Two forms of the Egyptian sun god Khepri, left as a scarab or dung beetle flying with the sun in its arms, andright a human body with a scarab head. |
“To say: O Atum-Khepri, when thou didst mount as a hill; and didst shine as bnw of the ben (or, benben) in the temple of the "phoenix" in Heliopolis; and didst spew out as Shu, and did spit out as Tefnut; (then) thou didst put thine arms about them, as the arm(s) of a ka, that thy ka might be in them. Atum, so put thine arms about N.; about this temple, about this pyramid, as the arm (s) of a ka; that the ka of N. may be in it, enduring for ever and ever. O Great Ennead who are in Heliopolis: Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Set, Nephthys.”— Anon (c.2500BC), Pyramid Text, Utterance 600 (Ѻ)(Ѻ)