PAPYRUS OF USER-HAT-MES “Thus papanus of Userbat-mest ([The Barge] User-hat* is Bom) is painted in black, white, blue, green, and red. On it are represented sixteen divinities, only the first of which has a name. Before each figure is a column of text. The sixteen columns of text form one prayer for the deceased. ‘Text: Osiris, priest of Amon-Re, King of the Gods, scribe of the house of the Double ‘Treasury, User-hat-mes, the justified. They (?) give offerings, Osiris wears the Avej-crown, He has a wide belt or sash which hangs down to his feet. Before the god is a Nemes-vase on a stand, with huge lotus flower above it. ‘The name of the god is: Osiris, He at the Head of the West. ‘Text: ‘The Boon the king gives to Ositis, He at the Head of Those in the West, Lord of Eternity, Chief of the Silent Region, King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Ruler of Etemity, Ptah-Sokaris, Lord of the Mysterious (7) Region, ‘The bearded snake-headed god has a plume on his head. Before him is a Nemes vase onastand. Text: Anubis, Lord of the Holy Land, The Ennead of the South, the North, the West, and the East, (the gods) who are in heaven, who are upon earth, who are in the Netherworld, ‘The god is cobra-headed. Before him is a Nemes-vase on a stand. ‘Text: that they may give thousand of bread and beer, thousand of clothing and alabaster, thousand of incense and unguents, thousand of gifts and food, presents of fresh vegetables of all kinds, + Egyptian Museum, Cairo, No. J. B. 24028, Length, 2.15 m.; width, 0.23 m. * User-hat, wr-h3¢, is the ram-headed decoration, fore and aft, on the sacred barge of Amon. One sentence from this papyrus is cited in Worterbuch-Belegstellen, I, p. 178 (4) with a date, D. 18 Ge, 18th Dynasty). whieh is hardly possible,~ 10 1 PAPYRUS OF USER-HAT-MES ‘The suake-headed god is bearded. Before him is a Nemes-vase on a stand. Text: all things good and pure which are presented to my god of my city in the Great Castle of the Black One (Osiris) — may the arms ‘The god has a lamp in place of a head, Its wick joins the wick of another lamp placed above the feet of the god. Before him is a Nemes-vase on a stand. Text: give, the plenty purify! Thoth offers to Osiris, Scribe of the House of the Double Treasury, User-hat-mes, the justified, again (and again), all the things he needs, ‘The god has a plume in place of a head. Before him is a Nemes-vase on a stand. Text: in addition to the offerings at the beginning of the year, on the first of the month, on the second of the month, on the sixth of the month, every month, on every feast of the sky, and of the earth, ‘The god is rabbit-headed. Before him is a Nemes-vase on a stand. Text: ‘on every feast when leading (the procession) in the Nome of Abydos, in summer and in winter, on the Feast of Thoth, at the beginning of the year ‘The god has the head of a donkey facing the onlooker. Before him is a Nemes-vase ona stand. Text: up to its end, (and on every feast) in which the gods are being fed. Coming-to-the- -voice-offering for the spirits (of) Osiris, User-hat-mes, the justified. ‘The god has a bearded human head. Before him is a Nemes-vase on a stand, Text: ‘Thou receivest the offerings among the nobles, at the head of those who are praised. ‘Thou comest out and thou entezest with a glad heart while going ‘The god is baboon-headed. Before him is a Nemes-vase on a stand. Text: towards the holiness of the Great Castle, being introduced to the god. Thy going is not hindered, the Followers of Horus join thee,2 13 ub 15 16 PAPYRUS OF USER-HAT-MES ‘The god is jackal-headed. Before him is a Nemes-vase on a stand. ‘Text: thou inheritest the staff of the Lord of Life. Thy soul is destined for heaven, thy body for the Netherworld, being followed to the grave as a noble of the king, as it is done ‘The god is hawk-headed. Before him is a Nemes-vase on a stand. Text: upon earth (?), ‘The great-and the small say: “come then towards us.” They (who) repose on their couches (wrapped) in ten thousand cubits The god is a standing hippopotamus and holds two knives. A serpent emerges from the head. Text: of red stuff of the first. quality. Thou wilt not be prevented (to have) this. Thy heart is for thee, as it was upon earth thy breast is on... ‘The god is a huge coiled snake, ‘Text: thy forms. 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