Egyptian religious poetry

80 EGYPTIAN RELIGIOUS POETRY

4 Kine of the Nether World, Ruler of the Hidden Place, Con-

queror of Heaven, on whom the Atef-crown is set, who appears in the White Crown, who has grasped the crook and the flail ! Great is thy renown for thou art the Great One of the Urertcrown. In him is united every god, and love of him is in them. O Good Being, who is from everlasting unto everlasting !_ Hail to thee, Chief of the Westerners, who fashions mortals anew, and who comes to us as a child at his own time. [p.B.D., ch. clxxxii]

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Hai to thee, Chief of the Westerners, Unnefer, Lord of the Sacred Land. Thou appearest in glory like Ré¢. Lo, he comes to see thee and to glorify the sight of thy beauties. His disc is thy disc, his rays are thy rays, his crown is thy crown, his greatness is thy greatness, his place is thy place, his throne is thy throne, his hidden place is thy hidden place, his heir is thy heir

Hail to thee, Osiris, son of Nut, Lord of the Two Horns, high of the AtefCrown. Atum places the fear of thee among the people, the gods, the spirits, and the dead. There is given to thee rulership in Heliopolis, greatness of existences in Busiris, lordship of Fear in the Two Regions for great is the terror of thee in Re-stau... Atum who dominates all the great Powers causes the fear of thee to pass throughout the earth.

[B.B.D., ch. clxxxi]

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1 aM one of those gods born of Nut, who slaughter the enemies of Osiris, and bind his foes for him. [B.B.D., ch. i]