er thy
members, and thou art destroyed within thy company, and thy bend (or
dwelling-place) is destroyed for thee by the company of thy gods who dwell
in the cities of Pe and Tep. He that slayeth [thee] there is in the form
of the Eye of Horus, and I have driven thee away as thou wast advancing,
and I have vanquished thee by the winds of my mouth. O thou Eater of those
who commit sins, who dost plunder and spoil, I have [committed] no sin;
therefore, let my palette and the writings with hostile charges [against
me upon them] be given unto me. I have done no wrong in the presence of
the sovereign princes, therefore shoot not thy [venom] at me. I give, do
thou take according to what I order; snatch me not away, and eat me not,
for I am the lord of life, the Prince (Life, Health, Strength!) of the
horizon."

Abolishing The Slaughterings

[From the Papyrus of Nebseni, sheet 25.]

THE CHAPTER OF DRIVING AWAY THE SLAUGHTERINGS WHICH ARE PERFORMED IN THE
UNDERWORLD. Nebseni, the scribe and designer in the Temples of Upper and
Lower Egypt, he to whom fair veneration is paid, the son of the scribe and
artist Thena, triumphant, saith:

"Hail, Tem, I have become glorious (or a _Khu_) in the presence of the
double Lion-god, the great god, therefore open thou unto me the gate of
the god Seb. I smell the earth (_i.e._, I bow down so that my nose
toucheth the ground) of the great god who dwelleth in the underworld, and
I advance into the presence of the company of the gods who dwell with the
beings who are in the underworld. Hail, thou guardian of the divine door
of the city of Beta, thou [god] Neti(?) who dwellest in Amentet, I eat
food, and I have life through the air, and the god Atch-ur leadeth me with
[him] to the mighty boat of Khepera. I hold converse with the divine
mariners at eventide, I enter in, I go forth, and I see the being who is
there; I lift him up, and I say that which I have to say unto him, whose
throat stinketh [for lack of air]. I have life, and I am delivered, having
lain down in death. Hail, thou that bringest offerings and oblations,
bring forward thy mouth and make to draw nigh the writings (or lists) of
offerings and oblations. Set thou Right and Truth firmly upon their
throne, make thou the writings to draw nigh, and set thou up the goddesses
in the presence of Osiris, the mighty god, the Prince of everlastingness,
who counteth his years, who hearkeneth unto those who are in the islands
(or poo