Of Entering The Presence

[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 10).]

THE CHAPTER OF GOING INTO THE PRESENCE OF THE DIVINE SOVEREIGN PRINCES OF
OSIRIS. The overseer of the palace, the chancellor-in-chief, Nu,
triumphant, saith:

“My soul hath built for me a habitation in the city of Tattu; I sow seed
in the city of Pe, and I plough my field with my laborers(?), and for this
reason my palm tree is like Amsu. That which is an abomination unto me,
that which is an abomination unto me I shall not eat. That which is an
abomination unto me, that which is an abomination unto me is filth. I
shall not eat thereof; by sepulchral meals and food I shall not be
destroyed. [The abominable thing] I shall not take into my hands, I shall
not walk upon it in my sandals, because my cakes are [made] of white
grain, and my ale is [made] of red grain, and behold, the _Sektet_ boat
and the _Mātet_ boat bring them to me, and I eat [thereof] under the
branches of [the trees], the beautiful arms [of which] I know. Oh, let
splendor be prepared for me with the white crown which is lifted up upon
me by the uræi-goddesses. Hail, thou guardian of the divine doors of the
god Sehetep-taui (_i.e._, ‘he who maketh the world to be at peace’), bring
[thou] to me that of which they make sepulchral meals; grant thou that I
may lift up the branches(?). May the god of light open to me his arms, and
may the company of the gods keep silence while the denizens of heaven talk
with the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant. I am the leader of the
hearts of the gods which strengthen me, and I am a mighty one among the
divine beings. If any god or any goddess shall come forth against me he
shall be judged by the ancestors of the year who live upon hearts and who
make(?) cakes(?) for me, and Osiris shall devour him at [his] coming forth
from Abtu (Abydos). He shall be judged by the ancestors of Rā, and he
shall be judged by the God of Light who clotheth heaven among the divine
princes. I shall have bread in my mouth at stated seasons, and I shall
enter in before the gods Ahiu. He shall speak with me, and I shall speak
with the followers of the gods. I shall speak with the Disk and I shall
speak with the denizens of heaven. I shall put the terror of myself into
the blackness of night which is in the goddess Meh-urt, [who is near] him
that dwelleth in might. And behold, I shall be there with Osiris. My
condition of completeness shall be his condition of completeness among the
divine princes. I shall speak unto him [with] the words of men, and he
shall repeat unto me the words of the gods. A _khu_ who is equipped [with
power] shall come.(81) I am a _khu_ who is equipped [with power]; I am
equipped [with the power] of all the _khu_s, [being the form of the _Sāhu_
(_i.e._, spiritual bodies) of Annu, Tattu, Suten-henen, Abtu, Apu, and
Sennu.(82) The Osiris Auf-ānkh is victorious over every god and every
goddess who are hidden in Neter-khertet].”(83)