Surname of Osiris

THE LAMENTATIONS OF ISIS AND NEPHTHYS

protecting thy funeral bed ;

calling thee in weeping,

thou who art prostrate on thy funeral bed.

Thou seest (our) tender solicitude.

Speak to us, Suprême Ruler, our Lord.

Chase ail the anguish which is in our hearts.

Thy companions, who are gods and men, when they see thee, (exclaim) :

Ours be thy visage, Suprême Ruler, our Lord ;

life for us is to behold thy countenance ;

let not thy face be turned from us ;

the joy of our hearts is to contemplate thee ;

(oh) Sovereign, our hearts are happy in seeing thee.

I am Nephthys, thy sister who loveth thee.

Thine enemy is vanquished, he no longer existeth !

I am with thee,

protecting thy members for ever and eternally.

Invocation by I sis 1 . She says :

Hail (oh) god An !

Thou, in the firmament, shinest upon us each day.

We no longer cease to behold thy rays,

Thoth is a protection for thee.

He placeth thy soûl in the barque Ma-at, in that name which is thine of God Moon.

I hâve corne to contemplate thee-

Thy beauties are in the midst of the Sacred Eye2 ;

in that name which is thine of Lord of the sixth day’s festival.

Thy companions are near to thee ;

Thou hast taken possession of the Heavens,

by the grandeur of the terrors which thou inspirest,

in that name which is thine of Lord of the fifteenth day’s festival.

1. The following sections are invocations addressed to Osiris under the forms of the Moon and the Sun, expressing the joy of his two sisters at having thus perceived him.