--- type: article status: Published 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" certainty: observed source: "https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/literature/religious/bd125a.html" unknowns: none known --- # Book of the Dead, Spell 125A ## Original ### Spell 125A 001 Ddt xft sprt r wsxt nt mAaty 002 pxA N m xw nb ir.n.f mAA Hrw nTrw 003 Dd-mdw in N 004 i.nD Hr.k nTr aA nb mAaty 005 ii.n.i xr.k nb.i int.k wi mAn.i nfrw.k 006 iw.i rx.kwi Tw rx.kwi rn.k 007 rx.kwi rn n pA nTr Hm-sn wnnyw Hna.k m wsxt tn nt mAaty 008 anxyw m sAwt Dwt samyw m snf.sn 009 hrw pwy n Hsb qdw m-bAH wnn-nfr 010 mk sAty mrty nb mAaty rn.k 011 mk wi ii.kwi xr.k in.n.i n.k mAat dr.n.i n.k isft rmT 012 n smAir.i wnDwt n ir.i iwyt m st mAat 013 n rx.i iwtt n ir.i bw Dw 014 n ir.i tp ra nb bAkw m Hrw irt.n.i 015 n spr rn.i r iAt nt xrp Hmw 016 n nmH.i nmH m xt.f 017 n ir.i bwt nTrw 018 n sDw.i Hm n Hry-tp.f 019 n smr.i n sHqr.i n srm.i n smA.i 020 n HD.i smAw n ir.i mnt Hr nb 021 n xb.i Sbw m rw-prw 022 n HD.i pAwt nTrw 023 n nHm.i fnxw Axw 024 n nk.i nkk nkk n dAdA.i 025 n xb.i dbH n xb.i sTAt 026 n siAt.i AHt n wAH.i Hr mwt nt iwsw 027 n nmH.i m tx n mxAt 028 n nHm.i irt m r n nxnw 029 n kfA.i awt Hr smw.sn 030 n sxt.i Apdw m qsw nTrw 031 n HAm.i rmw n XAwt.sn 032 n xsf.i mw m tri.f 033 n dni.i dnit Hr mw Asw 034 n axm.i xt m At.s 035 n th.i ssw Hr stpw 036 n Sna.i mnmnt Hr xt nTr 037 n xsf.i nTr m prw.f 038 iw.i wab.kwi sp fd 039 abw.i abw bnw pwy aA nty m Hnn-nswt 040 Hr-ntt ink is fnd pwy n nb TAw 041 sanx rxyt nbt hrw pwy n mH wDAt m iwnw m Abd 2 prt sw arqy 042 ink mAA mH wDAt m iwnw 043 nn xpr bw Dw r.i m tA pn m wsxt tn nt mAaty 044 Hr-ntt wi rx.kwi rn n nTrw wnnyw im.s ## Translation — Mouseia > 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. ### Spell 125A 001 What is said upon arriving at the Hall of the Two Truths 002 Clearing N of every evil he has done, and beholding the faces of the gods 003 Words spoken by N: 004 Hail to you, great god, Lord of the Two Truths. 005 I have come to you, my lord; bring me, that I may behold your beauty. 006 I know you; I know your name. 007 I know the names of the forty-two gods who are with you in this Hall of the Two Truths, 008 who live on the slaughter of the wicked, who swallow their blood 009 on that day of reckoning conduct before Wennefer. 010 Behold, He of the Two Daughters, He of the Two Eyes—Lord of the Two Truths is your name. 011 Behold, I have come to you. I have brought you truth; I have driven wrongdoing away from you. 012 I have not oppressed people. I have not done wrong in the place of truth. 013 I have not known what should not be known. I have done no evil. 014 I have not set, at the beginning of each day, tasks beyond what I had done. 015 My name has not reached the office of the overseer of servants. 016 I have not deprived an orphan of his property. 017 I have not done what the gods abhor. 018 I have not slandered a servant to his superior. 019 I have not caused pain. I have not caused hunger. I have not caused weeping. I have not killed. 020 I have not diminished provisions. I have not caused suffering to anyone. 021 I have not disturbed offerings in the temples. 022 I have not diminished the gods’ loaves. 023 I have not taken provisions from the transfigured spirits. 024 I have not fornicated. I have not masturbated. 025 I have not tampered with the grain measure. I have not tampered with the land measure. 026 I have not encroached upon fields. I have not added to the weight of the scales. 027 I have not lightened the plummet of the balance. 028 I have not taken milk from the mouths of children. 029 I have not deprived cattle of their pasture. 030 I have not trapped birds in the gods’ reed thickets. 031 I have not caught fish in their pools. 032 I have not held back water in its season. 033 I have not built a dam against flowing water. 034 I have not extinguished fire in its proper moment. 035 I have not neglected the days of choice offerings. 036 I have not driven herds from the god’s property. 037 I have not barred a god in his processions. 038 I am pure four times. 039 My purity is the purity of that great phoenix in Heracleopolis, 040 for I am indeed that nose of the Lord of Air, 041 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. 042 I am one who beholds the Eye made whole in Heliopolis. 043 No evil shall happen to me in this land, in this Hall of the Two Truths, 044 for I know the names of the gods who are in it. ## Translation — Mouseia > Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 44 lines of the complete extant Papyrus Nu witness. ### Spell 125A 001 Recitation upon arriving at the Hall of Two Truths. 002 Purifying N of every wrong he has committed and seeing the faces of the gods. 003 Words spoken by N: 004 Hail to you, great god, Lord of the Two Truths. 005 I have come before you, my lord, so that you may bring me in and I may see your beauty. 006 I know you, and I know your name. 007 I know the names of the forty-two gods who are with you in this Hall of Two Truths, 008 who live on evildoers and swallow their blood 009 on that day of reckoning conduct before Wennefer. 010 See the two beloved daughters. Lord of the Two Truths is your name. 011 See, I have come before you. I have brought you truth; I have driven human wrongdoing away for you. 012 I have not mistreated livestock. I have not done wrong in the place of truth. 013 I have not known what is not. I have not done evil. 014 I did not begin any day by demanding work beyond what was due to me. 015 My name has not reached the office of the overseer of servants. 016 I have not deprived a poor man of his property. 017 I have not done what the gods detest. 018 I have not slandered a servant to his superior. 019 I have not caused pain. I have not caused hunger. I have not caused tears. I have not killed. 020 I have not destroyed provisions. I have not caused anyone suffering. 021 I have not damaged food offerings in the temples. 022 I have not diminished the offerings of the gods. 023 I have not taken the cakes of the blessed dead. 024 I have not penetrated a penetrated man. I have not masturbated. 025 I have not reduced what was required. I have not reduced the land measure. 026 I have not enlarged a field. I have not added to the balance weight. 027 I have not subtracted from the plummet of the scales. 028 I have not taken milk from the mouths of children. 029 I have not seized cattle from their pasture. 030 I have not trapped birds in the preserves of the gods. 031 I have not caught fish in their pools. 032 I have not blocked water in its season. 033 I have not built a dam across flowing water. 034 I have not extinguished a fire at its proper time. 035 I have not neglected the appointed times for choice offerings. 036 I have not driven livestock away from the god’s property. 037 I have not stopped a god during his processions. 038 I am pure four times. 039 My purity is the purity of that great Benu bird who is in Heracleopolis, 040 because I am indeed that nose of the Lord of Breath, 041 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. 042 I am the one who sees the Sacred Eye filled in Heliopolis. 043 No evil will happen to me in this land, in this Hall of Two Truths, 044 because I know the names of the gods who are in it.