The Pyramid Texts

Name: The Pyramid Texts
Author: Various Pharaohs

Various Pharaohs · Egyptian · c. 2400 BCE

Translated by Samuel A.B. Mercer (1952)

46 chapters

The oldest religious texts in the world — funerary spells and incantations from the pyramids of Saqqara.

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1The Pyramid Texts
2PREFACE
3INTRODUCTION
41. NUT AND THE DECEASED KING, UTTERANCES 1-11
52. RITUAL OF BODILY RESTORATION OF THE DECEASED, AND OFFERINGS, UTTERANCES 12-203.
63. A GROUP OF PRAYERS AND CHARMS, UTTERANCES 204-212.
74. A SERIES OF OLD HELIOPOLITAN TEXTS PARTLY OSIRIANIZED, UTTERANCES 213-222.
85. THE DECEASED KING RECEIVES OFFERINGS AND IS RE-ESTABLISHED IN HIS FUNCTIONS AND POSSESSIONS, UTTERANCES 223-225.
96. MOSTLY SERPENT CHARMS, UTTERANCES 226-243.
107. THE DECEASED KING ARRIVES IN HEAVEN WHERE HE IS ESTABLISHED, UTTERANCES 244-259
118. THE DECEASED KING TRIUMPHS OVER HIS ENEMIES AND IS RECOGNIZED BY THE GODS, UTTERANCES 260-262.
129. MEANS WHEREBY THE DECEASED KING REACHES HEAVEN, UTTERANCES 263-271.
1310. THE DECEASED KING IN HEAVEN, UTTERANCES 272-274.
1411. CHARMS, UTTERANCES 275-299.
1512. THE FERRYMAN AND THE DECEASED KING'S ASCENSION, UTTERANCES 300-311.
1613. A SERIES OF FIVE CHARMS, UTTERANCES 312-316.
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