{"schema_version":1,"access":"public","rights":"Public-domain or compatibly licensed source editions; provenance is retained per record.","work":{"slug":"book-dead-spell-125a","title":"Book of the Dead, Spell 125A","author":"Traditional composition; Papyrus Nu witness","tradition":"egyptian","language":"egy","genre":"funerary declaration","period":"New Kingdom Egypt","source_url":"https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/literature/religious/bd125a.html","original":{"text":"### Spell 125A\n\n001  Ddt xft sprt r wsxt nt mAaty\n\n002  pxA N m xw nb ir.n.f mAA Hrw nTrw\n\n003  Dd-mdw in N\n\n004  i.nD Hr.k nTr aA nb mAaty\n\n005  ii.n.i xr.k nb.i int.k wi mAn.i nfrw.k\n\n006  iw.i rx.kwi Tw rx.kwi rn.k\n\n007  rx.kwi rn n pA nTr Hm-sn wnnyw Hna.k m wsxt tn nt mAaty\n\n008  anxyw m sAwt Dwt samyw m snf.sn\n\n009  hrw pwy n Hsb qdw m-bAH wnn-nfr\n\n010  mk sAty mrty nb mAaty rn.k\n\n011  mk wi ii.kwi xr.k in.n.i n.k mAat dr.n.i n.k isft rmT\n\n012  n smAir.i wnDwt n ir.i iwyt m st mAat\n\n013  n rx.i iwtt n ir.i bw Dw\n\n014  n ir.i tp ra nb bAkw m Hrw irt.n.i\n\n015  n spr rn.i r iAt nt xrp Hmw\n\n016  n nmH.i nmH m xt.f\n\n017  n ir.i bwt nTrw\n\n018  n sDw.i Hm n Hry-tp.f\n\n019  n smr.i n sHqr.i n srm.i n smA.i\n\n020  n HD.i smAw n ir.i mnt Hr nb\n\n021  n xb.i Sbw m rw-prw\n\n022  n HD.i pAwt nTrw\n\n023  n nHm.i fnxw Axw\n\n024  n nk.i nkk nkk n dAdA.i\n\n025  n xb.i dbH n xb.i sTAt\n\n026  n siAt.i AHt n wAH.i Hr mwt nt iwsw\n\n027  n nmH.i m tx n mxAt\n\n028  n nHm.i irt m r n nxnw\n\n029  n kfA.i awt Hr smw.sn\n\n030  n sxt.i Apdw m qsw nTrw\n\n031  n HAm.i rmw n XAwt.sn\n\n032  n xsf.i mw m tri.f\n\n033  n dni.i dnit Hr mw Asw\n\n034  n axm.i xt m At.s\n\n035  n th.i ssw Hr stpw\n\n036  n Sna.i mnmnt Hr xt nTr\n\n037  n xsf.i nTr m prw.f\n\n038  iw.i wab.kwi sp fd\n\n039  abw.i abw bnw pwy aA nty m Hnn-nswt\n\n040  Hr-ntt ink is fnd pwy n nb TAw\n\n041  sanx rxyt nbt hrw pwy n mH wDAt m iwnw m Abd 2 prt sw arqy\n\n042  ink mAA mH wDAt m iwnw\n\n043  nn xpr bw Dw r.i m tA pn m wsxt tn nt mAaty\n\n044  Hr-ntt wi rx.kwi rn n nTrw wnnyw im.s","download_url":"https://mouseia.org/api/works/book-dead-spell-125a/original.txt"},"translations":[{"id":"trn_book_dead_spell_125a_mouseia","translator":"Mouseia","kind":"curated","note":"Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from all 44 lines of the complete extant Papyrus Nu witness for fidelity, clarity, structure, imagery, and cadence.","text":"### Spell 125A\n\n001  What is said upon arriving at the Hall of the Two Truths\n\n002  Clearing N of every evil he has done, and beholding the faces of the gods\n\n003  Words spoken by N:\n\n004  Hail to you, great god, Lord of the Two Truths.\n\n005  I have come to you, my lord; bring me, that I may behold your beauty.\n\n006  I know you; I know your name.\n\n007  I know the names of the forty-two gods who are with you in this Hall of the Two Truths,\n\n008  who live on the slaughter of the wicked, who swallow their blood\n\n009  on that day of reckoning conduct before Wennefer.\n\n010  Behold, He of the Two Daughters, He of the Two Eyes—Lord of the Two Truths is your name.\n\n011  Behold, I have come to you. I have brought you truth; I have driven wrongdoing away from you.\n\n012  I have not oppressed people. I have not done wrong in the place of truth.\n\n013  I have not known what should not be known. I have done no evil.\n\n014  I have not set, at the beginning of each day, tasks beyond what I had done.\n\n015  My name has not reached the office of the overseer of servants.\n\n016  I have not deprived an orphan of his property.\n\n017  I have not done what the gods abhor.\n\n018  I have not slandered a servant to his superior.\n\n019  I have not caused pain. I have not caused hunger. I have not caused weeping. I have not killed.\n\n020  I have not diminished provisions. I have not caused suffering to anyone.\n\n021  I have not disturbed offerings in the temples.\n\n022  I have not diminished the gods’ loaves.\n\n023  I have not taken provisions from the transfigured spirits.\n\n024  I have not fornicated. I have not masturbated.\n\n025  I have not tampered with the grain measure. I have not tampered with the land measure.\n\n026  I have not encroached upon fields. I have not added to the weight of the scales.\n\n027  I have not lightened the plummet of the balance.\n\n028  I have not taken milk from the mouths of children.\n\n029  I have not deprived cattle of their pasture.\n\n030  I have not trapped birds in the gods’ reed thickets.\n\n031  I have not caught fish in their pools.\n\n032  I have not held back water in its season.\n\n033  I have not built a dam against flowing water.\n\n034  I have not extinguished fire in its proper moment.\n\n035  I have not neglected the days of choice offerings.\n\n036  I have not driven herds from the god’s property.\n\n037  I have not barred a god in his processions.\n\n038  I am pure four times.\n\n039  My purity is the purity of that great phoenix in Heracleopolis,\n\n040  for I am indeed that nose of the Lord of Air,\n\n041  which gives life to all the people on that day when the Eye is made whole in Heliopolis, in the second month of the Growing Season, on its final day.\n\n042  I am one who beholds the Eye made whole in Heliopolis.\n\n043  No evil shall happen to me in this land, in this Hall of the Two Truths,\n\n044  for I know the names of the gods who are in it.","download_url":"https://mouseia.org/api/works/book-dead-spell-125a/translations/trn_book_dead_spell_125a_mouseia.txt"},{"id":"trn_book_dead_spell_125a_plain","translator":"Mouseia","kind":"plain","note":"Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 44 lines of the complete extant Papyrus Nu witness.","text":"### Spell 125A\n\n001  Recitation upon arriving at the Hall of Two Truths.\n\n002  Purifying N of every wrong he has committed and seeing the faces of the gods.\n\n003  Words spoken by N:\n\n004  Hail to you, great god, Lord of the Two Truths.\n\n005  I have come before you, my lord, so that you may bring me in and I may see your beauty.\n\n006  I know you, and I know your name.\n\n007  I know the names of the forty-two gods who are with you in this Hall of Two Truths,\n\n008  who live on evildoers and swallow their blood\n\n009  on that day of reckoning conduct before Wennefer.\n\n010  See the two beloved daughters. Lord of the Two Truths is your name.\n\n011  See, I have come before you. I have brought you truth; I have driven human wrongdoing away for you.\n\n012  I have not mistreated livestock. I have not done wrong in the place of truth.\n\n013  I have not known what is not. I have not done evil.\n\n014  I did not begin any day by demanding work beyond what was due to me.\n\n015  My name has not reached the office of the overseer of servants.\n\n016  I have not deprived a poor man of his property.\n\n017  I have not done what the gods detest.\n\n018  I have not slandered a servant to his superior.\n\n019  I have not caused pain. I have not caused hunger. I have not caused tears. I have not killed.\n\n020  I have not destroyed provisions. I have not caused anyone suffering.\n\n021  I have not damaged food offerings in the temples.\n\n022  I have not diminished the offerings of the gods.\n\n023  I have not taken the cakes of the blessed dead.\n\n024  I have not penetrated a penetrated man. I have not masturbated.\n\n025  I have not reduced what was required. I have not reduced the land measure.\n\n026  I have not enlarged a field. I have not added to the balance weight.\n\n027  I have not subtracted from the plummet of the scales.\n\n028  I have not taken milk from the mouths of children.\n\n029  I have not seized cattle from their pasture.\n\n030  I have not trapped birds in the preserves of the gods.\n\n031  I have not caught fish in their pools.\n\n032  I have not blocked water in its season.\n\n033  I have not built a dam across flowing water.\n\n034  I have not extinguished a fire at its proper time.\n\n035  I have not neglected the appointed times for choice offerings.\n\n036  I have not driven livestock away from the god’s property.\n\n037  I have not stopped a god during his processions.\n\n038  I am pure four times.\n\n039  My purity is the purity of that great Benu bird who is in Heracleopolis,\n\n040  because I am indeed that nose of the Lord of Breath,\n\n041  which gives life to all people on that day when the Sacred Eye is filled in Heliopolis, in the second month of the growing season, on its final day.\n\n042  I am the one who sees the Sacred Eye filled in Heliopolis.\n\n043  No evil will happen to me in this land, in this Hall of Two Truths,\n\n044  because I know the names of the gods who are in it.","download_url":"https://mouseia.org/api/works/book-dead-spell-125a/translations/trn_book_dead_spell_125a_plain.txt"}],"retex_markdown_url":"https://mouseia.org/api/works/book-dead-spell-125a/retex.md"}}