As broad as Beppy's realm shall flourish my reign shall flourish!

• Inscription on the pyramid of Pepi II begins:

Hail, ye great nine gods who dwell in Annu, grant ye that Pepi may flourish, and grant ye that this pyramid of Pepi, this building built for eternity, may flourish,

even as the name of the god Tmu, the chief of the great company of the nine gods, doth flourish. If the name of Shu, the lord of the celestial shrine in Annu

flourisheth, then Pepi shall flourish, and this his pyramid shall flourish, and this his work shall endure to all eternity.

This same formula is repeated for the names of several other gods.