The hieroglyphs were gathered from the standard edition of Sethe (1908 - 1960) and digitally enhanced. The translation was done anew, but inspired by German (Sethe, 1935 - 1962), English (Faulkner, 1969) and French (Jacq, 1998) efforts.
The waters of precreation and their personifications are mentioned in 37 Utterances of the Pyramid Texts, of which 7 are additional or fragmentary. These have not been included in the present Book of Nun. They are :
Utterance 458A - § 1034 :
"Nun {--- I have protected} Osiris from his brother Seth ..."
Utterance 493 - § 1062 :
"I have seen Nun, I appear upon my road ..."
Utterance 539 - § 1304 :
"{My vertex is ...} and Nun ..."
Utterance 586 - § 1583 :
"Open the gates which are in Nun."
Utterance 704 - § 2206 :
"... the King has flown up and alighted on the vertex of the beetle in the bow of the bark which is in Nun."
Utterance 719 - § 2236 :
"They commend You to Him who presides over the Enneads as Lord of the heritage of Geb which Nun places under your feet for You ..."
Utterance 729 - § 2257 :
"O You who are on your nAwt-bush, crawl away because of Nun !"
(...) : additions in English
{...} : fragmentary, uncertain or corrupt but restored
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LIBER NUN
§ 1
I, King Wenis, was conceived in the night.
I was born in the night.
I belong to the Followers of Re,
who are before the Morning Star.1
I was conceived in Nun.
I was born in Nun.
I have come and
I have brought to You the bread of those I found there !
Utterance 211, § 132.
§ 2
Cast off your impurity for Atum in Heliopolis and go down2 with him. Assign the needs of the Lower Sky3 and succeed to the thrones of Nun.4"
Utterance 222, § 207.
§ 3
To say the words :
Fall, serpent that came forth from the Earth !
Fall, flame that came forth from Nun !
Fall down !
Crawl away !
Utterance 233, § 237.
§ 4
That is King Wenis, I am Sia5 who is at the West of Re,
<reserved> of heart,
at the fore of the Cavern of Nun.
Utterance 250, § 268.
§ 5
King Wenis is the one who is <on his own>, the eldest of the gods : his bread-offering is for above with Re, his feast is from Nun !
Utterance 258, § 310.
§ 6
... this King Teti's meal is in Nun,
for this King Teti is one who goes to and fro ..."
Utterance 259, § 314.
§ 7
For judgment between the orphan and the orphaness has been made for me. The Two Truths have heard (the case), while Shu was witness and the Two Truths commanded that the thrones of Geb revert to me, so that I raise myself to what I have desired, my limbs -which were in concealment- join, I unite those who are in Nun and put a stop to the affair in Heliopolis.6
Now that I go forth today in the real form of a living Akh, I shall break up the fight and punish strife. I have come forth for Maat, (so) that I may bring her, she being with me. Wrath will depart for me and those who are in Nun will assign life to me.
Utterance 260, §§ 318-319.
§ 8
To say the words :
O Height that will not be penetrated, Gate of Nun, I, King Unas, have come to You, have this opened to me !
Utterance 272, § 392.
§ 9
To say the words :
You have your bread-loaf, O Nun and Naunet7 !
You pair of the gods,8
who joined the gods with their shadow.
You have your bread-loaf, O Amun and Amaunet !
You pair of the gods,
who joined the gods with their shadow.
You have your bread-loaf, O Atum and Double-Lion !
Who yourselves created your two gods and their bodies,
that is Shu and Tefenet, who made the gods,
who begot the gods and established the gods.
Utterance 301, § 446.
§ 10
To say the words :
O hunger, do not come to me, King Teti.
Go away to Nun, depart to the flood !
Utterance 338, § 551.
§ 11
To say the words :
O First-born of Shu,
your fetters are loosed by the two Lords of Nun.
Utterance 358, § 593.
§ 12
To say the words :
O height which is not sharpened, gate of Nut, I, King Teti, am Shu who came forth from Atum.
O Nun, let these (gates) be opened for me, for behold I have come, a god-like soul."
Utterance 360, § 603.
§ 13
To say the words :
Nun has recommended King Teti to Atum ...
Utterance 361, § 604.
§ 14
To say the words :
O my father, O my father in darkness ! O my father Atum in darkness ! Fetch me, King Teti, to your side, so that I may kindle a light for You and protect You, even as Nun protected these four goddesses on the day when they protected the throne, (namely) Isis, Nephthys, Neith and Serket-hetu.9
Utterance 362, §§ 605 - 606.
§ 15
To say the words :
O King Merenre (...) may You ascend as the Morning Star, may You be rowed as the lake-dweller. May those who are in Nun fear You, may You give orders to the spirits. (...)
O You of Nun, O You of Nun, beware of the Great Lake !
Utterance 461, §§ 871-872.
§ 16
To say the words :
Hail to You, You waters which Shu brought, which Mendjef lifted up, in which Geb bathed his limbs. Hearts were pervaded with fear, hearts were pervaded with terror when I was born in Nun before the sky existed, before the Earth existed, before that which was to be made form existed, before turmoil existed, before that fear which arose on account of the Eye of Horus existed.
Utterance 486, §§ 1039-1040.
§ 17
I, King Pepi, am he who knelt in Nun, I am he who sat down in ...
Utterance 491A, § 1057.
§ 18
To say the words :
Opened is the sky ! Opened is the Earth ! Opened are the apertures of the celestial windows ! Opened are the steps of Nun ! Released are the movements of the light of the Sun, by that one who endures every day.
Utterance 503, § 1078.
§ 19
Sit on your iron throne, take your mace and your sceptre, that You may lead those who are in Nun, give orders to the gods, and set a spirit in its spirit-state.
Utterance 512, § 1166.
§ 20
He has heard my appeal, he has done what I have said, and I have removed myself from the Tribunal of the Magistrates of Nun at the head of the Great Ennead.
Utterance 513, § 1174.
§ 21
O Nun10, hear it, this word which I say to You. Be informed concerning me, that I, King Pepi, am a great one, the son of a great one.
Utterance 570, § 1446.
§ 22
... may You gather together those who are in Nun, may You assemble those who are in the celestial expanses.
Utterance 574, § 1486.
§ 23
O Nun, raise King Pepi's arm to the sky, that he may support the Earth which he has given to You.
Utterance 576, § 1517.
§ 24
'Here comes the Dweller in Nun', says Atum. 'We have come', say they, say the gods to You, O Osiris.
Utterance 577, § 1525.
§ 25
... he has come that he may rule towns and govern settlements, and give orders to those who are in Nun.
Utterance 603, § 1678.
§ 26
These two great and mighty gods who preside over the Field of Rushes install You upon the throne of Horus as their first-born. They set Shu for You on your East side and Tefnut on your West side, Nun on your South side and Naunet on your North side. They guide You to these fair and pure seats of theirs which they made for Re when they set him upon their thrones.
Utterance 606, §§ 1690 - 1693.
§ 27
King Merenre was fashioned by Nun at his left hand when he was a child who had no wisdom. He has saved him from harmful gods, and he will not give him over to harmful gods.
Utterance 607, § 1701.
§ 28
King Neferkare is a great falcon which is on the battlements of Him-whose-Name-is-Hidden, taking what belongs to Atum to Him who separates the sky from the Earth and Nun.
Utterance 627, § 1778.
§ 29
... authority is given King Neferkare from Him whose face suffers greatly in the presence of Him who is in Nun.
Utterance 627, § 1780.
§ 30
... when Isis spoke to Nun : 'You have borne him, You have shaped him, You have spat him out, but he has no legs, he has no arms ; wherewith can he be knit together ?'
Utterance 669, §§ 1964 - 1965.
§ 31
Those who are in Nun come to You, the Sun-folk go to and fro for You, (so) that You may be Horus ...
Utterance 694, § 2147.
