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The so-called 'Coffin Texts', inscribed on the interior of coffins, belong to the middle kingdom (2250-1580 B.C.) |
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| I was (the spirit in ?) The Primeval Waters, he who had no companion when my name came into existence. The most ancient form in which I came into existence was as a drowned one. |
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| I was (also) he who came into existence
as a circle, he who was the dweller in his egg. I was the one who began (everything), the dweller in the Primeval Waters. |
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| First Hahu(1) emerged from me and then I began to move. I created my limbs in my ‘glory’. |
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| I was the maker of myself, in that I formed myself according to my desire and in accord with my heart. |
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| 1. Hahu, the wind which began the separation of the waters and raised the sky. | |||||
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| Translated by R.T. Rundle Clark, Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt (London 1959) p.74 |
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