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As a descendant from the Creator God Atum
the King stands high over the
land, the same as Atum did on the Primeval Mound
when he assumed kingship
over the world which he was creating.
At the same time the King is presented
to the sun-god.
The kheri-hb (Lector Priest) addresses the King:
Stand upon it, this earth, which
issued from Atum,
this spittle which issued from Khoprer;
come into being
upon it, be exalted upon it,
so that your father may see you,
so that Re
may see you.
The King speaks:
I have come to you my father,
I have come to you, O Re.
I have come to you my father, I have come to you, O
Ndi.
I have come to you my father, I have come to you, O Pndn.
I have come
to you my father, I have come to you O Dndn.
I have come to you my
father, I have come to you, O Great Wild Bull.
I have come to you my father,
I have come to you, O Great Float-user.
I have come to you, my father, I have
come to you, O Sopd.
I have come to you, my father, I have come to you, O
Sharp of Teeth.
Grant that I may seize the sky and take possession of the
horizon.
Grant that I may rule the Nine and provide for the Ennead.
Place
the crook in my hand,
that the head of Lower and Upper Egypt may be
bowed.
I charge my opponent and stand up,
The great headman in my
great waters.
Nephtys has favored me,
And I have captured my
opponent.
The kheri-heb (King's Lector Priest) speaks:
Provide yourself with the Great of
Magic,
even Seth dwelling in Nubet,
Lord of Upper Egypt,
nothing is
lost to you, nothing has ceased for you;
Behold you are more renowned and
more powerful
than the gods of Upper Egypt and their spirits.
O you whom
the Pregnant One ejected,
you have terminated the night,
being equipped
as Seth who broke forth violently,
even you whom Isis has favored.
Equip
yourself as Horus, being young;
indeed nothing is lost to you, nothing has
ceased for you;
behold you are more renowned and more powerful
than the
northern gods and their spirits.
Cast off your impurity for Atum in On and
go down with him;
assign the needs of the Lower Sky
and succeed to the
thrones of the Abyss.
May you come into being with your father Atum,
may
you go up on high with your father Atum,
may you rise with your father Atum,
may your needs be loosened from you,
your head being under the care of
the Lady of On.
Go up, open your way by means of the bones of Shu,
the
embrace of your mother Nut will enfold you.
Be pure in the horizon and get
rid of your impurity in the Lakes of Shu.
The kheri-heb (Lector Priest) continues:
Ascend
and descend;
descend with Re, sink into darkness with Ndi.
Ascend and
descend;
ascend with Re, rise with the Great Float-User.
Ascend and
descend;
descend with Nebt-Het, sink into darkness with the
Night-bark.
Ascend and descend;
ascend with Aset, rise with the
Day-bark.
May you have power in your body,
for you have no hindrance;
you are born for Horus,
you are conceived for Seth.
Be pure in the
Western nome,
receive your purification in the Heliopolitan nome
with
your father, with Atum.
Come into being, go up on high, and it will be well
with you,
it will be pleasant for you in the embrace of your father,
in
the embrace of Atum.
O Atum,
raise this King up to you, enclose him within your embrace,
for he is your
son of your body for ever.
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