Of Going Into The Boat Of Ra

Of Going Into The Boat Of Ra


[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 28).]

THE CHAPTER OF GOING INTO THE BOAT OF RA. The chancellor-in-chief, Nu,
triumphant, saith:

“Hail, thou Great God who art in thy boat, bring thou me into thy boat. [I
have come forward to thy steps], let me be the director of thy journeyings
and let me be among those who belong to thee and who are among the stars
which never rest. The things which are an abomination unto thee and the
things which are an abomination unto me I will not eat, that which is an
abomination unto me, that which is an abomination unto me is filth and I
will not eat thereof; but sepulchral offerings and holy food [will I eat],
and I shall not be overthrown thereby. I will not draw nigh unto filth
with my hands, and I will not walk thereon with my sandals, because my
bread [is made] of white barley, and my ale [is made] of red barley; and
behold, the _Sektet_ boat and the _Atet_ boat have brought these things
and have laid the gifts(?) of the lands upon the altar of the Souls of
Annu. Hymns of praise be to thee, O Ur-arit-s, as thou travellest through
heaven! Let there be food [for thee], O dweller in the city of Teni
(This), and when the dogs gather together let me not suffer harm. I myself
have come, and I have delivered the god from the things which have been
inflicted upon him, and from the grievous sickness of the body of the arm,
and of the leg. I have come and I have spit upon the body, I have bound up
the arm, and I have made the leg to walk. [I have] entered [the boat] and
[I] sail round about by the command of Rā.”