'inquire into the earth,'
[Faulkner has 'the earth is enchanted,']
shen
'and inquire into' [Faulkner has '(is enchanted),']
em
djer bah 'Second Sight which
was formerly' [Faulkner has 'the Male']
ha
rekhit 'behind people.'
[Faulkner has 'who protects the plebs,']
Inquire
into the Blue Void, inquire into the earth, and inquire into Second Sight
which was formerly behind people.
234a. shenet netjer shep tep ef shenet etj djes etj nen sereqet
netjer
shep tep ef 'The god whose
head is blind'
shenet
'should be inquired into,' [Faulkner has 'is enchanted,']
etj
djes etj 'and you yourself'
shenet
'should be inquired into,' [Faulkner has 'are enchanted,']
sereqet
'O inhaling' [Faulkner has 'O you scorpion']
nen
'here.' [Faulkner has 'here!']
The god
whose head is blind should be inquired into, and you yourself should be
inquired into, O inhaling here.
234b. tjezui nu nu abu imiu re en us-ir
tjezui
nu 'These are the two knots'
nu
abu 'of Cessation'
[Faulkner has 'of Elephantine']
imiu
re 'which are in the Tunnel
Opening' [Faulkner has 'which are in the mouth']
en
us-ir 'for activity of the
Eye,' [Faulkner has 'of Osiris,']
These are
the two knots of Cessation which are in the Tunnel Opening for activity
of the Eye,
234c. tjezu en heru her beqesu
tjezu
'which are knotted' [Faulkner has 'which were knotted']
en
heru 'for Second Sight'
[Faulkner has 'for Horus']
her
'in charge of' [Faulkner has 'on']
beqesu
'the spine.'
which are
knotted for Second Sight in charge of the spine.
One cubit is 20.6 inches or approximately 21 inches, so that "the second seventh of a cubit distance (of the Star before before the brow)" is about 6 inches.
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