Text [Chapter XCIII.]: (i) The Chapter of not letting a man pass over to the east in the underworld. Saith Osiris Ani: "Hail, manhood of (2) " Ra, which advanceth and beateth down opposition; things which have been " without movement for millions of years come into being through the god Baba. " Hereby am I made stronger than (3) the strong, and hereby have I more power " than they who are mighty. And therefore neither shall I be borne away nor " carried by force to the East, to take part in the festivals of the fiends; (4) nor " shall there [be given unto me] cruel gashes with knives, nor shall I be shut in " on every side, nor gored by the horns [of the god Khepera] " l Vignette: Ani adoring a god in a boat whose head is turned face backwards.
Text [Chapter XCIII a.]: Another Chapter. 2 [Saith Osiris Ani]: "So " then shall no evil things be done unto me by the fiends, neither shall I (6) be " gored by the horns [of Khepera]; and the manhood of Ra, which is the head of " Osiris, shall not be swallowed up. Behold me, (7) I enter into my homestead, " and I reap the harvest. The gods speak with me. (8) Gore thou not them, O " Ra-khepera. In very truth sickness shall not arise in the eye of Tmu nor shall " it (9) be destroyed. Let me be brought to an end, may I not be carried into the " East to take part in the festivals of the fiends who are my enemies (10); may no " cruel gashes be made in me. I, Osiris, the scribe Ani, the teller of the divine " offerings of all the gods, triumphant with happy victory, the lord to be revered. " am not carried away into the East."
Text [Chapter XLIII.]: (i) The Chapter of not letting the head of a man be cut off from him in the underworld. Saith Osiris Ani: (2) " I " am the great One, son of the great One; I am Fire, the son of Fire, to whom " was (3) given his head after it had been cut off. The head of Osiris was not " carried away from him; let not the head of Osiris Ani (4) be carried away from 44 him. I have knit together my bones, I have made myself whole and sound; " I have become young once more; I am Osiris, the Lord of eternity. " Vignette: The mummy of Ani lying on a bier; above is his soul in the form of a human-headed bird, holding Q shen, the emblem of eternity, in its claws. At the head and foot stands an incense burner with fire in it.
1 The text of the rest of this chapter is corrupt.
2 In other early papyri these two chapters form one; the division probably arose from a blunder on the part of the scribe.
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[Plate XVII.
Text [Chapter LXXXIX.]: (i) The Chapter of causing the soul to be united to its body in the underworld. Saith Osiris Ani: " Hail, thou god " Annitu! Hail, O Runner, (2) dwelling in thy hall! O thou great god, grant thou " that my soul may come unto me from wheresoever it may be. If it would tarry, " then bring thou unto me (3) my soul from wheresoever it may be. [If] thou findest " [me], O Eye of Horus, make thou me to stand up like those beings who are like " unto Osiris and who never lie down in death. Let not (4) Osiris Ani, triumphant, 41 triumphant, lie down in death in Annu, the land wherein souls are joined unto their " bodies, even in thousands. My soul doth bear away with it my victorious spirit 44 (5) whithersoever it goeth 1 (6) If it would tarry, grant thou that my 44 soul may look upon my body. [If] thou findest [me], O Eye of Horus, make thou 44 me to stand up like unto those 1 (7) Hail, ye gods, who row in the boat " of the lord of millions of years, who tow it (8) above the underworld, who make 44 it to pass over the ways of Nu, who make souls to enter into their glorified <c bodies, (9) whose hands are filled with righteousness, and whose fingers grasp your 44 sceptres, destroy ye (10) the foe. The boat of the Sun rejoiceth, and the great 41 god advanceth in peace. Behold [ye gods], grant that this soul of Osiris Ani 44 (11) may come forth triumphant before the gods, and triumphant before you, from 44 the eastern horizon of heaven, to follow unto the place where it was yesterday, in 44 peace, in peace, in Amenta. (12) May he behold his body, may he rest in his 44 glorified frame, may he never perish, and may his body never see corruption."
Rubric: To be said over a golden [figure of a] soul inlaid with precious stones, which is to be placed on the neck of Osiris.
Vignette: Ani's soul, in the form of a human-headed bird, standing in front of a pylon. 2 1 Some words are omitted here.
3 The three following variants show: (1) the soul flying through the door of the tomb to the deceased; (2) the deceased, accompanied by his soul, standing at the open door of the tomb; and (3) the deceased, with his soul hovering over him, standing with his back to the door of the tomb, upon which is the disk of the rayed sun.
Fig I.
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Fig. 3.
B.D. Chapp. LXXXIX., XCI., XCIL] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 319 Text [Chapter XCI.]: (i) The Chapter of not letting the soul of a man be captive in the underworld. Saith Osiris Ani: " Hail thou who art " exalted, thou who art adored, (2) thou mighty one of souls, thou Ram (or Soul), " possessor of terrible power, who dost put fear of thee into the hearts of the gods, " thou who art crowned upon thy mighty throne! It is he who maketh the path " for the khu and for (3) the soul of Osiris Ani. I am furnished [with that which " I need], I am a khu furnished [with that which I need], I have made my way " unto the place wherein are Ra and (4) Hathor."
Rubric: If this chapter be known, Ani shall become like unto a shining being fully equipped in the underworld. He shall not be stopped at any door in the underworld from going in and coming out millions of times.
Vignette: x Ani standing at the doorway of the tomb; and Ani's shadow, accompanied by his soul.
Text [Chapter XCIL]: (1) The Chapter of opening the tomb to the soul of the shadow, of coming forth by day, and of getting power over the legs. Saith Osiris, the scribe Ani, triumphant: " (2) The place of bondage is " opened, that which was shut is opened, 2 and; the place of bondage is " opened unto my soul [according to the bidding of] 3 the eye of Horus. I have " bound and stablished (3) glories upon the brow of Ra. [My] steps are made " long, [my] thighs are lifted up; I have passed along the great path, and my " limbs are strong. (4) I am Horus, the avenger of his father, and I bring the " ureret crown to rest upon its place. The path of souls is opened [to my soul]."
PLATE XVIII.
" My soul (5) seeth the great god within the boat of Ra on the day of souls. My " soul is (6) in the front among those who tell the years. Come; the eye of Horus, " which stablisheth glories (7) upon the brow of Ra and rays of light upon the " faces of those who are with the limbs of Osiris, hath delivered my soul. (8) O " shut ye not in my soul, fetter ye not my shade; (9) may it behold the great god 1 See Plate XVIII. _^_ s Adding /B | ^\ | from the Nebseni papyrus.
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" within the shrine on the day of the judgment of souls, may it repeat the words " of Osiris. (10) May those beings whose dwelling-places are hidden, who fetter " the limbs of Osiris, who fetter the souls of the khu> who shut in (i i) the shade[s] " of the dead and can do evil unto me — may they do no evil unto me, may they " turn away their path from me. Thy heart (12) is with thee; may my soul and " my khu be prepared against their attack. May I sit down among the great " rulers who (13) dwell in their abodes; may my soul not be set in bondage by " those who fetter the limbs of Osiris, and who fetter souls, and who shut in (14) " the shade[s] of the dead. The place which thou possessest, is it not Heaven? " Rubric: If this chapter be known, he shall come forth by day and his soul shall not be shut in.
Vignette: Ani kneeling, with both hands raised in adoration, by the side ot the Seker 1 boat *a/ placed upon its sledge.
Text [Chapter LXXIV.]: (1) The Chapter of walking with the two legs, and of coming forth upon earth. Saith Osiris Ani: " Thou hast done " all thy work, O Seker, thou hast done all thy work, O Seker, in thy dwelling- " place within my legs in the (2) underworld. I shine above the Leg 3 of the Sky, " I come forth from heaven; I recline with the glorified (3) spirits. Alas! I am " weak and feeble; alas! I am weak and feeble. I walk. I am weak and feeble " in the (4) presence of those who gnash with the teeth in the underworld, I " Osiris, the scribe Ani, triumphant in peace."
Vignette: The emblem of Amenta g & Q; and Ani standing with a staff in his left hand. ^ Text [Chapter VIII.]: (1) The Chapter of passing through Amenta, and of coming forth by day. Saith Osiris Ani: " The hour (?) openeth; (2) " the head of Thoth is sealed up; perfect is the eye of Horus. I have delivered €i the eye of Horus which shineth with splendours on the forehead of Ra, (3) the " father of the gods. I am the same Osiris, dwelling in Amenta. Osiris knoweth " his day and that he shall not live therein; nor shall I live therein. (4) I am the " Moon among the gods; I shall not come to an end. Stand up, therefore, O " Horus; Osiris hath counted thee among the gods."
1 The god Seker was a form of the night sun, like Ptah, Osiris and Tanen; see Lanzone, Dizionaric, 2 The name of a constellation.
b.d. Chapp. LXXiv^yin^L^ix-.j THE papyrus OF ANI. 321 Text [Chapter II.]: (i) The Chapter of coming forth by day, and of living after death. Saith Osiris Ani: " Hail, Only One, shining from the " Moon! (2) Hail, Only One, shining from the Moon! Grant that this Osiris 44 Ani may come forth among the multitudes which are round about thee; (3) let 44 him be established as a dweller among the shining ones; and let the under- " world be opened unto him. And behold Osiris, (4) Osiris Ani shall come forth 44 by day to do his will upon earth among the living."
Vignette: Ani, standing with both hands raised in adoration before a ram crowned with plumes and disk JM; in front of the ram is a table, upon which are a libation vase and a lotus flower.
Text [Chapter IX.]: (1) The Chapter of coming forth by day, having passed through the Tomb. Saith Osiris Ani: "Hail Soul, thou mighty one 44 of strength! (2) Verily I am here, I have come, I behold thee. I have passed 44 through the underworld, I have seen [my] father (3) Osiris, I have scattered the 44 gloom of night. I am his beloved one. I have come; I behold my father (4) " Osiris. I have stabbed Set to the heart. I have done the things [needed] by " my father Osiris. (5)1 have opened every way in heaven and upon earth. I am " the son beloved of his father Osiris (6). I have become a ruler, I have become " glorious, I am furnished [with what I need]. Hail, all ye gods, and all ye shining " ones, make ye a way for me, the Osiris, the scribe Ani, triumphant."
Vignette: Ani, with a staff in his left hand, standing before a door.
Text [Chapter CXXXII.]: The Chapter of making a man to return to see again his home upon earth. Saith Osiris Ani: "lam the Lion-god (2) " coming forth with strides. I have shot forth arrows, I have wounded [the prey], " I have wounded the prey. I am the Eye of Horus; I have opened the (3) eye of " Horus in his hour. I am come unto the furrows. Let Osiris Ani come in peace."
Vignette: Ani piercing a serpent.
Text [Chapter X. [XLVIII.: Another Chapter of one who cometh forth by day against his foes in the underworld. Saith Osiris Ani: " I 44 have divided the heavens, (2) I have passed through the horizon, I have traversed " the earth, [following] upon his footsteps. I am borne away by the mighty and 44 shining ones because, behold, (3) I am furnished with millions of years which 32 2 THE BOOK. OF THE DEAD. [PLATE XIX.
" have magic virtues. I eat with my mouth, I chew with my jaws; and, behold, " (4) I am the god who is the lord of the underworld. May there be given unto " me, Osiris Ani, that which abideth for ever without corruption."
PLATE XIX.
Vignette: Ani standing, with both hands raised in adoration, before Ra, hawk-headed and seated in a boat floating upon the sky p=*. On the bows sits Heru-pa-khrat (Harpocrates) or, " Horus the child"; and the side is ornamented with feathers of Maat PPPP» and the utchat ^;. The handles of the oars and the tops of the rowlocks are shaped as hawks' heads, and on the blades of the oars Text [Chapter XV.]: (1) A Hymn of Praise to Ra when he riseth upon THE HORIZON, AND WHEN HE SETTETH IN THE [LAND OF] LIFE. Saith Osiris, the scribe Ani: " Homage to thee, O Ra, (2) when thou risest [as] Tmu-Heru-khuti " (Harmachis). Thou art adored [by me] when thy beauties are before mine eyes, " and when thy shining rays (3) [fall] upon my body. Thou goest forth in peace " in the Sektet boat with [fair] winds, and thy heart is glad; [thou goest forth] in " the Atet boat, (4) and its heart is glad. Thou stridest over the heavens in peace, " and thy foes are cast down; the never-resting stars (5) sing hymns of praise unto " thee, and the stars which never set glorify thee as thou (6) sinkest in the horizon " of Manu, O thou who art beautiful in the two parts of heaven, thou lord who livest " and art established, O my lord! Homage to thee, O thou who art Ra when " thou risest, and Tmu (7) when thou settest in beauty. Thou risest and shinest " upon the back of thy mother [the sky], O thou who art crowned king (8) of the " gods. Nut doth homage unto thee, and everlasting and never-changing order " embraceth thee at morn and at eve. Thou stridest over the heaven, being glad " of heart, and the Lake (9) Testes is at peace. The Fiend hath fallen to the " ground; his arms and his hands have been hewn off, and the knife hath severed " the joints of his body. Ra hath a fair wind (10); the Sektet boat goeth forth " and sailing along it cometh into port. The gods of the south and of the north, " of the west and of the east praise thee, (11) from whom all forms of life came " into being. Thou sendest forth the word, and the earth is flooded with silence, " O thou only One, who livedst in heaven before ever the earth and the mountains B.D. Chap. XV.] THB PAPYRUS OF ANI. 323 44 were made. (12) O Runner, Lord, only One, thou maker of things which are, " thou hast moulded the tongue of the company of the gods, thou hast drawn forth 4C whatsoever cometh from the waters, and thou springest up from them over the " flooded land of the Lake of Horus (13). Make me to sniff the air which cometh 44 forth from thy nostrils, and the north wind which cometh forth from thy mother " [the Sky]. Make thou glorious my shining form, O Osiris, make thou (14) " strong my soul. Thou art worshipped in peace, O lord of the gods, thou art 44 exalted by reason of thy wondrous works. Shine with thy rays of light upon my " body day by day, upon me, (15) Osiris, the scribe, the teller of the divine offerings " of all the gods, the overseer of the granary of the lords of Abydos, the royal 44 scribe in truth, who loveth him (i.e., Ra); Ani, triumphant in peace."
Vignette: Ani, standing with both hands raised in adoration. Behind him is his wife: Ausar nebt per qemdtet en Amen Oudu Osiris, the lady of the house, priestess of Amen, Thuthu.
Text [Chapter XV.]: (1) A hymn of praise. "O Osiris, lord of eternity, 44 Un-nefer, Horus of the two horizons, whose forms are manifold, whose creations 44 are without number, (2) Ptah-Seker-Tem in Annu, the lord of the tomb, and the 44 creator of Memphis and of the gods, the guide of the underworld, whom [the 44 gods] (3) glorify when thou settest in Nut. Isis embraceth thee in peace, and 44 she driveth away the fiends from the mouth of (4) thy paths. Thou turnest thy 44 face upon Amenta, thou makest the world to shine as with smu metal. The 44 dead rise up to behold thee, they breathe the (5) air and they look upon thy 44 face when the disk shineth on its horizon; their hearts are at peace for that they " behold thee, O thou who art eternity and everlastingness."
[Litany]: (1) "Homage to thee, [O lord of] starry deities in An, and of 44 heavenly beings in Kher-aba; thou god Unti, who art more glorious than the 44 gods who are hidden in Annu.
44 (2) Homage to thee, O An in Antes (?), Horus, thou dweller in both 44 horizons, with long strides thou stridest over heaven, O thou who dwellest in " both horizons.
44 (3) Homage to thee, O soul of everlastingness, thou Soul who dwellest in 44 Tattu, Un-nefer, son of Nut; thou art lord of Akert.
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44 (4) Homage to thee in thy dominion over Tattu; the urerit crown is 44 established upon thy head; thou art the One whose strength is in himself, and 44 thou dwellest in peace in Tattu.
44 (5) Homage to thee, O lord of the acacia tree, the Seker boat is set upon 44 its sledge; thou turnest back the Fiend, the worker of evil, and thou causest the 44 utchat to rest upon its seat.
44 (6) Homage to thee, O thou who art mighty in thine hour, thou great and 44 mighty god, dweller in An-rut-f, lord of eternity and creator of everlastingness; 44 thou art the lord of Suten-henen.
44 (7) Homage to thee, O thou who restest upon Right and Truth, thou art the 44 lord of Abtu, and thy limbs are joined unto Ta-sertet; thou art he to whom 44 fraud and guile are hateful.
44 (8) Homage to thee, O thou who art within thy boat, thou bringest Hapi 44 (i.e., the Nile) forth from his source; the light shineth upon thy body, and thou 44 art the dweller in Nekhen.
44 (9) Homage to thee, O creator of the gods, thou King of the North and of ,c the South; O Osiris, victorious, ruler of the world in thy gracious seasons; thou " art the lord of the world.
44 O grant thou unto me a path whereon I may pass in peace, for I am just 44 and true; I have not spoken lies wittingly, nor have I done aught with deceit."
PLATE XX.
Vignette: Osiris and I sis in a sepulchral shrine.
Text [Chapter XV.]: (1) A Hymn of Praise to Ra when he riseth in the eastern part of the heaven. They who are in (2) his train rejoice, and lo! Osiris Ani in triumph saith: 44 Hail, thou Disk, thou lord of rays, who risest (3) 44 in the horizon day by day. Shine thou with thy beams of light upon the face of 44 Osiris Ani, who is victorious; for he singeth hymns of praise unto thee at (4) 44 dawn, and he maketh thee to set at eventide with words of adoration. May the 44 soul of Osiris Ani, the triumphant one, come forth with (5) thee from heaven, 44 may he go forth in the matet boat, may he come into port in the sektet boat, u may he cleave his path among the (6) never resting stars in the heavens."
Osiris Ani, being at peace and in triumph, adoreth his lord, the lord of (7) eternity, saying: " Homage to thee, O Horus of the two horizons, who art B.D. Chap. XV.] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 325 " Khepera, the self-created; when thou risest on the horizon and (8) sheddest thy " beams of light upon the lands of the North and the South thou art beautiful, yea " beautiful, and all the gods rejoice when they behold thee, (9) the King of heaven. c< The goddess Nebt-Unnet is stablished upon thy head; her portions of the south " and of the north are upon thy brow (10); she taketh her place before thee. The " god Thoth is stablished in the bows of thy boat to destroy utterly all thy foes. " (11) Those who dwell in the underworld come forth to meet thee, bowing in 44 homage as they come towards thee, and to behold [thy] beautiful (12) Image. " And I have come before thee that I may be with thee to behold thy Disk every u day. May I not be shut in the tomb, may I not be turned back (13), may the " limbs of my body be made new again when I view thy beauties, even as do all " thy favoured ones, (14) because I am one of those who worshipped thee whilst " they lived upon earth. May I come in unto the land of eternity, may I come "even (15) unto the everlasting land, for behold, O my lord, this hast thou " ordained for me."
And lo, Osiris Ani, triumphant in peace, the triumphant one, saith: cc (i6) " Homage to thee, O thou who risest in thy horizon as Ra, thou art stablished by " a law which change th not nor can it be altered. Thou passest over the sky, and " every face watcheth thee (17) and thy course, for thou hast been hidden from " their gaze. Thou dost show thyself at dawn and at eventide day by day. (18) " The Sektet boat, wherein is thy majesty, goeth forth with might; thy beams " shine upon [all] faces; [the number] of thy yellow rays cannot be known, nor " can thy bright beams (19) be told. The lands of the gods, and the colours of " the eastern lands of Punt, must be seen, ere that which is hidden (20) [in thee] " may be measured [by man]. Alone and by thyself thou dost manifest thyself u [when] thou comest into being above Nu. May Ani (21) advance, even as thou " dost advance; may he never cease [to go forward], even as thy majesty ceaseth " not [to go forward], even though it be for a moment; for with strides dost thou " (22) in one little moment pass over the spaces which would need hundreds of " thousands and millions of years [for man to pass over; this] thou doest, and then " dost thou sink down. Thou (23) puttest an end to the hours of the night, and " thou dost number them, even thou; thou endest them in thine own appointed " season, and the earth become th light. (24) Thou settest thyself before thy " handiwork 1 in the likeness of Ra j 1 thou risest in the horizon/' 1 There is a play on the words - n and jj 326 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [PLATE XXI.
Osiris, the scribe Ani, triumphant, declareth his (25) praise of thee when thou shinest, and when thou risest at dawn he crieth in his joy at thy birth: (26) " Thou " art crowned with the majesty of thy beauties; thou mouldest thy limbs as thou 44 dost advance, and thou bringest them forth without birth-pangs in the form of " Ra (27), as thou dost climb up into the upper air. Grant thou that I may come 4i unto the heaven which is everlasting, and unto the mountain [where dwell] thy " favoured ones. (28) May I be joined unto those shining beings, holy and " perfect, who are in the underworld; and may I come forth with them to behold " thy beauties when thou shinest (29) at eventide and goest to thy mother Nut.
PLATE XXI.
" Thou dost place thy disk in the west, and my two hands are [raised] in 41 adoration [of thee] when thou settest (30) as a living being. Behold, thou art " the maker of eternity, and thou art adored [when] thou settest in the heavens. I " have given my heart unto thee without wavering, (31) O thou who art mightier " than the gods."
Osiris Ani, triumphant, saith: " A hymn of praise to thee, O thou who risest " (32) like unto gold, and who dost flood the world with light on the day of thy " birth. Thy mother giveth thee birth upon [her] hand, and thou dost give light " unto the course of the Disk. (^^) O thou mighty Light, who shinest in the heavens, " thou dost strengthen the generations of men with the Nile-flood, and dost cause " gladness in all lands, and in all (34) cities, and in all the temples. Thou art " glorious by reason of thy splendours, and thou makest strong thy ka with hu and " tchefau foods. O thou who art the mighty one of victories, (35) thou who art the 11 Power of [all] Powers, who dost make strong thy throne against the powers of " wickedness, who art glorious in majesty in the sektet boat, and who art exceeding " (36) mighty in the diet boat, make thou glorious Osiris Ani with victory in the " netherworld; grant thou that in the underworld he may be void of {$7) sin. I 44 pray thee to put away [his] faults behind thee; grant that he may be one of thy " venerable (38) servants who are with the shining ones; may he be joined unto 44 the souls which are in Ta-sertet; and may he journey into the Sekhet-Aaru (39) 44 by a prosperous and happy path, he the Osiris, the scribe Ani, triumphant.
" (40) Thou shalt come forth into heaven, thou shalt pass over the sky, thou " shalt be joined unto the starry deities. (41) Praises shall be offered unto thee in 44 thy boat, thou shalt be hymned in the diet boat, (42) thou shalt behold Ra within B.D. CHAPP. XV., CXXXIII.] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 327 " his shrine, thou shalt set together with his disk day by day, thou shalt see (43) u the ant fish when it springeth into being in the waters of turquoise, and thou shalt " see (44) the dbtu fish in his hour. May it come to pass that the Evil One shall fall " when he layeth a snare to destroy me, (45) and may the joints of his neck and of " his back be cut in sunder."
" Ra [saileth] with a fair wind, and the sektet boat draweth on (46) and cometh " into port. The mariners of Ra rejoice, and the heart of Nebt-ankh (47) is glad, " for the enemy of her lord hath fallen to the ground. Thou shalt behold Horus " on the watch [in the Boat], and Thoth and Maat upon either side of him. (48) " All the gods rejoice when they behold Ra coming in peace (49) to make the " hearts of the shining ones to live. May Osiris Ani, triumphant, the scribe of the " divine offerings of the lords of Thebes, be with them."
Vignette: Ra, hawk-headed, with the disk upon his head and the emblem of life, ■¥•, upon his knees, seated in the solar bark; x before him stands Ani with both hands raised in adoration.
Text [Chapter CXXXIII.]: (1) To be said on the day of the Month. 2 (2) Osiris Ani, the scribe, triumphant in peace, triumphant, saith: " Ra riseth (2) " in his horizon, and the company of his gods follow after the god when he 11 appeareth from his secret place, when he showeth strength and bringeth himself " forth (3) from the eastern horizon of heaven at the word of the goddess Nut. " They rejoice at the journeyings of Ra, the Ancient One; the Great One (4) " rolleth along in his course. Thy joints are knitted together, 3 O Ra, within thy " shrine. Thou breathest the winds, thou drawest in the breezes, (5) thou makest " thy jaw-bones to eat in thy dwelling on the day when thou dost scent right and " truth. Thou turnest aside the godlike followers (6) [who] sail after the sacred " boat, in order that they may return again unto the mighty ones according to thy " word. Thou numberest thy bones, thou gatherest together thy members; (7) " thou turnest thy face towards the beautiful Amenta; thou comest thither renewed 1 In the Nebseni papyrus the god is seated on a throne, and he holds the sceptre j in his right hand; in the Turin papyrus (Lepsius, Bl. 54) the god is seated within a shrine.
I J iNf 1 - — fl jL'"The Book of making perfect (or strong) the khu in the netherworld, in the presence of the great company of the gods." 8 Or, "thou art exalted."
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" day by day. Behold, thou Image of gold, who possessest the splendours (8) of " the Disk of heaven, thou lord of terror; thou rollest along and art renewed day by " day. Hail, there (9) is rejoicing in the heavenly horizon, and shouts of joy are " raised to the ropes which tow thee along. May the gods who dwell in (10) heaven " ascribe praises unto Osiris Ani, when they behold him in triumph, as unto Ra. " May Osiris, the scribe Ani, be a prince (11) who is known by the ureret crown; " and may the meat offerings and the drink offerings of Osiris Ani, triumphant, " be apportioned unto him; may he wax exceeding strong in his body; and may he 44 be the (12) chief of those who are in the presence of Ra. May Osiris, the " scribe Ani, triumphant, be strong upon earth and in the world under the earth; "and (13) O Osiris, scribe Ani, triumphant, mayest thou rise up strengthened 44 like unto Ra day by day. Osiris Ani, triumphant, shall not tarry, (14) nor shall 44 he rest without motion in the earth for ever. Clearly, clearly shall he see with 44 his two eyes, and with his two ears shall he hear what is right and true. 44 (15) Osiris, the scribe Ani, triumphant, cometh back, cometh back from Annu; " Osiris Ani, triumphant, is as Ra when he rangeth the oars (16) among the 44 followers of Nu.
PLATE XXII.
PLATE XXII.
44 Osiris Ani, triumphant, hath not revealed what he hath seen, (17) he hath 44 not, he hath not told again what he hath heard in the house which is hidden. 44 Hail, there are shouts of joy to Osiris Ani, triumphant, (18) for he is a god and 44 the flesh of Ra, he is in the boat of Nu, and his ka is well pleased according to 44 the will of the god. (19) Osiris Ani, triumphant, is in peace, he is triumphant like 44 unto Horus, and he is mighty because he hath divers forms.,, Vignette: Ra seated in a boat, sailing across the sky towards the star- studded heaven.
Rubric: These words shall be recited over a boat (20) seven cubits in length, and painted green for the godlike rulers. Then shalt thou make a heaven of stars (21) washed and purified with natron and incense. Behold, thou shalt make an image (22) of Ra upon a table of stone painted yellow (?), and it shall be placed in the fore-part of the boat. (23) Behold, thou shalt make an image of the dead man whom thou wilt make perfect in strength (24) in the boat; and thou shalt make it to travel in the divine boat of Ra, (25) and Ra himself will look upon it therein. Thou shalt show it to no man but thyself, (26) or to thy father or to B.D. Chapp. CXXXIIL, CXXXIV.} THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 329 thy son; let them watch with their faces, and he shall be seen in the underworld as a messenger of Ra.
Vignette: Ra, hawk-headed, with a disk upon his head, seated in a boat; before him is a large disk.
Text [Chapter CXXXIV.]: (i) A Hymn, of Praise to Ra on the day OF THE MONTH WHEREON HE SAILETH IN THE BOAT. [Osiris, the SCribe Ani, saith]: " Homage to thee, O thou who art in thy boat! Thou risest, thou risest, " (2) thou shinest with thy rays, and thou hast made mankind to rejoice for millions " of years according to thy will. Thou showest thy face unto the beings whom " thou hast created, O Khepera r (3) in thy boat. Thou hast overthrown Apepi. " O ye children of Seb, overthrow ye the foes of Osiris (4) Ani, triumphant, destroy " ye the adversaries of righteousness from the boat of Ra. Horus shall cut off " your (5) heads in heaven in the likeness of ducks; ye shall fall down upon the " earth and become beasts, and into the water in the likeness of fishes. [Osiris, " the scribe Ani,] destroyeth every hostile fiend, male (6) and female, whether he " passeth through heaven, [or] appeareth (7) upon earth, or cometh forth upon " the water, or passeth along before the starry deities; and Thoth strengtheneth " them (8) coming forth from Anreti. Osiris, the scribe Ani,. is silent, " and becometh the second of Ra. Behold thou the god, the great slaughterer, " (9) greatly to be feared, he washeth in your blood, he batheth in your gore; " Osiris, (10) the scribe Ani, destroyeth them from the boat of his father Ra-Horus.. " The mother I sis giveth birth unto Osiris, the scribe (11) Ani, triumphant, whose " heart liveth, and Nephthys nurseth him (12); even as they did for Horus, who " drove back the fiends of Sut. They saw (13) the urertu crown stablished upon " his head, and they fell down upon their faces. Behold, O ye shining ones, ye " men (14) and gods, ye damned ones, when ye behold Osiris Ani, triumphant " like unto Horus and adored (15) by reason of the ureret crown, fall ye down " upon your faces; for Osiris Ani is victorious (16) over his foes in the heavens " above and [on the earth] beneath, in the presence of the godlike rulers (17) of " all the gods and goddesses."
Rubric: These words shall be recited over a great hawk which hath the white crown set upon his head. Then shall the names of Tmu, (18) Shu, Tefnut, Seb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, be written with green colour upon a (19) new table, anointed with unguents and placed in a boat together with a figure of the dead man (20). Then shall they put incense upon the fire, and set ducks to 330 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [PLATE XXIV. (2).
be roasted (21). This is a rite of Ra when his boat cometh; and it shall cause the dead man to go with Ra into every place whithersoever he saileth, and the foes of Ra shall be (22) slaughtered in very truth. The Chapter of the sektet boat shall be recited on the sixth day of the festival.
Vignette: The ladder by which the soul passes from the underworld to the body. l PLATE XXIII. AND PLATE XXIV. (1).
The whole of Plate XXIII. and part of Plate XXIV. contain a repetition of the XVIIIth Chapter of the " Book of the Dead," which has also been given on Plates XIII. and XIV. The arrangement of the gods in the vignette is, however, slightly different.
PLATE XXIV. (2).
Vignette: Ani and his wife adoring three gods, who are seated on a pylon or door-shaped pedestal.