“O ye gods of the West, O ye gods of the East, O ye gods of the South, O ye gods of the North,
“O ye gods of the West, O ye gods of the East, O ye gods of the South, O ye gods of the North, ye four groups who embrace the holy lands, devote ye yourselves to Osiris when he appeareth in heaven. He shall sail into the Sky, with his son Horus by his fingers. He shall announce him, he shall make him rise up like the Great God in the Sky. They shall cry out concerning Unas: Behold Horus, the son of Osiris! Behold Unas, the firstborn son of Hathor! Behold the seed of Keb! Osiris hath commanded that Unas shall rise as a second Horus, and these Four Spirit-souls in Anu have written an edict to the two great gods in the Sky.”-Section from the pyramid texts of Egyptian king Unas, dated to the 24th century BC. Budge translation, via Project Gutenberg.Shown is a painting of Osiris at the Tomb of Sennedjem Deir el-Medina, TT1. Photo taken by kairoinfo4u (cropped). -- source link
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