Biography of Djehutiemhab -TT 194 (ll.1-16)
Assmann, J. 'Eine Traumoffenbarung der Göttin Hathor',
Revue d'Égyptologie 30 (1978),22-50;
KRIVII 153; ÄHG 172.
Dynasty 19- Ramesses II/Thebes
A hymn of the Golden One, Eye of Ra, who kisses the earth for her ka.
A prayer to her beautiful face, applauding her every day, [by Osi]ris, the overseer
of the fields of the temple of Amun, Djehuti[emhab, the justified.]
[He said:
'I have come] before you, Lady of the Two Lands, Hathor, Great of Love.
Behold [I. ..] (5) for your beautiful face, and I kissed the earth for your ka.
I am a real priest of yours and I am upon the waters of your command.
I don't cast aside the speech of your mouth; I don't ignore your teachings.
I am upon the path of that which you yourself have given, upon the road that
you have made.
How happy is the moment for the one who knows you; every one who sees you
is praised.
How joyful it is, when the one who enters your shadow rests by your side! (10)
You arc the one who predic[ed my [omb chapel a[ the beginning, as it was first
decided.
That which you said, has happened; your plan [is carried out} and a place
[is
mad] for my mummy-body.
You will give me old age, and my rest, while I [am] healthy and satisfied with
life
my eye able to see, and all my limbs complete.
You are one who has spoken to me yourself, with your own mouth -
'I am the beautiful Hely,
my shape being that of M ut.
I have come in order to instruct you:
See your place -take hold of it',
without travelling north, without travelling south.'
while I was in a dream11
while the earth was in silence,
in the deep of the night.12
At dawn, my heart was delighted, I was rejoicing and I gave myself over
to the
West in order to do as she said.
For you are a goddess who does what she says, a noble lady to whom one owes
obedience.
I have not neglected your speech;
I have not transgressed your plans.
I perform only according to that which you said. (15)
Place your face in order to let me bow down to it.
Reward (with) your goodness that I may perceive your form within my
tomb13
in order that I may recount your power in order to make young men
know
(of it).14