The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani)

Book of the Dead

Language:

English

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Selection / partial

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Anonymous / composite

THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. PLATE I. to# i?# ye/i uben - / ^w %#/ atfte/ *«/ /*/ Adoration of Ra when riseth he in horizon eastern of heaven. an Ausdr an neter hetep en neteru nebu Ant tet - f Behold Osiris, the scribe of the holy offerings of the gods all, Ani ! Saith he, dnet' - hrd - k l - Qd em %eperd x e P er( * em qemam neteru Homage to thee, who hast come as Khepera, Khepera as the creator of the gods. %ad - k uben - k pest mut - k yaa - 0d em suten neteru Thou risest, thou shinest, making bright thy mother, crowned as king of the gods, dri - nek mut Nut data - s em drit nini seiep - tu doeth to thee mother Nut [with] her two hands the act of worship. Receiveth thee Manu em hetep tiept - to J/iof/ *r /nz /# - / ^k Manu with content, embraceth thee Maat at the double season. May he give splendour us em maa-yeru pert em ba dnyi er maa and power together with triumph, [and] a coming forth as a soul living to see Characters over which a line is printed are, in the papyrus, written in red. THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [PLATE I. Heru-yuti en ka en Ausdr an Ant maa-yeru ^er Ausdr { HorUS h°o f rSj e nf OUble } to the ka of 0siris > the scribe Ani > triumphant before Osiris. fet - f d neteru nebu nu Het-ba utau pet ta em Saith he, Hail gods all of the Soul Temple, [ye] weighers of heaven [and] earth in mdyait tdtdu ka t'efa Ta - tu - nen ud art the balance, givers of food [and] abundance of meat ! [Hail] Tatunen, One, maker of £A*aai t in 1*. n:^ t^ fet - f d neteru nebu nu Het-ba utau pet ta em Saith he, Hail gods all of the Soul Temple, [ye] weighers of heaven [and] earth in mdyait tdtdu ka t'efa Ta - tu - nen ud art the balance, givers of food [and] abundance of meat ! [Hail] Tatunen, One, maker of £A*aai t in 1*. n:^ t^ tememu paut neteru rest mehtet dmentet dbtet mankind [and of] the substance of the gods of the south, north, west, [and] east ! ^^OkM-^?J - s: nil f 1 p dmmd dau en Rd neb pet dOi dn^ utfa send Ascribe praise to Ra, the lord o

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