when he appears to mortals:
he rejoices the earth with his goings forth:
Hail to thee Amen-Rā Lord of the thrones of the world:
beloved of his city when he shines forth.[561]
Finished well as it was found.[562]
Hymn To Ra-Harmachis
Translated by E. L. Lushington, LL.D., D.C.L.
The hymn to Amen-Rā-Harmachis (the Sun identified with the Supreme Deity), of which a translation is here attempted, is found, with other compositions of a similar nature, among the Berlin papyri. (No. 5, published in Lepsius, “Denkmäler,” Abth. vi. Bd. 12, pp. 115-117.)
It probably belongs to the Ramesside period; the writing is careful and for the most part very distinct; some lacunæ are met with toward the end, and in a few passages the characters baffle the present translator's skill in deciphering.