Text: ( 1 ) The great godlike rulers in the judgment of the dead are Thoth, Osiris, Anubis, and Astennu. Now (2) the " condemnation of those who are to be blotted out" is the withholding of that which is so needful to the souls of the children of impotent revolt.
" (3) Hail, Thoth, who madest Osiris victorious over his enemies, make thou " the Osiris, the scribe Ani (triumphant!), to be victorious over his enemies in the 1 Omitted on Plate XXIV.
2 Q I or /vSw >8\ IjVJg' ©, the capital of the eighth nome of Upper Egypt, situated near Abydos, and probably represented by the modern village of Kum es-Sultan. It is the 0IC of the Coptic writers. See Brugsch, Diet, Gtog., p. 95 1; and Ame'lineau, La Gtographie de PJigypte, p. 500.
304 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [PLATE XIV.
" presence of the great godlike rulers, (4) on the festival of the breaking and " turning up of the earth in Tattu, on the night of the breaking and turning up of " the earth in their blood and of making Osiris to be victorious over his enemies."
§ H. Vignette: The three gods of the festival of breaking up the earth in Tattu.
Text: ( 1 ) When the fiends of Set come and change themselves into beasts, the great godlike rulers, on the festival of the breaking and turning up of the earth in Tattu, (2) slay them in the presence of the gods therein, and their blood floweth among them as they are smitten down. (3) These things are allowed to be done by them by the judgment of those who are in Tattu.
" Hail, Thoth, who madest Osiris victorious over his enemies, make thou the 41 Osiris Ani to be victorious over his enemies in the presence of the godlike rulers " (4) who are in Naarutef, on the night of him who concealeth himself in divers "forms, even Osiris.' 11 § I. Vignette: The gods Ra, Osiris, Shu, and Bebi, 2 dog-headed.
Text: (1) The great godlike rulers who are in Naarutef are Ra, Osiris, Shu, and Bebi. 3 Now the " night of him who concealeth himself in divers forms, even Osiris," is when the thigh [and the head], and the heel, and the leg, are brought nigh unto the coffin of Osiris Un-nefer.
" Hail, Thoth, who madest Osiris victorious (3) over his enemies, make thou 41 the Osiris Ani (triumphant before Osiris) victorious over his enemies in the " presence of the great godlike rulers who are in (4) Re-stau, on the night when " Anubis lay with his arms and his hands over the things behind Osiris, and " when Horus was made to triumph over his enemies."
§ J. Vignette: The gods Horus, Osiris, Isis, and...(?)
1 Var. *^w cm J 1 vgv j\ n^^ U Jh en sekta da aru, "of making to be hidden the one mighty of forms" (/.*., Osiris). See Naville, Todtenbuch^ Bd. II., Bl. 81.
B.D. Chap. XVIII.] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 305 Text: (1) The great godlike rulers in Re-stau are Horus, Osiris, and Isis. The heart of Osiris rejoiceth, and the heart of Horus (2) is glad; and therefore are the east and the west at peace.
" Hail Thoth, who madest Osiris victorious over his enemies, (3) make thou the " Osiris Ani, the scribe and teller of the divine offerings of all the gods, to triumph " over his enemies in the presence of the ten (4) companies of great godlike rulers 44 who are with Ra and with Osiris and with every god and goddess in the " presence of Neb-er-tcher. He hath destroyed his (5) enemies, and he hath 44 destroyed every evil thing belonging unto him."
Rubric: This chapter being recited, the deceased shall come forth by day, purified after death, and [he shall make all] the forms 1 (or transformations) which his heart shall dictate. Now if this chapter be recited over him, he shall come forth 2 upon earth, he shall escape from every fire; and none of the foul things which appertain unto him shall encompass him for everlasting 3 and for ever and for ever.
PLATE XV.
PLATE XV.
Vignette: A seated statue of Ani, the scribe, upon which the ceremony of "opening the mouth" 4 •^ > | <=> un re, is being performed by the sem h priest, clad in a panther's skin and holding in his right hand the instrument Ur heka 6 ^* ft[ ), i.e., u mighty one of enchantments." In front of the statue are: the 2 The Papyrus of Nebseni has the better reading ^\ | <|\ 1 D J^ I s?5Ff uta &* ^ ta > " he shall be in a good state upon earth."
3 Brugsch renders em shes maat by " sicut aequum et justum est "; Worterbuch (Supp.), p. 1203.
4 For a description of this ceremony, see above, pp. 264-270.
6 Compare H ^y -c2> " XJ x <=> Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. I., Bl. 34. In British Museum papyrus No. 10,470, sheet 8, the god Horus performs this ceremony upon the deceased, who is seated upon a stool.
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i "£~ Temanu, and the object ~+~+^~^°yr Pesh-en-kef. 1 Text [Chapter XXIII.]: (i) The Chapter of opening the mouth of Osiris, the scribe Ani. To be said: 2 " May Ptah open my mouth, and may 41 the god of my town 3 loose the swathings, even the swathings 4 which are over " my mouth (2). Moreover, may Thoth, being filled and furnished with charms, 11 come and loose the bandages, the bandages of Set which fetter my mouth (3); 44 and may the god Tmu hurl them 5 at those who would fetter [me] with them, " and drive them back. May my mouth be opened, may my mouth be unclosed 44 by Shu 6 (4) with his iron 7 knife, wherewith he opened the mouth of the gods. 44 1 am Sekhet, 8 and I sit upon the great western side of heaven. (5) I am the 44 great goddess Sah 9 among the souls of Annu. Now as concerning every charm 44 and all the words which may be spoken against me (6), may the gods resist 44 them, and may each and every one of the company of the gods withstand Text [Chapter XXIV.]: (1) The Chapter of bringing charms unto Osiris Ani [in Neter-khert]. [He saith]: " I am Tmu n -Khepera, who gave 44 birth unto himself upon the thigh of his divine mother. 12 Those who are in Nu 18 44 are made wolves, and those who are among the godlike rulers (3) are become 3 Var., " By Amen, the god of my town "; Lepsius, Todtenbueh y PL xiv.
5 Var., "May Tmu give me my hand to shoot them at those who fetter [me]. May my mouth be given to me, may my mouth be opened."
6 Var., ° § Ptafc.
7 Literally "iron of heaven" (baat en pet = Copt. &eitine); for discussions on the word, see Diimichen, Aeg. Zeit, 1874, p. 49, and the authorities quoted by Brugsch, Worterbuch (Suppl.), p. 416.
8 The papyrus of Nebseni adds T (1(1 o JA Uatchit.
10 Var., " Them may the gods resist, and all the company of my gods, and all the company of their gods."
11 Many papyri omit Tmu.
12 Birch, " on the lap of his mother "; Pierret, " en haut de la cuisse de sa mere."
13 I.e., the sky.
B.D. Chapp. XXIII.-XXV.] THE PAPYRUS OF AN I. 307 " hyenas. 1 Behold, I gather together the charm from every place where it is and " from every man with whom it is, 2 swifter than greyhounds and fleeter than light. " (4) Hail thou who towest along the makhent boat of Ra, the stays of thy sails " and of thy rudder are taut in the wind as thou sailest over the Lake of Fire in " Neter-khert. Behold, thou gatherest together the charm (5) from every place " where it is and from every man with whom it is, swifter than greyhounds and " fleeter than light, [the charm] which createth the forms of existence from the (6) " mother's thigh (?) and createth the gods from (or in) silence, and which giveth " the heat of life unto the gods. 3 Behold, the charm is given unto me from " wheresoever it is [and from him with whom it is], swifter than greyhounds and " fleeter than light," or, (as others say), "fleeter than a shadow."
Appendix: The following chapter, which generally appears in other early copies of the Book of the Dead, is closely connected with the preceding chapter. It is here taken from the Papyrus of Nebseni.
(1) [Chapter XXV.] The Chapter of causing the deceased to remember his (2) name in Neter-khert. [He saith]: " May my name be given unto me in "the great Double House, and may I remember my name in the House of Fire on " the (3) night of counting the years and of telling the number of the months. I am " with the Holy One, and I sit on the eastern side of heaven. If any god advanceth unto " me, (4) forthwith I proclaim his name."
Vignette: The scribe Ani, clothed in white, and with his heart in his right hand, addressing the god Anubis. 4 Between them is a necklace of several rows of 1 Var., J ft \\ ^\ <^Sj. behtUy an animal whic his identified with the hyaena croenta by Hart- mann (see Aeg. Zeit., 1864, p. 12, col. 2).
3 Here the text is different from any given by Naville. The chief variants are: "~wv t\ gods from (or in) silence, and which maketh them powerless"; and i rv — *^\<z> v§^(?)<4 \\ \j|\ £? 'Ill P ^ ^ ' r^ ^ jl* J ® % ^ > "which maketh the gods to speak [from being] silent, and which maketh them speechless."
* In the vignettes of this chapter published by M. Naville (Todtenbuch, Bd. I., Bl. 38) the 308 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [PLATE XV.
coloured beads, the clasp of which is in the shape of a pylon or gateway, and to which is attached a pectoral bearing a representation of the boat of the sun, wherein is set a scarab, emblematic of the sun. 1 Text [Chapter XXV I.J: (i) Chapter of giving a heart unto Osiris Ani (2) in the underworld. [Ani saith]: " May my heart be with me in the " House of Hearts. 2 May my heart be with me, and may it rest in [me], or I 41 shall not eat of the cakes of Osiris on the eastern 3 side of the Lake of " Flowers, 4 (3) [neither shall I have] a boat wherein to go down the Nile, and " another wherein to go up, nor shall I go forward in the boat with thee. May 41 my mouth be given unto me that I may (4) speak with it, and my two feet to " walk withal, and my two hands and arms to overthrow my foe. May the doors *' of heaven be opened unto me 5 (5); may Seb, the Prince of the gods, open wide " his two jaws unto me; may he open my two eyes which are blinded; may he " cause me to stretch out my (6) feet which are bound together; and may Anubis 11 make my legs firm that I may stand upon them. May the goddess Sekhet " make me to rise (7) so that I may ascend unto heaven, and there may that be " done which I command in the House of the Ka of Ptah. 6 I know my heart, I " have gotten the mastery over (8) my heart, I have gotten the mastery over " my two hands and arms, I have gotten the mastery over my feet, and I have " gained the power to do whatsoever my ka pleaseth. (9) My soul shall not be " shut off from my body at the gates of the underworld; but I shall enter in 44 peace, and I shall come forth in peace.,, deceased is represented: (1) seated, and addressing his heart, which stands on a support *-^J-; (2) standing, holding in his hands a heart, which he offers to three deities. Another vignette repre- sents a priest tying a heart on to a statue of the deceased; and in the late recension of the Book of the Dead published by Lepsius (Bl. 15) the deceased holds a heart to his left side and addresses a human-headed hawk emblematic of the soul.
1 A very fine set of examples of blue, green, and yellow glazed faience pectorals inlaid with scarabs is exhibited in the Fourth Egyptian Room.
2 I.e., the Judgment hall of Osiris, in which hearts were weighed. « Var. ft ^ " West."
* On the word ^zaUl) see Brugsch, Wbrterbuch (Suppl.), p. 1289, and Stern, Glossarium, p. 19, col. 2, where the various kinds of this sweet-smelling plant are enumerated.
6 I.e. j the heavenly Memphis.
B.D. Chapp. XXVL, XXXa, LXL] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 309 Text: [Chapter XXXb.]. (i) The Chapter 1 of not letting (2) the heart of Osiris, the scribe of the sacred offerings of all the gods, Ani, triumphant, be driven from him in the underworld. Ani saith: " My heart, "my mother; my heart, my mother (3). My heart whereby I come into being. " May there be nothing to withstand me at [my] judgment; may there be no " resistance against me by the Tchatcha; may there be no parting of thee from me 11 in the presence of him who keepeth the Scales! Thou art my ka within (4) " my body, [which] knitteth and strengtheneth my limbs. Mayest thou come " forth in the place of happiness [to which] I advance. May the Shenit? who " make men to stand fast, not cause my name to stink/' 3 Vignette: Ani holding his soul in the form of a human-headed bird.
Text: [Chapter LXI.] (i) Chapter of not letting the soul of a man be taken away from him in the underworld. Osiris the scribe Ani saith: " I, " even I, am he (2) who came forth from the water-flood which I make to " overflow and which becometh mighty as the River [Nile].
Appendix; In many early papyri the text of Chapter LXI. forms part of a longer composition which M. Naville calls Chapters LXI., 4 LX., 5 and LXI I., 6 and which reads: — (1) Chapter of drinking water in the underworld. [He saith]: " I, even I, am he who cometh forth from (2) Seb. The flood hath been given unto him, 1 This chapter is usually accompanied by a vignette. In that in the papyrus of Nebseni the deceased is being weighed against his own heart; an ape, " Thoth, lord of the Balance," seated on a pedestal, holds the tongue of the balance. In British Museum Papyrus No. 9964 the deceased is also weighed against his own heart, but at the same time a figure of himself is also watching the process. In the papyrus of Sutimes a square weight lies in each pan of the scales. Other vignettes have simply a scarab, or the deceased addressing his heart, which rests on a standard i m See Naville, Todtenbuch, 2 A class of divine beings.
8 The chapter as here given is incomplete; the missing words are: I /VVWVA 1,^ ^J v\ is the hearing, and there is gladness of heart at the weighing of words. Let not lies be spoken against me near the god, in the presence of the great god, the lord of Amentet. Verily, how great shalt thou be when thou risest up in triumph! " 4 The vignette represents the deceased on his knees embracing his soul.
6 Vignette: a man kneeling and holding a lotus.
6 Vignettes: the deceased scooping water with his hands out of a tank, umiu i.
3IO THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [PLATE XV " and he hath gotten power over it as Hapi I, even I, open the (3) two doors of " heaven: and the two doors of the watery abyss have been opened unto me by Thoth "and by Hapi, the divine twin sons of heaven, (4) who are mighty in splendours. " O grant ye that I may gain power over the water, even as Set overcame his foes on the " day(?) (5) when he terrified the world. I have passed by the great ones shoulder " against shoulder, even as they have passed by that great and splendid god who is (6) " provided [with all things] and whose name is unknown. I have passed by the mighty " one of the shoulder. (7) The flood of Osiris hath been passed through by me, and " Thoth-Hapi-Tmu, the lord of the horizon, hath opened unto me the flood in his name, " ' Thoth, the cleaver of the earth/ (S) I have gained power over the water, even as Set " gained power over his foes. I have sailed over heaven. I am Ra. I am the Lion-god. " I am the young bull (9). I have devoured the Thigh, I have seized the flesh. I have " gone round about the streams in Seket-Aru. Boundless eternity hath been granted "unto me, and, behold, (10) I am the heir of eternity; to me hath been given ever- " lastingness."
Closely connected with the above chapter are the two following short chapters: — l Vignette: The deceased drinking water from a running stream.
Text [Chapter LXIIIa.]: (i) The Chapter of drinking water and of not BEING BURNED IN THE FIRE. [The deceased] saith: " Hail, Bull of Amenta. I am " brought unto thee, I am the oar of Ra (3) wherewith he ferried over the aged ones; let " me not be buried nor consumed. I am Beb, 2 (4) the first-born son of Osiris, who doth " wash every god within his eye in Annu. I am the Heir, (5) the exalted (?), the mighty " one, the Still [of Heart]. I have made my name to flourish, and I have delivered [it], " that I may make myself to live [in remembrance] on this day."
Vignette: The deceased standing near flames of fire \\ ]\.
Text [Chapter LXIIIb.]: (1) The Chapter of not being scalded with WATER. [He saith]: " I am the oar (2) made ready for rowing, wherewith Ra ferried " over the Aged godlike ones. (3) I carry the moistures of Osiris to the lake away from " the flame which cannot be passed (4); he is turned aside from the path thereof and he "is not burned in the fire. I lie down with the hamemu; (5) I come unto the Lion's " lair, killing and binding; and I follow the path by which he came forth."
Vignette: Ani carrying a sail, emblematic of breath and air.
Text [Chapter LIV.]: (i) Chapter of giving breath in the underworld. Saith Osiris Ani: "lam the Egg of the Great Cackler, and I watch and guard that 1 For the texts see Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. I., Bll. 73, 74.
B.D. Chapp. LXIII., LIV.-LVL, XXIX.] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 3II " great place 1 (2) which the god Seb hath proclaimed upon earth. I live; and it " liveth; I grow strong, I live, I sniff the air. I am (3) Utcha-aab, 2 and I go round 4< behind [to protect] his egg. I have thwarted the chance of Set, the mighty one " of strength. (4) Hail thou who makest pleasant the world with tchefa food, and " who dwellest in the blue [sky]; watch over the babe in his cot when he cometh " forth unto thee."
Appendix: The two following chapters, which are closely connected with the preceding chapter, are respectively supplied from Naville, Todtenbuch> Bd. I., Bl. 67, and the Nebseni Papyrus.
Vignette: Anubis leading the deceased into the presence of Osiris.
Text: [Chapter LV.]: (i) Another Chapter of giving breath. [He saith]: " I am Sabsabu. I am Shu. (2) I draw in the air in the presence of the god " of sunbeams as far as the uttermost ends of heaven, as far as the ends of the earth, as " far as the bounds of Shu (3); and I give breath unto those who become young [again]. " I open my mouth, and I see with mine eyes.,,s Vignette: A man holding a sail in his left hand.
Text: [Chapter LVI.]: Chapter of sniffing the air upon earth. [He saith]: "(2) Hail, Tmu, grant thou unto me the sweet breath which is in thy two " nostrils. I embrace the mighty throne which is in Unnu, 4 and I watch and guard the " Egg of the Great Cackler. I grow, and it groweth; it groweth,[and I grow; I live, and " it liveth; I sniff the air, and it sniffeth the air."
Vignette: Ani standing, with a staff in his left hand.
Text [Chapter XXIX.]: (1) The Chapter of not letting the heart of a man be taken away from him in the underworld. Saith Osiris Ani, "triumphant: "Turn thou back, O messenger of all the gods. (2) Is it that thou " art come to carry away 5 this my heart which liveth? My heart which liveth egg," etc.
* The variant text given by Naville indicates by ^jj that these words are the name or title of a god. Birch translates them by " Discriminator of Purity," and Pierret by " le sauve* dont le nom est pur."
8 For the texts see Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. I., Bll. 67, 68, 69.
4 Hermopolis.
5 In a variant vignette given by Naville the deceased holding his heart in both hands offers it to three gods; and in another a man is about to fasten a necklace with a pendent heart to the statue of the deceased.
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41 shall not be given unto thee. (3) [As I] advance, the gods give ear unto my " supplications, and they fall down upon their faces wheresoever they be."
PLATE XVI.
Vignette: Ani standing, with both hands raised in prayer, before four gods who are seated on a pedestal in the form of / — 1, Maat; before him is his heart set upon a pedestal J&-.
Text [Chapter XXVII.]: (1) The Chapter of not letting the heart of a man be taken away from him in the underworld. 1 Saith Osiris Ani: " Hail, ye who carry away hearts, [hail] ye who steal hearts! (2) ye have " done. 2 Homage to you, O ye lords of eternity, ye possessors of everlastingness, " take ye not away this heart of Osiris Ani (3) in your grasp, this heart of " Osiris. And cause ye not evil words to spring up against it; because this heart " of Osiris Ani is the heart of the one of many names, the mighty one whose " words are his limbs, and who sendeth forth his heart to dwell in (4) his body. " The heart of Osiris Ani is pleasant unto the gods; he is victorious, he hath " gotten power over it; he hath not revealed what hath been done unto it. He " hath gotten power (5) over his own limbs. His heart obeyeth him, he is the " lord thereof, it is in his body, and it shall never fall away therefrom. I, Osiris. " the scribe Ani, victorious in peace, and triumphant in the beautiful Amenta and " on the mountain of eternity, bid thee be obedient unto me in the underworld."
Appendix; The three following chapters, which do not occur in the Ani papyrus, form part of the group of the chapters relating to the heart. They are here supplied from Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. I., PI. xl., xlii., xxxix.
^£\ TOw 1 1 *^ <=> Ml Y VS. H \Sv *^ hab-nef ab-f x en ^ X at ~f tetnam ab-f er neteru sexem am-f " his heart goeth to inhabit his body; his heart is perfect before the gods, he gaineth possession of it."
the heart of a man to come into existence according to that which hath been done by him; may it (/>., his heart) be made strong by you."
BDChapp ^";xxviil] the papyrus of anl 313 Text [Chapter XXIXa.]: 1 (i) The Chapter of the heart not being CARRIED AWAY IN THE UNDERWORLD. He saith: "My heart (2) is with me, and it shall " never come to pass that it shall be carried away. I am the lord of hearts, the slayer of " the heart (3) I live in right and in truth, and I have my being therein. I am Horus,* " a pure heart (4) within a pure body. I live by my word, and my heart doth live. Let " not my heart be taken away (5), let it not be wounded, and may no wounds or gashes "be dealt upon me because it hath been taken away 3 from me. (6) May I exist in the " body of my father Seb, and in the body of my mother Nut. I have not done evil (7) " against the gods; I have not sinned with boasting."
O Vignette: The deceased adoring a heart p^\» Text [Chapter XXXa.]: (1) The Chapter of not (2) letting the heart OF A MAN BE DRIVEN AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD. [He saith]: " My " heart, my mother; my heart, my mother. My heart of my life upon earth. May " naught rise up (3) against me in judgment in the presence of the lord of the trial; " let it not be said concerning me and of that which I have done, 'He hath done deeds " against that which is right and true '; may naught be against me in the presence of " the great god, (4] the lord of Amenta. Homage to thee, O my heart! Homage to " thee, O my heart! Homage to you, O my reins! 8 Homage to you, O ye gods who " rule over the divine clouds, and who (5) are exalted by reason of your sceptres; speak " ye comfortably unto Ra, and make me to prosper before Nehebka." And behold him, even though he be joined to the earth in the innermost parts thereof, and though he be laid upon it, he is not dead in Amenta, but is a glorified being therein.
Vignette: The deceased holding his heart to his breast with his left hand, and kneeling before a monster with a knife in its hand.
Text [Chapter XXVIII.]: (1) [The Chapter of] not letting the heart OF THE DECEASED BE CARRIED AWAY IN THE UNDERWORLD. [Saith he]: (2) " Hail, " Lion-god! I am Un. 4 That which I hate is the block of the god. Let not this my " heart be taken away from me by (3) the Fighter 5 in Annu. Hail thou who dost bind " Osiris, and who hast seen Set! Hail thou who returnest after smiting and destroying " him. (4) This heart sitteth and weepeth in the presence of Osiris; it hath with it the staff " for which it entreated him. May there be given unto me for it, may there be decreed " unto me for it the hidden things 6 of the heart in the (5) house of Usekh-hra; may 1 See Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. I., Bl. 40. Understanding some word like t J *; see the text in Lepsius.
3 Brugsch believes that the word J [I ^3^ ^ means the liver or kidneys, or some special organ; see Worterbuchy p. 421.
* Reading ^» \ ^f; another variant has " I am Ra."
/WW* Jb 6 I.e., the being represented in the vignette.
6 Var. ^ E^\ () ^ ta ab, "warmth of heart."
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" there be granted unto it food at the bidding of the Eight 1 Let not this my heart be " taken from me! I make thee to dwell in thy place, joining together hearts in (6) Sekhet- " hetepu, and years of strength in all places of strength, carrying away food (?) at thy " moment with thy hand according to thy great strength. My heart is placed upon the " altars of Tmu (7), who leadeth it to the den of Set; he hath given unto me my heart, " whose will hath been done by the godlike rulers in Neter-khert When they find the " leg 2 and the swathings they bury them."
Vignette: Ani and his wife Thuthu, each holding the emblem of air 2^1 in the left hand, and drinking water with the right from a pool, HEED, on the borders of which are palm trees laden with fruit.
Text [Chapter LVIII.]: (1) The Chapter of breathing the air and of having power over the water in the underworld. Saith Osiris Ani: " Open to " me! Who art thou then, and whither dost thou fare? (2) I am one of you. Who is " with thee? It is Merti. Separate thou from him, each from each, when thou " enterest the Mesqen. He letteth me sail to the temple of the divine beings " who have founjl their faces (?). (4) The name of the boat is 'Assembler of " Souls '; the name of the oars is ' Making the hair to stand on end '; the name " of the hold is ' Good '; (5) and the name of the rudder is ' Making straight for " the middle ' 3 (6) Grant ye to me vessels of milk together 11 with cakes, loaves of bread, cups of drink, and flesh in the temple of (7) " Anubis."
Rubric: If this chapter be known [by Ani] he shall go in after having come forth from the underworld.
Vignette: Ani kneeling beside a pool of water Ennr, where grows a sycamore tree; in the tree appears the goddess Nut pouring water into Ani's hands from a vessel w.
1 Var. <=> ZZD^O Re x^fnennu, " Mouth of Hermopolis."
2 This meaning is indicated by the determinative in the variant given by Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. II., Bl. 95. The whole sentence may be a rubrical direction.
3 The text here appears to be corrupt, or at least some words have been omitted, for the equivalent ^" I 1K ^«^ U- 4^5* V-^ <=> ^ t\ " O <S. The variant reading ind icated by ^j^ ki * et. shows that this passage offered difficulties to the ancient Egyptian readers.
B.D. Chapp. LVIII., LIX., XLIV., XLV.J THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. $1 $ Text [Chapter LIX.]: (i) The Chapter of sniffing the air, and of getting power over the waters in the underworld. Saith Osiris Ani: "Hail, " sycamore tree of the goddess Nut! Grant thou to me of the water and the " air which are in (2) thee. I embrace thy throne which is in Unnu, 1 and I watch " and guard (3) the egg of the Great Cackler. It groweth, I grow; it liveth, I " live; (4) it sniffeth the air, I sniff the air, I the Osiris Ani, in triumph."
Vignette: Ani seated upon a chair before a table of offerings, 4W; 2 in his right hand he holds the kherp sceptre & 8 and in his left a staff.
Text [Chapter XLIV]: (1) The Chapter of not dying a second time in the underworld. 4 Saith Osiris Ani: " My place of hiding is opened, my place of " hiding is revealed! Light hath shone (2) in the darkness. The eye of Horus hath " ordered my coming into being, and the god Apuat hath nursed me. I have " hidden (3) myself with you, O ye stars that never set. My brow is like unto " that of Ra; my face is open; (4) my heart is upon its throne; I utter words, " and I know; in very truth, I am Ra himself. I am not treated with scorn, " (5) and violence is not done unto me. Thy father, the son of Nut, liveth for " thee. I am thy first-born, (6) and I see thy mysteries. I am crowned like " unto the king of the gods, and I shall not die a second time in the under- " world."
Vignette: The mummy of Ani embraced by Anubis, the god of the dead.
Text [Chapter XLV.]: (i) The Chapter of not corrupting in the underworld. Saith Osiris Ani: " O thou who art without motion like unto " Osiris! O thou who art without motion like unto Osiris! (2) O thou whose 1 I.e., Hermopolis.
2 For an account of the manner in which altars and other objects were represented on Egyptian monuments, see Borchardt, Die Darstellung innen verzierter Schalen aus Aegyptischen Denkmalern (in Aeg. Zeitschrift, Bd. XXXI., 1893, p. 1).
8 For a kherp sceptre in bronze, see No. 22,842 in the 2nd Egyptian Room.
4 Chapters CLXXV. and CLXXVI. bear the same title. For Chapter CLXXV. see Plate XXIX. Chapter CLXXVI. (Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. I., PL cc.) reads:— " What I hate is the land of Abydos. May I never enter into the den, and may there never be " done unto me any of those things which the gods hate, for I am...pure within the Mesqet. May " Neb-er-tcher give unto me his splendours on the day of the funeral in the presence of the Lord " of Things."
" If this chapter be known [he] shall be in the condition of one who is acquitted in the under- " world."
V* 3l6 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [PLATE XVII.
" limbs are without motion like unto [those of] Osiris! Let not thy limbs be " (3) without motion, let them not corrupt, let them not pass away, let them not " decay; let it be (4) done unto me even as if I were the god Osiris."
Rubric: If this chapter be known by the Osiris Ani, he shall not corrupt in the underworld.
Vignette: A doorway. By one post stands the soul of Ani in the form of a human-headed hawk T^, and by the other the bird *gL.
Text: [Chapter XLVI.] (i) The Chapter of not perishing and of becoming alive in the underworld. Saith Osiris Ani: " Hail, (2) children of " Shu! Hail, children of Shu, [children of] the place of the dawn, who as the " children of light have gained possession of his crown. May I rise up and " may I fare forth like Osiris."
Vignette: Ani the scribe standing with his back to a block and knife f^.
Text: [Chapter XL.] (1) The Chapter of not entering in unto the block. Saith Osiris Ani: " The four bones 1 of my neck and of my back are "joined together for me in heaven by Ra, the guardian of the earth. (2) This " was granted on the day when my rising up out of weakness upon my two " feet was ordered, on the day {3) when the hair was cut off. The bones of my " neck and of my back have been joined together by Set and by the company of " the gods, even as they were (4) in the time that is past; may nothing happen " to break them apart. Make ye [me] strong against my father's murderer. I " have gotten power over the two earths. Nut hath joined together my bones, " and [I] behold [them] as they were in the time that is past [and I] see [them] 11 even in the same order as they were [when] the gods had not come into being 11 (6) in visible forms. 2 I am Penti, I, Osiris the scribe Ani, triumphant, am the " heir of the great gods."
PLATE XVII.
Vignette: Ani standing in adoration before three gods, each of whom holds a sceptre \ in his left hand, and the symbol of life •¥■ in his right.
1 Adding f*"*^ tm Qest ftu> from the papyrus of Nebseni.
2 Van "^ Tow V 1 ' GX emu - On this word see Brugsch, Worterbuch (Suppl.), p. 279.
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