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But though I know this, I am never able to associate Edfu with Horus, that child wearing the side-lock when he is not hawk-headed in his solar aspect that boy with his finger in his mouth, that youth who fought against Set, murderer of his father.
Behold, he that is under the knife shall not be bitten. And one sent forth a cry of lamentation, and Heaven gave the order that Horus was to be healed. Oh, Oh, bring thou the things which are thine to cut off the poison which is in every member of Horus, the son of Isis, and which is in every member of him that is under the knife likewise." "Homage to thee, god, son of a god.
May thy fear penetrate and extend into all countries and mountains, and mayest thou be the possessor of all the region which the sun encircleth in his course. This is the prayer which thy servant who now speaketh maketh on behalf of his lord who hath delivered him from Ament. Thy Majesty is like unto Horus, and the victorious might of thine arms hath conquered the whole world.
Before gaining access to this paradise each of them had to prove that it had during earthly life belonged to a friend or to a vassal of Osiris, and had served Horus in his exile, and had rallied to his banner from the very beginning of the Typhonian wars.
Beside that of Horus was the litter which had been borne into the temple before the arrival of the women. From it, supported by two friends, descended a slender young man. A hollow sound echoed through the pillared hall. The iron door at the main entrance of the temple had been closed.
Adoration to thee, O Osiris! The doors of heaven are opened to thee, the doors of the streams are thrown wide open to thee. Horus-Sept issueth from thee in the form of Horus, dweller in the star Septet.
These would, by themselves, furnish ample means of identification. But in addition, there is the tattooed device of the Eye of Osiris " "Horus," murmured Dr. Norbury. "Horus, then in the exact locality in which it was borne by the deceased and tattooed, apparently, with the same pigment.
The child was going, but Pentaur stopped him, seized him, lifted him up in his arms and kissed him; saying, as he turned to Nebsecht: "They were wise, who represented Horus the symbol of the triumph of good over evil and of purity over the impure in the form of a child. Bless you, my little friend; be good, and always give away what you have to make others happy.
I have stablished thee upon the throne of Horus for hundreds of thousands of years. Thou shalt guide life ..." The last section of the papyrus contains an excellent historical summary of the reign of Rameses III, and as it is one of the finest examples of this class of literature a translation of it is here given.
On the 19th of Paofi a police official informed Ramses that the night before people had begun to break the walls inclosing the temple of Horus. "Did ye command them to do that?" inquired the pharaoh. "No. They began of their own accord." "Restrain them mildly restrain them," said Ramses. "In a few days they may do what they like. But now let them not act with great violence."
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