The Coffin Texts of Ancient Egypt - Spell 4

Selected sources: B1P; B2Bo; B3Bo; B4Bo; B4C; B6C; Y1C; S10C; T9C; Theban Tomb TT 319

O NN,
The earth opens its mouth for you,
Geb⁽¹⁾ throws open his jaws⁽²⁾ on your account.
May you eat your bread and
May you receive your plenty.
May you go to the Great Stairway,
May you come to the Great City,⁽³⁾
May you kindle your warmth upon earth⁽⁴⁾,
May you occur as this fair young god

who is yonder.

May you have power

over your foes, male or female,

(over) those, who would harm you, male or female,

(over) those who hate you, and

(over) those who would have judgement against you on this day.⁽⁵⁾

O NN,
Their great ones stand up for you,
The scribes on their mats tremble at you in your presence,
And you have knit on⁽⁶⁾ the heads of the bright-coloured snakes⁽⁷⁾ in Heliopolis⁽⁸⁾.

Notes

1. The god of Earth, father and predecessor of Osiris on the Egyptian throne.
2. To release the deceased from his/her tomb which is in the earth.
3. Compare CT 515 for a similar text.
4. By standing in the sunshine and enjoying its warmth.
5. B1P, B2-4Bo, B6C and B15C omit these verses entirely and shorten them to "may you occur as Osiris".
6. Some sources add "for yourself" after this.
7. For the sAb.wt-snakes, see PT 519, CT 686; also J. F. Borghouts, The Magical Texts of Papyrus Leiden I 348, OMRO 51 (1971) excursus no. II; J. Assmann, Totenliturgen I, pp. 82-83.
8. The city of the Sun(god), for archaeological work done there, see this website and the post from July 2017 on this blog.

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