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td-k-nd uat se£-d em hetep nuk dq an t'tt-d Grant thou to me a way that I may pass in peace. I am just and true, I have not spoken £U^&, Tii ker em rex ~ " <*n dri-d sep sen lies to my knowledge, not have I acted with a motive second.

PLATE XX.

to, A n«« e horizon eastern Ani em mac Ani in triu in the horizon pet heave tua - tuau Rd An adoration of Ra hden dmu - x e * ' n. Rejoice those who are in 1 Xe/t uben - f em when he riseth in th f d Ausdr lis train. Hail Osiris b satetu uben d of rays, rising of *x eru mph, t'et - f a dten put net saith he: Hail Disk that, lor O I day //£# /&?/ - k em hrd en Ausdr Ani em madxeru tua - f every; do thou shine upon the face of Osiris Ani, in triumph. He adoreth -* &.

«-*MIS til em tuait se- hetep -f tu thee at daybreak, he maketh to rest thee with praise mdJeru at eventide.

1 For a similar text see Lepsius, Todicnbuch y Bl. iv.

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[Plate XX.

per ba en Ausdr May come forth the soul of Osiris, I I I Ani Ani, mad'xeru hena - k er pet victorious with thee into heaven, 50Co <a UtU - f may he go forth in the Mdatet boat, may he come into port in the Sektet boat, em Mdatet /WWVN mend - f l em Sektet may he go 6.

I in among the stars which set in heaven.

Ausdr Ani Osiris, Ani, being at peace and in triumph, saith he, suas - f adoreth he neb -f neb his lord, the lord of 4tt i eternity, [saying]: Homage to thee, Horus of the two horizons, Khepera that is, [who] o created himself; doubly beautiful [is] thy rising em yut se - hef - £ in the horizon, thou shinest upon taiu the two lands iSQI thy beams, with i satu - £ ma i -*i &. szmii neteru Gods nebu all £//* hadui are in rejoicing [when] ta em suten i D o Nebt-Unnut Bi=ini they see thee in the condition of king of heaven. Nebt-Unnut is placed upon thy head; her portion of the south [and] her portion of the north [are] on thy forehead; B.D. Chap. XV.] THE PAPYRUS OF ANL 131 du art - nes duseUs em tet - k Tehuti men em hat uda - k she maketh her place before thee. Thoth is fixed in the front of thy boat to annihilate thy enemies all. Those who dwell in the netherworld come forth to meet thee with homage, and to fc* X- Qfcfl*: I have come before thee, may I be with thee to maau sem /» j nefer see [thy] Image that beautiful.

.mj 1 O 1 fr *r maa dten hru neb se to see thy disk day every, A/VS/V/>A may [I] not be shut in, may [I] not be turned back, may be renewed my members em teka neferu-k md hesi - k nebu her entet nuk ud by the sight of thy beauties, like thy favoured ones all, because I am one em ennu en iepses - nek tep ta du peh-nd er ta en of those who worshipped thee upon earth. May I arrive at the land of heh x nem - nd er ta en tfetta entek as utu - nd eternity, may I be united to the land of cverlastingness; thou, behold, hast ordered for me set neb - d d Ausdr Ani maayeru em hetep madxen* t'et - f it, my lord. Hail Osiris, Ani, victorious in peace, victorious, he saith: 132 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [PLATE XX.

Homage to thee, thou risest in thy horizon as Ra, stablished by Maat!

Thou passest over the sky, face every is for watching thee and thy progress, amen em hrd - sen td - k - tu tuat em having been hidden from face[s] their; thou givest thyself [at] dawn [and] at ffl mdJeru hru retiu seqtet yer eventide day [every]. Goeth forward in strength the Sektet boat having 1 I hen - k satu - k em hrdu an rex " set smu (? ) <*n thy majesty; thy beams shine in [all] faces, not known are they [thy] rays, not smd dmmu - k tain nu neteru maa - entu Iter can be told thy beams. The lands of the gods must be looked upon, and an set nu Punt er sap - tu amen the colours of the eastern countries of Punt for to be computed what is hidden.

I /wvwv Thou makest alone by thyself [thy] form in its appearance, thou comest into existence above Nu. He, may he progress even as thou progressest, B.D. Chap. XV.]. THE PArYRUS OF ANI. 133 #» dri-nef dbu ma {ten - £ Arw ketet kept not may he make cessation even as {^^^^^n] 6 ^} for a period little, striding little; thou doest them and thou settest. Thou makest an end of the hours kerh mdtet mesmes - nek set gam - nek ma of the night, likewise thou dost thyself count them; thou endest [them] according to thy statutes, and the earth becometh light. Thou givest thyself to thy work em Ra uben - £ em %ut Ausdr an Ant under the form of Ra, thou risest in the horizon. Osiris, scribe Ani triumphant, he saith, he adoreth thee in thy shining, he saith to thee in thy rising when thou makest dawn in exulting over thy coming into existence: Thou art crowned in the majesty of thy beauties, advancing thou mouldest thy limbs, 134 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [PLATE XXL messu at vim mestu - f em Rd uben em bringing them forth painlessly; born is he in the form of Ra, rising in the upper regions. Grant thou that I may reach the heaven of everlastingness and the mountain of [thy] favoured ones, may I be joined with the shining beings, holy dqer nu Neteryert per - d /tend - sen er maa neferu-k and perfect of the netherworld, may I come forth with them to see thy beauties, PLATE XXI.

uben - k mdseru nemmd - nek mut - k Nut [as] thou shinest at eventide and thou goest to thy mother Nut.

Thou givest thy face to the west, and my two hands are in adoration when hetep - £ £//* # «^ entek as dri heh tua - tu thou settest as a living being; thou, behold, art the maker of eternity, art adored thou [when] thou settest in Nu. I have placed thee in my heart without B.D. Chap. XV.] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 1 35 bekai neteri er neteru Ausdr Ani maayeru t?et-f wavering, O mightier than the gods! Osiris Ani triumphant, saith he: dau - nek uben em nub sehet taiu em hru Praises [be] to thee rising like gold, illumining the two lands on the day en mestu - / mes-entu viut - k her tet sehef - nek Jen of his birth. Giveth thee birth thy mother upon [her] hand; thou illuminest the orbit dden sehef ur uben em Nu Qesu of the Disk. Light great rising in Nu, strengthening mdhaiu - f em hebebet seheb fat 9 at neb his generations of men with the Nile-flood, making festival in the countries all, nut neb perit neb yu em neferu-k uOesti towns all, temples all, glorious by reason of thy beauties, supporting ka-k e?n hu teft'ef dda nerdu secern thy ka with meats and tchefau food. Mighty of victories, Power of Se*xeinu tieru duset-f er dsfeta ad X^ u Powers, fortifying his station against wicked devils, mighty of splendour em sektet ur - f du em dtet se - % u " ^ in the £*£/*/ boat, mighty is he exceedingly in the Atet boat, make glorious thou THE BOOK OF THE DEAD.

[Plate XXI.

Ausdr Ani em madxeru etn. Neterxert fa - k un - **f er Osiris Ani with victory in the netherworld, grant thou that he may be in the Amentet iu em tut mdk ha - k dsfet netherworld empty of sins, I pray thee put behind thee [his] faults.

Grant that I may be among the venerated beings with the shining ones, may he join h: baiu em Ta-sertet seqtet - f em Seyet - Aaru the souls [which are] in the Ta-sertet, may he journey into the Sekhet - Aaru Iter enti sa utu em dut an Ausdr an Ani through the decree with joy of heart. O Osiris, the scribe Ani, madxeru triumphant, fat - k peri - k er pet fai - k bat sensen - k thou shalt come forth into heaven, thou shalt pass over the sky, thou shalt be associated emma sebu dritu - nek Jiekennu with the stars, shall be made to thee praises em uda nds - tuk in the boat, thou shalt be hymned k em atet tekai - k in the Atet boat; thou shalt see 'on Rd em x ennu en Ra within M «vwv O thou shalt set with his disk day _> neb every, maa - nek thou shalt see kerd - /* shrine his, ant the ##/ fish em in B.D. CHAP. XV.] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 1 37 its coming into existence upon the water of turquoise, thou shalt see the dbtu fish [in] his season. May it happen that the Evil One shall fall when he setteth in order heseq - nd temu Qesu - nef unen Rd em madu destruction for me, let be cut asunder his vertebrae. Is Ra in winds nefer sek en sektet peh su get Rd em good, draweth onward the sektet boat and arriveth it, the sailors of Ra are in hddiu Nebt - d?ix db - s netem se% er X e ft en rejoicing. Nebt - ankh her heart is glad, [for] fallen hath the enemy of neb - s maa - nek Heru her neferu Tehuti Madt her her lord. Thou shalt see Horus in the place of look out and Thoth and Maat at ddiu - f neteru nebu em hddu maa en sen his two sides. Gods all are in rejoicing [when] they see Rd iu em hetep er sednx dbu en %u an Ausdr Ra coming in peace to make to live the hearts of the shining ones; Osiris /VWSAA f\ /Ws/WN OD l\U III hW JaStlllTlEl c— o A_ ol III an hetep neter en nebu Uast Ant madxeru haul - sen the scribe of the divine offerings of the lords of Thebes Ani, triumphant, with them.

T 138 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [PLATE XXI.

fetet hru abet t'et fetet an Ausdr an To be said on the day of the month. Saith [these] words Osiris, the scribe Ani maajferu em hetep mad^eru fet-f ^dd Ra em yut - f Ani, triumphant in peace, triumphant, saith he: Riseth Ra in his horizon, the cycle of his gods are following him [at] coming forth of the god from the place dment yer sefefau em %ut dbtet ent secret, showing strength, bringing [himself] forth from the horizon eastern of heaven at the words of Nut. They rejoice at the ways of Ra, [when] straightway ur rem - / Qesu - tu drek Ra ami the Great One he goeth round. Fastened together art thou therefore, O Ra, within thy shrine. Thou breathest the winds, thou swallowest the breezes thou makest to devour the jaw-bones [in] thy dwelling on the day of thy smelling madt pesei - k Jesu ndi uda right and truth. Thou turnest aside the divine followers [who] sail after the divine boat er nemnem uru Iter % eru " & dp - k qesu - k to come back [to] the mighty beings at thy word. Thou numberest thy bones, thou gatherest together thy limbs; thou givest thy face towards Amenta the beautiful, l 1 o I uit - k dm matu - 8d kru neb tut as put en nub comest thou there being renewed day every. Image, behold, that of gold, Xer samau dtennu en pet yer setau having the splendours of the disk of heaven, possessing terror; rer - k maui - 0d hru neb a Jidi em x ui thou goest round, being renewed thyself day every. Hail, rejoicing in the horizon hai em ennuh - k neteru dmu pet shouts of joy in thy towing ropes! May the gods who are in heaven [when] sen Ausdr Ani em madyeru tdu - nef daiu Osiris Ani in triumph give to him praises maa en they see wa Rd Ausdr an Ani ur t'dr like Ra. May Osiris the scribe Ani be the prince distinguished by urertu dp peseh - f Ausdr the urertu crown; and may be apportioned his meat and drink offerings of Osiris I40 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [PLATE XXI.

Ani madxeru ufa sep em yo* *"* Ani, triumphant May he be strong many times in body that, tep ent dmu embah Rd Ausdr an Ani may he be the chief of those who are in the presence of Ra. Osiris scribe Ani, madyeru ufa tep ta em Neteiyert Ausdr an triumphant, may he be strong upon earth and in the netherworld. Osiris scribe Ani madxeru res - k ufa - 04 w# Rd rd neb Ani, triumphant, mayest rise up thou strengthened like Ra day every.

an hap Ausdr Ani madx*ru an urt - f em Not shall tarry Osiris Ani, triumphant, not motionless shall he remain in □ /WW\A ta pen fetta neferiu maa em maa dnxiu em setemiu land this for ever beautiful; seeing with [his] eyes, [his] two ears in hearing madt sep sen Ausdr an Ani madx^ru ha sep sen em right and true, twice, Osiris, scribe Ani, triumphant. Cometh back, twice, from Annu Ausdr Ani madxeru em Rd seru Heliopolis Osiris Ani triumphant, as Ra, arranging B.D. Chap. CXXXIII.] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 141 PLATE XXII.

heptu em sesu Nu an fet en Ausdr Ani the oars among the followers of Nu. Not hath said Osiris Ani, madyeru maa - nef an nem setemet - nef Ausdr em triumphant, what he hath seen, not hath repeated [what he hath heard] Osiris in pa setau hat fiennu en AuSdr Ani the house which is concealed. Hail, shouts of gladness to Osiris Ani, madye™ neter ltd en Rd em uda Nu emmd triumphant. The divine body of Ra is in the divine boat of Nu together with hetep ka en neter em mereret - f Ausdr Ani satisfaction of the double of the god according to his will, Osiris Ani, 5LM~ld 8«-*HI ^ madyeru em hetep madyeru em Heru dda Xtf 6 ™ ** e t triumphant in peace, triumphant as Horus, mighty of forms of existence. Say [these] tfetet her uda en meh words over a boat of cubits seyef em du - f seven in its length, dru em made in r-rc-i 1 1 ie colour uafu her t'at'at dri pet ent sebu sedb - da turd - 8d green, for the divine chiefs. Make a heaven of stars washed and purified I42 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [PLATE XXII.

em hesmen em neter senOer dst art - nek tut en Rd with natron [and] with incense. Behold, thou must make a figure of Ra //*r mehtet nematu em x en ** ertd-da em hat upon a stone plaque new with yellow colour, and it shall be placed in front of boat this. Behold, thou must make a figure of deceased this [whom] thou wishest to make perfect in strength in boat this; make it to travel in the divine boat of Ra, will look upon him Ra in it himself.

#?// - k maat her hrd - nebu dpu tier hdu - k fesek em Do not thou show [it] to anyone except thyself thine own, or tef - k se - k saa - sen her hrd - sen via a - entuf thy father [or] thy son, and let keep guard them over their faces, he will be seen w *a /VVWVN em Neteryert em dptu en Rd in the netherworld as a messenger of Ra.

///« -## hr?i abet nd uda Adoration of Ra [on] the day of the month [whereon he] saileth in the boat.

B.D. Chap. CXXXIV.] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 1 43 Mil dnet lira - k her-db uda - f uben sep sen pest pest Homage to thee within his boat, rising, twice, shining with rays, /W hat se heh em merer - f tdtd...making to rejoice mankind for millions of years according to his will, giving [his] face to the hamemet, Khepera within his boat. He hath overthrown -fca.

Apep an mesu seb seyer - ten X e ft a nu Ausdr Apep. O ye children of Seb, overthrow ye the enemies of Osiris Ant madyeru yemi % em - sen uda Ani triumphant; the opponents of good they shall destroy [from] the divine boat en Ra £dt en Heru tepu - ten er pet em apt of Ra. Shall cut off Horus your heads in heaven in the form of ducks, ycptu - ten er ta ertdu dut er ta em remu ye shall fall down upon the earth and become animals, upon the earth in the form of fishes.

/vna*aa t'aiu fait nebt yemi - sen em an Male enemies, female enemies all, destroyeth them [Osiris] /tat - f em pet pert - tef em ta tut - ten her mu he passeth through heaven, he appeareth upon earth; come ye forth upon the water, THE BOOK OF THE DEAD.

[Plate XXII.

w ias - ten pass ye along sexer &.:hL in em IK heseq I I I en sen Tehuti db sebu in front of the starry deities, and slaughtereth them Thoth M: ■m S Q?l Jfca.

per em Anreti ker dten en Ausdr coming forth from Anreti. Is silent and becometh the substitute Osiris, an the scribe 9.

I I Ant Ani I I I a ^=t on \fc »^- ertd as ten pu neter pen ur £dt Behold ye then god this great of slaughter, n Jidda mighty sejsejt of terror, he washeth em in snef - ta* your blood, j] A/WVAA bendndn - / he batheth your gore.

o in Destroyeth them Osiris the scribe Ani Jt^.

m em from uaa the boat neb - f of his lord Rd Heru Ausdr Ra Horus. Osiris AWWS | /VWWV dnx db mes en su mu * ' f Auset renen living of heart, giveth birth to him his mother Isis, nurseth I I I Ani maayeru Ani, triumphant, en su Nebt-het him Nephthys, M /VWWX /WWNA I I I ma even as ar/V £# sen did they for Heru Horus 4-^ JMCaU %esef samait the repeller of the fiends mi Suti of Sut; J?

I II /WWW *W/WW I I I they saw @ VyV /WWW the urertu crown stablished upon his head, and they fell down B.D. Chap. CXXXIV.]

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% I I I I I I her hrd-sen %u as ret upon their faces. O shining beings, behold, ye men, Ill neteru mitu gods, damned ones, [when] maa en sen Ausdr Ani they see Osiris Ani, ^ ma&xeru em triumphant as Heru duf em Horus, he being Jies urertu * %er ten her l III hrd - ten w, madyeru adored [through] the urertu crown, fall ye down upon your faces. Victorious dn Ausdr is Osiris I I Ani Ani, madyeru er triumphant, over %efta - f em pet heri his enemies in the heaven above, &.

em pet X*>7 em t'atat ent neter neb ent vt\ tt^ter/ nebt in the heaven beneath, with the divine chiefs of god every [and] of goddess every.

t'et Jier bdk da a/id hefet em tep -f Tern Say over a hawk great standing with the white crown upon his head, Tmu, Shu, Tefnut Seb Nut Ausdr Auset Nebt-het dnu em x ent * fV Tefnut, Seb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, write with yellow colour upon a V\^ Tj AWW mehtet ent maut ertdu em uda pen hend a plaque of newness, and place in boat this with (sic) tut en a figure of yu pen dead person this urhu hekennu anointed with unguents.

;* n: ill l&<=>m i ertdu en sen neter sender her Let them place incense upon U I46 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [PLATE XXIV.

set aptu aJert tua Ra pu nd the fire, and ducks to be roasted. An act of praise of Ra is it [when] arriveth #£<z - f pu unen art - f si /tend Rd er bu neb his boat this, with Ra to place every saileth he there; slaughtered the enemies of Ra are in very truth.

.1 1 drit hru sas ent Jieb re en seqtet To be done on day sixth of the festival; the chapter of the sektet boat.

PLATE XXIV.

Re en hai er fat at Ausdr fet an Ausdr an Chapter of going to the divine chiefs of Osiris. Saith Osiris the scribe Ani madyeru du get - nd ba - d X ent em T e tt e t u Ani, triumphant: Hath builded for me my soul a dwelling-place in Tattu, uat'et - [d] em Pe seka - nd ahl em dru - a I have become vigorous in Pe. I have ploughed the fields in my forms of existence, "This being done it will make him be with Ra every day." See Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. I., p. 346.

* The whole of Plate XXIII. and a part of Plate XXIV. contain a duplicate copy of Chapter XVIII.

/WWSA B.D. Chap. CXXIV.] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 147 du mama - a em Amsu her - s betu - d sep sen an is my palm tree as the god Amsu over them. My abominations, twice, not qeq - a betu - d betu - d pu lies an qeq - a su do I eat; my abominations those which I abominate are filth, not do I eat it hetepau kau en du ^emu dm - f an [There are] food offerings and meat [for those] who are not destroyed by it Not do I raise myself to it with my two arms, not do I walk thereupon with my sandals, 1 1 because my bread is of grains white, my beer is of the grains red of Hapi an sektet atet an - n\a\ set qeq - a Hapi. Indeed the j*£te/ boat and the atet boat bring to [me] them, and I eat them under the trees [of which] I, I know the branches beautiful. How I make myself glorious with the white crown there, I lift yp ara^/ tf art da en sehetep taiu an - nd the uraei! Hail, guardian of the door, who giveth peace to the world, bring to me THE BOOK OF THE DEAD.

[Plate XXIV.

* o ennu those en who an make o, □ I II hetepet offerings.

td - k Grant thou fa - a that I may lift III setu the earth, /www twkJ <£L un I v that may open to me the beings of splendour [their] arms, that may speak the cycle neteru tfetu hamemet hend Ausdr of the gods the words of the hamemet with Osiris I I I Ani Ani.

semu May lead [him] ^ Jl III hdtu the hearts of in neteru the gods, W M j^rw - f may they make him powerful em in pet heaven emmd among ayemiu the gods who have visible forms. Now god every, and goddess every he passeth are for art Ausdr an Ani making Osiris the scribe Ani, nta&xeru fep renpit dn% em triumphant, at the beginning of the year, living upon ■v hdtu qeq su her pert em dbt sap - tuf en hearts, eating them at the coming forth from the east; judged is he by tepu - a Rd sap - tuf en tepu - a sesep %u the ancestors of Ra, judged is he by the ancestors of Light. [He is] a shining being un hebsu pet emmd uru du x er * Ausdr an clothed [in] heaven among the mighty ones. The provisions of Osiris the scribe B.D. Chap. CXXIV.]

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~ H&JSa C t I III 4 Ani maayeru dmmd tau heqt dri re - ten dq - nd Ani, triumphant, are among the cakes and beer [made] for your mouths. I go in H I - \ /vwwv through the Disk, I come out through the god Ahui. I speak with sesu the followers neteru fetu - «# dten fetu - «# hamemet of the gods, I speak with the Disk, I speak with the hamemet; ta -/ he granteth neru - d em me to be victorious in Afe£ - urt Meh - urt, kekiu the blackness samau em yennu of the night within near his forehead.

as Behold kud I am Mi hend Ausdr temamu - d with Osiris, [and] I proclaim temamu - / emmd what he announceth among uru fet - f nd t'etu the mighty ones. He speaketh to me the words of men, I listen and I repeat to him the words of the gods. I come Osiris I I Ani 2; ^ sari - nek maayeru hetep em dper Ani triumphant in peace as one endowed [with all things]. {rd h ht amdTni^hi} 21 mertu - / ##£ yu dper er yu nebu for those who love them. I am a shining being endowed more than shining beings all.

150 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [PLATE XXV.

PLATE XXV.

//# <?;« re en drit yeperu drit x e P eru The beginning of the chapters of making transformations. Making the transformation em ment t'et an Ausdr Ant maayeru nuk ment into a swallow {or dove). Saith Osiris Ani, triumphant: I am a swallow, *#*#/ /<?/? hefet'et set Rd d neteru netemui set swallow that the scorpion, the daughter of Ra. Hail ye gods, sweet [is] your te« j*?/.*£« d nesert pert em ^ut d enti em smell, twice. Hail flame coming forth from the horizon. Hail thou who art in nut an - nd sau qeb - f dm dmma - nd ddui - k the town. May lead me the guardian of his corner there. O grant to me thy two hands that I may pass the time in the Island of flame. I have travelled with an order, I have come having its report, may one open to me. How shall I tell what I have seen dm du-d em Heru x er P en u< * a ertdu - nef nest there? I was like Horus, the prince of the divine boat, was given to him the throne B.D. Chap. LXXXVL] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 151 en tef - / du Sut pef se Nut x er <*nt dri - nef of his father, and Sut that son of Nut possessed the calamity [which] he had made for himself. Give judgment upon me being in Sekhem. I stretched out my two arms to Osiris, I passed on to judgment I have come to say: dmmd se£-d smd - d dptu nuk dq ap Grant that I may pass [that] I may report [my] message. I enter being judged, /*r tennu her seb put [en] Neb-er-t'er db - nud coming out distinguished at door that [of] Neb-er-tcher. I am pure 1 r i -V her uart tut at place of passage that © <^ 1 ;uji^ q^^io.v| great, I have destroyed my defects, w mil!

I have made an end of my wickednesses, I have annihilated the faults which belong to me, du - d db - kud neteri - £#0 art a art - ## uat nuk I myself am pure, I am mighty. O doorkeepers, I have made the way. I am like unto you, I have come forth by day. I have walked upon my two legs, THE BOOK OF THE DEAD.

[Plate XXV.

kud secern - kud em nemtnat yu I have obtained power over the step of the shining ones %\ tt$T!-M nn ^ ill uat the ways M H ietau secret sebu of the doors O I nu of the seyet Sekhet Aaru Aaru.

un - d May I rise up there, may it be granted to me that I may come and that I may overthrow my enemies kud I am ma ua i i> /<?/ to %atf - d qeres en su upon earth, [though] my body buried it is.

Appendix.

dr rex ^ If be known book ten du - f per - / em this he shall come forth by hru day i £/« Neter-xertet in the underworld, he shall go in after he hath come forth. If be not known chapter this, not shall he enter % emxet per - / x em P er em in after he hath come forth, [he] shall not come forth by CTZD per hru day.

.1 /*/wvs I \ J ' a THi &,J4 L I Re en drit x e P eru em ^dk Chapter of making transformation into a hawk en nub iet an Ausdr of gold. Saith Osiris The text is from Lepsius, Todtenbuch^ Bl. 32.

B.D. Chap. LXXVIL] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 1 53 Ani Ani du - a %da - kud em seietet em Ani Ani {sic). May I rise, even I, in the seshet chamber like a hawk of gold coming forth from his egg. May I fly, may I alight like a hawk of cubits seven at his back, his two wings being of uafu qemat per - nd em sektet du mother-of-emerald of the south. May I come forth from the sektet boat, may be brought to me my heart from the mountain of the east; may I alight on XT* dtet du an - nd dmu paut - sen em the dtet boat [and] and may be brought to me those who are in their cycles with bowings their. May I rise, even I, may I gather myself together like &z£ nefer en nub tep bennu aq Rd er a hawk beautiful of gold [with] the head of a phoenix, entering to Ra...ami tef - d Items -a er dmitu neteru dpu uru en May I sit down among gods those the great ones of J 54 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Plate XXV.

Nut. Is placed for me a field, [and] offerings are before me; may I eat in it; may I be glorious in it; may 1 be filled according to what wisheth to receive my heart.

s? xqy him fsa i&.a May be given to me divine wheat for my mouth; may I obtain power through myself m ® em art t*p-& over the keeper of my head.

Re en drit x e P eru em bdk neteri fet an Ausdr Chapter of making the transformation into a hawk divine. Saith Osiris Ani d ur mad drek er Tettetu ser - nd Ani: Hail, mighty one, come then to Tattu. Arrange for me uat reret - k - nd nest - d ma - kud sdqer - kud the ways, { make ll Joand e t0 } mv drones. May I renew myself, may I become strong.

O grant thou my fear, create thou my terror. May fear me the gods of the underworld, they fight [in] their habitations for me. Let not B.D. Chap. LXXVIIL]. THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 1 55 teketn (sic) - tud dri neken - d afu - d em pa come near me [him] that would do harm to me, may I walk (?) through the house kekiu kef - d baka dtnen...eref of darkness, may 1 clothe myself the feeble one, [and] hide;...therefore dri md an sen neteru setemiu x eru X e P tu entia em doing even as they. ye gods who hear speech, ye chiefs who are among iesu en Ausdr ker dr - ten neteru t'etu neter hena-d the followers of Osiris, be silent therefore ye. O gods, speaketh the god with me, setem-f moat t'et-nd nef t'etu - nd drek Ausdr ta - k he heareth right and true, [what] I speak to him, speak for me then, Osiris. Grant thou the revolution coming forth from thy mouth in respect of me, may I see thy forms thy own, may I understand thy soul. Grant thou that I may come forth, {^btii^Uwer 7 } over my legs. May I be there like Neb-er-tcher upon his throne. May fear me the gods of the tuat y may they fight at their gates for me. Grant thou that I may pass along I56 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Plate XXV.

dm - f hena driu men - a her dat - d md thereby with the divine beings who rise. May I be stablished upon my stand like Neb - dn% temt - d hena Aiiset neteret set ami - sen - nd Neb-ankh, may I be joined with Isis the divine lady, may they make me strong her art neken - d dm - f iu viaa - f against the doer of injury to me. May not one come to see my feebleness. May I pass along, may I come into the remotest parts of pet net? - d fetet md Seb tebhu - d Hu heaven. I entreat speech with Seb, I supplicate Hu md Neb-er - t f er her sent - nd neteru tuat aba - sen with Neb-er-tcher, that may fear me the gods of the tuat, and that they may fight drtu - sen her-d maa - sen /ieb k nd nuk at their gates for me, [when] they see that thou hast given birds and fish to me. I am ud em ennu en yu dmmu yu du dri-nd one of those shining beings who live in light. I have made my forms like his forms in his coming and in his appearance B.D. Chap. LXXVIIL] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 157 er Tettetu sahu - d em sah - f fet - f nek in Tattu, for I have become worthy through his worth. He hath spoken to thee of my matters. How hath he given fear of me! He hath created terror of me; * on sent - nd neteru tuat fear me the gods of the tuat.

PLATE XXVI.

aba -.?*« Jier-d nuk pu nuk yu ami and they fight for me. I am, in very truth I am a shining being, and a dweller in ^« qemam X e P eru em neter Jiau light who hath been created and hath come into existence from the limbs of the god.

nuk ud em ennu en yu dmu yu 1 am one of those shining beings who dwell in light [whom] qemam en Tern fesef y e P eru em hath created Tmu himself, and who have come into existence from the eyelashes of his eye; he maketh to come into existence, he maketh glorious, 158 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Plate XXVI.

w he maketh to be distinguished their faces [when] they exist with him. Behold him uau em Nu ser - sen s...per - / em the Only One in Nu! They do homage to him [as] he cometh forth from the horizon, and they set the fear of him in the gods and the shining beings who have come into existence with him. I am the One among the worms qemam en maat neb ud dstu an which created the eye of the lord, the Only One. Behold not %eper en Auset mest Hem du - d serut - d jhavingTOme^intoJ. Is j s> j- not "| be; ng born HoruS) t had become strong and flourished, du-d seneyex - d tent - kud er dmu I had grown old, I was greater than those who were among the shining beings who came into existence with him, and I, even I arose in the form of bdk neteri sd/i - nud Heru em ba - f a hawk divine, and made me worthy of honour Horus as his soul B.D. Chap. LXXVIIL] THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. 1 59 er Bet ye* ~ f en Ausdr er tuat duf fet en to take possession of the things of Osiris in the tuat. He hath spoken the »-i *® tfJL D.L Rereti{?) er - d her tep art het en Double Lion-god to me, the chief of that which appertaineth to the house of ao the nemmes crown which is in his hiding place: Get thee back to the heights of heaven, md emma as - tu - 0d sah - Od em % e P eru - & en Heru inasmuch as thou, behold, hast become worthy in thy forms through Horus, an netnmes er - ek fetu drek er feru nu not is the nemmes for thee, speech is to thee to the limits of pet nuk art Oetet yet Heru en Ausdr er tuat heaven. I am the guardian, taketh possession of the things Horus of Osiris in the tuat.

du nem - nd en Heru em fet en nd dtef - f Ausdr em Crieth out to me. Horus what had said to me his father Osiris in renput em hru qeres id - k - nd nemmes years on the day of the sepulture [of Osiris]. I give to thee by myself the nemmes of the Double Lion-god [which is] to me, that thou mayest pass onward and thou mayest come l6o THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Plate XXVI.

her uat pet maa-tu dmmu t'eru yut over the way of heaven; may see thee those who are in the limits of the horizon, sent - nek neteru tuat aba - sen drtu - sen her - k may fear thee the gods of the tuat, they fight at their doors for thee.

Auhet belongeth to them. Have fallen before [my] words the gods the lords of tfer drtu kerd neb ua a an boundaries (?), the guardians of the shrine of the lord, the Only one. Hail, the qa her teb - f er - d seietu - nef neinmes exalted one upon his chest is for me, he hath bound on [for me] the neinmes crown, Rereti Aahet art - nd uat du - d hath decreed the double Lion-god, Aahet hath made for me a way. I, qa - kud seietu en Rereti nemmes er - d I am exalted, hath bound on the Double Lion-god the nemmes crown for me, tat - nd temamit - rt semen -?/£/" - /*# db-d em