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Introduction

CMA 71.2254

Psamtik-Seneb was a ḫrp sꜣ srqt, 'scorpion charmer', a physician/magician who provided charms to prevent injury by scorpions and other venomous creatures and treated those stung or bitten. He is not known from any other sources.

Bibliography

H. Gauthier. Découvertes récentes dans la nécropole saïte d'Héliopolis. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte 33: 27-53, 1933.
M. Patanè. Les Variantes des Textes des Pyramides à la Basse Époque. Privately published, 1922.
M. von Falck. Textgeschichtliche Untersuchungen zu Götterreden und verwandten Texten auf ägyptischen Särgen und Sarkophagen von der 3. Zwischenzeit bis zur Ptolemäerzeit. Inaugural dissertation, Universität Münster, 2001.
J.C. Harrison. Collecting with Vision: Treasures from the Chrysler Museum of Art. D. Giles Ltd, 2007.
Parke-Bernet sale catalog, 18 Dec. 1970, lot 40.

Acknowledgements

The coffin belongs to the Chrysler Museum of Art. These pages were prepared by Rita Lucarelli, Kea Johnston, Matthew Whealton and Mark-Jan Nederhof, for the Book of the Dead in 3D.

Context

Provenance

This sarcophagus was excavated by Henri Gaulthier at Heliopolis in 1931. It was purchased at auction by Walter P. Chrysler and subsequently gifted to the Chrysler Museum of Art. It can be dated to the 26th Dynasty.

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Persons

Psamtik-Seneb

The owner is depicted with long hair and a braided false beard, wearing a wide collar with a falcon head on either end.

Gods

Below the collar is Nut, holding in each hand, and spreading her wings over the deceased to ward off evil influences.

In the outermost columns are (traces of) the names and depictions of eight gods.

The first four of these are the sons of Horus, Imset and Duamutef (right side), and Hapi and Qebehsenuef (left side).

The next three are Maitef and Horkhentyirty (right side), and Kherybaqef (left side), who together with the sons of Horus are the Seven Shining Ones, the protectors of the body of Osiris. The names of the latter two are no longer legible.

The eighth god is Anubis, the god associated with mummification. His name is no longer legible.

Text

Center columns

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ḫꜥ ḫrp sꜣ srqt Psmṯk-snb m Nfr-tm

The healer Psamtik-Seneb appears as Nefertem,

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m sšn r šrt Rꜥ

the lotus at the nose of Re,

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pr=f m ꜣḫt

as he emerges from the horizon,

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wꜥb nṯrw n mꜣꜣ=f

at the sight of which the gods become pure.

Mirrored columns

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ꜣḫw rḏj.n Jnpw m-ḥr sꜣ qrst nt Wsjr

The akh spirits that Anubis has placed as protection over the sarcophagus of Osiris

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jw=sn m sꜣ qrst nt Wsjr

are protection over the sarcophagus of the Osiris,

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ḫrp sꜣ srqt Psmṯk-snb mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

healer Psamtik-Seneb, justified.

Basin right side

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ḏd-mdw jj n=k sꜣ=k Ḥr

Words to be said: Your son Horus has come to you,

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nḏ.n=f ṯw ḫrp sꜣ srqt Psmṯk-snb mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

that he may protect you, healer Psamtik-Seneb, justified.

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ꜥḥꜥ rk ṯs ṯw

Stand up! Raise yourself!

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ms.n ṯw mwt=k Nwt

Your mother Nut has given birth to you.

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jmj=k gꜣw jmj=k ꜥš

You will not need. You will not groan.

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ꜥḥꜥ=k ḫnt nṯrw

You will stand in front of the gods.

Basin left side

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ḏd-mdw jj.n Ḥr m sḫnw=k

Words to be said: Horus has come to meet you,

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ḫrp sꜣ srqt Psmṯk-snb mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

healer Psamtik-seneb, justified.

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ṯs ṯw rs ṯw tp=k r ꜣḫt pr=k r pt

Raise yourself, heed the horizon, so that you may ascend to the sky,

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ms.tj m Nwt ꜥnḫ.tj m-m sbꜣw

born in Nut, living among the stars!

Vocabulary

ꜣḫ n akh spirit

ꜣḫt n (f) horizon

jj v come

jw particle

jmj v (3inf) do not

jr= particle

ꜥnḫ v live

ꜥḥꜥ v stand

ꜥš v call

groan

wꜥb adj-verb pure

pt n (f) sky

prj v (3inf) go out

m prep in

(predication)
out
~-ḥr before

mꜣꜣ n seeing

mꜣꜥ-ḫrw adj-verb justified

mwt n (f) mother

msj v (3inf) give birth

m-m prep among

n prep for

because
to

n adj of

nṯr n god

nḏ v protect

r prep to

rs wake up

~ tp heed

rḏj v (3inf) give

place

ḫꜥj v (3inf) appear

ḫnt prep in front

ḫrp n controller

~ (sꜣ) srqt healer

sꜣ n protection

sꜣ n son

sbꜣ n star

sḫn v embrace

meet

sšn n lotus

šrt n (f) nose

qrst n (f) burial

gꜣw v narrow

lack

tp n head

ṯw pron you

ṯs v raise

ḏd-mdw literary words to be said

Names

Jnpw Anubis

Wsjr Osiris

Psmṯk-snb Psamtik-Seneb

Nwt Nut

Nfr-tm Nefertem

Rꜥ Re

Ḥr Horus

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