Lion Head Mesa blood-gift

The fellahin are sent to bathe, the mazoi down to supper. In the privacy of the vacated bedchamber, Rashepses closed his eyes and prayed.

O assembled gods of the Nile,
Who rejoice at Heqet’s coming,
Who love to see her beauty exalted;
I say at her side that I rejoice at seeing her!
My arms gesture ‘Come to me.’
I am the worshipper who wakens the sistrum for Heqet
Every day and at every hour she wishes.
Together with Horus, whom you love,
Who eats with you from your offerings,
Who feeds with you from your provisions.
I receive thee into my soul,
Pharaoh receives thee into her soul.
Shineth upon her body,
When she liest on our bed in the form of Isis,
So that she may may infuse light within.