Text: (i i) The fore-arms of Osiris Ani, triumphant, are the fore-arms of the lady of Sais.
Vignette: The god Sut.
Text: (12) The backbone of Osiris Ani, triumphant, is the backbone of Sut.
Vignette: A god.
Text: (13) The chest of Osiris Ani, triumphant, is the chest of the lords of Kher-aba.
Vignette: A god.
Text: (14) The flesh of Osiris Ani, triumphant, is the flesh of the Mighty One of terror.
Vignette: The goddess Sekhet, lion-headed, wearing a disk.
Text: (15) The reins and back of Osiris Ani, triumphant, are the reins and back of Sekhet.
Vignette: An utchat upon a pylon.
Text: (16) The buttocks of Osiris Ani, triumphant, are the buttocks of the Eye of Horus.
Vignette: Osiris, wearing the atef crown and holding the flail and crook.
Text: (17) The privy member of Osiris Ani, triumphant, is the privy member of Osiris.
Vignette: The goddess Nut.
B.D. Chap. XLII.] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 355 Text: (18) The legs of Osiris Ani, triumphant, are the legs of Nut Vignette: The god Ptah Text: (19) The feet of Osiris Ani, triumphant, are the feet of Ptah.
Vignette: The star Orion.
Text: (20) The fingers of Osiris Ani, triumphant, are the fingers of Saah (Orion).
Vignette: Three Uraei Text: (21) The leg-bones of Osiris Ani, triumphant, are the leg-bones of the living uraei.
Appendix: The complete version of the XLIInd Chapter of the Book of the Dead, referring to the identification of the body of Osiris with those of the gods, reads as follows l: — (1) [Chapter XLII.] The Chapter of driving back slaughter in Suten- HENEN. Saith Osiris: " O land of the sceptre! (2) O white crown of the divine Form! " O holy resting place! I am the Child. I am the Child. I am the Child. I am the Child. " Hail, thou goddess Aburt! Thou sayest daily, ' The slaughter block is (3) made ready u as thou knowest, and thou who wert mighty hast been brought to decay.' I establish " those who praise me. I am the holy knot within the tamarisk tree, more beautiful (4) in " brightness than yesterday/' To be said four times. " I am Ra who establish those " who praise him, I am the knot within the tamarisk (?) tree, more beautiful in bright- " ness than the disk of yesterday (5) going forth on this day. My hair is •' the hair of Nu. My face is the face of Ra. Mine eyes are the eyes of Hathor. Mine " ears are the ears of Ap-uat (6) My nose is the nose of Khent-sheps. 2 My lips are the " lips of Anpu. My teeth are the teeth of Kheperd. My neck is the neck of Isis, the divine " lady. (7) My hands are the hands of Khnemu, the lord of Tattu. My fore-arms are " the fore-arms of Neith, the lady of SaYs. My backbone is the backbone of Sut. My " privy member is the privy member of Osiris. My reins (8) are the reins of the lords " of Kher-aba. My breast is the breast of the awful and terrible One. My belly and my 4< backbone are the belly and backbone of Sekhet. My buttocks (9) are the buttocks of 1 For the text, see Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. I., Bl. 56. sekhem.
356 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Plate XXXII.
" the eye of Horus. My hips and thighs are the hips and thighs of Nut. My feet are " the feet of Ptah. My fingers and leg-bones are the fingers and leg-bones of the living " (10) uraei. There is no member of my body which is not the member of some god. " Thoth shieldeth my body altogether, and I am [like] unto Ra every day. (n) None " shall seize me by mine arms; none shall drag me away by my hand. And there shall " do me hurt neither men, nor gods, nor sainted dead, nor they who have perished, nor " any one of those of olden times, (12) nor any mortal, nor human being. I come forth u and advance, and my name is unknown. I am yesterday, and my (13) name is ' Seer " of millions of years.' I travel, I travel along the path of Horus the Judge. I am * the lord of eternity; I feel and I have power to perceive. I am the lord of the red " crown. I am the Sun's eye, yea, (14) I am in my egg, in my egg. It is granted unto " me to live therewith. I am in the Sun's eye, when it closeth, and I live by the strength " thereof. I come forth and I shine; (15) I enter in and I come to life. I am in the " Sun's eye, my seat is on my throne, and I sit thereon within the eye. I am Horus " who pass through millions of years. (16) I have governed my throne and I rule it " by the words of my mouth; and whether [I] speak or whether [I] keep silence, I keep " the balance even. Verily my forms are changed. I am the (17) god Unen, from " season unto season; what is mine is within me. I am the only One born of an only One, " who goeth round about in his course; (18) I am within the eye of the Sun. Things are " not evil nor hostile unto me, nor are they against me. I open the door of heaven. I " govern my throne, and I give [new] birth to myself on this day. [I am] not the Child " who trod (19) the path of yesterday, but I am ' To-day' for untold nations. It is I " who make you strong for millions of years, whether ye be in the heaven, or (20) in the " earth, or in the south, or in the north, or in the west, or in the east; fear of me is in " your hearts. I am the pure one who dwell within the sacred eye. I shall not die " (21) again. My hour resteth with you, but my forms are within my dwelling-place. I " am he who is unknown, and the gods with rose-bright countenances are (22) with me. " I am the unveiled one. The season wherein [the god] created heaven for me and " enlarged the bounds of the earth and made great the progeny thereof cannot be found " out. (23) My name setteth itself apart aud removeth from all evil things through the " words which I speak unto you. I am he who riseth and shineth; the wall of walls; " the only One, [son] of an only One. Ra (24) never lacketh his form, he never passeth " away, he never passeth away. Verily, I say: I am the plant which cometh forth from " Nu, and my mother is Nut Hail, (25) O my Creator, I am he who hath no power to " walk, the great knot within yesterday. My power is in my hand. I am not known, " [but] I am he who knoweth (26) thee. I cannot be held with the hand, but I am he " who can hold thee in his hand. [Hail] O Egg! [Hail] O Egg! I am Horus who " live for millions of years, whose flame lighteth upon your faces and (27) blazeth in " your hearts. I have the command of my throne, and I advance in mine hour. I " have opened the paths, I have turned myself away from all evil. I am (28) the ape of " gold, three palms and two fingers [high], which is without legs and without arms, and " which dwelleth in the House of Ptah. I go forth even as goeth forth the ape of (29) " gold three palms and two fingers [high], which hath neither legs nor arms, and which " dwelleth in the house of Ptah." When [thou] hast said this chapter thou shalt open a way and enter thereon.
B.D. Chapp. XLII., CLV.] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 357 PLATE XXXIII.
Vignette: A lake of fire, at each corner of which is seated a dog-headed ape. 1 Rubric: (1) Osiris Ani, triumphant, is girt about with [fine] raiment, he is shod with (2) white sandals, and he is anointed with very precious ant a ointment; and a bull, (3) and herbs, and incense, and ducks, and flowers, and ale, and cakes have been offered unto him. And behold, thou shalt limn upon a clean tile (4) the image of a table of offerings in clean colours, and thou shalt bury it in a field whereon (5) swine have not trampled. If this word then be written upon it, he himself shall rise again, (6) and his children's children shall flourish even as Ra flourisheth without ceasing. He shall dwell in favour (7) in the presence of the king among the chiefs, and cakes and cups of drink and portions of meat shall be given unto him upon the table (8) of the great god. He shall not be thrust from any door in Amentet; he shall travel on (9) together with the kings of the north and of the south, and he shall abide with the (10) followers of Osiris near unto Un-nefer, for ever, and for ever, and for ever.
1 A somewhat similar scene forms the vignette to Chapter CXXVI., but in addition to the apes there are two uraei at each corner. The text reads: " Hail, ye four apes who sit in the bows of the boat of " Ra, who make the right and truth of Neb-er-tcher to advance, who apportion unto me my weakness " and my strength, who pacify the gods by the flame of your mouths, who give holy offerings unto the " gods, and sepulchral meals of the tomb unto the shining ones, who feed upon right and truth, who are " without falsehood, and who abominate wickedness. Destroy ye the evil which is in me, do away " with mine iniquity, put away the wounds which I had upon earth, and destroy all wickedness which " cleaveth unto me." [The apes say]: " Enter thou in and let nothing whatever oppose thee." " Grant " ye that I may pass through the tomb, and that I may enter into Re-stau, and that I may go in through " the hidden doors of the underworld, and that offerings and other things may be made unto me as " unto those shining ones who pass into and out from the paths of the tomb, and who go through [the " doors thereof].
The u represents four pillars, *.*., the four quarters of heaven, or the whole universe. As a religious emblem it symbolizes the god Osiris. A fine collection of tets is exhibited in the Fourth Egyptian Room (Table-Case K, and Wall-Case, No. 114), and among them may be noted: No. 2097, blue glazed faience pendent tet, with the horns, disk, and plumes /*?; No. 739, blue glazed faience pendent tet y with five cross-bars, and /AJ > No. 8260, lapis-lazuli pendent (et, with horns, disk, and plumes; No. 8275, carnelian tet; No. 8270, agate tet; No. 20,623, opaque blue glass tet inscribed with the name of its owner; No. 20,636, stone tet inlaid with lapis-lazuli, carnelian, plasma, and mother of emerald.
35 8 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Plate XXXIII.
Text: [Chapter CLV.]. (i) The Chapter of a Tet of gold: Osiris " Ani, triumphant, saith: Thou risest, O still heart! (2) Thou shinest, O still * l heart! Place thou thyself upon my side. I have come and I have brought 4i unto thee a tet of gold; rejoice thou in it."
Appendix: In the late recension of this chapter (Lepsius, Todtenbuch, Bl. 75) the rubric is divided into two parts, which read: " To be recited over a Tet of gold inlaid (?) " in sycamore wood, and placed on the neck of the shining one; and he shall pass in " through the doors of the underworld by the might of the words here spoken. It shall " set him in his place on the day of the new year among the followers of Osiris.
"If this chapter be known by the deceased he shall become perfect in the underworld. " He shall not be thrust back at the doors of Amentet; cakes and ale and meat offerings " shall be offered unto him upon the altars of Ra, or (as some say) of Osiris Un-nefer; " and he shall triumph over his foes in the underworld for ever and for ever."
Vignette: A buckle, or tie.
Text: [Chapter CLVI.]. (i) The Chapter of a buckle of carnelian. 1 Saith Osiris Ani, triumphant: " The blood of I sis, the charms of I sis, (2) the " power of I sis, are a protection unto me, the chief, and they crush that which I abhor."
Appendix: Rubric* This chapter shall be said over a buckle of red jasper 3 (<?r carnelian) which hath been dipped in water of ankham flowers and inlaid in sycamore wood, and hath been placed on the neck of the shining one. If this chapter be inscribed upon it, it shall become the power of Isis, and it shall protect him; and Horus, the son of Isis, shall rejoice when he seeth it. No way shall be impassable to him, and one hand shall extend unto heaven, and the other unto earth. If this chapter be known [by the 1 The Nebseni papyrus adds the words «■— D <^> ^]^'^^ 'S^ Aft, " to be placed near the neck of this shining one."
2 See Maspero, Memoire sur Quelques Papyrus du Louvre, p. 8.
3 The amulet of the buckle is usually made of carnelian, red jasper, red porphyry, red glass, or red faience, but examples in grey and black stone and wood are also known; at times it was made entirely of gold, but it was frequently set in gold only. Large wooden models of the buckle were placed in the wooden hands which were fastened on the breasts of coffins; they usually lay upon the left breast, and the tet on the right. In the fine collection of buckles in the British Museum the following are of interest: No. 20,641, pendent buckle of red glass inscribed with the Chapter of the Buckle; No. 20,621, black stone pendent buckle, with hollow loop, inscribed with the Chapter of the few words of the Chapter of the Buckle, and the name of Aah-mes the scribe; No. 8258, mottled glass buckle having the loop inlaid with blue composition; No. 8259, red faience double buckle, pierced lengthwise for threading in a necklace.
deceased] he shall be among those who follow Osiris Un-nefer, triumphant. The gates of the underworld shall be opened unto him, and a homestead shall be given unto him, together with wheat and barley, in the Sekhet-Aaru; and the followers of Horus who reap therein shall proclaim his name as one of the gods who are therein.
Vignette: A heart- Text: [Chapter XXIXb.]. (i) The Chapter of a heart of carnelian. Saith Osiris Arii, triumphant: " I am the Bennu, the soul of Ra, and the guide of " the gods into (2) the underworld. The souls come forth upon earth to do the " will of their kds, and the soul of Osiris Ani cometh forth to do the will of his ka" Text: [Chapter CLXVI.]. (i) The Chapter of the Pillow which is PLACED UNDER THE HEAD OF OsiRIS ANI, TRIUMPHANT, TO WARD OFF WOES FROM the dead body of Osiris. (2) [Ani saith]: " Lift up thy head to the heavens, " for I have knit thee together triumphantly. Ptah hath overthrown his foes " and thine; all his enemies have fallen, and they shall never more rise up again, " O Osiris."
PLATES XXXIII AND XXXIV.
Vignette: The mummy-chamber, arranged as a plan, representing the floor and walls laid flat, in fifteen compartments. In the centre, under a canopy, is placed the bier bearing the mummy of Ani, beside which stands the god Anubis, 1 1 In the Nebseni papyrus the text referring to Anubis reads: " Anubis, who dwelleth in the region " of the embalmed, the chief of the holy house, layeth his hands upon the lord of life (*>., the mummy), " and provideth him with all that belongeth unto him, and saith: ' Hail to thee, thou beautiful one, the " lord! Thou hast been gazed upon by the Sun's eye, thou hast been bound up by Ptab-Seker, thou " hast been made whole by Anubis; breath hath been given unto thee by Shu, and thou hast been " raised up by the fair one, the prince of eternity. Thou hast thine eyes. Thy right eye is in the sektet i% boat, and thy left eye is in the atct boat. Thine eye-brows appear fair before the company of the gods. " Thy brow is in the charge of Anubis. The back of thy head is in good case in the presence of the " sacred hawk. Thy fingers are stablished by written decree in the presence of the lord of Khemennu, " and Thoth giveth unto thee the speech of the sacred books. Thy hair is in good case in the " presence of Ptab-Seker. Osiris is in bliss, and reverence is done unto him before the company of " the great gods. He looketh upon the great god, he is led on fair paths, he is made strong with <l meals of the tomb, and his enemies are cast down beneath him in presence of the company of the " great gods who are in the great house of the aged one in Annu.' " 360 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Plates XXXIII., XXXIV.
with hands outstretched over the body. At the foot of the bier kneels the goddess I sis, and at the head the goddess Nephthys, each being accompanied by a flame of fire, which is placed in the compartment immediately behind her. The Tet occupies the compartment immediately above the bier, and the jackal — emblematic of Anubis or Ap-uat — couchant on the tomb, with a sceptre having pendent menats — occupies the compartment below. The four children of Horus, or gods of the cardinal points — Mestha, Hapi, Tuamautef, and Qebhsennuf — stand in the corners of the four adjoining compartments. In each of the two upper and outer compartments is the human-headed bird emblematic of the soul, standing on a pylon, the one on the right being turned to the west or setting sun, the other on the left facing the east or rising sun. In the right lower compartment stands the figure of the Perfected Soul; in the corresponding compartment on the left is a Ushabti figure.
Text [Chapter CLI.]. [Isis saith:] " I have come to be a protector unto " thee. I waft (2) unto thee air for thy nostrils, and the north wind, which cometh 4i forth from the god Tmu, unto thy nose (3). I have made whole thy lungs. I " have made thee (4) to be like unto a god. Thine enemies have fallen beneath 4 ' thy feet (5, 6) Thou hast been made victorious in (7) Nut, and thou art mighty ■" to prevail with the gods."
[Nephthys saith:] " (2) I have gone round about to protect thee, brother " Osiris; (3) I have come to be a protector unto thee. [My strength shall be 4i behind thee, my strength shall be behind thee, for ever. Ra hath heard thy cry, "" and the gods have granted that thou shouldst be victorious. Thou art raised " up, and thou art victorious over that which hath been done unto thee. Ptah 4i hath thrown down thy foes, and thou art Horus, the son of Hathor.] nl 1 In Ani the text is corrupt, and the passage within brackets is translated from the following version (Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. II., Bl. 428): maket -a ha - k sep sen fetta setem nds - k an Ra semad-xeru an neteru 8es - tu semaayeru - k her drit erek yer en Ptah yeft - k entek Heru sa Het-Heru B.D. Chap. CLL] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 36 1 [The flame of I sis saith:] " I protect thee with this flame, and I drive away " him (the foe) from the valley of the tomb, and I drive away the sand from thy 41 feet. I embrace Osiris Ani, who is triumphant in peace and in right and " truth." 1 [The flame of Nephthys saith:] " I have come to hew in pieces. I am not " hewn in pieces, nor will I suffer thee to be hewn in pieces. I have come to 4i do violence, but I will not let violence be done unto thee, for I am protecting « thee."
[The Tet saith:] " I have come quickly, and I have driven back the footsteps " of the god whose face is hidden. 2 I have illumined his sanctuary. I stand *' behind the sacred Tet on the day of repulsing disaster. 3 I protect thee, " O Osiris."
[Mestha saith:] " I am MesthS, thy son, O Osiris Ani, triumphant. I have 41 come to protect thee, and I will make thine abode to flourish everlastingly. I " have commanded Ptah, even as Ra himself commanded him."
[Hapi saith:] " I am Hapi thy son, O Osiris Ani, triumphant. I have 4 ' come to protect thee. Thy head and thy limbs are knit together; and I have " smitten down thine enemies beneath thee. I have given unto thee thy head " for ever and for ever, O Osiris Ani, triumphant in peace."
[Tuamautef saith:] " I am thy beloved son Horus. I have come to avenge " thee, O my father Osiris, upon him that did evil unto thee; and I have put him " under thy feet for ever, and for ever, and for ever, O Osiris Ani, triumphant " in peace."
1 The text here is corrupt. Brit. Mus. papyrus, No. 10,010 (Naville, Todtenbuch> Bd. II., Bl. 429) reads: — nuk dhu id er teb ament x ese f-<* X^f su er ie ^ a se * & u seset-nd set du setenem-nd uat du-d em sa, " I " surround with sand the hidden tomb, and drive away the violent one therefrom. I lighten the u valley of the tomb, I cast light therein, I traverse the ways, and I protect [Osiris]."
See Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. II., Bl. 428.
3 Variant y ^Y hru x^ef idt^ "dav of driving back slaughter."
362 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Plates XXXIII., XXXIV.
[Qebhsennuf saith:] " I am thy son, O Osiris Ani, triumphant. I have come " to protect thee. I have collected thy bones, and I have gathered together thy " members. [I have brought thy heart and I have placed it upon its throne " within thy body. I have made thy house to flourish after thee, O thou who " livest for ever.]" 1 [The bird which faceth the setting sun saith]: " Praise be to Ra when he " setteth in the western part of heaven. Osiris Ani, triumphant in peace in the " underworld, saith: ' I am a perfected soul.' " [The bird which faceth the rising sun saith]: " Praise be to Ra when he " riseth in the eastern part of heaven from Osiris Ani, triumphant."
[The Perfected Soul saith]: " I am a perfected soul in the holy egg of the " abtu fish. I am the great cat which dwelleth in the seat of right and truth " wherein riseth the god Shu."
[The text near the Ushabti Figure (Chapter VI.) reads]: Osiris Ani, the over- seer, triumphant, saith: " Hail, shabti figure! If it be decreed that Osiris [Ani] 4< shall do any of the work which is to be done in the underworld, let all that standeth " in the way be removed from before him; whether it be to plough the fields, or 44 to fill the channels with water, or to carry sand from [the East to the West]." The shabti figure replies: 44 I will do [it]; verily I am here [when] thou callest."
Vignette: Ani, with both hands raised in adoration, standing before a table of offerings; behind him is his wife holding lotus and other flowers in her left hand.
Text: [Chapter CX.] (1) Here begin the Chapters of the Sekhet- HETEPU, AND THE CHAPTERS OF COMING FORTH BY DAY, AND OF GOING INTO AND OF COMING OUT FROM THE UNDERWORLD, AND OF ARRIVING IN THE SEKHET- (2) AANRU, AND OF BEING IN PEACE IN THE GREAT CITY WHEREIN ARE FRESH breezes. Let me have power there. Let me become strong to plough there.
(3) Let me reap there. Let me eat there. Let me drink there. [Let me woo there.] 2 And let me do all these things there, even as they are done upon earth.
1 In the papyrus of Ani the text of the end of the speech of Qebhsennuf appears to be corrupt; the words within brackets are translated from other papyri, and the Egyptian would run as follows: B.D. Chapp. VI., CLI., CX.] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 363 Saith Osiris Ani, triumphant: (4) " Set hath carried away Horus to see what " is being built in the Field of Peace, and he spreadeth the air over (5) the 44 divine soul within the egg in its day. He hath delivered the innermost part of 44 the body of Horus from the holy ones of Akert (P). 1 Behold I have sailed in u the mighty boat on the Lake of Peace. 2 I, even I, have crowned him in the " House of (6) Shu. His starry abode reneweth its youth, reneweth its youth. I " have sailed on its Lake that I may come unto its cities, and I have drawn nigh 44 unto the city Hetep. 3 For behold, I repose at the seasons [of Horus]. I have 41 passed through the region of the company of the gods who are aged and " venerable. (7) I have pacified the two holy Fighters 4 who keep ward upon life. " I have done that which is right and fair, and I have brought an offering and 44 have pacified the two holy Fighters. I have cut off the (9) hairy scalp of their 44 adversaries, and I have made an end of the (10) woes which befel [their] 4C children; (n) I have done away all the evil which came against their souls; I 41 have gotten dominion over it, (12) I have knowledge thereof. I have sailed 44 forth on the waters [of the lake] (13) that I may come unto the cities thereof. 44 I have power (14) over my mouth, being furnished [with] charms; let not [the " fiends] get the mastery over me, (16) let them not have dominion over me.
4i May I be equipped in thy Fields of Peace. What thou wishest that shalt thou 41 do, [saith the god]."
Vignette: The Sekhet-hetepet or 44 Fields of Peace," surrounded and intersected with streams. They contain the following: (a.) Thoth, the scribe of the gods, holding pen and palette, introduces Ani, who is making an offering, and his ka to three gods who have the heads of a hare, serpent, and bull respectively, and are entitled © pauti, " the company of the gods." Ani and a table of offerings in a boat. Ani addressing a hawk standing 1 v a 1 Reading, with the Nebseni papyrus, v\ - (j y}> cj) ' ma Akeru.
2 Adding from the Nebseni papyrus n R ^ V& Vr »+£« £__/] v& Vav fl IK ^g& T^n ^y JH as kua xenen-a uaa pen ad em ie-Hetep, 4 I.e., Horus and Set.
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[Plates XXXIII., XXXIV.
on a pylon-shaped pedestal, before which are an altar and a god. Three ovals. 1 The legend reads: -^» Ov e £S ^ un em hetep seyet nifu er fent, " Being at peace in the Field [of Peace], and having air for the nostrils."
(b.) Ani reaping wheat, with the words <|\ « n~^ ase X Aus&r, " Osiris reaps"; guiding the oxen treading out the corn; standing with hands raised in adoration behind the bennu bird j*>, and holding the kherp sceptre &, and kneeling before two vessels of red barley and wheat. The hieroglyphics ( It |t J ^^^ seem to mean, " the food of the shining ones." Three ovals. 2 (c.) Ani ploughing 3 with oxen in a part of the Fields of Peace called MJi^^Tn^^X® " Sekhet-aanre "; with the word pU^^^ sekau > " to plough." The two lines of hieroglyphics read: — re en Chapter of the I Jiefet River-horse.
S MU dtru The river is 4=sa one thousand [cubits] du - f its length.
em in an fet Not can be told use x - / its width.
an un Not exist remu fishes III neb any in it, an not [exist] is HY!^ hefdu nebt serpents any dm - f in it A*/WW /WWft /\ A A/WWV /WW\A _ 1 In the Nebseni papyrus they are called ***** aww Qetqetmu, /w^ aaaaa* Hetepmu, and QQ WWV\/WWV\ O D AAAAAA AAAAAA AAAAAA AAAAAA AAAAAA AAAAAA UrmU.
► AAAAAA AAAAAA 2 Instead of three, the Nebseni papyrus has four ovals, which are called Hetep, An (?), Uakhakha, and Neb-taui.
8 In the Turin papyrus, published by Lepsius, the ploughing, sowing, reaping and treading out the corn are all shown in one division, and the deceased stands in adoration before 8 *" — fl t=t (j ° 111 "Hapi, the father of the gods."
In the papyrus of Nebseni the deceased adores the company of the gods who live in the Field of Hetep, saying: " Hail to you, O ye lords of kas, I have come in peace into your fields to receive " tchefau food. Grant ye that I may come to the great god daily, and that I may have sepulchral " meals, and that my ka may be supplied with the meat and drink offered to the dead. May Osiris " and the company of the gods, who dwell in the Field of Hetep, give a royal oblation, may they B.D. Chap. CX.] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 365 (d.) A boat bearing a flight of steps ^/\ and floating on a stream; x above is the legend ^^ *^^"^cz^ Jj 1 tchefau* (?). A boat of eight oars, each end shaped like a serpents head, bearing a flight of steps; at the stern is written * % ^ fl, and at the bows Tnr^^J^ neter am Un-nefer, "the god therein is Un-nefer." The stream which flows on the convex side of the small island is called (j~^ds£ [ D ^] dshet pet, " flood (?) of [heaven]." On the other island is placed a flight of steps, by the side of which is written 1 y\ III^TT"- 3 The space to the left represents the abode of the blessed dead, and is described as: — The seat of the shining ones. Their length is cubits seven the wheat cubits three; sdhu dqeru aseyet - sen the blessed dead who are perfected they reap [it]. 4 " grant meat and drink and all good things, and bandages and incense every day. And may I sit " down at the table [of the god] daily to receive bread of his bread, and cakes, and wine, and milk, " and tchefau food; and may I follow in the train of the god when he maketh his appearance in his " festivals in Res-tau." (For the text see Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. I., Bl. 123.)
1 In the Turin papyrus this boat is called the boat of Ra-Harmachis when he goeth forth into the Field of Aanre.
2 In the Turin papyrus the words ^"^ ^K 1 <s^£ 1 <zr> tefu uru are written between the boats, the ends of which are shaped like serpents' heads.
3 In ancient papyri I ^S\ qeqsu is written, and in the Turin papyrus **w* ] ] ] J ^K. In the Nebseni papyrus four gods dwell on this island, and the accompanying text says that they are "the Turin papyrus three gods only, whose names are Shu, Tefnut, and Seb respectively, are depicted.
* A small division called the " birthplace of the gods " is not marked in the Ani papyrus, although it is found in that of Nebseni (see Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. I., Bl. 123).
o 66 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [PLATES XXXV., XXXVI.
PLATES XXXV. AND XXXVI.
Vignette: A hall, within which, on the left, Ani stands before two tables of offerings bearing libation water and lotus-flowers, with hands raised, adoring Ra, hawk-headed. 1 Next are ranged seven cows, each one couchant before a table of offerings, and each having a mendt attached to the neck; 2 and a bull standing before a table of offerings. Behind them are four rudders; and on the extreme right are four triads of gods, each triad having a table of offerings bearing a libation vase and a lotus-flower (?).
Text: [Chapter CXLVIII.]. (i) Saith Osiris Ani, triumphant: " Homage " to thee, (2)0 thou lord, thou lord of right and truth, the One, the lord of eternity " and creator (3) of everlastingness, I have come unto thee, O my lord Ra. " I have made (4) meat offerings unto the seven kine and unto their bull. O ye " who give (5) cakes and ale to the shining ones, grant ye to my soul to be with 1 In the Turin papyrus, published by Lepsius, the god wears the triple or atef crown instead of a disk and serpent 3Q, and the text describes him as A J\ ^3^ X O ft nv ^3^ ^| | Jj — -fl f M L& a Qsirjjj t h e i or( j f eternity, the prince, the lord of everlastingness, the great god, the governor of Akertet." Behind the god stands a female figure wearing 4 upon her head, emblematic of "the beautiful Amenta," with both her hands "extended to receive" the deceased. The address to Osiris and Amenta by the deceased reads: " Homage to thee, O thou Bull of Amentet, Prince, lord of everlastingness, the great god, the governor of Akertet, receive thou the Osiris into the beautiful Amentet in peace, and may it stretch forth its hands to receive me."
2 In other papyri the names of these animals are given as follows: (1) J 1 B* ^foj' ^ et ^ au ne ^ ^ er > " tne dwelling of the kas of the lord of the tjf 1 r-K-i ^ UX^uTn uri meru tehrt, "the greatly beloved, red of hair "; (6) Q Vs. **"¥" ^ (](] ^^T3 abets, "her name prevaileth in her dwelling"; (8) U r^ vCc<\ IK Jj j\ / «= 2) $ }^_ ka / > at - kauity "Bull, making the kine to be fruitful."
B.D. Chapp. CXLVIII., CLXXXV.] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 367 4< you. (6) May Osiris Ani, triumphant, be born upon your thighs; may he be u like unto one (7) of you for ever and for ever; and may he become a glorious 41 being (8) in the beautiful Amenta."
\Address to the Rudders]: "(1) Hail, thou beautiful Power, 1 thou beautiful " rudder of the northern heaven."
" (2) Hail, thou who goest round about heaven, thou pilot of the world, thou beautiful rudder of the western heaven."
" (3) Hail, thou shining one, who livest 2 in the temple wherein are the gods " in visible forms, thou beautiful rudder of the eastern heaven."
" (4) Hail, thou who dwellest in the temple of the bright-faced ones, 8 thou %i beautiful rudder 4 of the southern heaven."
[Address to the four Triads h ~\\ " (5) Hail, ye gods who are above the earth, ye pilots of the underworld."
** (6) Hail, ye mother-gods who are above the earth, who are in the under- * 4 world, and who are in the House of Osiris," " (7) Hail, ye gods, ye pilots of Tasert, ye who are above the earth, ye pilots 4< of the underworld."
" (8) Hail, ye followers of Ra, who are in the train of Osiris."
Vignette: Ani standing before a table of offerings, with both hands raised in adoration. Behind him is his wife, wearing a lotus-flower and a cone upon her head, and holding a sistrum and lotus-flower in her left hand.
Text: [Chapter CLXXXV. (?)] (i) A Hymn of Praise to Osiris the dweller in Amentet, Un-nefer within Abtu, Osiris Ani, triumphant, saith: *' Hail, O my lord, who dost traverse (2) eternity, and whose existence endureth " for ever. Hail, Lord of Lords, King of Kings, Prince, the God of gods who *' (3) live with Thee, I have come unto Thee Make thou for me a seat " with those who are in the underworld, and who adore (4) the images of thy ka <k (5) and who are among those who [endure] for (6) millions of millions of years 1 Variant l-U^ V^^ ka-f nefer, "his beautiful ha."
5 Reading ^^G ^ cd%|! her abu het tder.
4 In the Turin and the older papyri each rudder is accompanied by an utchaf ' 5 In the Turin papyrus the four children of Horus.take the place of these triads.
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[Plate XXXVII.