The
Pyramid Texts of UNAS
by Wim
van den Dungen
Burial-Chamber
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Passage-way
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Antechamber
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Corridor l
Serdab
introduction
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English text
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commentary
XIII
Corridor
West and East Walls
(313 - 317 and 318 - 321)
"<" or ">" between numbers = sequence of the
text
"<" from right to left (facing right) or ">" from left to right (facing left)
THRESHOLD
TO THE IMPERISHABLES
adapted from the pictures of L.F. Husson in
:
Piankoff, A. : The Pyramid of Unas,
Bollingen Series, 1968.
to download a larger picture of the East Wall click
here
the text reads from right to left
adapted from the pictures of L.F. Husson in
:
Piankoff, A. : The Pyramid of Unas,
Bollingen Series, 1968.
to download a larger picture of the
West Wall click
here
the text reads from left to right
Translation
{...} : restored passage
<...> : conjectured translation of unknown word
(...) : words added to bring out the sense and/or to clarify
The first number given, is the ordinal position of the utterance in the present
English version of the 228 utterances of the Unas text, while the second is the
traditional enumeration of the sayings by Sethe.
CORRIDOR / West Wall (313 - 317)
THE BOLT OF BABI
224
(313)
opening the door to the sky
by the priest
Draw back, the phallus of Babi.
Open, {door of the sky. You sealed door,
open a path for King Unas} on the heat of the fire where the gods scoop water.
The glide path of Horus, the glide path of
Horus, will King Unas glide on, in this heat of the fire where the gods scoop
water ?
They will make a road for King Unas (so)
that King Unas may pass on it, for this King Unas is Horus.
225
(314) spell against the
guardian of the door
by the priest
To say the words :
Back, gored longhorn, with the fingers of the
horizon on his horns !
Fall down !
Retreat !
226
(315)
entering the sky
by the King
Here am I, King Unas, O screeching baboon, O howling baboon.
My death is at my own desire, my honour upon me, I make acclamation and ululation and sit among
{the youngsters}.
227
(316)
by the King
O You back-turning star, I, King Unas does not have to give You his magic. I sit side by side
with my back to the swept area in
Heliopolis. I will be taken to the sky !
228
(317)
by the King
To say the words :
I, King Unas,
have come here in advance of the waters of the great flood.
I am Sobek, green of plumage,
watchful of face, raised fore, the raging one who came forth from the tigh
and tail of the Great One who is in the Sunshine.
I have come to my canals which in the flood-shore of the Great
Inundation, to the place of
rest with green fields in the horizon, that
I might make green the herbage
which is on the shores of the horizon, that I might bring faience to the great eye
in the midst of the fields, that
I might receive my seat that is in the
horizon.
I
have appeared as Sobek, son of Neith.
I will eat with my mouth.
I will urinate and I will copulate with my
phallus.
I am the Lord of Semen, who takes women from their husbands to the place I
wish, according to the urges of my heart.
CORRIDOR / East Wall (318 - 321)
THE PHALLUS OF BABI SAILS THE KING
229 (318)
by the priest
{To say the words :
King Unas is a Plait-snake, the bull who leads}, who swallowed his seven uraei
and his seven neck-vertebrae came into being, {who gives orders}
to the seven Enneads which hear the word of the monarch.
King Unas will come
so that he may inhale myrrh and become beautiful with myrrh, (for) King Unas fingernail is full of myrrh.
King Unas will take away your power, You gods !
Serve
King Unas who will assign your Kas.
230
(319)
by the priest
To say the words :
King Unas is a bull with radiance in the midst of his eyes :
the mouth of King Unas
is hale
with the fiery blast and the head of King Unas has the horns of Horus, the Lord of
the Nile Valley.
King Unas will lead the god.
King Unas will control the Ennead.
King Unas will cultivate lapis-lazuli.
King Unas will plant the acacia
of the Nile Valley, for
King Unas has tied the cords of the peppergrass,
King Unas has united the skies, and
King Unas has power over the southern and northern lands - the god of those in
(his) presence, for
King Unas has built the city of the god in accordance with its proper due.
King Unas is the third in his appearance (with Horus and Re).
231 (320)
by the priest
To say the words :
Now that King Unas has cleared the night, and
King Unas has sent off the hour-stars,
the controlling powers will appear and privilege King Unas as Babi.
King Unas is the son of her who does not know him :
she bore King Unas to yellow-face, Lord of the Night Skies.
(He is) your greater, You Lords !
Hide yourselves, You common folk, from before King Unas !
King Unas is Babi,
Lord of the Night Sky,
the bull of baboons,
who lives on those who do not know him.
232 (321)
by the priest
To say the words :
O You (ferryman) with the back of his head behind him, bring to
King Unas Seferet-hetepet which is on the back of Osiris, (so) that King Unas
may ascend on it to the sky and King Unas may escort Re in the sky.
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