The Summary of the Amduat

"The beginning is the horn of the West ;

the end thick darkness."

First Hour

This god enters into the Earth,
through the gateway of the western horizon.
It is 120 cubits to journey over this gateway,
before he reaches the gods of the Duat.

"Waters of Re" is the name of the first realm of the Duat,
where he assigns fields to the gods following him.
He begins to give orders,
and to take care of those of the Duat in this field.

It is executed like this original,
in the secrecy of the Duat.
He who knows these images is like the great god himself.
It is beneficial to him on Earth ; a true remedy.
It is beneficial to him in the Duat, immensely.

"Smashing the foreheads of the enemies of Re"
is the name of the first hour goddess of the night,
who guides this great god in this gateway.

Second Hour

Setting afterwards by this great god in Wernes.
309 cubits is the length of this region,
120 cubits (its) breadth.

"Ba-souls of the Duat" is the name of the gods who are in this region.

As for him who knows their names, he will be among them.
This great god will assign him fields,
at their place from the region of Wernes.
He will pause together with the pausing one (Re),
and he will process behind this great god.
He will enter the Earth and he will open the Duat,
he will cut off the locks of the "Braided ones".
He will pass by the "Donkey-swallowers" behind the Maat of the plot.
Always will he eat bread in the bark of the Earth,
and will be given the prow-rope of the Sun bark.

These Ba-souls of the Duat are done in painting,
in their forms in the secrecy of the Duat,
the beginning of the writing towards the West.
Offerings are made to them on Earth in their names.
It is beneficial to a man on Earth,
a true remedy, (proven) millions of times.
He who knows these words which the gods of the Duat speak to this god,
and the words this god speaks to them,
is one who will approach to those of the Duat.
It is beneficial to him on Earth,
a true remedy, (proven) millions of times !

The name of this hour of the night
who guides this god in this region is :
"The wise who protects her master".

Third Hour

Setting afterwards by the Majesty of this great god
in the fields of the shore-dwellers,
rowing by this god on the water of Osiris.
309 cubits is the length of this field, 120 the breadth.
This great god gives orders
to those who follow Osiris at this place.
He assigns plots to them at this field.

"Mysterious Ba-souls" is the name of the gods who are in this field.
He who knows their names on Earth,
will approach the place where Osiris is.
Water will be given to him at this his field.
"Water of the Unique Master, which brings forth offerings" is the name of this field.

These secret images of the mysterious Ba-souls have been made in this form,
which is painted in the secrecy of the Duat,
the beginning of the writing to the West.
It is beneficial to a man on Earth,
and in the necropolis ; a true remedy.
He who knows them, will pass by them,
he cannot perish from their roaring,
and cannot fall into their pits.
Whoever knows them, belongs to the places,
his offering cake at (his) face, together with Re.
Whoever knows them is an efficient Ba-soul,
master over his two feet,
who will not enter the place of destruction.
He will always go forth with his forms,
as one who breathes air at his hour.

The name of the hour who guides this great god in this field is :
"She who cuts Ba-souls".

Fourth Hour

Pausing afterwards in being towed by the Majesty of this great god
in the mysterious cavern of the West.
Caring for those who are in it with his voice,
without him seeing them.

The name of this cavern is : "With living forms".
The name of the gate of this cavern is : "Which hides the towing".

Whoever knows this image of the mysterious ways of Rosetau,
the unapproachable paths of the Imhet,
the hidden gates which are in the land of Sokar-upon-his-sand,
is one who will eat bread besides the living in the temple of Atum.

Whoever knows it is one with just paths,
going on the ways of Rosetau,
and seeing the images of the Imhet.

The name of the hour of the night guiding this great god is :
"She who is great in her power".

Fifth Hour

This great god is towed on the paths of Maat of the Duat,
through the upper half of the mysterious cavern of Sokar-upon-his-sand.

Unseen and unperceived is this mysterious image
of the land which bears the flesh of this god.
The gods among whom this god is, they hear the voice of Re
when he calls to the region of this god.

The name of the gate of this place is : "Station of the gods".
The name of the cavern of this god is : "West".

The mysterious ways of the West,
the gates of the Hidden Chamber,
the unapproachable place of the land of Sokar :
flesh, members and body in (their) first manifestation !

The name of the gods who are in this cavern is :
"Ba-souls who are in the Duat".

Their shapes are that which is in their hours,
their mysterious shapes.
Unknown, unseen,
and unperceived is this image of Horus himself.

This is done like this image
which is painted in the secrecy of the Duat,
on the southern side of the Hidden Chamber.
Whoever knows it, this Ba-soul will be content,
and he will be content with the offerings of Sokar.
The "Violent one" cannot cut his corpse,
he will pass her in peace.
Offerings are made to these gods on Earth.

The name of the hour of the night,
who guides this great god in this cavern is :
"She who guides in the midst of her bark".

Sixth Hour

Setting by the Majesty of this great god
into the depths of the waterhole of those of the Duat.
He gives orders to the gods who are in it,
he orders that they take hold of their divine offerings at this place.
He proceeds in this, equipped with his bark,
he assigns to them their plots for their offerings.
He gives to them water from their waterway,
when passing the Duat, day after day.

The name of the gate of this place is : "With sharp knives".
The mysterious path of the West,
whose water this great god traverses in his bark,
to care for those of the Duat.

Registered in their names,
known in their bodies and carved in their forms are the hours,
mysterious in (their) state,
without this secret image of the Duat being known by any person.
This image is painted in this way,
in the secrecy of the Duat,
on the southern side of the Hidden Chamber.

Whoever knows it will belong to the offerings in the Duat,
he will be satisfied with the offerings of the gods following Osiris,
offerings will be given to him and his family in the Earth.

Orders are given by the person of this god,
to present divine offerings to the gods of the Duat.
When he pauses by them, they see him,
and take possession of their fields.
Their offerings, they emerge by order of this great god.

"The depths, waterhole of those of the Duat" is the name of this field.
It is the path of the bark of Re.
The name of the hour of the night
guiding this great god in this region is : "Arrival that gives the right (way)".

Seventh Hour

Resting by the Majesty of this great god in the cavern of Osiris.
Giving orders by the Majesty of this (great) god
at this cavern to these gods who are in it.
This god takes another form at this cavern,
he confounds Apopis from the way,
through the magic of Isis and the Eldest Magician.

The name of the gate of this place
which this god passes by, "Gate of Osiris" is its name.
The name of this place is : "Mysterious cavern".

The secret path of the West,
upon which this great god passes in his unapproachable bark.
He proceeds on this way,
which is without water, and without the possibility of towing.
He sails by the magic of Isis and the Eldest Magician,
and by the magic power on the mouth of this god himself.
The slaughtering of Apopis is done in the Duat at this cavern,
his place however is in the sky.

It is painted in this way,
on the northern side of the Hidden Chamber in the Duat.
It is beneficial for whom it is made,
in heaven and in Earth.
Whoever knows it is one of the Ba-souls with Re.
Executed are these magic spells of Isis and the Eldest Magician,
which they perform as a repelling of Apopis from Re in the West.
It is done in the secrecy of the Duat,
and it is done on Earth likewise.
Whoever knows it will be in the bark of Re,
in heaven and in Earth.
It is simple to know this image,
but who does not know it cannot repel "Horrible of Face".

As for this sandbank of "Horrible of Face" in the Duat :
it is 450 cubits in its length,
and he fills it with his coils.
His slaughter is made against him,
without this god passing by him,
when he makes his way around him at the cavern of Osiris.

This god passes along in this place,
in the image of the Mehen-serpent.
Whoever knows it on Earth, "Horrible of Face" cannot drink his water.
The Ba-soul of him who knows it cannot perish,
through the violence of the gods who are in this cavern.
Whoever know it will be one whose Ba-soul the crocodile will not swallow.

The name of the hour of the night,
guiding this great god in this cavern is :
"She who repels the Evil One and slaughters 'Horrible of Face'".

Eighth Hour

Resting by the Majesty of this great god,
at the caverns of the mysterious gods who are upon their sand.
He gives order to them from his bark to his gods who tow him,
in the protecting embrace of the Mehen-serpent.

The name of the gate of this place is : "Standing without getting tired".
The name of this place is : "Sarcophagus of her gods".

The mysterious caverns of the West,
which the great god passes in his bark,
being towed by his gods who are in the Duat.

This is done like this image which is painted,
on the northern side of the Hidden Chamber in the Duat.
Whoever knows them by their names,
will have clothing in the Earth,
and will not be repelled from the mysterious gates.
He will be fed at the great tomb ; a true remedy.

The name of the hour of the night guiding this great god is :
"Mistress of the deep night".

Ninth Hour

Resting by the Majesty of this great god in this cavern.
He gives orders from his bark to the gods who are in it.
The crew of the bark of this great god (also) rests at this place.

The name of the gate of this place,
through which this great god passes,
that he sets upon the waterway, which is in this place, is :
"Guardian of the flood".
The name of this place is : "With images flowing forth".

The mysterious cavern of the West,
where this great god and his crew rest in the Duat.
These are done with their names,
like this image which is painted
on the eastern side of the Hidden Chamber of the Duat.
Whoever knows their names on Earth,
and knows their thrones in the West,
will occupy his throne in the Duat,
standing among the "Lords of Provision",
and declared "justified" by the tribunal on the day of judgement.
It is beneficial to whoever knows it on Earth.

The name of the hour of the night
guiding this great god in this cavern is :
"She who adores and protects her Lord".

Tenth Hour

Resting by the Majesty of this great god in this cavern.
He gives orders to the gods who are in it.

The name of the gate of this place through which this great god passes is :
"With great manifestations, giving birth to forms".
The name of this place is : "With deep water and high banks".

The mysterious cavern of the West,
at which Khepri rests with Re,
at which gods, Akh-spirits and the dead lament
because of the mysterious image of the Beyond.

This is done like this image which is painted,
on the eastern side of the Hidden Chamber of the Duat.

Whoever knows them by name,
traverses the Duat right to the end,
without being repelled from "The lights of the sky" with Re.

The name of the hour of the night
guiding this great god to the mysterious paths of this place is :
"The furious, who slaughters him with crooked heart".

Eleventh Hour

Resting by the Majesty of this great god in this cavern.
He gives order to the gods who are in it.

The name of the gate of this place,
through which this great god passes is :
"Resting place of those of the Duat".
The name of this place is : "Mouth of the cavern which examines the corpses".

The mysterious cavern of the Duat,
through which this great god passes,
to come out from the eastern mountain of heaven.

Time swallows her images
in front of the seer who is in this place.
She gives them (back) afterwards
for the birth of Khepri in the Earth.

This is done in this form,
like this image which is painted,
in the secrecy of the Duat,
on the eastern side of the Hidden Chamber.

Whoever knows it, participates in offerings as a well-provided Akh-spirit,
in heaven and in Earth ; a true remedy.

The name of the hour of the night
guiding this great god in this cavern is :
"Starry, Lady of the Bark, who repels the enemy when he appears".

Twelfth Hour

Resting by the Majesty of this great god in this cavern
"End of the thick darkness".

This great god is born in his manifestation of Khepri at this cavern.
Nut and Naunet, Hehu and Hehut, emerge at this cavern
at the birth of this great god,
that he comes out from the Duat.
He places himself in the day-bark,
and appears from the thighs of Nut.

The name of the gate of this place is :
"That which raises the gods".
The name of this place is : "With emerging darkness and appearing births".

The mysterious cavern of the Duat,
at which this great god is born,
that he comes out from the Nun,
and that he sets at the body of Nut.

This is done like this image which is painted,
on the eastern side of the Hidden Chamber of the Duat.
It is beneficial for whoever knows it
on Earth, in heaven and in the Earth.

Closing Text

The beginning is light,
the end thick darkness.

The course of Re in the West,
the secret plans which this god brings forth in it,
the excellent guide, the secret writing of the Duat,
which is not known by any person, save a few.

This image is done like this,
in the secrecy of the Duat,
unseen and unperceived.

Whoever knows this mysterious image will be a well-provided Akh-spirit.
Always will he leave and enter again the Duat,
and speak to the living.

A true remedy, (proven) a million times !