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  240 BC 
  THE PAPYRUS OF ANI 
  (THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE 
  DEAD) 
  Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge 
  
   
   
  HYMN TO OSIRIS 
   
  "Homage to thee, Osiris, Lord of eternity, King of the Gods, whose 
  names are manifold, whose forms are holy, thou being of hidden form in 
  the temples, whose Ka is holy. Thou art the governor of Tattu 
  (Busiris), and also the mighty one in Sekhem (Letopolis). Thou art the 
  Lord to whom praises are ascribed in the nome of Ati, thou art the 
  Prince of divine food in Anu. Thou art the Lord who is commemorated in 
  Maati, the Hidden Soul, the Lord of Qerrt (Elephantine), the Ruler 
  supreme in White Wall (Memphis). Thou art the Soul of Ra, his own 
  body, and hast thy place of rest in Henensu (Herakleopolis). Thou 
  art the beneficent one, and art praised in Nart. Thou makest thy 
  soul to be raised up. Thou art the Lord of the Great House in 
  Khemenu (Hermopolis). Thou art the mighty one of victories in 
  Shas-hetep, the Lord of eternity, the Governor of Abydos. The path 
  of his throne is in Ta-tcheser (a part of Abydos). Thy name is 
  established in the mouths of men. Thou art the substance of Two 
  Lands (Egypt). Thou art Tem, the feeder of Kau (Doubles), the Governor 
  of the Companies of the gods. Thou art the beneficent Spirit among the 
  spirits. The god of the Celestial Ocean (Nu) draweth from thee his 
  waters. Thou sendest forth the north wind at eventide, and breath from 
  thy nostrils to the satisfaction of thy heart. Thy heart reneweth 
  its youth, thou producest the.... The stars in the celestial heights 
  are obedient unto thee, and the great doors of the sky open themselves 
  before thee. Thou art he to whom praises are ascribed in the 
  southern heaven, and thanks are given for thee in the northern heaven. 
  The imperishable stars are under thy supervision, and the stars 
  which never set are thy thrones. Offerings appear before thee at the 
  decree of Keb. The Companies of the Gods praise thee, and the gods 
  of the Tuat (Other World) smell the earth in paying homage to thee. 
  The uttermost parts of the earth bow before thee, and the limits of 
  the skies entreat thee with supplications when they see thee. The holy 
  ones are overcome before thee, and all Egypt offereth thanksgiving 
  unto thee when it meeteth Thy Majesty. Thou art a shining Spirit-Body, 
  the governor of Spirit-Bodies; permanent is thy rank, established is 
  thy rule. Thou art the well-doing Sekhem (Power) of the Company of the 
  Gods, gracious is thy face, and beloved by him that seeth it. Thy fear 
  is set in all the lands by reason of thy perfect love, and they cry 
  out to thy name making it the first of names, and all people make 
  offerings to thee. Thou art the lord who art commemorated in heaven 
  and upon earth. Many are the cries which are made to thee at the Uak 
  festival, and with one heart and voice Egypt raiseth cries of joy to 
  thee. 
  "Thou art the Great Chief, the first among thy brethren, the 
  Prince of the Company of the Gods, the stablisher of Right and Truth 
  throughout the World, the Son who was set on the great throne of his 
  father Keb. Thou art the beloved of thy mother Nut, the mighty one 
  of valour, who overthrew the Sebau-fiend. Thou didst stand up and 
  smite thine enemy, and set thy fear in thine adversary. Thou dost 
  bring the boundaries of the mountains. Thy heart is fixed, thy legs 
  are set firm. Thou art the heir of Keb and of the sovereignty of the 
  Two Lands (Egypt). He (Keb) hath seen his splendours, he hath 
  decreed for him the guidance of the world by thy hand as long as times 
  endure. Thou hast made this earth with thy hand, and the waters, and 
  the winds, and the vegetation, and all the cattle, and all the 
  feathered fowl, and all the fish, and all the creeping things, and all 
  the wild animals therof. The desert is the lawful possession of the 
  son of Nut. The Two Lands (Egypt) are content to crown thee upon the 
  throne of thy father, like Ra. 
  
  "Thou rollest up into the horizon, thou hast set light over the 
  darkness, thou sendest forth air from thy plumes, and thou floodest 
  the Two Lands like the Disk at daybreak. Thy crown penetrateth the 
  height of heaven, thou art the companion of the stars, and the guide 
  of every god. Thou art beneficent in decree and speech, the favoured 
  one of the Great Company of the Gods, and the beloved of the Little 
  Company of the Gods. 
  His sister [Isis] hath protected him, and hath repulsed the 
  fiends, and turned aside calamities (of evil). She uttered the spell 
  with the magical power of her mouth. Her tongue was perfect, and it 
  never halted at a word. Beneficent in command and word was Isis, the 
  woman of magical spells, the advocate of her brother. She sought him 
  untiringly, she wandered round and round about this earth in sorrow, 
  and she alighted not without finding him. She made light with her 
  feathers, she created air with her wings, and she uttered the death 
  wail for her brother. She raised up the inactive members of whose 
  heart was still, she drew from him his essence, she made an heir, 
  she reared the child in loneliness, and the place where he was not 
  known, and he grew in strength and stature, and his hand was mighty in 
  the House of Keb. The Company of the Gods rejoiced, rejoiced, at the 
  coming of Horus, the son of Osiris, whose heart was firm, the 
  triumphant, the son of Isis, the heir of Osiris." 
  REFERENCES 
  REFERENCES 
   
  Following is a list of frequently-mentioned geographical 
  locations, and their commonly-known names: 
  Abtu Abydos 
  Abu Elephantine 
  Anu Heliopolis 
  Bast Bubastis 
  Hensu Herakleopolis 
  Het-ka-Ptah Memphis 
  Khemenu Hermopolis 
  Per-Menu Panopolis 
  Qerrt Elephantine 
  Sau Sais 
  Sekhem Letopolis 
  Suat Asyut 
  Tetu Busiris 
  Two Lands Upper and Lower Egypt 
  Unu Hermopolis 
   
  A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA WHEN HE RISETH IN THE EASTERN PART OF HEAVEN: 
  Behold, the Osiris Ani, the scribe of the holy offerings of all the 
  gods, saith: Homage to thee, O thou who hast come as Khepera, 
  Khepera the creator of the gods, Thou art seated on thy throne, thou 
  risest up in the sky, illumining thy mother [Nut], thou art seated 
  on thy throne as the king of the gods. [Thy] mother Nut stretcheth out 
  her hands, and performeth an act of homage to thee. The domain of Manu 
  receiveth thee with satisfaction. The goddess Maat embraceth thee at 
  the two seasons of the day. May Ra give glory, and power, and 
  thruth-speaking, and the appearance as a living soul so that he may 
  gaze upon Heru-khuti, to the KA of the Osiris the Scribe Ani, who 
  speaketh truth before Osiris, and who saith: Hail, O all ye gods of 
  the House of the Soul, who weigh heaven and earth in a balance, and 
  who give celestial food [to the dead]. Hail, Tatun, [who art] One, 
  thou creator of mortals [and] of the Companies of the Gods of the 
  South and of the North, of the West and of the East, ascribe ye praise 
  to Ra, the lord of heaven, the KING, Life, Strength, and Health, the 
  maker of the gods. Give ye thanks unto him in his beneficent form 
  which is enthroned in the Atett Boat; beings celestial praise thee, 
  
  beings terrestial praise thee. Thoth and the goddess Maat mark out thy 
  course for thee day by day and every day. Thine enemy the Serpent hath 
  been given over to the fire. The Serpent-fiend Sebau hath fallen 
  headlong, his forelegs are bound in chains, and his hind legs hath 
  Ra carried away from him. The Sons of Revolt shall never more rise up. 
  The House of the Aged One keepeth festival, and the voices of those 
  who make merry are in the Great Place. The gods rejoice when they 
  see Ra crowned upon his throne, and when his beams flood the world 
  with light. The majesty of this holy god setteth out on his journey, 
  and he goeth onwards until he reacheth the land of Manu; the earth 
  becometh light at his birth each day; he proceedeth until he 
  reacheth the place where he was yesterday. O be thou at peace with me. 
  Let me gaze upon thy beauties. Let me journey above the earth. Let 
  me smite the Ass. Let me slit asunder the Serpent-fiend Sebau. Let 
  me destroy Aepep at the moment of his greatest power. Let me behold 
  the Abtu Fish at his season, and the Ant Fish with the Ant Boat as 
  it piloteth it in its lake. Let me behold Horus when he is in charge 
  of the rudder [of the Boat of Ra], with Thoth and the goddess Maat 
  on each side of him. Let me lay hold of the tow-rope of the Sektet 
  Boat, and the rope at the stern of the Matett Boat. Let Ra grant to me 
  a view of the Disk (the Sun), and a sight of Ah (the Moon) unfailingly 
  each day. Let my Ba-soul come forth to walk about hither and thither 
  and whithersoever it pleaseth. Let my name be called out, let it be 
  found inscribed on the tablet which recordeth the names of those who 
  are to receive offerings. Let meals from the sepulchral offerings be 
  given to me in the presence [of Osiris], as to those who are in the 
  following of Horus. Let there be prepared for me a seat in the Boat of 
  the Sun on the day wheron the god saileth. Let me be received in the 
  presence of Osiris in the Land of Truth-speaking- the Ka of Osiris 
  Ani. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Papyrus of Nekht, Brit. Mus. No. 10471, Sheet 21) 
   
  NEKHT, THE CAPTAIN OF SOLDIERS, THE ROYAL SCRIBE, SINGETH A HYMN 
  OF PRAISE TO RA, and saith:- Homage to thee, O thou glorious Being, 
  thou who art dowered [with all sovereignty]. O Tem-Heru-Khuti 
  (Tem-Harmakhis), when thou risest in the horizon of heaven a cry of 
  joy goeth forth to thee from all people. O thou beautiful Being, 
  thou dost renew thyself in thy season in the form of the Disk, 
  within thy mother Hathor. Therefore in every place every heart 
  swelleth with joy at thy rising for ever. The regions of the South and 
  the North come to thee with homage, and send forth acclamations at thy 
  rising on the horizon of heaven, and thou illuminest the Two Lands 
  with rays of turquoise-[coloured] light. O Ra, who art Heru-Khuti, the 
  divine man-child, the heir of eternity, self-begotten and self-born, 
  king of the earth, prince of the Tuat (the Other World), governor of 
  Aukert, thou didst come from the Water-god, thou didst spring from the 
  Sky-god Nu, who doth cherish thee and order thy members. O thou god of 
  life, thou lord of love, all men live when thou shinest; thou art 
  crowned king of the gods. The goddess Nut embraceth thee, and the 
  goddess Mut enfoldeth thee at all seasons. Those who are in thy 
  following sing unto thee with joy, and they bow down their foreheads 
  to the earth when they meet thee, the lord of heaven, the lord of 
  the earth, the King of Truth, the lord of eternity, the prince of 
  everlastingness, thou sovereign of all the gods, thou god of life, 
  thou creator of eternity, thou maker of heaven wherin thou art 
  firmly stablished. 
  The Company of the Gods rejoice at thy rising, the earth is glad 
  when it beholdeth thy rays; the people who have been long dead come 
  forth with cries of joy to behold thy beauties every day. Thou goest 
  forth each day over heaven and earth, and thou art made strong each 
  
  day be thy mother Nut. Thou passest over the heights of heaven, thy 
  heart swelleth with joy; and the Lake of Testes (the Great Oasis) is 
  content thereat. The Serpent-fiend hath fallen, his arms are hewn off, 
  the Knife hath severed his joints. Ra liveth by Maat (Law), the 
  beautiful! The Sektet Boat advanceth and cometh into port. The South 
  and the North, and the West and East, turn to praise thee. O thou 
  First, Great God (PAUTA), who didst come into being of thine own 
  accord, Isis and Nephthys salute thee, they sing unto thee songs of 
  joy at thy rising in the boat, they stretch out their hands unto thee. 
  The Souls of the East follow thee, and the Souls of the West praise 
  thee. Thou art the Ruler of all the gods. Thou in thy shrine hast joy, 
  for the Serpent-fiend Nak hath been judged by the fire, and thy 
  heart shall rejoice for ever. Thy mother Nut is esteemed by thy father 
  Nu. 
  HYMN TO OSIRIS UN-NEFER 
   
  A Hymn of Praise to Osiris Un-Nefer, the great god who dwelleth in 
  Abtu, the king of eternity, the lord of everlastingness, who 
  traverseth millions of years in his existence. Thou art the eldest son 
  of the womb of Nut. Thou was begotten by Keb, the Erpat. Thou art 
  the lord of the Urrt Crown. Thou art he whose White Crown is lofty. 
  Thou art the King (Ati) of gods [and] men. Thou hast gained possession 
  of the sceptre of rule, and the whip, and the rank and dignity of 
  thy divine fathers. Thy heart is expanded with joy, O thou who art 
  in the kingdom of the dead. Thy son Horus is firmly placed on thy 
  throne. Thou hast ascended thy throne as the Lord of Tetu, and as 
  the Heq who dwelleth in Abydos. Thou makest the Two Lands to 
  flourish through Truth-speaking, in the presence of him who is the 
  Lord to the Uttermost Limit. Thou drawest on that which hath not yet 
  come into being in thy name of "Ta-her-sta-nef." Thou governest the 
  Two Lands by Maat in thy name of "Seker." Thy power is wide-spread, 
  thou art he of whom the fear is great in thy name of "Usar" (or 
  "Asar"). Thy existence endureth for an infinite number of double henti 
  periods in thy name of "Un-Nefer." 
  Homage to thee, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and Prince of 
  Princes. Thou hast ruled the Two Lands from the womb of the goddess 
  Nut. Thou hast governed the Lands of Akert. Thy members are of 
  silver-gold, thy head is of lapis-lazuli, and the crown of thy head is 
  of turquoise. Thou art An of millions of years. Thy body is all 
  pervading, O Beautiful Face in Ta-tchesert. Grant thou to me glory 
  in heaven, and power upon earth, and truth-speaking in the Divine 
  Underworld, and [the power to] sail down the river to Tetu in the form 
  of a living Ba-soul, and [the power to] sail up the river to Abydos in 
  the form of a Benu bird, and [the power to] pass in through and to 
  pass out from, without obstruction, the doors of the lords of the 
  Tuat. Let there be given unto me bread-cakes in the House of 
  Refreshing, and sepulchral offerings of cakes and ale, and 
  propitiatory offerings in Anu, and a permanent homestead in 
  Sekhet-Aaru, with wheat and barley therein- to the Double of the 
  Osiris, the scribe Ani. 
  THE CHAPTERS OF COMING FORTH BY DAY 
   
  HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF COMING FORTH BY DAY, AND THE SONGS OF 
  PRAISING AND GLORIFYING WHICH ARE TO BE RECITED FOR "COMING FORTH" AND 
  FOR ENTERING INTO KHERT-NETER, AND THE SPELLS WHICH ARE TO BE SAID 
  IN BEAUTIFUL AMENTET. THEY SHALL BE RECITED ON THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL, 
  ENTERING IN AFTER COMING FORTH. 
   
  The Osiris Ani, the Osiris the scribe Ani saith:- Homage to thee, 
  O Bull of Amentet, Thoth the king of eternity is with me. I am the 
  great god by the side of the divine boat, I have fought for thee, I am 
  one of those gods, those divine chiefs, who proved the 
  
  truth-speaking of Osiris before his enemies on the day of the weighing 
  of words. I am thy kinsman Osiris. I am [one of] those gods who were 
  the children of the goddess Nut, who hacked in pieces the enemies of 
  Osiris, and who bound in fetters the legion of Sebau devils on his 
  behalf. I am thy kinsman Horus, I have fought on thy behalf, I have 
  come to thee for thy name's sake. I am Thoth who proved the truth of 
  the words of Osiris before his enemies on the day of the weighing of 
  words in the great House of the Prince, who dwelleth in Anu. I am 
  Teti, the son of Teti. My mother conceived me in Tetu, and gave 
  birth to me in Tetu. I am with the mourners [and with] the women who 
  tear out their hair and make lament for Osiris in Taui-Rekhti, proving 
  true the words of Osiris before his enemies. Ra commanded Thoth to 
   
  prove true the words of Osiris before his enemies; what was 
  commanded [for Osiris], let that be done for me by Thoth. I am with 
  Horus on the day of dressing Teshtesh. I open the hidden water-springs 
  for the ablutions of Urt-ab. I unbolt the door of the Shetait Shrine 
  in Ra-stau. I am with Horus as the protector of the left shoulder of 
  Osiris, the dweller in Sekhem. I enter in among and I come forth 
  from the Flame-gods on the day of the destruction of the Sebau 
  fiends in Sekhem. I am with Horus on the day[s] of the festivals of 
  Osiris, at the making of offerings and oblations, namely, on the 
  festival which is celebrated on the sixth day of the month, and on the 
  day of the Tenat festival in Anu. I am the UAB priest (libationer) 
  in Tetu, Rera, the dweller in Per-Asar. I exalt him that is upon the 
  high place of the country. I look upon the hidden things (the 
  mysteries) in Ra-stau. I recite the words of the liturgy of the 
  festival of the Soul-god in Tetu. I am the SEM priest, and [perform] 
  his duties. I am the UR-KHERP-HEM priest on the day of placing the 
  Henu Boat of Seker upon its divine sledge. I have taken in my hand the 
  digging tool on the day of digging up the earth in Hensu. 
  Hail, O ye who make perfect souls to enter into the House of Osiris, 
  make ye the well-instructed soul of the Osiris the scribe Ani, whose 
  word is true, to enter in and to be with you in the House of Osiris. 
  Let him hear even as ye hear; let him have sight even as ye have 
  sight; let him stand up even as ye stand up; let him take his seat 
  even as ye take your seats. 
  Hail, O ye who give cakes and ale to perfect souls in the House of 
  Osiris, give ye cakes and ale twice each day (in the morning and in 
  the evening) to the soul of the Osiris Ani, whose word is true 
  before the gods, the Lords of Abydos, and whose word is true with you. 
  Hail, O ye who open up the way, who act as guides to the roads [in 
  the Other World] to perfect souls in the House of Osiris, open ye up 
  for him the way, and act ye as guides to the roads to the soul of 
  the Osiris, the scribe, the registrary of all the offerings made to 
  the gods, Ani, [whose word is true] with you. May he enter the House 
  of Osiris with boldness, and may he come forth therefrom in peace. May 
  there be no opposition made to him, and may he not be sent back 
  [therefrom]. May he enter in under favour [of Osiris], and may he come 
  forth gratified [at the acceptance of] his true words. May his 
  commands be performed in the House of Osiris, may his words travel 
  with you, may he be glorious as ye are. May he be not found to be 
  light in the Balance, may the Balance dispose of his case. 
   
   
  (In the Turin Papyrus, ed. Lepsius, this Chapter ends with the 
  following.) 
   
  Permit thou not me to be judged according to the mouths of the 
  multitude. May my soul lift itself up before [Osiris], having been 
  found to have been pure when on earth. May I come into thy presence, O 
  Lord of the gods; may I arrive at the Nome of Maati (Truth); may I 
  
  rise up on my seat like a god endowed with life; may I give forth 
  light like the Company of the Gods who dwell in heaven; may I become 
  like one of you; may I lift up my footsteps in the town of Kher-Aha; 
  may I look upon the Sektet Boat of the god, Saah, the holy one, as 
  it passeth across the sky; may I not be repulsed; may I look upon 
  the Lords of the Tuat, or, according to another reading, the Company 
  of the Gods; may I smell the savour of the divine food of the 
  Company of the Gods; may I sit down with them; may my name be 
  proclaimed for offerings by the KHER-HEB priest at the sacrificial 
  table; may I hear the petitions which are made when offerings are 
  presented; may I draw nigh unto the Neshem Boat; and may neither my 
  Heart-soul nor its lord be repulsed. 
  Homage to thee, O Chief of Amentet, thou god Osiris, who dwellest in 
  the town of Nifu-ur. Grant thou that I may arrive in peace in Amentet. 
  May the Lords of Ta-Tchesert receive me, and may they say unto me: 
  "Hail, hail; welcome, welcome!" May they make ready for me a seat by 
  the side of the President of the Chiefs; may the Nursing-goddesses 
  receive me at the seasons, and may I come forth into the presence of 
  Un-Nefer true of word. May I be a Follower of Horus in Ra-stau, and of 
  Osiris in Tetu; and may I perform all the transformations which my 
  heart may desire to make in every place wherein my Double (KA) wisheth 
  to be. 
   
  RUBRIC: If this text be known [by the deceased] upon earth or if 
  he causeth it to be done in writing upon [his] coffin, then will he be 
  able to come forth on any day he pleaseth, and to enter into his 
  habitation unrepulsed. Cakes and ale and joints of meat from those 
  which are on the altar of Ra shall be given unto him, and his 
  homestead shall be among the fields of the Field of Reeds 
  (Sekhet-Aaru), and wheat and barley shall be given unto him therein, 
  and he shall flourish there even as he flourished upon earth. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Papyrus of Nekhtu-Amen, ed. Naville, I, 5) 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE SAHU TO ENTER THE TUAT ON THE DAY OF THE 
  FUNERAL, WHEN THE FOLLOWING WORDS ARE TO BE SAID: Homage to thee, O 
  thou who dwellest in the Holy Hill (Set-Tchesert) of Amentet! the 
  Osiris, the royal scribe, Nekhtu-Amen, whose word is true, knoweth 
  thee, he knoweth thy name. Deliver thou him from the worms which are 
  in Ra-stau, which live upon the bodies of men and women, and feed upon 
  their blood, for Osiris, the favoured servant of the god of his 
  city, the royal scribe Nekhtu-Amen, knoweth you, and he knoweth your 
  names. Let the order for his protection be the first command of 
  Osiris, the Lord to the Uttermost Limit, who keepeth his body 
  hidden. May he give him release from the Terrible One who dwelleth 
  at the bend of the River of Amentet, and may he decree the acts that 
  will make him to rise up. Let him pass on to him whose throne is 
  placed within the darkness, who giveth light in Ra-stau. O thou Lord 
  of Light, come thou and swallow up the worms which are in Amentet. Let 
  the Great God who dwelleth in Tetu, and who is himself unseen, hear 
  his prayers, and let those who cause afflictions hold him in fear as 
  he cometh forth with the sentence of their doom to the Divine Block. I 
  the Osiris, the royal scribe, Nekhtu-Amen, come, bearing the decree of 
  Neb-er-tcher, and I am the Horus who taketh possession of his throne 
  for him. His father, the lord of all those who are in the Boat of 
  his Father Horus, hath ascribed praise unto him. He cometh bearing 
  tidings....... let him see the town of Anu. Their chief shall stand on 
  the earth before him, the scribes shall magnify him at the doors of 
  their assemblies, and thy shall swathe im with swathings in Anu. He 
  hath led heaven captive, and he hath seized the earth in his grasp. 
  Neither the heavens nor the earth can be taken away from him, for, 
  
  behold, he is Ra, the firstborn of the gods. His mother shall nurse 
  him, and shall give him her breast on the horizon. 
   
  RUBRIC: The words of this Chapter shall be said after [the deceased] 
  is laid to rest in Amentet; by means of them the region Tenn-t shall 
  be contented with her lord. And the Osiris, the royal scribe, 
  Nekhtu-Amen, whose word is truth, shall come forth, and he shall 
  embark in the Boat of Ra, and [his] body upon its bier shall be 
  counted up, and he shall be established in the Tuat. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF GIVING A MOUTH TO THE OSIRIS ANI, THE SCRIBE, AND 
  TELLER OF THE OFFERINGS WHICH ARE MADE TO ALL THE GODS, WHOSE WORD 
  IS TRUE, WHO SAITH:- I rise up out of the Egg in the Hidden Land. 
  May my mouth be given unto me that I may speak therewith in the 
  presence of the Great God, the Lord of the Tuat. Let not my hand and 
  my arm be repulsed in the presence of the Chiefs (Tchatchau) of any 
  god. I am Osiris, the Lord of Ra-stau. May I, the Osiris, the scribe 
  Ani, whose word is true, have my portion with him who is on the top of 
  the Steps (Osiris). According to the desire of my heart I have come 
  forth from the Island of Nesersert, and I have extinguished the fire. 
  APPENDIX 
  [The following passage is taken from the Saite Recension] 
   
  [THE CHAPTER OF GIVING A MOUTH TO THE OSIRIS, THE SCRIBE ANI, WHO 
  SAITH]:- Homage to thee, O thou lord of brightness, Governor of the 
  Temple, Prince of the night and of the thick darkness. I have come 
  unto thee. I am shining, I am pure. My hands are about thee, thou hast 
  thy lot with thy ancestors. Give thou unto me my mouth that I may 
  speak with it. I guide my heart at its season of flame and of night. 
   
  RUBRIC: If this Chapter be known by the Osiris the scribe Ani, 
  upon earth, [or if it be done] in writing upon [his] coffin, he 
  shall come forth by day in every form which he pleaseth, and he 
  shall enter into [his] abode, and shall not be repulsed. And cakes, 
  and ale, and joints of meat [from those which are on] the altar of 
  Osiris shall be given unto him; and he shall enter in peace into 
  Sekhet-Aaru, conformably to the decree of the Dweller in Busiris. 
  Wheat and barley (dhura) shall be given unto him therein, and he shall 
  flourish there just as he did upon earth; and he shall do whatsoever 
  it pleaseth him to do, even as do the Company of the Gods who are in 
  the Tuat, regularly and continually, for millions of times. 
   
   
  (From the Paprys of Nebseni, Sheet 3) 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AND OF OPENING UP A WAY THROUGH 
  THE AMEHET: Behold, the scribe Nebseni, whose word is truth, saith:- 
  Homage to you, O ye Lords of Kau, ye who are without sin, and who live 
  for the endless and infinite aeons of time which make up eternity. I 
  have opened up a way for myself to you. I have become a spirit in my 
  forms, I have gotten the mastery over my words of magical power, and I 
  am adjudged a spirit; therefore deliver ye me from the Crocodile 
  [which liveth in] this Country of Truth. Grant ye to me my mouth 
  that I may speak therewith, and cause ye that sepulchral offerings 
  shall be made unto me in your presence, for I know you, and I know 
  your names, and I know also the name of the mighty god before whose 
  face ye set your celestial food. His name is "Tekem." [When] he 
  openeth up his path on the eastern horizon of heaven, [when] he 
  alighteth towards the western horizon of heaven, may he carry me along 
  with him, and may I be safe and sound. Let not the Mesqet make an 
  end of me, let not the Fiend (Sebau) gain the mastery over me, let 
  me not be driven away from the doors of the Other World, let not you 
  
  doors be shut in my face, for my cakes are in the city of Pe, and my 
  ale is in the city of Tep. And there, in the celestial mansions of 
  heaven which my divine father Tem hath stablished, let my hands lay 
  hold upon the wheat and the barley, which shall be given unto me 
  therein in abundant measure, and may the son of my own body make ready 
  for me my food therein. And grant ye unto me when I am there 
  sepulchral meals, and incense, and unguents, and all the pure and 
  beautiful things whereon the god liveth, in every deed for ever, in 
  all the transformations which it pleaseth me [to perform], and grant 
  unto me the power to float down and to sail up the stream in the Field 
  of Reeds (Sekhet-Aaru), [and may I reach Sekhet-hetepet (the Field 
  of Offerings)]. I am the twin Lion-gods (Shu and Tefnut). 
  TEXTS RELATING TO THE WEIGHING OF THE HEART OF ANI 
   
  THE NAMES OF THE GODS OF THE GREAT COMPANY:- 1. Ra Harmakhis, the 
  Great God in his boat. 2. Temu. 3. Shu. 4. Tefnut. 5. Keb. 6. Nut, the 
  Lady of Heaven. 7. Isis. 8. Nephthys. 9. Horus, the Great God. 10. 
  Hathor, Lady of Amentet. 11. Hu. 12. Sa. 
   
  THE PRAYER OF ANI:- My heart, my mother; my heart, my mother! My 
  heart whereby I came into being! May nought stand up to oppose me at 
  [my] judgment, may there be no opposition to me in the presence of the 
  Chiefs (Tchatchau); may there be no parting of thee from me in the 
  presence of him that keepeth the Balance! Thou art my KA, which 
  dwelleth in my body; the god Khnemu who knitteth together and 
  strengtheneth my limbs. Mayest thou come forth into the place of 
  happiness whither we go. May the Sheniu officials, who make the 
  conditions of the lives of men, not cause my name to stink, and may no 
  lies be spoken against me in the presence of the God. [Let it be 
  satisfactory unto us, and let the Listener god be favourable unto 
  us, and let there be joy of heart (to us) at the weighing of words. 
  Let not that which is false be uttered against me before the Great 
  God, the Lord of Amentet. Verily, how great shalt thou be when thou 
  risest in triumph.] 
   
  THE SPEECH OF THOTH:- Thoth, the judge of right and truth of the 
  Great Company of the Gods who are in the presence of Osiris, saith: 
  Hear ye this judgment. The heart of Osiris hath in very truth been 
  weighed, and his Heart-soul hath borne testimony on his behalf; his 
  heart hath been found right by the trial in the Great Balance. There 
  hath not been found any wickedness in him; he hath not wasted the 
  offerings which have been made in the temples; he hath not committed 
  any evil act; and he hath not set his mouth in motion with words of 
  evil whilst he was upon earth. 
   
  SPEECH OF THE DWELLER IN THE EMBALMMENT CHAMBER (ANUBIS):- Pay 
  good heed, O righteous Judge to the Balance to support [the testimony] 
  thereof. Variant: Pay good heed to the weighing in the Balance of 
  the heart of the Osiris, the singing-woman of Amen, Anhai, whose 
  word is truth, and place thou her heart in the seat of truth in the 
  presence of the Great God. 
   
  THE SPEECH OF THE GODS:- The Great Company of the Gods say to 
  Thoth who dwelleth in Khemenu: That which cometh forth from thy 
  mouth shall be declared true. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is 
  true, is holy and righteous. He hath not committed any sin, and he 
  hath done no evil against us. The devourer Am-mit shall not be 
  permitted to prevail over him. Meat offerings and admittance into 
  the presence of the god Osiris shall be granted unto him, together 
  with an abiding habitation in the Field of Offerings (Sekhet-hetepet), 
  as unto the Followers of Horus. 
   
  
  THE SPEECH OF HORUS TO OSIRIS IN INTRODUCING ANI TO HIM:- Horus, the 
  son of Isis, saith: I have come to thee, O Un-Nefer, and I have 
  brought unto thee the Osiris Ani. His heart is righteous, and it 
  hath come forth from the Balance; it hath not sinned against any god 
  or any goddess. Thoth hath weighed it according to the decree 
  pronounced unto him by the Company of the Gods, and it is most true 
  and righteous. Grant thou that cakes and ale may be given unto him, 
  and let him appear in the presence of the god Osiris, and let him be 
  like unto the Followers of Horus for ever and ever. 
   
  THE SPEECH OF ANI:- And the Osiris Ani saith: Behold, I am in thy 
  presence, O Lord of Amentet. There is no sin in my body. I have not 
  spoken that which is not true knowingly, nor have I done anything with 
  a false heart. Grant thou that I may be like unto those favoured 
  ones who are in thy following, and that I may be an Osiris greatly 
  favoured of the beautiful god, and beloved of the Lord of the Two 
  Lands, I who am a veritable royal scribe who loveth thee, Ani, whose 
  word is true before the god Osiris. 
   
  DESCRIPTION OF THE BEAST AM-MIT:- Her forepart is like that of a 
  crocodile, the middle of her body is like that of a lion, her hind 
  quarters are like those of a hippopotamus. 
   
  HERE BEGIN THE PRAISES AND GLORIFYINGS OF COMING OUT FROM AND OF 
  GOING INTO THE GLORIOUS KHERT-NETER, WHICH IS IN THE BEAUTIFUL 
  AMENTET, OF COMING FORTH BY DAY IN ALL THE FORMS OF EXISTENCE WHICH IT 
  MAY PLEASE THE DECEASED TO TAKE, OF PLAYING AT DRAUGHTS, OF SITTING IN 
  THE SEH HALL, AND OF APPEARING AS A LIVING SOUL: 
  The Osiris the scribe Ani saith after he hath arrived in his haven 
  of rest- now it is good for [a man] to recite [this work whilst he is] 
  upon earth, for then all the words of Tem come to pass- 
   
  "I am the god Tem in rising. I am the Only One. I came into 
  existence in Nu. I am Ra who rose in the beginning, the ruler of 
  this [creation]." 
   
  Who is this? 
   
  "It is Ra, when at the beginning he rose in the city of Hensu, 
  crowned like a king for his coronation. The Pillars of the god Shu 
  were not as yet created, when he was upon the steps of him that 
  dwelleth in Khemenu. 
  "I am the Great God who created himself, even Nu, who made his names 
  to become the Company of the Gods as gods." 
   
  Who is this? 
   
  "It is Ra, the creator of the names of his limbs, which came into 
  being in the form of the gods who are in the train of Ra. 
  "I am he who cannot be repulsed among the gods." 
   
  Who is this? 
   
  "It is Temu, the dweller in his disk, but others say that it is Ra 
  when he riseth in the eastern horizon of the sky. 
  "I am Yesterday, I know To-day." 
   
  Who is this? 
   
  "Yesterday is Osiris, and To-day is Ra, when he shall destroy the 
  enemies of Neb-er-tcher (the lord to the uttermost limit), and when he 
  shall establish as prince and ruler his son Horus. 
  
  "Others, however, say that To-day is Ra, on the day when we 
  commemorate the festival of the meeting of the dead Osiris with his 
  father Ra, and when the battle of the gods was fought, in which 
  Osiris, the Lord of Amentet, was the leader." 
   
  What is this? 
   
  "It is Amentet, [that is to say] the creation ofthe souls of the 
  gods when Osiris was leader in Set-Amentet. 
  "Others, however, say that it is the Amentet which Ra hath given 
  unto me; when any god cometh he must rise up and fight for it. 
  "I know the god who dwelleth therein." 
   
  Who is this? 
   
  "It is Osiris. Others, however, say that his name is Ra, and that 
  the god who dwelleth in Amentet is the phallus of Ra, wherewith he had 
  union with himself. 
  "I am the Benu bird which is in Anu. I am the keeper of the volume 
  of the book (the Tablet of Destiny) of the things which have been 
  made, and of the things which shall be made." 
   
  Who is this? 
   
  "It is Osiris. 
  "Others, however, say that it is the dead body of Osiris, and yet 
  others say that it is the excrement of Osiris. The things which have 
  been made, and the things which shall be made [refer to] the dead body 
  of Osiris. Others again say that the things which have been made are 
  Eternity, and the things which shall be made are Everlastingness, 
  and that Eternity is the Day, and Everlastingness the Night. 
  "I am the god Menu in his coming forth; may his two plumes be set on 
  my head for me." 
   
  Who is this? 
   
  "Menu is Horis, the Advocate of his father [Osiris], and his 
  coming forth means his birth. The two plumes on his head are Isis 
  and Nephthys, when these goddesses go forth and set themselves 
  thereon, and when they act as his protectors, and when they provide 
  that which his head lacketh. 
  "Others, however, say that the two plumes are the two exceedingly 
  large uraei which are upon the head of their father Tem, and there are 
  yet others who say that the two plumes which are upon the head of Menu 
  are his two eyes. 
  "The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is true, the registrar of all 
  the offerings which are made to the gods, riseth up and cometh into 
  his city." 
   
  What is this [city]? 
   
  "It is the horizon of his father Tem. 
  "I have made an end of my shortcomings, and I have put away my 
  faults." 
   
  What is this? 
   
  "It is the cutting of the navel string of the body of the Osiris the 
  scribe Ani, whose word is true before all the gods, and all his faults 
  are driven out. 
   
  What is this ? 
  
   
  "It is the purification [of Osiris] on the day of his birth. 
  "I am purified in my great double nest which is in Hensu on the 
  day of the offerings of the followers of the Great God who dwelleth 
  therein." 
   
  What is the "great double nest"? 
   
  "The name of one nest is 'Millions of years,' and 'Great Green 
  [Sea]' is the name of the other, that is to say 'Lake of Natron' and 
  'Lake of Salt.' 
  "Others, however, say the name of the one is 'Guide of Millions of 
  Years,' and that 'Great Green Lake' is name of the other. Yet others 
  say that 'Begetter of Millions of Years' is the name of one, and 
  'Great Green Lake' is the name of the other. Now, as concerning the 
  Great God who dwelleth therein, it is Ra himself. 
  "I pass over the way, I know the head of the Island of Maati." 
   
  What is this? 
   
  "It is Ra-stau, that is to say, it is the gate to the South of 
  Nerutef, and it is the Northern Gate of the Domain (Tomb of the god). 
  "Now, as concerning the Island of Maati, it is Abtu. 
  "Others, however, say that it is the way by which Father Tem 
  travelleth when he goeth forth to Sekhet-Aaru, [the place] which 
  produceth the food and sustenance of the gods who are [in] their 
  shrines. 
  "Now the Gate Tchesert is the Gate of the Pillars of Shu, that is to 
  say, the Northern Gate of the Tuat. 
  "Others, however, say that the Gate of Tchesert is the two leaves of 
  the door through which the god Tem passeth when he goeth forth to 
  the eastern horizon of the sky. 
  "O ye gods who are in the presence [of Osiris], grant to me your 
  arms, for I am the god who shall come into being among you." 
   
  Who are these gods? 
   
  "They are the drops of blood which came forth from the phallus of Ra 
  when he went forth to perform his own mutilitation. These drops of 
  blood sprang into being under the forms of the gods Hu and Sa, who are 
  in the bodyguard of Ra, and who accompany the god Tem daily and 
  every day. 
  "I, Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, have filled for thee 
  the utchat (the Eye of Ra, or of Horus), when it had suffered 
  extinction on the day of the combat of the Two Fighters (Horus and 
  Set)." 
   
  What was this combat? 
   
  It was the combat which took place on the day when Horus fought with 
  Set, during which Set threw filth in the face of Horus, and Horus 
  crushed the genitals of Set. The filling of the utchat Thoth performed 
  with his own fingers. 
  "I remove the thunder-cloud from the sky when there is a storm 
  with thunder and lightning therein." 
   
  What is this? 
   
  "This storm was the raging of Ra at the thunder-cloud which [Set] 
  sent forth against the Right Eye of Ra (the Sun). Thoth removed the 
  thunder-cloud from the Eye of Ra, and brought back the Eye living, 
  healthy, sound, and with no defect in it to its owner. 
  
  "Others, however, say that the thunder-cloud is caused by sickness 
  in the Eye of Ra, which weepeth for its companion Eye (the Moon); at 
  this time Thoth cleanseth the Right Eye of Ra. 
  "I behold Ra who was born yesterday from the thighs of the goddess 
  Mehurt; his strength is my strength, and my strength is his strength." 
   
  Who is this? 
   
  "Mehurt is the great Celestial Water, but others say that Mehurt 
  is the image of the Eye of Ra at dawn at his birth daily. 
  "[Others, however, say that] Mehurt is the utchat of Ra. 
  "Now Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, is a very great one 
  among the gods who are in the following of Horus; they say that he 
  is the prince who loveth his lord." 
   
  Who are the gods who are in the train of Horus? 
   
  "[They are] Kesta, Hapi, Taumutef, and Qebhsenuf. 
  "Homage to you, O ye lords of right and truth, ye sovereign 
  princes (Tchatcha) who [stand] round about Osiris, who do away utterly 
  sins and offences, and who are in the following of the goddess 
  Hetepsekhus, grant ye that I may come unto you. Destroy ye all the 
  faults which are within me, even as ye did for the Seven Spirits who 
  are among the followers of their lord Sepa. Anpu (Anubis) appointed to 
  them their places on the day [when he said unto them], "Come ye 
  hither." 
   
  Who are the "lords of right and truth"? 
   
  "The lords of right and truth are Thoth and Astes, the Lord of 
  Amentet. 
  "The Tchatcha round about Osiris are Kesta, Hapi, Tuamutef, and 
  Qebhsenuf, and they are also round about the Constellation of the 
  Thigh (the Great Bear), in the northern sky. 
  "Those who do away utterly sins and offences, and who are in the 
  following of the goddess Hetepsekhus, are the god Sebek and his 
  associates who dwell in the water. 
  "The goddess Hetepsekhus is the Eye of Ra. 
  "Others, however, say that it is the flame which accompanieth Osiris 
  to burn up the souls of his enemies. 
  "As concerning all the faults which are in Osiris, the registrar 
  of the offerings which are made unto all the gods, Ani, whose word 
  is truth, [these are all the offences which he hath committed 
  against the Lords of Eternity] since he came forth from his mother's 
  womb. 
  "As concerning the Seven Spirits who are Kesta, Hapi, Tuamutef, 
  Qebhsenuf, Maa-atef, Kheribeqef and Heru-khenti-en-ariti, these did 
  Anubis appoint to be protectors of the dead body of Osiris. 
  "Others, however, say that he set them round about the holy place of 
  Osiris. 
  "Others say that the Seven Spirits [which were appointed by 
  Anubis] were Netcheh-netcheh, Aatqetqet, Nertanef-besef-khenti-hehf, 
  Aq-her-ami-unnut-f, Tesher-ariti-ami-Het-anes, 
  Ubes-her-per-em-khetkhet, and Maaem-kerh-annef-em-hru. 
  "The chief of the Tchatcha (sovereign princes) who is in Naarutef is 
  Horus, the Advocate of his father. 
  "As concerning the day wherein [Anubis said to the Seven Spirits], 
  'Come ye hither,' [the allusion here] is to the words 'Come ye 
  hither,' which Ra spake unto Osiris." 
   
  Verily may these same words be said unto me in Amentet. 
   
  
  "I am the Divine Soul which dwelleth in the Divine Twin-gods." 
   
  Who is this Divine Soul? 
   
  "It is Osiris. [When] he goeth into Tetu, and findeth there the Soul 
  of Ra, the one god embraceth the other, and two Divine Souls spring 
  into being within the Divine Twin-gods." 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Papyrus of Nebseni, Brit. Mus. No. 9900, Sheet 14, ll. 
  16ff.) 
   
  "As concerning the Divine Twin-gods they are Heru-netch-her-tefef 
  and Heru-khent-en-Ariti (Horus the Advocate of his father [Osiris], 
  and Horus the sightless). 
  "Others say that the double Divine Soul which dwelleth in the Divine 
  Twin-gods is the Soul of Ra and the Soul of Osiris, and yet others say 
  that it is the Soul which dwelleth in Shu, and the Sould which 
  dwelleth in Tefnut, and that these two Souls form the double Divine 
  Soul which dwelleth in Tetu. 
  "I am the Cat which fought near the Persea Tree in Anu on the 
  night when the foes of Neb-er-tcher were destroyed." 
   
  Who is this Cat? 
   
  "This male Cat is Ra himself, and he was called 'Mau' because of the 
  speech of the god Sa, who said concerning him: 'He is like (mau) 
  unto that which he hath made'; therefore, did the name of Ra become 
  'Mau.' 
  "Others, however, say that the male Cat is the god Shu, who made 
  over the possessions of Keb to Osiris. 
  "As concerning the fight which took place near the Persea Tree in 
  Anu [these words have reference to the slaughter] of the children of 
  rebellion, when righteous retribution was meted out to them for [the 
  evil] which they had done. 
  "As concerning the 'night of the battle,' [these words refer to] the 
  invasion of the eastern portion of the heaven by the children of 
  rebellion, whereupon a great battle arose in heaven and in all the 
  earth. 
  "O thou who art in thine egg (Ra,) who showest from thy Disk, who 
  risest on thy horizon, and dost shine with golden beams in the 
  height of heaven, like unto whom there is none among the gods, who 
  sailest above the Pillars of Shu, who sendest forth blasts of fire 
  from thy mouth, [who illuminest the Two Lands with thy splendour, 
  deliver] thou Nebseni, the lord of fealty [to Osiris], from the god 
  whose form is hidden, and whose eyebrows are like unto the two arms of 
  the Balance on the night when the sentences of doom are promulgated." 
   
  Who is this invisible god? 
   
  "It is An-a-f (he who bringeth his arm.). 
  "As concerning 'the night when the sentences of doom are 
  promulgated,' it is the night of the burning of the damned, and of the 
  overthrow of the wicked at the Block, and of the slaughter of souls." 
   
  Who is this [slaughterer of souls]? 
   
  "It is Shesmu, the headsman of Osiris. 
  "[Concerning the invisible god] some say that he is Aapep when he 
  riseth up with a head bearing upon it [the feather of] Maat (Truth). 
  But others say that he is Horus when he riseth up with two heads, 
  whereon one beareth [the feather of] Maat, and the other [the symbol 
  
  of] wickedness. He bestoweth wickedness on him that worketh 
  wickedness, and right and truth upon him that followeth 
  righteousness and truth. 
  "Others say that he is Heru-ur (the Old Horus), who dwelleth in 
  Sekhem; others say that he is Thoth; others say that he is 
  Nefer-Tem; and others say that he is Sept who doth bring to nought the 
  acts of the foes of Nebertcher. 
  "Deliver thou the scribe Nebseni, whose word is truth, from the 
  Watchers, who carry murderous knives, who possess cruel fingers, and 
  who would slay those who are in the following of Osiris." 
  May these Watchers never gain the mastery over me, and may I never 
  fall under their knives! 
   
  Who are these Watchers? 
   
  "They are Anubis and Horus, [the latter being] in the form of 
  Horus the sightless. Others, however, say that they are the Tchatcha 
  (sovereign princes of Osiris), who bring to nought the operations of 
  their knives; and others say that they are the chiefs of the Sheniu 
  chamber. 
  "May their knives never gain the mastery over me. May I never fall 
  under the knives wherewith they inflict cruel tortures. For I know 
  their names, and I know the being, Matchet, who is among them in the 
  House of Osiris. He shooteth forth rays of light from his eye, being 
  himself invisible, and he goeth round about heaven robed in the flames 
  which come from his mouth, commanding Hapi, but remaining invisible 
  himself. May I be strong on earth before Ra, may I arrive safely in 
  the presence of Osiris. O ye who preside over your altars, let not 
  your offerings to me be wanting, for I am one of those who follow 
  after Nebertcher, according to the writings of Khepera. Let me fly 
  like a hawk, let me cackle like a goose, let me lay always like the 
  serpent-goddess Neheb-ka." 
   
  Who are those who preside over their altars? 
   
  "Those who preside over their altars are the similitude of the Eye 
  of Ra, and the similitude of the Eye of Horus. 
  "O Ra-Tem, thou Lord of the Great House [in Anu], thou Sovereign 
  (life, strentgh, health [be to thee]) of all the gods, deliver thou 
  the scribe Nebseni, whose word is truth, from the god whose face is 
  like unto that of a greyhound, whose brows are like those of a man, 
  who feedeth upon the dead, who watcheth at the Bend of the Lake of 
  Fire, who devoureth the bodies of the dead, and swalloweth hearts, and 
  who voideth filth, but who himself remaineth unseen." 
   
  Who is this greyhound-faced god? 
   
  "His name is 'Everlasting Devourer,' and he liveth in the Domain [of 
  Fire] (the Lake of Unt). 
  "As concerning the Domain of Fire, it is that Aat which is in 
  Naarutef, and is near the Sheniu chamber. The sinner who walketh 
  over this place falleth down among the knives [of the Watchers]. 
  "Others, however, say that the name of this god is 'Mates,' and that 
  he keepeth watch over the door of Amentet; others say that his name is 
  'Beba,' and that he keepeth watch over the Bend [of the stream] of 
  Amentet, and yet others say that his name is 'Herisepef.' 
  "Hail, Lord of Terror, Chief of the Lands of the South and North, 
  thou Lord of the Desert, who dost keep prepared the block of 
  slaughter, and who dost feed on the intestines [of men]!" 
   
  Who is this Lord of Terror? 
   
  
  "It is the Keeper of the Bend [of the stream] of Amentet." 
   
  Who is this Keeper? 
   
  "It is the Heart of Osiris, which is the devourer of all slaughtered 
  things. 
  "The Urrt Crown hath been given unto him, with gladness of heart, as 
  Lord of Hensu." 
   
  Who is this? 
   
  "He to whom the Urrt Crown hath been given with gladness of heart as 
  Lord of Hensu is Osiris. He was bidden to rule among the gods on the 
  day of the union of earth [with earth] in the presence of Nebertcher." 
   
  Who is this? 
   
  "He who was bidden to rule among the gods is the son of Isis 
  (Horus), who was appointed to rule in the room of his father Osiris. 
  "As concerning [the words] 'day of the union of earth with earth,' 
  they have reference to the union of earth with earth in the coffin 
  of Osiris, the Soul that liveth in Hensu, the giver of meat and drink, 
  the destroyer of wrong, and the guide to the everlasting paths." 
   
  Who is this? 
   
  "It is Ra himself." 
   
  "[Deliver thou the Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth] 
  from the great god who carrrieth away souls, who eateth hearts, who 
  feedeth upon offal, who keepeth watch in the darkness, who dwelleth in 
  the Seker Boat; those who live in sin fear him." 
   
  Who is this? 
   
  "It is Suti, but others say that it is Smamur, the soul of Keb. 
  "Hail, Khepera in thy boat, the two Companies of the Gods are in thy 
  body. Deliver thou the Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, 
  from the Watchers who pass sentences of doom, who have been 
  appointed by the god Nebertcher to protect him, and to fasten the 
  fetters on his foes, and who slaughter in the torture chambers; 
  there is no escape from their fingers. May they never stab me with 
  their knives, may I never fall helpless into their chambers of 
  torture. I have never done the things which the gods hate. I am he who 
  is pure in the Mesqet chamber. And saffron cakes have been brought 
  unto him in Tannt." 
   
  Who is this? 
   
  "It is Khepera in his boat; it is Ra himself. 
  "As concerning the Watchers who pass sentences of doom, they are the 
  Apes Isis and Nephthys. 
  "As concerning the things which the gods hate, they are acts of 
  deceit and lying. He who passeth through the place of purification 
  within the Mesqet chamber is Anpu (Anubis), who is hard by the 
  coffer which containeth the inward parts of Osiris. He to whom saffron 
  cakes have been brought in Tannt is Osiris. 
  "Others, however, say that the saffron cakes in Tannt represent 
  heaven and earth, and others say that they represent Shu, the 
  strengthener of the Two Lands in Hensu; and others say that they 
  represent the Eye of Horus, and that Tannt is the burial-place of 
  Osiris. 
  
  "Tem hath builded thy house, and the double Lion-god hath laid the 
  foundations of thy habitation. Lo! medicaments have been brought. 
  Horus purifieth Set and Set strengtheneth, and Set purifieth and Horus 
  strengtheneth. 
  "The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth before Osiris, 
  hath come into this land, and he hath taken possession thereof with 
  his two feet. He is Tem, and he is in the city. 
  "Turn thou back, O Rehu, whose mouth shineth, whose head moveth, 
  turn thou back before his strength." Another reading is, 'Turn thou 
  back from him who keepeth watch, and is himself unseen.' Let the 
  Osiris Ani be safely guarded. He is Isis, and he is found with her 
  hair spread over him; it is shaken out over his brow. He was conceived 
  by Isis, and engendered by Nephthys, and they have cut away from him 
  the things which should be cut from him. 
  "Fear followeth after thee, terror is about thine arms. Thou hast 
  been embraced for millions of years by arms; mortals go round about 
  thee. Thou smitest down the mediators of thy foes, and thou seizest 
  the arms of the power of darkness. Thy two sisters (Isis and Nephthys) 
  are given to thee for thy delight. Thou hast created that which is 
  in Kher-aha, and that which is Anu. Every god feareth thee, for thou 
  art exceedingly great and terrible; thou [avengest] every god on the 
  man who curseth him, and thou shootest arrows at him. Thou livest 
  according to thy will. Thou art Uatchet, the Lady of Flame, evil 
  befalleth those who set themselves up against thee." 
   
  What is this? 
   
  "'Hidden in form, given of Menhu,' is the name of the "tomb. 'He who 
  seeth what is on his hand' is the name of Qerau, or, as others say, it 
  is the name of the Block. 
  "Now, he whose mouth shineth and whose head moveth is the phallus of 
  Osiris, but others say it is [the phallus] of Ra. 'Thou spreadest 
  thy hair, and I shake it out over his brow" is said concerning Isis, 
  who hideth in her hair, and draweth it round about her. 
  "Uatchet, the Lady of Flames, is the Eye of Ra." 
  THE SEVEN ARITS 
   
   
  The First Arit. 
   
  The name of the Doorkeeper is Sekhet-her-asht-aru. The name of the 
  Watcher is Smetti. The name of the Herald is Hakheru. 
  The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, shall say when he cometh unto 
  the First Arit: "I am the mighty one who createth his own light. I 
  have come unto thee, O Osiris, and, purified from that which 
  defileth thee, I adore thee. Lead on. Name not the name of Ra-stau 
  to me. Homage to thee, O Osiris, in thy might and in thy strength in 
  Ra-stau. Rise up and conquer, O Osiris, in Abtu. Thou goest round 
  about heaven, thou sailest in the presence of Ra, thou lookest upon 
  all the beings who have knowledge. Hail, Ra, thou who goest round 
  about in the sky, I say, O Osiris in truth, that I am the Sahu 
  (Spirit-body) of the god, and I beseech thee not to let me be driven 
  away, nor to be cast upon the wall of blazing fire. Let the way be 
  opened in Ra-stau, let the pain of the Osiris be relieved, embrace 
  that which the Balance hath weighed, let a path be made for the Osiris 
  in the Great Valley, and let the Osiris have light to guide him on his 
  way." 
   
   
  The Second Arit. 
   
  The name of the Doorkeeper is Unhat. The name of the Watcher is 
  
  Seqt-her. The name of the Herald is Ust. 
  The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, shall say [when he cometh to 
  this Arit]: "He sitteth to carry out his heart's desire, and he 
  weigheth words as the Second of Thoth. The strength which protecteth 
  Thoth humbleth the hidden Maati gods, who feed upon Maat during the 
  years of their lives. I offer up my offerings [to him] at the moment 
  when he maketh his way. I advance, and I enter on the path. O grant 
  thou that I may continue to advance, and that I may attain to the 
  sight of Ra, and of those who offer up [their] offerings." 
   
   
  The Third Arit. 
   
  The name of the Doorkeeper is Unem-hauatu-ent-pehui. The name of the 
  Watcher is Seres-her. The name of the Herald is Aa. 
  The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, shall say [when he 
  cometh to this Arit]: "I am he who is hidden in the great deep. I am 
  the Judge of the Rehui, I have come and I have done away the offensive 
  thing which was upon Osiris. I tie firmly the place on which he 
  standeth, coming forth from the Urt. I have stablished things in Abtu, 
  I have opened up a way through Ra-stau, and I have relieved the pain 
  which was in Osiris. I have balanced the place whereon he standeth, 
  and I have made a path for him; he shineth brilliantly in Ra-stau." 
   
   
  The Fourth Arit. 
   
  The name of the Doorkeeper is Khesef-her-asht-kheru. The name of the 
  Watcher is Seres-tepu. The name of the Herald is Khesef-at. 
  The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, shall say [when he 
  cometh to this Arit]: "I am the Bull, the son of the ancestress of 
  Osiris. O grant ye that his father, the Lord of his god-like 
  companions, may bear witness on his behalf. I have weighed the 
  guilty in judgment. I have brought unto his nostrils the life which is 
  ever lasting. I am the son of Osiris, I have accomplished the journey, 
  I have advanced in Khert-Neter." 
   
   
  The Fifth Arit. 
   
  The name of the Doorkeeper is Ankhf-em-fent. The name of the Watcher 
  is Shabu. The name of the Herald is Teb-her-kha-kheft. 
  The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, shall say [when he 
  cometh to this Arit]: "I have brought unto thee the jawbone in 
  Ra-stau. I have brought unto thee thy backbone in Anu. I have gathered 
  together his manifold members therein. I have driven back Aapep for 
  thee. I have spit upon the wounds [in his body]. I have made myself 
  a path among you. I am the Aged One among the gods. I have made 
  offerings to Osiris. I have defended him with the word of truth. I 
  have gathered together his bones, and have collected all his members." 
   
   
  The Sixth Arit. 
   
  The name of the Doorkeeper is Atek-tau-kehaq-kheru. The name of 
  the Watcher is An-her. The name of the Herald is Ates-her-[ari]-she. 
  The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, shall say [when he 
  cometh to this Arit]: "I have come daily, I have come daily. I have 
  made myself a way. I have advanced over that which was created by Anpu 
  (Anubis). I am the Lord of the Urrt Crown. I am the possessor [of 
  the knowledge of] the words of magical power, I am the Avenger 
  according to law, I have avenged [the injury to] his Eye. I have 
  
  defended Osiris. I have accomplished my journey. The Osiris Ani 
  advanceth with you with the word which is truth." 
   
   
  The Seventh Arit: 
   
  The name of the Doorkeeper is Sekhmet-em-tsu-sen. The name of the 
  Watcher is Aa-maa-kheru. The name of the Herald is Khesef-khemi. 
  The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, shall say [when he 
  cometh to this Arit]: "I have come unto thee, O Osiris, being purified 
  from foul emissions. Thou goest round about heaven, thou seest Ra, 
  thou seest the beings who have knowledge. [Hail], thou, ONE! Behold, 
  thou art in the Sektet Boat which traverseth the heavens. I speak what 
  I will to his Sahu (Spirit-body). He is strong, and cometh into 
  being even [as] he spake. Thou meetest him face to face. Prepare 
  thou for me all the ways which are good [and which lead] to thee." 
   
  RUBRIC: If [these] words be recited by the spirit when he shall come 
  to the Seven Arits, and as he entereth the doors, he shall neither 
  be turned back nor repulsed before Osiris, and he shall be made to 
  have his being among the blessed spirits, and to have dominion among 
  the ancestral followers of Osiris. If these things be done for any 
  spirit he shall have his being in that place like a lord of eternity 
  in one body with Osiris, and at no place shall any being contend 
  against him. 
  THE PYLONS OF THE HOUSE OF OSIRIS 
   
  The following shall be said when one cometh to the FIRST PYLON. 
  The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith: "Lady of 
  tremblings, high-walled, the sovereign lady, the lady of 
  destruction, who uttereth the words which drive back the destroyers, 
  who delivereth from destruction him that cometh." The name of her 
  Doorkeeper is Neruit. 
   
  The following shall be said when one cometh to the SECOND PYLON. The 
  Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith: "Lady of heaven, 
  Mistress of the Two Lands, devourer by fire, Lady of mortals, who 
  art infinitely greater than any human being." The name of her 
  Doorkeeper is Mes-Ptah. 
   
  The following shall be said when one cometh to the THIRD PYLON. 
  The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith: "Lady of the 
  Altar, the mighty lady to whom offerings are made, greatly beloved one 
  of every god sailing up the river to Abydos." The name of her 
  Doorkeeper is Sebqa. 
   
  The following shall be said when one cometh to the FOURTH PYLON. The 
  Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith: "Prevailer with 
  knives, Mistress of the Two Lands, destroyer of the enemies of the 
  Still-Heart (Osiris), who decreeth the release of those who suffer 
  through evil hap." The name of her Doorkeeper is Nekau. 
   
  The following shall be said when one cometh to the FIFTH PYLON. 
  The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith: "Flame, Lady of 
  fire, absorbing the entreaties which are made to her, who permitteth 
  not to approach her the rebel." The name of her Doorkeeper is 
  Henti-Reqiu. 
   
  The following shall be said when one cometh to the SIXTH PYLON. 
  The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith: "Lady of light, 
  who roareth mightily, whose breadth cannot be comprehended. Her like 
  hath not been found since the beginning. There are serpents over which 
  
  are unknown. They were brought forth before the Still-Heart." The name 
  of her Doorkeeper is Semati. 
   
  The following shall be said when one cometh to the SEVENTH PYLON. 
  The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith: "Garment 
  which envelopeth the helpless one, which weepeth for and loveth that 
  which it covereth." The name of her Doorkeeper is Saktif. 
   
  The following shall be said when one cometh to the EIGHTH PYLON. The 
  Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith: "Blazing fire, 
  unquenchable, with far-reaching tongues of flame, irresistible 
  slaughterer, which one may not pass through fear of its deadly 
  attack." The name of her Doorkeeper is Khutchetef. 
   
  The following shall be said when one cometh to the NINTH PYLON. 
  The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith: 
  "Chieftainess, lady of strength, who giveth quiet of heart to the 
  offspring of her lord. Her girth is three hundred and fifty khet, 
  and she is clothed with green feldspar of the South. She bindeth up 
  the divine form and clotheth the helpless one. Devourer, lady of all 
  men." The name of her Doorkeeper is Arisutchesef. 
   
  The following shall be said when one cometh to the TENTH PYLON. 
  The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith: "Goddess of the 
  loud voice, who maketh her suppliants to mourn, the awful one who 
  terrifieth, who herself remaineth unterrified within." The name of her 
  Doorkeeper is Sekhenur. 
   
  Nu, the steward of the keeper of the seal, saith when he cometh to 
  the ELEVENTH PYLON of Osiris: "I have made my way, I know you, and I 
  know thy name, and I know the name of her who is within thee: She 
  who slayeth always, consumer of the fiends by fire, mistress of 
  every pylon, the lady who is acclaimed on the day of darkness" is 
  thy name. She inspecteth the swathing of the helpless one. 
   
  The Osiris Nu, the steward of the keeper of the seal, saith when 
  he cometh to the TWELFTH PYLON of Osiris: "I have made my way, I 
  know you, and I know thy name, and I know the name of her who is 
  within thee: Invoker of thy Two Lands, destroyer of those who come 
  to thee by fire, lady of spirits, obeyer of the word of thy Lord" is 
  thy name. She inspecteth the swathing of the helpless one. 
   
  The Osiris Nu, the steward of the keeper of the seal, saith when 
  he cometh to the THIRTEENTH PYLON of Osiris: "I have made my way, I 
  know you and I know thy name, and I know the name of her who is within 
  thee: Osiris foldeth his arms about her, and maketh Hapi (the 
  Nile-god), to emit splendour out of his hidden places" is thy name. 
  She inspecteth the swathing of the helpless one. 
   
  The Osiris Nu, the steward of the keeper of the seal, saith when 
  he cometh to the FOURTEENTH PYLON of Osiris: "I have made my way, I 
  know thee, and I know thy name, and I know the name of her who is 
  within thee. Lady of might, who trampleth on the Red Demons, who 
  keepeth the festival of Haaker on the day of the hearing of faults" is 
  thy name. She inspecteth the swathing of the helpless one. 
   
  THE FIFTEENTH PYLON. The Osiris Heru-em-khebit, whose word is truth, 
  shall say when he cometh to this pylon: "Fiend, red of hair and 
  eyes, who appeareth by night, and doth fetter the fiend in his lair. 
  Let her hands be given to the Still-Heart in his hour, let her advance 
  and go forward" is thy name. She inspecteth the swathing of the 
  helpless one. 
  
   
  THE SIXTEENTH PYLON. The Osiris Heru-em-khebit, whose word is truth, 
  shall say when he cometh to this pylon: "Terrible one, lady of the 
  rain-storm, destroyer of the souls of men, devourer of the bodies of 
  men, orderer, producer, and maker of slaughter" is thy name. She 
  inspecteth the swathing of the helpless one. 
   
  THE SEVENTEENTH PYLON. The Osiris Heru-em-khebit, whose word is 
  truth, shall say when he cometh to this pylon: "Hewer-in-pieces in 
  blood, Ahibit, lady of hair" is thy name. She inspecteth the 
  swathing of the helpless one. 
   
  THE EIGHTEENTH PYLON. The Osiris Heru-em-khebit, whose word is 
  truth, shall say when he cometh to this pylon: "Fire-lover, pure 
  one, lover of slaughterings, cutter off of heads, devoted one, lady of 
  the Great House, slaughterer of fiends at eventide" is thy name. She 
  inspecteth the swathing of the helpless one. 
   
  THE NINETEENTH PYLON. The Osiris Heru-em-khebit, whose word is 
  truth, shall say when he cometh to this pylon: "Light-giver for 
  life, blazing all the day, lady of strength [and of] the writings of 
  the god Thoth himself" is thy name. She inspecteth the swathings of 
  the White House. 
   
  THE TWENTIETH PYLON. The Osiris Heru-em-khebit, whose word is truth, 
  shall say when he cometh to this pylon: "Dweller in the cavern of 
  her lord, her name is Clother, hider of her creations, conqueror of 
  hearts, swallower [of them]" is thy name. She inspecteth the swathings 
  of the White House. 
   
  THE TWENTY-FIRST PYLON. The Osiris Heru-em-khebit, whose word is 
  truth, shall say when he cometh to this pylon: "Knife which cutteth 
  when [its name] is uttered, slayer of those who approach thy flame" is 
  thy name. She possesseth hidden plans. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Turin Papryus, ed. Lepsius, Bl. 64, the text referring 
  to the twenty-first Pylon.) 
   
  THE OSIRIS AUFANKH, WHOSE WORD IS TRUTH, SAITH: Hail, saith Horus, O 
  Twenty-first pylon of the Still-Heart! I have made the way. I know 
  thee. I know thy name. I know the name of the goddess who guardeth 
  thee. "Sword that smiteth at the utterance of its own name, stinking 
  face, overthrower of him that approacheth her flame" is thy name. Thou 
  keepest the hidden things of the avenger of the god, thou guardest 
  them. Amam is his name. He maketh the ash trees (cedars) not to 
  grow, and the shenu trees (acacias) not to blossom, and preventeth 
  copper from being found in the mountain. The Tchatcha (Chiefs) of this 
  Pylon are Seven Gods. Tchen, or Anthch (At), is the name of the one at 
  the door. Hetepmes is the name of another there. Messep is the name of 
  another there. Utchara is the name of another there. Beq is the name 
  of another there. Anp (Anubis) is the name of another there. 
  I have made the way. I am Menu-Heru, the avenger of his father, 
  the heir of his father Un-Nefer. I have come. I have given [offerings] 
  to my father Osiris. I have overthrown all his enemies. I have come 
  daily with the word of truth, the lord of fealty, in the house of my 
  father Tem, the Lord of Anu, I, the Osiris Auf-ankh, whose word is 
  truth in the southern heaven. I have done what is right for him that 
  made the right, I have celebrated the Haker festival to the lord 
  thereof. I have acted as the leader of the festivals. I have given 
  cakes to the Lords of the Altar. I have been the leader of the 
  propitiatory offerings, cakes, ale, oxen, geese, to my father Osiris 
  
  Un-Nefer. I am the protector of the Ba-soul, I have made the Benu bird 
  to appear [by my] words. I have come daily into the house of the god 
  to make offerings of incense. I have come with the shenti tunic. I 
  have set the Neshem Boat afloat on the water. I have made the word 
  of Osiris Khenti Amenti to be truth before his enemies. I have carried 
  away in a boat all his enemies to the slaughter-house of the East, and 
  they shall never escape from the wardship of the god Keb who 
  dwelleth therein. I have made the Kefaiu gods of Ra to stand up, I 
  have made his word to be truth. I have come as a scribe. I have 
  explained [the writings]. I have made the god to have power over his 
  legs. I have come into the house of him that is upon his mountain 
  (Anubis). I have seen the Chief of the Seh hall. I have entered into 
  Ra-stau. I have made myself invisible. I have found for myself the 
  boundary. I have approached Nerutef. I have clothed the naked. I 
  have sailed up the river to Abydos. I have performed the ceremonies of 
  Hu and Sa. I have entered the house of Astes. I have made supplication 
  to the Khati gods and to Sekhmet in the temple of Net (Neith), or 
  the Aged Ones. I have entered Ra-stau. I have made myself invisible. I 
  have found the frontier. I have approached Nerutef. I have clothed the 
  naked. I have sailed up the river to Abydos. I have performed the 
  ceremonies of Hu and Sa. I have received. I have risen like a king 
  crowned. I fill my seat on the throne in the place of my father, the 
  God Who was at the beginning. I have praised the Meskhen of 
  Ta-tchesert. My mouth is full of Maat (Truth). I have overwhelmed 
  the Akhekhau serpents. I have come into the Great House with [my] body 
  in a flourishing condition. I have caused myself to travel in the Boat 
  of Hai. The myrrh unguent of..... is in the hair of men (Rekhit). I 
  have entered into the House of Astes. I have approached with worship 
  the two Khati gods and Sekhmet, who are in the temple of the Aged 
  One [in Anu]. 
  [And the god Osiris saith:] "Thou hast come, thou shalt be a 
  favoured one in Tetu, O Osiris Auf-ankh, whose word is truth, the 
  son of the lady Shert-en-Menu, whose word is truth." 
  THE PRIESTS ANMUTEF AND SAMEREF 
   
  THE SPEECH OF THE PRIEST ANMUTEF. 
  I have come unto you, O ye great Tchatcha Chiefs who dwell in 
  heaven, and upon earth, and in Khert-Neter, and I have brought unto 
  you the Osiris Ani. He hath not committed any act which is an 
  abomination before all the gods. Grant ye that he may live with you 
  every day. 
  The Osiris the scribe Ani adoreth Osiris, Lord of Rasta, and the 
  Great Company of the Gods who live in Khert-Neter. He saith: "Homage 
  to thee, Khenti Amenti, Un-Nefer, who dwellest in Abtu. I come to 
  thee. My heart holdeth Truth. There is no sin in my body. I have not 
  told a lie wittingly, I have not acted in a double manner. Grant 
  thou to me cakes, let me appear in the presence, at the altar of the 
  Lords of Truth, let me go in and come forth from Khert-Neter [at 
  will], let not my Heart-soul be driven away [from me]; and grant me 
  a sight of the Disk and the beholding of the Moon for ever and ever. 
   
   
  THE SPEECH OF THE PRIEST SAMEREF. 
  I have come unto you, O ye Tchatcha Chiefs who dwell in Rasta, and I 
  have brought unto you the Osiris Ani, grant ye unto him cakes, and 
  water, and air, and a homestead in Sekhet-hetep as to the followers of 
  Horus. 
  The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, adoreth Osiris, 
  the Lord of everlastingness, and the Tchatcha Chiefs, the Lords of 
  Rasta. He saith: "Homage to thee, O King of Khert-Neter, thou Governor 
  of Akert! I have come unto thee. I know thy plans, I am equipped 
  with the forms which thou takest in the Tuat. Give thou to me a 
  
  place in Khert-Neter, near the Lords of Truth. May my homestead be 
  lasting in Sekhet-hetep, may I receive cakes in thy presence." 
  THE JUDGES IN ANU 
   
  Hail, Thoth, who madest to be true the word of Osiris against his 
  enemies, make thou the word of the scribe Nebseni to be true against 
  his enemies, even as thou didst make the word of Osiris to be true 
  against his enemies, in the presence of the Tchatcha Chiefs who are 
  with Ra and Osiris in Anu, on the night of the "things of the 
  night," and the night of battle, and of the fettering of the Sebau 
  fiends, and the day of the destruction of the enemies of Neb-er-tcher. 
   
  Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs in Anu are Tem, Shu, Tefnut, [Osiris 
  and Thoth]. Now the "fettering of the Sebau fiends" signifieth the 
  destruction of the Smaiu fiends of Set, when he wrought iniquity a 
  second time. 
  Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris to be true against 
  his enemies, make thou the word of the Osiris Ani to be true against 
  his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Tetu, on the 
  night of setting up the Tet in Tetu. 
   
  Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Tetu are Osiris, Isis, 
  Nephthys, and Horus the avenger of his father. Now the "setting up 
  of the Tet in Tetu" signifieth [the raising up of] the shoulder of 
  Horus, the Governor of Sekhem. They are round about Osiris in the band 
  [and] the bandages. 
  Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris to be true against 
  his enemies, make thou the word of the Osiris Ani to be true against 
  his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Sekhem, on 
  the night of the "things of the night" in Sekhem. 
   
  Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Sekhem are 
  Heru-khenti-en-ariti and Thoth who is with the Tchatcha Chiefs of 
  Nerutef. Now the night of the "things of the night festival" 
  signifieth the dawn on the sarcophagus of Osiris. 
  Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris to be true against 
  his enemies, make thou the word of the Osiris the scribe Ani to be 
  true against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in 
  the double town Pe-Tep, on the night of setting up the "Senti" of 
  Horus, and of establishing him in the inheritance of the possessions 
  of his father Osiris. 
   
  Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Pe-Tep are Horus, Isis, 
  Kesta (Mesta) and Hapi. Now the "setting up of the 'Senti' of Horus" 
  hath reference to the words which Set spake to his followers, saying 
  "Set up the Senti." 
  Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris to be true against 
  his enemies, make thou the word of the Osiris the scribe Ani to be 
  true, in peace, against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs 
  who are in the Lands of the Rekhti (Taiu-Rekhti), in the night when 
  Isis lay down, and kept watch to make lamentation for her brother 
  Osiris. 
   
  Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Taiu-Rekhti are Isis, 
  Horus, Kesta (Mesta) [Anpu and Thoth]. 
  Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris true against his 
  enemies, make thou the word of Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is 
  truth, in peace, to be true against his enemies, with the great 
  Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Abtu, on the night of the god Haker, when 
  the dead are separated, and the spirits are judged, and when the 
  procession taketh place in Teni. 
   
  
  Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Abtu are Osiris, Isis, 
  and Up-uat. 
  Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris to be true against 
  his enemies, make thou the word of the Osiris, the scribe and assessor 
  of the sacred offerings which are made to all the gods, Ani, to be 
  true against his enemies, with the Tchatcha Chiefs who examine the 
  dead on the night of making the inspection of those who are to be 
  annihilated. 
   
  Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are present at the examination 
  of the dead are Thoth, Osiris, Anpu and Asten (read Astes). Now the 
  inspection (or, counting) of those who are to be annihilated 
  signifieth the shutting up of things from the souls of the sons of 
  revolt. 
  Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris true against his 
  enemies, make thou the word of the Osiris the scribe Ani to be true 
  against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are present at 
  the digging up of the earth [and mixing it] with their blood, and of 
  making the word of Osiris to be true against his enemies. 
   
  As concerning the Tchatcha Chiefs who are present at the digging 
  up of the earth in Tetu: When the Smaiu fiends of Set came [there], 
  having transformed themselves into animals, these Tchatcha Chiefs slew 
  them in the presence of the gods who were there, and they took their 
  blood, and carried it to them. These things were permitted at the 
  examination [of the wicked] by those [gods] who dwelt in Tetu. 
  Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris to be true against 
  his enemies, make thou the word of the Osiris [the scribe] Ani to be 
  true against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in 
  Nerutef on the night of the "Hidden of Forms." 
   
  Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Nerutef are Ra, Osiris, Shu 
  and Bebi. 
  Now, the night of the "Hidden of Forms" referreth to the placing 
  on the sarcophagus [of Osiris] the arm, the heel, and the thigh of 
  Osiris Un-Nefer. 
  Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris true against his 
  enemies, make thou the word of the Osiris, whose word is truth, to 
  be true against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in 
  Rasta, on the night when Anpu lay with his arms on the things by 
  Osiris, and when the word of Horus was make to be true against his 
  enemies. 
   
  The great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Rasta are Horus, Osiris, and 
  Isis. The heart of Osiris is happy, the heart of Horus is glad, and 
  the two halves of Egypt (Aterti) are well satisfied thereat. 
  Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris true against his 
  enemies, make thou the word of the Osiris the scribe Ani, the assessor 
  of the holy offerings made to all the gods, to be true against his 
  enemies, with the Ten great Tchatcha Chiefs who are with Ra, and 
  with Osiris, and with every god, and with every goddess, in the 
  presence of the god Nebertcher. He hath destroyed his enemies, and 
  he hath destroyed every evil thing which appertained to him. 
   
  RUBRIC: If this Chapter be recited for, or over, the deceased, he 
  shall come forth by day, purified after death, according to the desire 
  of his heart. Now if this Chapter be recited over him, he shall 
  progress over the earth, and he shall escape from every fire, and none 
  of the evil things which appertain to him shall ever be round about 
  him; never, a million times over, shall this be. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF OPENING THE MOUTH OF THE OSIRIS ANI. To be said:- The 
  
  god Ptah shall open my mouth, and the god of my town shall unfasten 
  the swathings, the swathings which are over my mouth. Thereupon 
  shall come Thoth, who is equipped with words of power in great 
  abundance, and shall untie the fetters, even the fetters of the god 
  Set which are over my mouth. And the god Tem shall cast them back at 
  those who would fetter me with them, and cast them at him. Then 
  shall the god Shu open my mouth, and make an opening into my mouth 
  with the same iron implement wherewith he opened the mouth of the 
  gods. I am the goddess Sekhmet, and I take my seat upon the place by 
  the side of Amt-ur the great wind of heaven. I am the great 
  Star-goddess Saah, who dwelleth among the Souls of Anu. Now as 
  concerning every spell, and every word which shall be spoken against 
  me, every god of the Divine Company shall set himself in opposition 
  thereto. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF BRINGING WORDS OF POWER TO THE OSIRIS ANI, who 
  saith:- I am Tem-Khepera who produced himself on the thighs of his 
  divine mother. Those who dwell in Nu have been made wolves, and those 
  who are among the Tchatcha Chiefs have become hyenas. Behold, I will 
  gather together to myself this charm from the person with whom it is 
  [and from the place] wherein it is [and it shall come to me] quicker 
  than a greyhound, and swifter that light. Hail, thou who bringest the 
  Ferry-Boat of Ra, thou holdest thy course firmly and directly in the 
  north wind as thou sailest up the river towards the Island of Fire 
  which is in Khert-Neter. Behold, thou shalt gather together to thee 
  this charm from wheresoever it may be, and from whomsoever it may be 
  with [and it shall come to me] quicker than a greyhound, and swifter 
  than light. It (the charm) made the transformations of Mut; it 
  fashioned the gods [or] kept them silent; by it Mut gave the warmth 
  [of life] to the gods. Behold, these words of power are mine, and 
  they shall come unto me from wheresoever they may be, or with 
  whomsoever they may be, quicker than greyhounds and swifter than 
  light, or, according to another reading, "swifter than shadows." 
  APPENDIX 
   
  THE CHAPTER WHICH MAKETH A MAN TO REMEMBER HIS NAME IN 
  KHERT-NETER. [The deceased] saith:- Let my name be given to me in 
  the Great House (Per-ur), and let me remember my name in the House 
  of Fire (Per Neser), on the night wherein the years are counted up, 
  and the number of the months is told. I am dwelling with the Divine 
  One, I take my seat on the eastern side of the sky. If any god 
  cometh after me, I shall be able to declare his name forthwith. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF GIVING A HEART TO THE OSIRIS ANI IN KHERT-NETER. He 
  saith:- Let my heart be with me in the House of Hearts. Let my 
  heart-case be with me in the House of heart-cases. Let my heart be 
  with me, and let it rest in [me or] I shall not eat the cakes of 
  Osiris in the eastern side of the Lake of Flowers, nor have a boat 
  wherein to float down the river, nor a boat to sail up the river to 
  thee, nor be able to embark in a boat with thee. Let my mouth be to me 
  that I may speak therewith. Let my legs be to me that I may walk 
  therewith. Let my arms be to me that I may overthrow the foe 
  therewith. Let the two doors of the sky be opened to me. May Keb, 
  the Erpat of the gods, open his jaws to me. May he open my two eyes 
  which are blinded by swathings. May he make me to lift up my legs in 
  walking which are tied together. May Anpu make my thighs to become 
  vigorous. May the goddess Sekhmet raise me, and lift me up. Let me 
  ascend into heaven, let that which I command be performed in 
  Het-ka-Ptah. I know how to use my heart. I am master of my heart-case. 
  I am master of my hands and arms. I am master of my legs. I have the 
  power to do that which my KA desireth to do. My Heart-soul shall not 
  be kept a prisoner in my body at the gates of Amentet when I would 
  
  go in in peace and come forth in peace. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF THE OSIRIS, THE ASSESSOR 
  OF THE DIVINE OFFERINGS OF ALL THE GODS, ANI, WHOSE WORD IS TRUTH 
  BEFORE OSIRIS, BE DRIVEN BACK FROM HIM IN KHERT-NETER. He saith:- My 
  heart of my mother. My heart of my mother. My heart-case of my 
  transformations. Let not any one stand up to bear testimony against 
  me. Let no one drive me away from the Tchatcha Chiefs. Let no one make 
  thee to fall away from me in the presence of the Keeper of the 
  Balance. Thou art my KA, the dweller in my body, the god Khnemu who 
  makest sound my members. Mayest thou appear in the place of 
  happiness whither we go. Let not make my name to stink Shenit 
  Chiefs, who make men to be stable. [Let it be satisfactory unto us, 
  and let the listening be satisfactory unto us, and let there be joy of 
  heart to us at the weighing of words. Let not lies be told against 
  me before the Great God, the Lord of Amentet. Verily, how great 
  shalt thou be when thou risest up in triumph!] 
   
  RUBRIC I: These words are to be said over a scarab of green stone 
  encircled with a band of refined copper, and [having] a ring of 
  silver; which shall be placed on the neck of the Khu (the deceased), 
  etc. 
  RUBRIC II (From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 21): If this Chapter be 
  known [by the deceased] he shall be declared a speaker of the truth 
  both upon earth and in Khert-Neter, and he shall be able to perform 
  every act which a living human being can perform. Now it is a great 
  protection which hath been given by the god. This Chapter was found in 
  the city of Khemenu upon the slab of ba, which was inlaid with 
  [letters of] genuine lapis-lazuli, and was under the feet of [the 
  statue] of the god, during the reign of His Majesty, the King of the 
  South and North, Menkaura (Mycerinus), true of word, by Prince 
  Herutataf, who found it during a journey which he made to inspect 
  the temples. One Nekht was with him who was diligent in making him 
  to understand it, and he brought it to the king as a wonderful 
  object when he perceived that it was a thing of great mystery, [the 
  like of] which had never [before] been seen or looked upon. This 
  Chapter shall be recited by a man who is ceremonially clean and 
  pure, who hath not eaten the flesh of animals, or fish, and who hath 
  not had intercourse with women. And behold, thou shalt make a scarab 
  of green stone, with a rim [plated] with gold, which shall be placed 
  above the heart of a man, and it shall perform for him the "opening of 
  the mouth." And thou shalt anoint it with myrrh unguent, and thou 
  shalt recite over it the following words of magical power. [Here 
  follows the text of the Chapter of Not Letting the Heart of Ani Be 
  Taken from Him.] 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART-SOUL OF A MAN BE SNATCHED 
  AWAY FROM HIM IN KHERT-NETER. The Osiris the scribe Ani saith:--I, 
  even I, am he who cometh forth from the Celestial Water (Akeb). He 
  (Akeb) produced abundance for me, and hath the mastery there in the 
  form of the River. 
   
  (This is a portion of a longer Chapter which is included in the 
  appendix.) 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (The following is from the Papyrus of Nefer-uben-f, Naville, op. 
  cit., I, Bl. 72.) 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF DRINKING WATER IN KHERT-NETER. The am khent priest, 
  Nefer-uben-f, whose word is truth, saith:- I, even I, am he who cometh 
  forth from the god Keb. The water-flood is given to him, he hath 
  
  become the master thereof in the form of Hapi. I, the am khent 
  Nefer-uben-f, open the doors of heaven. Thoth hath opened to me the 
  doors of Qebh (the Celestial Waters). Lo, Hepi Hepi, the two sons of 
  the Sky, mighty in splendour, grant ye that I may be master over the 
  water, even as Set had dominion over his evil power on the day of 
  the storming of the Two Lands. I pass by the Great Ones, arm to 
  shoulder, even as they pass that Great God, the Spirit who is 
  equipped, whose name is unknown. I have passed by the Aged One of 
  the shoulder. I am Nefer-uben-f, whose word is truth. Hath opened to 
  me the Celestial Water Osiris. Hath opened to me the Celestial Water 
  Thoth-Hapi, the Lord of the horizon, in his name of "Thoth, cleaver of 
  the earth." I am master of the water, as Set is master of his 
  weapon. I sail over the sky, I am Ra, I am Ru. I am Sma. I have 
  eaten the Thigh, I have seized the bone and flesh. I go round about 
  the Lake of Sekhet-Ar. Hath been given to me eternity without limit. 
  Behold, I am the heir of eternity, to whom hath been given 
  everlastingness. 
   
   
  (The following two Chapters are from the Papyrus of Nu, Sheets 7 and 
  12) 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF DRINKING WATER AND OF NOT BEING BURNT UP BY FIRE 
  [IN KHERT-NETER]. Nu saith:- Hail, Bull of Amentet! I am brought 
  unto thee. I am the paddle of Ra wherewith he transported the Aged 
  Gods. Let me neither be burnt up nor destroyed by fire. I am Beb, 
  the firstborn son of Osiris, to whom every god maketh an offering in 
  the temple of his Eye in Anu. I am the divine Heir, the Mighty One, 
  the Great One, the Resting One. I have made my name to flourish. 
  Deliverer, thou livest in me [every day]. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF NOT BEING BOILED IN FIRE. Nu saith:- I am the 
  paddle which is equipped, wherewith Ra transported the Aged Gods, 
  which raised up the emissions of Osiris from the Lake of blazing fire, 
  and he was not burned. I sit down like the Light-god, and like Khnemu, 
  the Governor of lions. Come, cut away the fetters from him that 
  passeth by the side of this path, and let me come forth therefrom. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF GIVING AIR IN KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani saith:- I 
  am the Egg which dwelt in the Great Cackler. I keep ward over that 
  great place which Keb hath proclaimed upon earth. I live; it liveth. I 
  grow up, I live, I snuff the air. I am Utcha-aab. I go round about his 
  egg [to protect it]. I have thwarted the moment of Set. Hail, Sweet 
  one of the Two Lands! Hail, dweller in the tchefa food! Hail, 
  dweller in the lapis-lazuli! Watch ye over him that is in his 
  cradle, the Babe when he cometh forth to you. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 12) 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF GIVING AIR TO NU IN KHERT-NETER. He saith:- Hail, 
  thou God Temu, grant thou unto me the sweet breath which dwelleth in 
  thy nostrils! I am the Egg which is in Kenken-ur (the Great 
  Cackler), and I watch and guard that mighty thing which hath come into 
  being, wherewith the god Keb hath opened the earth. I live; it liveth; 
  I grow, I live, I snuff the air. I am the god Utcha-aabet, and I go 
  about his egg. I shine at the moment of the mighty of strength, 
  Suti. Hail, thou who makest sweet the time of the Two Lands! Hail, 
  dweller among the celestial food. Hail, dweller among the beings of 
  blue (lapis-lazuli), watch ye to protect him that is in his nest, 
  the Child who cometh forth to you. 
   
  
   
  THE CHAPTER OF GIVING AIR IN KHERT-NETER. Nu saith:- I am the jackal 
  of jackals. I am Shu. I draw air from the presence of the Light-god, 
  from the uttermost limits of heaven, from the uttermost limits of 
  earth, from the uttermost limits of the pinion of Nebeh bird. May 
  air be given unto this young divine Babe. [My mouth is open, I see 
  with my eyes.] 
   
   
  THE CHAPTER OF SNUFFING THE AIR WITH WATER IN KHERT-NETER. Hail, 
  Tem. Grant thou unto me the sweet breath which dwelleth in thy 
  nostrils. I am he who embraceth that great throne which is in the city 
  of Unu. I keep watch over the Egg of Kenken-ur (the Great Cackler). 
  I grow and flourish as it groweth and flourisheth. I live as it 
  liveth. I snuff the air as it snuffeth the air. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF A MAN BE SNATCHED AWAY 
  FROM HIM IN KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, 
  saith:- Get thee back, O messenger of every god! Art thou come to 
  [snatch away] my heart-case which liveth? My heart-case which liveth 
  shall not be given unto thee. [As] I advance, the gods hearken unto my 
  propitiation [prayer] and they fall down on their faces [whilst] 
  they are on their own land. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Papyrus of Nu) 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF NOT ALLOWING THE HEART.... TO BE CARRIED AWAY DEAD IN 
  KHERT-NETER. [Nu, whose word is truth, saith]:- My heart is with me, 
  and it shall never come to pass that it be carried away. I am the Lord 
  of Hearts, the slayer of the heart-case. I live in truth, I have my 
  being therein. I am Horus, the Dweller in Hearts, [I am] in the 
  Dweller in the body. I have life by my word, my heart hath being. My 
  heart-case shall not be snatched away from me, it shall not be 
  wounded, it shall not be put in restraint if wounds are inflicted upon 
  me. [If] one take possession of it I shall have my being in the body 
  of my father Keb and in the body of my mother Nut. I have not done 
  that which is held in abomination by the gods. I shall not suffer 
  defeat [for] my word is truth. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART-CASE OF A MAN BE TAKEN AWAY 
  FROM HIM IN KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, ye who steal and 
  crush heart-cases [and who make the heart of a man to go through its 
  transformations according to his deeds: let not what he hath done harm 
  him before you]. Homage to you, O ye Lords of Eternity, ye masters 
  of everlastingness, take ye not this heart of Osiris Ani into your 
  fingers, and this heart-case, and cause ye not things of evil to 
  spring up against it, because this heart belongeth to the Osiris 
  Ani, and this heart-case belongeth to him of the great names 
  (Thoth), the mighty one, whose words are his members. He sendeth his 
  heart to rule his body, and his heart is renewed before the gods. 
  The heart of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is to him; he hath 
  gained the mastery over it. He hath not said what he hath done. He 
  hath obtained power over his own members. His heart obeyeth him, he is 
  the lord thereof, it is in his body, and it shall never fall away 
  therefrom. I command thee to be obedient unto me in Khert-Neter. I, 
  the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in peace; whose word is truth 
  in the Beautiful Amentet, by the Domain of Eternity. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 5) 
   
  
  THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF NU, WHOSE WORD IS TRUTH, 
  BE CARRIED AWAY FROM HIM IN KHERT-NETER. He saith:- Hail, thou 
  Lion-god! I am Unb (the Blossom). That which is held in abomination to 
  me is the block of slaughter of the god. Let not this my heart-case be 
  carried away from me by the Fighting Gods in Anu. Hail, thou who 
  dost wind bandages round Osiris, and who hast seen Set. Hail, thou who 
  returnest after smiting and destroying him before the mighty ones! 
  This my heart weepeth over itself before Osiris; it hath made 
  supplication for me. I have given unto him and I have dedicated unto 
  him the thoughts of the heart in the House of the god (Usekh-her), 
  have brought unto him sand at the entry to Khemenu. Let not this my 
  heart-case be carried away from me. I make you to ascend his throne, 
  to fetter heart-cases for him in Sekhet-hetep, [to live] years of 
  strength away from things of all kinds which are abominations to 
  him, to carry off food from among the things which are thine, and 
  which are in thy grasp through thy strength. And this my heart-case is 
  devoted to the decrees of the god Tem, who guideth me through the 
  caverns of Suti, but let not this my heart, which hath performed its 
  desire before the Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Khert-Neter, be given 
  to him. When they find the leg and the swathings they bury them. 
   
   
  THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF NU, WHOSE WORD IS TRUTH, 
  BE DRIVEN AWAY FROM HIM IN KHERT-NETER. He saith:- My heart of my 
  mother. My heart of my mother. My heart-case of my existence upon 
  the earth. Let no one stand up against me when I bear testimony in the 
  presence of the Lords of Things. Let it not be said against me and 
  of that which I have done "He hath committed acts which are opposed to 
  what is right and true," and let not charges be brought up against 
  me in the presence of the Great God, the Lord of Amentet. Homage to 
  thee, O my heart (ab). Homage to thee, O my heart-case. Homage to you, 
  O my reins. Homage to you, O ye gods, who are masters of [your] 
  beards, and who are holy by reason of your sceptres. Speak ye for me 
  words of good import to Ra, and make ye me to have favour in the sight 
  of Nehebkau. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF BREATHING THE AIR AND OF HAVING POWER OVER WATER IN 
  KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani saith:- Open to me! Who art thou? 
  Whither goest thou? What is thy name? I am one of you. Who are these 
  with you? The two Merti goddesses (Isis and Nephthys). Thou separatest 
  head from head when [he] entereth the divine Mesqen chamber. He 
  causeth me to set out for the temple of the gods Kem-heru. 
  "Assembler of souls" is the name of my ferry-boat. "Those who make the 
  hair to bristle" is the name of the oars. "Sert" ("Goad") is the 
  name of the hold. "Steering straight in the middle" is the name of the 
  rudder; likewise, [the boat] is a type of my being borne onward in the 
  lake. Let there be given unto me vessels of milk, and cakes, and 
  loaves of bread, and cups of drink, and flesh, in the Temple of Anpu. 
   
  RUBRIC: If the deceased knoweth this Chapter, he shall go into, 
  after coming forth from Khert-Neter of [the Beautiful Amentet]. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF SNUFFING THE AIR, AND OF HAVING POWER OVER THE 
  WATER IN KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, thou Sycamore 
  tree of the goddess Nut! Give me of the [water and of the] air which 
  is in thee. I embrace that throne which is in Unu, and I keep guard 
  over the Egg of Nekek-ur. It flourisheth, and I flourish; it liveth, 
  and I live; it snuffeth the air, and I snuff the air, I the Osiris 
  Ani, whose word is truth, in [peace]. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF NOT DYING A SECOND TIME IN KHERT-NETER. The Osiris 
  Ani saith:- My hiding place is opened, my hiding place is opened. 
  
  The Spirits fall headlong in the darkness, but the Eye of Horus hath 
  made me holy, and Upuati hath nursed me. I will hide myself among you, 
  O ye stars which are imperishable. My brow is like the brow of Ra. 
  My face is open. My heart-case is upon its throne, I know how to utter 
  words. In very truth I am Ra himself. I am not a man of no account. 
  I am not a man to whom violence can be done. Thy father liveth for 
  thee, O son of Nut. I am thy son, O great one, I have seen the 
  hidden things which are thine. I am crowned upon my throne like the 
  king of the gods. I shall not die a second time in Khert-Neter. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF NOT ROTTING IN KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani saith:- 
  O thou who art motionless, O thou who art motionless, O thou whose 
  members are motionless, like unto those of Osiris. Thy members shall 
  not be motionless, they shall not rot, they shall not crumble away, 
  they shall not fall into decay. My members shall be made [permanent] 
  for me as if I were Osiris. 
   
  RUBRIC: If this Chapter be known by the deceased he shall never 
  see corruption in Khert-Neter. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 18) 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE BODY PERISH. The Osiris Nu saith:- 
  Homage to thee, O my divine father Osiris! I come to embalm thee. Do 
  thou embalm these my members, for I would not perish and come to an 
  end [but would be] even like unto my divine father Khepera, the divine 
  type of him that never saw corruption. Come then, strengthen my 
  breath, O Lord of the winds, who dost magnify these divine beings 
  who are like unto thyself. Stablish me, stablish me, and fashion me 
  strongly, O Lord of the funeral chest. Grant thou that I may enter 
  into the land of everlastingness, according to that which was done for 
  thee, along with thy father Tem, whose body never saw corruption, 
  and who himself never saw corruption. I have never done that which 
  thou hatest, nay, I have acclaimed thee among those who love thy KA. 
  Let not my body become worms, but deliver thou me as thou didst 
  deliver thyself. I pray thee, let me not fall into rottenness, as thou 
  lettest every god, and every goddess, and every animal, and every 
  reptile, see corruption, when the soul hath gone out of them, after 
  their death. 
  And when the soul hath departed, a man seeth corruption, and the 
  bones of his body crumble away and become stinking things, and the 
  members decay one after the other, the bones crumble into a helpless 
  mass, and the flesh turneth into foetid liquid. Thus man becometh a 
  brother unto the decay which cometh upon him, and he turneth into a 
  myriad of worms, and he becometh nothing but worms, and an end is made 
  of him, and perisheth in the sight of the god of day (Shu), even as do 
  every god, and every goddess, and every bird, and every fish, and 
  every creeping worm, and every reptile, and every beast, and every 
  thing whatsoever. Let [all the Spirits fall] on their bellies [when] 
  they recognize me, and behold, the fear of me shall terrify them; 
  and thus also let it be with every being that hath died, whether it be 
  animal, or bird, or fish, or worm, or reptile. Let life [rise out 
  of] death. Let not the decay caused by any reptile make an end [of 
  me], and let not [enemies] come against me in their various forms. 
  Give thou me not over to the Slaughterer in this execution-chamber, 
  who killeth the members, and maketh them rot, being [himself] 
  invisible, and who destroyeth the bodies of the dead, and liveth by 
  carnage. Let me live, and perform his order; I will do what is 
  commanded by him. Give me not over to his fingers, let him not 
  overcome me, for I am under thy command, O Lord of the Gods. 
  Homage to thee, O my divine father Osiris, thou livest with thy 
  
  members. Thou didst not decay, thou didst not become worms, thou didst 
  not wither, thou didst not rot, thou didst not putrefy, thou didst not 
  turn into worms. I am the god Khepera, and my members shall have being 
  everlastingly. I shall not decay, I shall not rot, I shall not 
  putrefy, I shall not turn into worms, and I shall not see corruption 
  before the eye of the god Shu. I shall have my being, I shall have 
  by being; I shall live, I shall live; I shall flourish, I shall 
  flourish, I shall flourish, I shall wake up in peace, I shall not 
  putrefy, my intestines shall not perish, I shall not suffer injury. My 
  eye shall not decay. The form of my face shall not disappear. My ear 
  shall not become deaf. My head shall not be separated from my neck. My 
  tongue shall not be removed. My hair shall not be cut off. My eyebrows 
  shall not be shaved away, and no evil defect shall assail me. My 
  body shall be stablished. It shall neither become a ruin, nor be 
  destroyed on this earth. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF NOT PERISHING AND OF BEING ALIVE IN KHERT-NETER. 
  The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail ye children of the god Shu. The Tuat 
  hath gained the mastery over his diadem. Among the Hamemet Spirits may 
  I arise, even as did arise Osiris. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF NOT GOING IN TO THE BLOCK OF THE GOD. The Osiris 
  Ani saith:- My head was fastened on my body in heaven, O Guardian of 
  the Earth, by Ra. [This] was granted [to me] on the day of my being 
  stablished, when I rose up out of a state of weakness upon [my] two 
  feet. On the day of cutting off the hair Set and the Company of the 
  Gods fastened my head to my neck, and it became as firm as it was 
  originally. Let nothing happen to shake it off again! Make ye me 
  safe from the murderer of my father. I have tied together the Two 
  Earths. Nut hath fastened together the vertebrae of my neck, and [I] 
  behold them as they were originally, and they are seen in the order 
  wherein they were when as yet Maat was not seen, and when the gods 
  were not born in visible forms. I am Penti. I am the heir of the great 
  gods, I the Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF NOT BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE EAST IN KHERT-NETER. The 
  Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, Phallus of Ra, which advanceth and beateth 
  down opposition. Things which have been without motion for millions of 
  years have come into life through Baba. I am stronger thereby than the 
  strong, and I have more power thereby than the mighty. Now, let me not 
  be carried away in a boat, or be seized violently and taken to the 
  East, to have the festivals of Sebau Devils celebrated on me. Let 
  not deadly wounds be inflicted upon me, and let me not be gored by 
  horns. Thou shalt neither fall [nor] eat fish made by Tebun. 
   
  Now, no evil thing of any kind whatsoever shall be done unto me by 
  the Sebau Devils. [I shall not be gored by] horns. Therefore the 
  Phallus of Ra, [which is] the head of Osiris, shall not be swallowed 
  up. Behold, I shall come into me fields and I shall cut the grain. The 
  gods shall provide me with food. Thou shalt not then be gored, 
  Ra-Khepera. There shall not be then pus in the Eye of Tem, and it 
  shall not be destroyed. Violence shall not be done unto me, and I 
  shall not be carried away in [my] boat to the East to have the 
  festivals of the Sebau Devils celebrated on me in evil fashion. 
  Cruel gashes with knives shall not be inflicted upon me, and I shall 
  not be carried away in [my] boat to the East. I the Osiris, the 
  assessor of the holy offerings of all the gods, Ani, whose word is 
  truth, happily, the lord of fealty [to Osiris]. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEAD OF A MAN BE CUT OFF FROM HIS 
  BODY IN KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani saith:- I am a Great One, the 
  son of a Great One. [I am] Fire, the son of Fire, to whom was given 
  
  his head after it had been cut off. The head of Osiris was not removed 
  from his body, and the head of Osiris Ani shall not be removed from 
  his body. I have knitted myself together, I have made myself whole and 
  complete. I shall renew my youth. I am Osiris Himself, the Lord of 
  Eternity. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE SOUL TO BE JOINED TO ITS BODY IN 
  KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, thou god Aniu! Hail, thou 
  god Pehreri, who dwellest in thy hall, the Great God. Grant thou 
  that my soul may come to me from any place wherein it may be. Even 
  if it would tarry, let my soul be brought unto me from any place 
  wherein it may be. Thou findest the Eye of Horus standing by thee like 
  unto those beings who resemble Osiris, who never lie down in death. 
  Let not the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, lie down dead among those 
  who lie in Anu, the land wherein [souls] are joined to their bodies in 
  thousands. Let me have possession of my Ba-soul and of my Spirit-soul, 
  and let my word be truth with it (the Ba-soul) in every place 
  wherein it may be. Observe then, O ye guardians of Heaven, my soul 
  [wherever it may be]. Even if it would tarry, cause thou my Ba-soul to 
  see my body. Thou shalt find the Eye of Horus standing by thee like 
  [the Watchers]. 
  Hail, ye gods who tow along the boat of the Lord of Millions of 
  Years, who bring it over the sky of the Tuat, who make it to journey 
  over Nent, who make Ba-souls to enter into their Spirit-bodies, 
  whose hands hold the steering poles and guide it straight, who grasp 
  tightly your paddles, destroy ye the Enemy; thus shall the Boat 
  rejoice, and the Great God shall travel on his way in peace. Moreover, 
  grant ye that the Ba-soul of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth 
  before the gods, may come forth with your navel cords in the eastern 
  part of the sky, and that it may follow Ra to the place where he was 
  yesterday, and may set in peace, in peace in Amentet. May it gaze upon 
  its earthly body, may it take up its abode and its Spirit-body, may it 
  neither perish nor be destroyed for ever and for ever. 
   
  RUBRIC: These words shall be said over a model of the Ba-soul made 
  of gold, and inlaid with precious stones, which shall be placed on the 
  breast of the Osiris. 
   
   
  THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE SOUL OF A MAN BE HELD CAPTIVE IN 
  KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, thou who art exalted! 
  Hail, thou who art adored! Hail, Mighty One of Souls, thou divine Soul 
  who inspirest great dread, who dost set the fear of thyself in the 
  gods, who are enthroned upon thy mighty seat. Make thou a path for the 
  Spirit-soul and the Ba-soul of the Osiris Ani. I am equipped with 
  [words of power]. I am a Spirit-soul equipped with [words of power]. I 
  have made my way to the place where are Ra and Hathor. 
   
  RUBRIC: If this Chapter be known by the deceased he shall be able to 
  transform himself into a Spirit-soul who shall be equipped with [his 
  soul and his shadow] in Khert-Neter, and he shall not be shut up 
  inside any door in Amentet, when he is coming forth upon the Earth, or 
  when he is going back into [Khert-Neter.] 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF OPENING THE TOMB TO THE BA-SOUL AND THE SHADOW, AND 
  OF COMING FORTH BY DAY, AND OF HAVING MASTERY OVER THE TWO LEGS. The 
  Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- The place which is 
  closed is opened, the place which is shut (or sealed) is sealed. 
  That which lieth down in the closed place is opened by the Ba-soul 
  which is in it. By the Eye of Horus I am delivered. Ornaments are 
  stablished on the brow of Ra. My stride is made long. I lift up my two 
  thighs [in walking]. I have journeyed over a long road. My limbs are 
  
  in a flourishing condition. I am Horus, the Avenger of his Father, and 
  I bring the Urrt Crown [and set it on] its standard. The road of souls 
  is opened. My twin soul seeth the Great God in the Boat of Ra, on 
  the day of souls. My soul is in the front thereof with the counter 
  of the years. Come, the Eye of Horus hath delivered for me my soul, my 
  ornaments are stablished on the brow of Ra. Light is on the faces of 
  those who are in the members of Osiris. Ye shall not hold captive my 
  soul. Ye shall not keep in durance my shadow. The way is open to my 
  soul and to my shadow. It seeth the Great God in the shrine on the day 
  of counting souls. It repeateth the words of Osiris. Those whose seats 
  are invisible, who fetter the members of Osiris, who fetter 
  Heart-souls and Spirit-souls, who set a seal upon the dead, and who 
  would do evil to me, shall do no evil to me. Haste on the way to me. 
  Thy heart is with thee. My Heart-soul and my Spirit-soul are equipped; 
  they guide thee. I sit down at the head of the great ones who are 
  chiefs of their abodes. The wardens of the members of Osiris shall not 
  hold thee captive, though they keep ward over souls, and set a seal on 
  the shadow which is dead. Heaven shall not shut thee in. 
   
  RUBRIC: If this Chapter be known by the deceased he shall come forth 
  by day, and his soul shall not be kept captive. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Papryus of Nebseni, Sheet 6) 
   
  That which was shut hath been opened [that is] the dead. That 
  which was shut fast hath been opened by the command of the Eye of 
  Horus, which hath delivered me. Established are the beauties on the 
  forehead of Ra. My steps are long. My legs are lifted up. I have 
  performed the journey, my members are mighty and are sound. I am 
  Horus, the Avenger of his Father. I am he who bringeth along his 
  father, and his mother, by means of his staff. The way shall be opened 
  to him that hath power over his feet, and he shall see the Great God 
  in the Boat of Ra, when souls are counted therein at the bows, and 
  when the years also are counted up. Grant that the Eye of Horus, which 
  maketh the adornments of splendour to be firm on the forehead of Ra, 
  may deliver my soul for me, and let darkness cover your faces, O ye 
  who would imprison Osiris. O keep not captive my soul. O keep not ward 
  over my shadow, but let a way be opened for my soul and my shadow, and 
  let them see the Great God in the shrine on the day of the counting of 
  souls, and let them hold converse with Osiris, whose habitations are 
  hidden, and those who guard the members of Osiris, and who keep ward 
  over the Spirit-souls, and who hold captive the shadows of the dead, 
  and who would work evil against me, so that they shall [not] work evil 
  against me. A way shall be for KA with thee, and thy soul shall be 
  prepared by those who keep ward over the members of Osiris, and who 
  hold captive the shadows of the dead. Heaven shall not keep thee fast, 
  the earth shall not hold thee captive. Thou shalt not live with the 
  beings who slay, but thou shalt be master of thy legs, and thou 
  shalt advance to thy body straightway in the earth, [and to] those who 
  belong to the shrine of Osiris and guard his members. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF LIFTING UP THE FEET, AND OF COMING FORTH ON THE 
  EARTH. The Osiris Ani saith:- Perform thy work, O Seker, perform thy 
  work, O Seker, O thou who dwellest in thy circle, and who dwellest 
  in my feet in Khert-Neter. I am he who sendeth forth light over the 
  Thigh of heaven. I come forth in heaven. I sit down by the Light-god 
  (Khu). O I am helpless. O I am helpless. I would walk. I am 
  helpless. I am helpless in the regions of those who plunder in 
  Khert-Neter, I the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in peace. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF FORCING A WAY INTO AMENTET [AND OF COMING FORTH] BY 
  
  DAY. The Osiris Ani saith:- The town of Unu is opened. My head is 
  sealed up, Thoth. Perfect is the Eye of Horus. I have delivered the 
  Eye of Horus which shineth with splendours on the brow of Ra, the 
  Father of the gods, [I am] that self-same Osiris, [the dweller in] 
  Amentet. Osiris knoweth his day, and he knoweth that he shall live 
  through his period of life; I shall have by being with him. I am the 
  Moon-god Aah, the dweller among the gods. I shall not come to an 
  end. Stand up therefore, O Horus, for thou art counted among the gods. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (Naville, op. cit., I, Bl. X) 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF FORCING A WAY INTO THE TUAT. The Am Khent priest 
  Nefer-uben-f, whose word is truth, saith:- Hail, Soul, thou mighty one 
  of terror. Behold, I have come unto thee. I see thee. I have forced 
  a way through the Tuat. I see my father Osiris. I drive away the 
  darkness. I love him. I have come. I see my father Osiris. He hath 
  counted the heart of Set. I have made offerings for my father 
  Osiris. I have opened all the ways in heaven and on earth. I love him. 
  I have come. I have become a Spirit-body and a Spirit-soul, who is 
  equipped. Hail, every god and every Spirit-soul, I have made the ways. 
  I am Thoth.... 
   
   
  ANOTHER CHAPTER OF THE TUAT AND OF COMING FORTH BY DAY. 
   
  Open is the land of Unu. Shut is the head of Thoth. Perfect is the 
  Eye of Horus. I have delivered the Eye of Horus, the shining one, 
  the ornament of the Eye of Ra, the Father of the Gods. I am that 
  same Osiris who dwelleth in Amentet. Osiris knoweth his day, which 
  cometh to an end. I am Set, the Father of the Gods. I shall never come 
  to an end. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AND OF LIVING AFTER DEATH. The 
  Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, thou One, who shinest from the moon. Hail, 
  thou One, who shinest from the moon. Grant that this Osiris Ani may 
  come forth among thy multitudes who are at the portal. Let him be with 
  the Light-God. Let the Tuat be opened to him. Behold, the Osiris Ani 
  shall come forth by day to perform everything which he wisheth upon 
  the earth among those who are living [thereon]. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 13) 
   
  Hail, thou god Tem, who comest forth from the Great Deep, who 
  shinest gloriously under the form of the twin Lion-gods, send forth 
  with might thy words unto those who are in thy presence, and let the 
  Osiris Nu enter into their assembly. He hath performed the decree 
  which hath been spoken to the mariners at eventide, and the Osiris Nu, 
  whose word is truth, shall live after his death, even as doth Ra every 
  day. Behold, most certainly Ra was born yesterday, and the Osiris Nu 
  was born yesterday. And every god shall rejoice in the life of the 
  Osiris Nu, even as they rejoice in the life of Ptah, when he appeareth 
  from the Great House of the Aged One which is in Anu. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AFTER FORCING AN ENTRANCE THROUGH 
  THE AAMHET. The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, Soul, thou mighty one of 
  terror! Verily, I am here. I have come. I behold thee. I have passed 
  through the Tuat. I have seen Father Osiris. I have scattered the 
  gloom of night. I am his beloved one. I have come, I have seen my 
  Father Osiris. I have stabbed the heart of Suti. I have made offerings 
  to my Father Osiris. I have opened every way in heaven and on the 
  
  earth. I am the son who loveth his Fathers (sic) Osiris. I am a 
  Spirit-body. I am a Spirit-soul. I am equipped. Hail, every god and 
  every Spirit-soul. I have made the way [to Osiris]. I the Osiris the 
  scribe Ani, whose word is truth. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF MAKING A MAN TO RETURN TO LOOK UPON HIS HOUSE ON 
  EARTH. The Osiris Ani saith:- I am the Lion-god who cometh forth 
  with long strides. I have shot arrows, and I have wounded my prey. I 
  have shot arrows, and I have wounded my prey. I am the Eye of Horus, I 
  traverse the Eye of Horus at this season. I have arrived at the 
  domains. Grant that the Osiris Ani may come in peace. 
   
  ANOTHER CHAPTER OF THE COMING FORTH OF A MAN BY DAY AGAINST HIS 
  ENEMIES IN KHERT-NETER. [The Osiris Ani saith:-] I have divided the 
  heavens. I have cleft the horizon. I have traversed the earth 
  [following in] his footsteps. I have conquered the mighty Spirit-souls 
  because I am equipped for millions of years with words of power. I eat 
  with my mouth. I evacuate with my body. Behold, I am the God of the 
  Tuat! Let these things be given unto me, the Osiris Ani, in perpetuity 
  withou fail or diminution. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 21) 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH AGAINST ENEMIES IN KHERT-NETER. The 
  Osiris Nu saith:- Hail, Am-a-f (Eater of his arm), I have passed 
  over the road. I am Ra. I have come forth from the horizon against 
  my enemies. I have not permitted him to escape from me. I have 
  stretched out my hand like that of the Lord of the Urrt Crown. I 
  have lifted up my feet even as the Uraei-goddesses lift themselves up. 
  I have not permitted the enemy [to be saved] from me. As for mine 
  enemy, he hath been given to me, and he shall not be delivered from 
  me. I stand up like Horus. I sit down like Ptah. I am strong like 
  Thoth. I am mighty like Tem. I walk with my legs. I speak with my 
  mouth. I chase my enemy. He hath been given unto me, and he shall 
  not be delivered from me. 
   
  A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA WHEN HE RISETH UPON THE HORIZON, AND WHEN 
  HE SETTETH IN THE LAND OF LIFE. Osiris the scribe Ani saith:- Homage 
  to thee, O Ra, when thou risest as Tem-Heru-Khuti. Thou art to be 
  adored. Thy beauties are before mine eyes, [thy] radiance is upon my 
  body. Thou goest forth to thy setting in the Sektet Boat with [fair] 
  winds, and thy heart is glad; the heart of the Matet Boat rejoiceth. 
  Thou stridest over the heavens in peace, and all thy foes are cast 
  down; the stars which never rest sing hymns of praise unto thee, and 
  the stars which are imperishable glorify thee as thou sinkest to 
  rest in the horizon of Manu, O thou who art beautiful at morn and at 
  eve, O thou lord who livest, and art established, O my Lord! 
  Homage to thee, O thou who art Ra when thou risest, and who art 
  Tem when thou settest in beauty. Thou risest and thou shinest on the 
  back of thy mother [Nut], O thou who art crowned the king of the gods! 
  Nut welcometh thee, and payeth homage unto thee, and Maat, the 
  everlasting and never-changing goddess, embraceth thee at noon and 
  at eve. Thou stridest over the heavens, being glad at heart, and the 
  Lake of Testes is content. The Sebau-fiend hath fallen to the 
  ground, his fore-legs and his hind-legs have been hacked off him, 
  and the knife hath severed the joints of his back. Ra hath a fair 
  wind, and the Sektet Boat setteth out on its journey, and saileth on 
  until it cometh into port. The gods of the South, the gods of the 
  North, the gods of the West, and the gods of the East praise thee, O 
  thou Divine Substance, from whom all living things came into being. 
  Thou didst send forth the word when the earth was submerged with 
  
  silence, O thou Only One, who didst dwell in heaven before ever the 
  earth and the mountains came into being. Hail, thou Runner, Lord, Only 
  One, thou maker of the things that are, thou hast fashioned the tongue 
  of the Company of the Gods, thou hast produced whatsoever cometh forth 
  from the waters, thou springest up out of them above the submerged 
  land of the Lake of Horus. Let me breathe the air which cometh forth 
  from thy nostrils, and the north wind which cometh forth from thy 
  mother Nut. Make thou my Spirit-soul to be glorious, O Osiris, make 
  thou my Heart-soul to be divine. Thou art worshipped as thou 
  settest, O Lord of the gods, thou art exalted by reason of thy 
  wondrous works. Shine thou with the rays of light upon my body day 
  by day, upon me, Osiris the scribe, the assessor of the divine 
  offerings of all the gods, the overseer of the granary of the Lords of 
  Abydos, the real royal scribe who loveth thee, Ani, whose word is 
  truth, in peace. 
  Praise be unto thee, O Osiris, the Lord of Eternity, Un-Nefer, 
  Heru-Khuti (Harmakhis), whose forms are manifold, whose attributes are 
  majestic [Praise be unto thee], O thou who art Ptah-Seker-Tem in 
  Anu, thou Lord of the hidden shrine, thou Creator of the House of 
  the KA of Ptah (Het-ka-Ptah) and of the gods [therein], thou Guide 
  of the Tuat, who art glorified when thou settest in Nu (the Sky). Isis 
  embraceth thee in peace, and she driveth away the fiends from the 
  entrances of thy paths. Thou turnest thy face towards Amentet, and 
  thou makest the earth to shine as with refined copper. Those who 
  have lain down in death rise up to see thee, they breathe the air, and 
  they look upon thy face when the disk riseth on the horizon. Their 
  hearts are at peace since they behold thee, o thou who art Eternity 
  and Everlastingness. 
  THE SOLAR LITANY 
   
  Homage to you, O ye gods of the Dekans in Anu, and to you, O ye 
  Hememet-spirits in Kher Aha, and to thee, O Unti, who art the most 
  glorious of all the gods who are hidden in Anu, 
  O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may pass in peace, for I 
  am just and true; I have not spoken falsehood wittingly, nor have I 
  done aught with deceit. 
   
  Homage to thee, O An in Antes, Heru-khuti, who dost with long 
  strides march across the heavens, 
  O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may pass in peace, for I 
  am just and true; I have not spoken falsehood wittingly, nor have I 
  done aught with deceit. 
   
  Homage to thee, O Everlasting Soul, thou Soul who dwellest in 
  Tetu, Un-Nefer, the son of Nut, who art the Lord of Akert, 
  O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may pass in peace, for I 
  am just and true; I have not spoken falsehood wittingly, nor have done 
  aught with deceit. 
   
  Homage to thee in thy dominion over Tetu, upon whose brow the Urrt 
  Crown is established, thou One who createst the strength to protect 
  thyself, and who dwellest in peace, 
  O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may pass in peace, for I 
  am just and true; I have not spoken falsehood wittingly, nor have I 
  done aught with deceit. 
   
  Homage to thee, O Lord of the Acacia Tree, whose Seker Boat is set 
  upon its sledge, who turnest back the Fiend, the Evildoer, and dost 
  cause the Eye of Ra (utchat) to rest upon its seat, 
  O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may pass in peace, for I 
  am just and true; I have not spoken falsehood wittingly, nor have I 
  done aught with deceit. 
  
   
  Homage to thee, O thou who art mighty in thine hour, thou great 
  and mighty Prince who dost dwell in Anrutef, thou Lord of Eternity and 
  Creator of the Everlastingness, thou Lord of Hensu, 
  O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may pass in peace, for I 
  am just and true; I have not spoken falsehood wittingly, nor have I 
  done aught with deceit. 
   
  Homage to thee, O thou who restest upon Truth, thou Lord of Abtu, 
  whose limbs form the substance of Ta-tchesert, unto whom fraud and 
  deceit are abominations, 
  O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may pass in peace, for I 
  am just and true; I have not spoken falsehood wittingly, nor have I 
  done aught with deceit. 
   
  Homage to thee, O thou who dwellest in thy boat, who dost bring Hapi 
  (the Nile) forth from his cavern, whose body is the light, and who 
  dwellest in Nekhen, 
  O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may pass in peace, for I 
  am just and true; I have not spoken falsehood wittingly, nor have I 
  done aught with deceit. 
   
  Homage to thee, O thou Creator of the gods, thou King of the South 
  and North, Osiris, whose word is truth, who rulest the world by thy 
  gracious goodness, thou Lord of the Atebui, 
  O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may pass in peace, for I 
  am just and true; I have not spoken falsehood wittingly, nor have I 
  done aught with deceit. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Saite Recension, ed. Lepsius, Bl. V) 
   
  Homage to thee, O thou who comest as Tem, who didst come into 
  being to create the Company of the Gods. 
  Homage to thee, O thou who comest as the Soul of Souls, the Holy One 
  in Amentet. 
  Homage to thee, O President of the Gods, who illuminest the Tuat 
  with thy beauties. 
  Homage to thee, O thou who comest as the Light-god, who travellest 
  in thy Disk. 
  Homage to thee, O thou greatest of all gods, who are crowned King in 
  heaven, Governor in the Tuat. 
  Homage to thee, O thou who makest a way through the Tuat, who dost 
  lead the way through all doors. 
  Homage to thee, O thou who art among the gods, who dost weigh 
  words in Khert-Neter. 
  Homage to thee, O thou who dwellest in thy secret places, who dost 
  fashion the Tuat with thy might. 
  Homage to thee, O great one, O mighty one, thine enemies have fallen 
  in places where they were smitten. 
  Homage to thee, O thou who hast hacked the Sebau-fiends in pieces, 
  and hast annihilated Aapep. 
  Grant thou the sweet breeze of the north wind to the Osiris 
  Auf-ankh, whose word is truth. 
   
  A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA WHEN HE RISETH IN THE EASTERN PART OF HEAVEN. 
  Those who are in his following rejoice, and the Osiris, the scribe 
  Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- Hail, thou Disk, thou lord of 
  rays, who risest on the horizon day by day. Shine thou with thy 
  beams of light upon the face of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, 
  for he singeth hymns of praise to thee at dawn, and he maketh thee 
  to sit at eventide [with words of adoration]. May the soul of the 
  
  Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, come forth with thee into heaven! May 
  he set out with thee in the Matet Boat [in the morning], may he come 
  into port in the Sektet Boat [in the evening], and may he cleave his 
  path among the stars of heaven which never rest. 
  The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, being at peace [with his 
  god], maketh adoration to his Lord, the Lord of Eternity, and 
  saith:- Homage to thee, O Heru-khuti, who art the god Khepera, the 
  self-created. When thou risest on the horizon and sheddest thy beams 
  of light upon the Lands of the South and of the North, thou art 
  beautiful, yea beautiful, and all the gods rejoice when they behold 
  thee, the king of heaven. The goddess, the Lady of the Hour, is 
  stablished upon thy head, her Uraei of the South and of the North 
  are upon thy brow, and she taketh up her place before thee. The god 
  Thoth is stablished in the bows of thy boat to destroy utterly all thy 
  foes. Those who dwell in the Tuat come forth to meet thee, and they 
  bow to the earth in homage as they come towards thee, to look upon thy 
  beautiful Form. And I, Ani, have come into thy presence, so that I may 
  be with thee, and may behold thy Disk every day. Let me not be kept 
  captive [by the tomb], and let me not be turned back [on my way]. 
  Let the members of my body be made new again when I contemplate thy 
  beauties, even as are the members of all thy favoured ones, because 
  I am one of those who worshipped thee upon earth. Let me arrive in the 
  Land of Eternity, let me enter into the Land of Everlastingness. This, 
  O my Lord, behold thou shalt ordain for me. 
  AND MOREOVER, THE OSIRIS ANI, WHOSE WORD IS TRUTH, IN PEACE, THE 
  TRUTH-SPEAKER, SAITH:- Homage to thee, O thou who risest on thy 
  horizon in the form of Ra, who restest upon Law, [which can neither be 
  changed nor altered]. Thou passest over the sky, and every face, 
  watcheth thee and thy course, for thou thyself art hidden from their 
  gaze. Thou dost show thyself [to them] at dawn and at eventide each 
  day. The Sektet Boat, wherein Thy Majesty dwelleth, setteth forth on 
  its journey with vigour. Thy beams [fall] upon all faces, thy light 
  with its manifold colours is incomprehensible [to man], and thy 
  brilliant rays cannot be reported. The Lands of the Gods see thee, 
  they could write [concerning thee]; the Deserts of Punt could count 
  thee. Thy creation is hidden. It is one by the opening of thy mouth. 
  Thy form is the head of Nu. May he (Ani) advance, even as thou dost 
  advance, without cessation, even as Thy Majesty [ceaseth not to 
  advance] even for a moment. With great strides thou dost in one little 
  moment pass over limitless distances which would need millions and 
  hundreds of thousands of years [for a man to pass over; this] thou 
  doest, and then thou sinkest to rest. Thou bringest to an end the 
  hours of the night, even as thou stridest over them. Thou bringest 
  them to an end by thine own ordinance, and dawn cometh on the earth. 
  Thou settest thyself before thy handiwork in the form of Ra, and 
  thou rollest up on the horizon....... Thou sendest forth light when 
  thy form raiseth itself up, thou ordainest the increase of thy 
  splendours. Thou mouldest thy limbs as thou advancest, thou bringest 
  them forth, thou who wast never brought forth, in the form of Ra, 
  who rolleth up into the height of heaven. Grant thou that I may 
  reach the heaven of eternity, and the region where thy favoured ones 
  dwell. May I unite with those holy and perfect Spirit-souls of 
  Khert-Neter. May I come forth with them to behold thy beauties as thou 
  rollest on at eventide, as thou journeyest to thy mother Nut (the 
  Night-sky), and dost place thyself at the right hand (in the West). My 
  two hands are raised to thee in praise and thanksgiving when thou 
  settest in life. Behold, thou art the Creator of Eternity, who art 
  adored when thou settest in Nu. I have set thee in my heart, without 
  wavering, O thou who art more divine than the gods. 
  The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- Praise and thanksgiving 
  be unto thee, O thou who rollest on like unto gold, thou Illuminer 
  of the Two Lands on the day of thy birth. Thy mother brought thee 
  
  forth on her hand, and thou didst light up with splendour the circle 
  which is travelled over by the Disk. O Great Light who rollest 
  across Nu, thou dost raise up the generations of men from the deep 
  source of thy waters, and dost make to keep festivals all districts 
  and cities, and all habitations. Thou protectest [them] with thy 
  beauties. Thy KA riseth up with the celestial food hu and tchefau. O 
  thou mightily victorious one, thou Power of Powers, who makest 
  strong thy throne against the sinful ones, whose risings on thy throne 
  in the Sektet Boat are mighty, whose strength is widespread in the 
  Atett Boat, make thou the Osiris Ani to be glorious by virtue of his 
  word, which is truth, in Khert-Neter. Grant thou that he may be in 
  Amentet free from evil, and let [his] offences be [set] behind thee. 
  Grant thou that he may [live there] a devoted slave of the 
  Spirit-souls. Let him mingle among the Heart-souls who live in 
  Ta-tchesert (the Holy Land). Let him travel about in the Sekhet-Aaru 
  (the Elysian Fields), conformably to [thy] decree with joy of heart- 
  him the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth. 
  [And the god maketh answer]:--Thou shalt come forth into heaven, 
  thou shalt sail over the sky, and thou shalt hold loving intercourse 
  with the Star-gods. Praises shall be made to thee in the Boat. Thy 
  name shall be proclaimed in the Atett Boat. Thou shalt look upon Ra 
  within his shrine. Thou shalt make the Disk to set [with prayer] every 
  day. Thou shalt see the Ant Fish in his transformations in the 
  depths of the waters of turquoise. Thou shalt see the Abtu Fish in his 
  time. It shall be that the Evil One shall fall when he deviseth a plan 
  to destroy thee, and the joints of his neck and back shall be hacked 
  asunder. Ra saileth with a fair wind, and the Sektet Boat 
  progresseth and cometh into port. The mariners of Ra rejoice, and 
  the heart of the Lady of the Hour is glad, for the enemy of her Lord 
  hath been cast to the ground. Thou shalt behold Horus standing on 
  the pilot's place in the Boat, and Thoth and Maat shall stand one on 
  each side of him. All the gods shall rejoice when they behold Ra 
  coming in peace to make the hearts of the Spirit-souls to live, and 
  the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, the assessor of the holy 
  offerings of the Lords of Thebes, shall be with them! 
  THE CHAPTER OF THE NEW MOON 
   
  THE FOLLOWING IS TO BE RECITED ON THE DAY OF THE MONTH (NEW MOON 
  DAY). The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, in peace, 
  whose word is truth, saith:- Ra ascendeth his throne on his horizon, 
  and the Company of his Gods follow in his train. The God cometh 
  forth from his hidden place, [and] tchefau food falleth from the 
  eastern horizon of heaven at the word of Nut. They (the gods) 
  rejoice over the paths of Ra, the Great Ancestor [as] he journeyeth 
  round about. Therefore art thou exalted, O Ra, the dweller in thy 
  Shrine. Thou swallowest the winds, thou drawest into thyself the north 
  wind, thou eatest up the flesh of thy seat on the day when thou 
  breathest truth. Thou dividest [it among] the gods who are [thy] 
  followers. [Thy] Boat saileth on travelling among the Great Gods at 
  thy word. Thou countest thy bones, thou gatherest together thy 
  members, thou settest thy face towards Beautiful Amentet, and thou 
  comest there, being made new every day. Behold, thou art that Image of 
  Gold, thou hast the unitings of the disks of the sky, thou hast 
  quakings, thou goest round about, and art made new each day. Hail! 
  There is rejoicing in the horizon! The gods who dwell in the sky 
  descend the ropes [of thy Boat] when they see the Osiris Ani, whose 
  word is truth, they ascribe praise unto him as unto Ra. The Osiris Ani 
  is a Great Chief. [He] seeketh the Urrt Crown. His provisions are 
  apportioned to him- the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth. [His] fate is 
  strong from the exalted body of the Aamu gods, who are in the presence 
  of Ra. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is strong on the earth and 
  in Khert-Neter. O Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, wake up, and be 
  
  strong like unto Ra every day. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, 
  shall not tarry, he shall not remain motionless in this land for ever. 
  Right well shall he see with his two eyes, right well shall he hear 
  with his two ears, the things which are true, the things which are 
  true. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is in Anu, the Osiris 
  Ani, whose word is truth, is as Ra, and he is exalted by reason of 
  [his] oars among the Followers of Nu. The Osiris Ani, whose word is 
  truth, cannot tell what he hath seen [or] narrate [what he hath heard] 
  in the House of the God of Mysteries. Hail! Let there be shouts of 
  acclamation of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, the divine body of 
  Ra in the Boat of Nu, who beareth propitiatory offerings for the KA of 
  the god of that which he loveth. The Osiris Ani, whose word is 
  truth, in peace, whose word is truth, is like Horus, the mighty one of 
  transformations. 
   
  RUBRIC: This Chapter is to be recited over a boat seven cubits long, 
  made of green stone of the Tchatchau. Make a heaven of stars, and 
  purify it and cleanse it with natron and incense. Make then a figure 
  of Ra upon a tablet of new stone in paint, and set it in the bows of 
  the boat. Then make a figure of the deceased whom thou wilt make 
  perfect, [and place it] in the boat. Make it to sail in the Boat of 
  Ra, and Ra himself shall look upon it. Do not these things in the 
  presence of any one except thyself, or thy father, or thy son. Then 
  let them keep guard over their faces, and they shall see the 
  deceased in Khert-Neter in the form of a messenger of Ra. 
   
  A HYMN TO RA [WHICH IS TO BE SUNG] ON THE DAY OF THE MONTH (THE 
  DAY OF THE NEW MOON) [WHEN] THE BOAT OF RA SAILETH. [The Osiris the 
  scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:-] Homage to thee, O thou who 
  dwellest in thy Boat. Thou rollest on, thou rollest on, thou sendest 
  forth light, thou sendest forth light. Thou decreest rejoicing for 
  [every] man for millions of years unto those who love him. Thou givest 
  [thy] face to the Hememet spirits, thou god Khepera who dwellest in 
  thy Boat. Thou hast overthrown the Fiend Aapep. O ye Sons of Keb, 
  overthrow ye the enemies of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, and 
  the fiends of destruction who would destroy the Boat of Ra. Horus hath 
  cut off your heads in heaven. Ye who were in the forms of geese, 
  your navel strings are on the earth. The animals are set upon the 
  earth..... in the form of fish. Every male fiend and every female 
  fiend shall be destroyed by the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth. 
  Whether the fiends descend from out of heaven, or whether they come 
  forth from the earth, or whether they advance on the waters, or 
  whether they come from among the Star-gods, Thoth, [the son of 
  Aner], coming forth from Anerti shall hack them to pieces. And the 
  Osiris Ani shall make them silent and dumb. And behold ye, this god, 
  the mighty one of slaughters, the terror of whom is most great, 
  shall wash himself clean in your blood, and he shall bathe in your 
  gore, and ye shall be destroyed by the Osiris Ani in the Boat of his 
  Lord Ra-Horus. The heart of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, shall 
  live. His mother Isis giveth birth to him, and Nephthys nurseth him, 
  just as Isis gave birth to Horus, and Nephthys nursed him. [He] 
  shall repulse the Smait fiends of Suti. They shall see the Urrt 
  Crown stablished upon his head, and they shall fall down upon their 
  faces [and worship him]. Behold, O ye Spirit-souls, and men, and gods, 
  and ye dead, when ye see the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in the 
  form of Horus, and the favoured one of the Urrt Crown, fall ye down 
  upon your faces. The word of the Osiris Ani is truth before his 
  enemies in heaven above, and on earth beneath, and before the 
  Tchatchau Chiefs of every god and of every goddess. 
   
  RUBRIC: This Chapter shall be recited over a large hawk standing 
  upright with the White Crown upon his head, [and over figures of] Tem, 
  
  Shu, Tefnut, Keb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, [Suti] and Nephthys. And they 
  shall be painted in colour upon a new tablet, which shall be placed in 
  a boat, together with a figure of the deceased. Anoint them with heken 
  oil, and offer unto them burning incense, and geese, and joints of 
  meat roasted. It is an act of praise to Ra as he journeyeth in his 
  boat, and it will make a man to have his being with Ra, and to 
  travel with him wheresoever he goeth, and it will most certainly cause 
  the enemies of Ra to be slain. And the Chapter of travelling shall 
  be recited on the sixth day of the festival. 
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  APPENDIX 
  (From the Turin Papyrus) 
   
  ANOTHER CHAPTER WHICH IS TO BE RECITED WHEN THE MOON RENEWETH ITSELF 
  ON THE DAY OF THE MONTH [WHEREON IT DOETH THIS]. Osiris unfettereth 
  the storm-cloud in the body of heaven, and is unfettered himself; 
  Horus is made strong happily each day. He whose transformations are 
  many hath had offerings made unto him at the moment, and he hath 
  made an end of the storm which is in the face of the Osiris, Auf-ankh, 
  whose word is truth. Verily, he cometh, and he is Ra in journeying, 
  and he is the four celestial gods in the heavens above. The Osiris 
  Auf-ankh, whose word is truth, cometh forth in his day, and he 
  embarketh among the tackle of the boat. 
   
  RUBRIC: If this Chapter be known by the deceased he shall become a 
  perfect Spirit-soul in Khert-Neter, and he shall not die a second 
  time, and he shall eat his food side by side with Osiris. If this 
  Chapter be known by the deceased upon earth, he shall become like unto 
  Thoth, and he shall be adored by those who live. He shall not fall 
  headlong at the moment of the intensity of the royal flame of the 
  goddess Bast, and the Great Prince shall make him to advance happily. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF ADVANCING TO THE TCHATCHAU CHIEFS OF OSIRIS. The 
  Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I have built a house for my 
  Ba-soul in the sanctuary in Tetu. I sow seed in the town of Pe (Buto). 
  I have ploughed the fields with my labourers. My palm tree [standeth 
  upright and is] like Menu upon it. I abominate abominable things. I 
  will not eat the things which are abominations unto me. What I 
  abominate is filth: I will not eat it. I shall not be destroyed by the 
  offerings of propitiation and the sepulchral meals. I will not 
  approach filth [to touch it] with my hands, I will not tread upon it 
  with my sandals. For my bread shall be made of the white barley, and 
  my ale shall be made from the red grain of the god Hapi (the 
  Nile-god), which the Sektet Boat and the Atett Boat shall bring 
  [unto me], and I will eat my food under the leaves of the trees 
  whose beautiful arms I myself do know. O what splendour shall the 
  White Crown make for me which shall be lifted up on me by the 
  Uraei-goddesses! O Doorkeeper of Sehetep-taui, bring thou to me that 
  wherewith the cakes of propitiation are made. Grant thou to me that 
  I may lift up the earth. May the Spirit-souls open to me [their] arms, 
  and let the Company of the Gods hold their peace whilst the Hememet 
  spirits hold converse with the Osiris Ani. May the hearts of the 
  gods lead him in his exalted state into heaven among the gods who 
  appear in visible forms. If any god, or any goddess, attack the Osiris 
  Ani, whose word is truth, when he setteth out, the Ancestor of the 
  year who liveth upon hearts [Osiris] shall eat him when he cometh 
  forth from Abydos, and the Ancestors of Ra shall reckon with him, 
  and the Ancestors of Light shall reckon with him. [He is] a god of 
  splendour [arrayed in] the apparel of heaven, and he is among the 
  Great Gods. Now the subsistence of the Osiris Ani, whose word is 
  truth, is among the cakes and the ale which are made for your 
  mouths. I enter in by the Disk, I come forth by the god Ahui. I 
  
  shall hold converse with the Followers of the Gods. I shall hold 
  converse with the Disk. I shall hold converse with the 
  Hememet-spirits. He shall set the terror of me in the thick 
  darkness, in the inside of the goddess Mehurt, by the side of his 
  forehead. Behold, I shall be with Osiris, and my perfection shall be 
  his perfection among the Great Gods. I shall speak unto him with the 
  words of men, I shall listen, and he shall repeat to me the words of 
  the gods. I, the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in peace, have 
  come equipped. Thou makest to approach [thee] those who love thee. I 
  am a Spirit-soul who is better equipped than any [other] Spirit-soul. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A SWALLOW. The 
  Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am a swallow, [I am] a 
  swallow. [I am] that Scorpion, the daughter of Ra. Hail, O ye gods 
  whose odour is sweet. Hail, O ye gods whose odour is sweet. Hail, 
  Flame, who comest forth from the horizon. Hail, thou who art in the 
  city. I have brought the Warder of his corner there. Give me thy two 
  hands, and let me pass my time in the Island of Flame. I have advanced 
  with a message, I have come having the report thereof [to make]. 
  Open to me. How shall I tell that which I have seen there? I am like 
  Horus, the governor of the Boat, when the throne of his father was 
  given unto him, and when Set, that son of Nut, was [lying] under the 
  fetters which he had made for Osiris. He who is in Sekhem hath 
  inspected me. I stretch out my arms over Osiris. I have advanced for 
  the examination, I have come to speak there. Let me pass on and 
  deliver my message. I am he who goeth in, [I am] judged, [I] come 
  forth magnified at the Gate of Nebertcher. I am purified at the 
  Great Uart. I have done away my wickednesses. I have put away 
  utterly my offences. I have put away utterly all the taints of evil 
  which appertained to me [upon the earth]. I have purified myself, I 
  have made myself to be like a god. Hail, O ye Doorkeepers, I have 
  completed my journey. I am like unto you. I have come forth by day. 
  I have advanced on my legs. I have gained the master over [my] 
  footsteps. [Hail, ye] Spirit-souls! I, even I, do know the hidden 
  roads and the Gates of Sekhet Aaru. I live there. Verily, I, even I, 
  have come, I have overthrown my enemies upon the earth, although my 
  body lieth a mummy in the tomb. 
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  APPENDIX 
   
  RUBRIC: (Naville, op. cit., II, Bl. 202) 
  If this Chapter be known by the deceased, he shall enter in after he 
  hath come forth by day. 
   
  RUBRIC: (Saite Recension) 
  If this Chapter be known by the deceased, he shall come forth by day 
  from Khert-Neter, and he shall go [again] after he hath come forth. If 
  this Chapter be not known [by the deceased], he shall not go in 
  again after he hath come forth [and he] shall not know [how] to come 
  forth by day. 
   
  [THE CHAPTER] OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A HAWK OF GOLD. 
  The Osiris Ani saith:- I have risen up out of the seshett chamber, 
  like the golden hawk which cometh forth from his egg. I fly, I 
  alight like a hawk with a back of seven cubits, and the wings of which 
  are like unto the mother-of-emerald of the South. I have come forth 
  from the Sektet Boat, and my heart hath been brought unto me from 
  the mountain of the East. I have alighted on the Atet Boat, and 
  there have been brought unto me those who dwelt in their substance, 
  and they bowed in homage before me. I have risen, I have gathered 
  myself together like a beautiful golden hawk, with the head of the 
  Benu, and Ra hath entered in [to hear my speech]. I have taken my seat 
  
  among the great gods, [the children of] Nut. I have settled myself, 
  the Sekhet-hetepet (the Field of Offerings) is before me. I eat 
  therein, I become a Spirit-soul therein, I am supplied with food in 
  abundance therein, as much as I desire. The Grain-god (Nepra) hath 
  given unto me food for my throat, and I am master over myself and over 
  the attributes of my head. 
   
  [THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A DIVINE HAWK. The 
  Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, thou Great God, come thou to Tetu. Make 
  thou ready for me the ways, and let me go round [to visit] my thrones. 
  I have laboured. I have made myself perfect. O grant thou that I may 
  be held in fear. Create thou awe of me. Let the gods of the Tuat be 
  afraid of me, and let them fight for me in their halls. Permit not 
  thou to come nigh unto me him that would attack me, or would injure me 
  in the House of Darkness. Cover over the helpless one, hide him. Let 
  do likewise the gods who hearken unto the word [of truth], the Khepriu 
  gods who are in the following of Osiris. Hold ye your peace then, O ye 
  gods, whilst the God holdeth speech with me, he who listeneth to the 
  truth. I speak unto him my words. Osiris, grant thou that that which 
  cometh forth from thy mouth may circulate to me. Let me see thine 
  own Form. Let thy Souls envelop me. Grant thou that I may come 
  forth, and that I may be master of my legs, and let me live there like 
  Nebertcher upon his throne. Let the gods of the Tuat hold me in 
  fear, and let them fight for me in their halls. Grant thou that I 
  may move forward with him and with the Ariu gods, and let me be firmly 
  stablished on my pedestal like the Lord of Life. Let me be in the 
  company of Isis, the goddess, and let [the gods] keep me safe from him 
  that would do an injury unto me. Let none come to see the helpless 
  one. May I advance, and may I come to the Henti boundaries of the sky. 
  Let me address words to Keb, and let me make supplicaion to the god Hu 
  with Nebertcher. Let the gods of the Tuat be afraid of me, and let 
  them fight for me in their halls. Let them see that thou hast provided 
  me with food for the festival. I am one of those Spirit-souls who 
  dwell in the Light-god. I have made my form in his Form, when he 
  cometh to Tetu. I am a Spirit-body among his Spirit-bodies; he shall 
  speak unto thee the things [which concern] me. Would that he would 
  cause me to be held in fear! Would that he would create [in them] 
  awe of me! Let the gods of the Tuat be afraid of me, and let them 
  fight for me [in their halls]. I, even I, am a Spirit-soul, a 
  dweller in the Light-god, whose form hath been created in divine 
  flesh. I am one of those Spirit-souls who dwell in the Light-god, 
  who were created by Tem himself, and who exist in the blossoms of 
  his Eye. He hath made to exist, he hath made glorious, and he hath 
  magnified their faces during their existence with him. Behold, he is 
  Alone in Nu. They acclaim him when he cometh forth from the horizon, 
  and the gods and the Spirit-souls who have come into being with him 
  ascribe fear unto him. 
  I am one of the worms which have been created by the Eye of the Lord 
  One. And behold, when as yet Isis had not given birth to Horus, I 
  was flourishing, and I had waxed old, and had become pre-eminent among 
  the Spirit-souls who had come into being with him. I rose up like a 
  divine hawk, and Horus endowed me with a Spirit-body with his soul, so 
  that [I] might take possession of the property of Osiris in the 
  Tuat. He shall say to the twin Lion-gods for me, the Chief of the 
  House of the Nemes Crown, the Dweller in his cavern: Get thee back 
  to the heights of heaven, for behold, inasmuch as thou art a 
  Spirit-body with the creations of Horus, the Nemes Crown shall not 
  be to thee: [but] thou shalt have speech even to the uttermost 
  limits of the heavens. I, the warder, took possession of the 
  property of Horus [which belonged] to Osiris in the Tuat, and Horus 
  repeated to me what his father Osiris had said unto him in the years 
  [past], on the days of his burial. Give thou to me the Nemes Crown, 
  
  say the twin Lion-gods for me. Advance thou, come along the road of 
  heaven, and look upon those who dwell in the uttermost limits of the 
  horizon. The gods of the Tuat shall hold thee in fear, and they 
  shall fight for thee in their halls. The god Auhet belongeth to 
  them. All the gods who guard the shrine of the Lord One are smitten 
  with terror at [my] words. 
  Hail, saith the god who is exalted upon his coffer to me! He hath 
  bound on the Nemes Crown, [by] the decree of the twin Lion-gods. The 
  god Aahet hath made a way for me. I am exalted [on the coffer], the 
  twin Lion-gods have bound the Nemes Crown on me and my two locks of 
  hair are given unto me. He hath stablished for me my heart by his 
  own flesh, and by his great, two-fold strength, and I shall not fall 
  headlong before Shu. I am Hetep, the Lord of the two Uraei-goddesses 
  who are to be adored. I know the Light-god, his winds are in my 
  body. The Bull which striketh terror [into souls] shall not repulse 
  me. I come daily into the House of the twin Lion-gods. I come forth 
  therefrom into the House of Isis. I look upon the holy things which 
  are hidden. I see the being who is therein. I speak to the great 
  ones of Shu, they repulse him that is wrathful in his hour. I am Horus 
  who dwelleth in his divine Light. I am master of his crown. I am 
  master of his radiance. I advance towards the Henti boundaries of 
  heaven. Horus is upon his seat. Horus is upon his thrones. My face 
  is like that of a divine hawk. I am one who is equipped [like] his 
  lord. I shall come forth to Tetu. I shall see Osiris. I shall live 
  in his actual presence.... Nut. They shall see me. I shall see the 
  gods [and] the Eye of Horus burning with fire before my eyes. They 
  shall reach out their hands to me. I shall stand up. I shall be master 
  of him that would subject me to restraint. They shall open the holy 
  paths to me, they shall see my form, they shall listen to my words. 
  [Homage] to you, O ye gods of the Tuat, whose faces are turned back, 
  whose powers advance, conduct ye me to the Star-gods which never rest. 
  Prepare ye for me the holy ways to the Hemat house, and to your god, 
  the Soul, who is the mighty one of terror. Horus hath commanded me 
  to lift up your faces; do ye look upon me. I have risen up like a 
  divine hawk. Horus hath made me to be a Spirit-body by means of his 
  Soul, and to take possession of the things of Osiris in the Tuat. Make 
  ye for me a path. I have travelled and I have arrived at those who are 
  chiefs of their caverns, and who are guardians of the House of Osiris. 
  I speak unto them his mighty deeds. I made them to know concerning his 
  victories. He is ready [to butt with his] two horns at Set. They 
  know him who hath taken possession of the god Hu, and who hath taken 
  possession of the Powers of Tem. 
  Travel thou on thy way safely, cry out the gods of the Tuat to me. O 
  ye who make your names pre-eminent, who are chiefs in your shrines, 
  and who are guardians of the House of Osiris, grant, I pray you, 
  that I may come to you. I have bound up and I have gathered together 
  your Powers. I have directed the Powers of the ways, the wardens of 
  the horizon, and of the Hemat House of heaven. I have stablished their 
  fortresses for Osiris. I have prepared the ways for him. I have 
  performed the things which [he] hath commanded. I come forth to 
  Tetu. I see Osiris. I speak to him concerning the matter of his 
  Great Son, whom he loveth, and concerning [the smiting of] the heart 
  of Set. I look upon the lord who was helpless. How shall I make them 
  to know the plans of the gods, and that which Horus did without the 
  knowledge of his father Osiris? 
  Hail, Lord, thou Soul, most awful and terrible, behold me. I have 
  come, I make thee to be exalted! I have forced a way though the 
  Tuat. I have opened the roads which appertain to heaven, and those 
  which appertain to the earth, and no one hath opposed me therein. I 
  have exalted thy face, O Lord of Eternity. 
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  APPENDIX 
  
  (In the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 14, the Chapter ends with the 
  following.) 
   
  Exalted art thou on thy throne, O Osiris! Thou hast heard fair 
  things, O Osiris! Thy strength is vigorous, O Osiris! Thy head is 
  fastened on thy body, O Osiris! Thy neck is made firm, O Osiris! Thy 
  heart is glad, [O Osiris!]. Thy speech is made effective, O Osiris! 
  Thy princes rejoice Thou art established the Bull in Amentet. Thy 
  son Horus hath ascended thy trrone, and all life is with him. Millions 
  of years minister unto him, and millions of years hold him in fear. 
  The Company of the Gods are his servants, and they fold him in fear. 
  The god Tem, the Governor, the only One among the gods, hath spoken, 
  and his word passeth not away. Horus is both the divine food and the 
  sacrifice. He made haste to gather together [the members of] of his 
  father. Horus is his deliverer. Horus is his deliverer. Horus hath 
  sprung from the essence of his divine father and from his decay. He 
  hath become the Governor of Egypt. The gods shall work for him, and 
  they shall toil for him for million of years. He shall make millions 
  of years to live through his Eye, the only one of its lord, 
  Nebertcher.] 
   
  (From the Turin Papyrus, Bl. XXX) 
   
  Exalted is thy throne, O Osiris. Thou hearest well, O Osiris. Thy 
  strength flourisheth, O Osiris. I have fastened thy head [on thy] body 
  for thee. I have stablished thy throat, the throne of the joy of thy 
  heart. Thy words are stable. Thy shenit princes are glad. Thou art 
  stablished as the Bull of Amentet. Thy son Horus hath ascended thy 
  throne. All life is with him. Millions of years work for him. The 
  Company of the Gods fear him. Tem, the One Power of the Gods, hath 
  spoken, and what he hath said is not changed, Hetu Aabi. Horus hath 
  stood up. I have gone about collecting his father. Horus hath 
  delivered his father. Horus hath delivered [his mother]. My mother 
  is Horus. My brother is Horus. My uncle is Horus. I have come. Horus 
  followeth his father.... there the dirt of his head. The gods shall 
  serve him. Millions of years...... in his Eye, the Only One of its 
  Lord, Neb-er-tcher. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE PRINCE OF THE TCHATCHAU 
  CHIEFS. The Osiris Nu, whose word is truth, saith:- I am the god 
  Tem, the maker of the sky, the creator of the things which are, who 
  cometh forth from the earth, who made the seed of man to come into 
  being, the Lord of things, who fashioned the gods, the Great God, 
  who created himself, the Lord of Life, who made to flourish the Two 
  Companies of the Gods. Homage to you, O ye divine Lords of things, 
  ye holy beings, whose seats are veiled! Homage to you, O ye Lords of 
  Eternity, whose forms are concealed, whose sanctuaries are 
  mysteries, whose places of abode are not known! Homage to you, O ye 
  gods, who dwell in the Tenait (Circle of Light)! Homage to you, O ye 
  gods of the Circle of the country of the Cataracts! Homage to you, O 
  ye gods who dwell in Amentet! Homage to you, O ye gods who dwell 
  within Nut! Grant ye to me that I may come before you, I am pure, I am 
  like a god. I am endowed with a Spirit-soul. I am strong. I am endowed 
  with a Heart-soul. I bring unto you incense, and spice, and natron. 
  I have done away with the chidings of your mouths. I have come, I have 
  done away the evil which was in your hearts, and I have removed the 
  offences which appertained to you [against me]. I bring to you deeds 
  of well-doing, and I present before you truth. I know you. I know your 
  names. I know your forms which are not known. I come into being 
  among you. My coming is like unto that god who eateth men, and who 
  feedeth upon the gods. I am strong before you even like that god who 
  is exalted upon his pedestal, unto whom the gods come with 
  
  rejoicing, and the goddesses make supplication when they see me. I 
  have come unto you. I have ascended my throne like your Two Daughters. 
  I have taken my seat in the horizon. I receive my offerings of 
  propitiation upon my altars. I drink my fill of seth wine every 
  evening. I come to those who are making rejoicings, and the gods who 
  live in the horizon ascribe unto me praises, as the divine 
  Spirit-body, the Lord of mortals. I am exalted like that holy god 
  who dwelleth in the Great House. The gods rejoice greatly when they 
  see my beautiful appearances from the body of the goddess Nut, and 
  when the goddess Nut bringeth me forth. 
   
  [THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE SERPENT SATA. 
  The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am the serpent Sata 
  whose years are infinite. I lie down dead. I am born daily. I am the 
  serpent Sa-en-ta, the dweller in the uttermost parts of the earth. I 
  lie down in death. I am born, I become new, I renew my youth every 
  day. 
   
  [THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE CROCODILE-GOD. 
  The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am the Crocodile-god 
  (Sebak) who dwelleth amid his terrors. I am the Crocodile-god and I 
  seize [my prey] like a ravening beast. I am the great Fish which is in 
  Kamui. I am the Lord to whom bowings and prostrations are made in 
  Sekhem. And the Osiris Ani is the lord to whom bowings and 
  prostrations are made in Sekhem. 
   
   
  (From the Papyrus of Nebseni) 
   
  Behold, I am the dweller in his terrors, I am the crocodile, his 
  firstborn. I bring (prey) from a distance. I am the Fish of Horus, the 
  Great One in Kamui. I am the lord of bowings in Sekhem. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO PTAH. The Osiris Ani 
  [whose word is truth, saith]:- I eat bread. I drink ale. I gird up 
  my garments. I fly like a hawk. I cackle like the Smen goose. I alight 
  upon that place hard by the Sepulchre on the festival of the Great 
  God. That which is abominable, that which is abominable I will not 
  eat. [An abominable thing] is filth, I will not eat thereof. That 
  which is an abomination unto my KA shall not enter my body. I will 
  live upon that whereon live the gods and the Spirit-souls. I shall 
  live, and I shall be master of their cakes. I am master of them, and I 
  shall eat them under the trees of the dweller in the House of 
  Hathor, my Lady. I will make an offering. My cakes are in Tetu, my 
  offerings are in Anu. I gird about myself the robe which is woven 
  for me by the goddess Tait. I shall stand up and sit down in 
  whatsoever place it pleaseth me to do so. My head is like unto that of 
  Ra. I am gathered together like Tem. 
  Here offer the four cakes of Ra, and the offerings of the earth. 
  I shall come forth. My tongue is like that of Ptah, and my throat is 
  like unto that of Hathor, and I remember the words of Tem, of my 
  father, with my mouth. He forced the woman, the wife of Keb, 
  breaking the heads near him; therefore was the fear of him there. 
  [His] praises are repeated with vigour. I am decreed to be the Heir, 
  the lord of the earth of Keb. I have union with women. Keb hath 
  refreshed me, and he hath caused me to ascend his throne. Those who 
  dwell in Anu bow their heads to me. I am [their] Bull, I am stronger 
  than [the Lord] of the hour. I unite with women. I am master for 
  millions of years. 
   
  [THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE SOUL OF TEM. The 
  Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I shall not enter into the 
  
  place of destruction, I shall not perish, I shall not know [decay]. 
  I am Ra, who came forth from Nu, the Soul of the God who created his 
  own members. What I abominate is sin; I will not look thereon. I cry 
  not out against truth, nay, I live therein. I am the god Hu, the 
  imperishable god, in my name of "Soul." I have created myself with Nu, 
  in the name of "Khepera." I exist in them like Ra. I am the Lord of 
  Light. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Papyrus of Nu) 
   
  That which is an abomination unto me is death; let me not go into 
  the chamber of torture which is in the Tuat. I am the delight of the 
  Khu of Osiris. I make to be content the heart[s] of those who dwell 
  among the divine things which are beloved [by me]. They cause the fear 
  of me [to abound], they create the awe of me to be in those divine 
  beings who dwell in their own circles. Behold, I am exalted on my 
  own standard, and upon my throne, and upon my seat which is assigned 
  [to me]. I am the god Nu, and those who commit sin shall not destroy 
  me. I am the firstborn of the primeval god, and my soul is the Souls 
  of the Eternal Gods, and my body is Everlastingness. My created form 
  is [that of] the god Eternity, the Lord of Years, and the Prince of 
  Everlastingness. I am the Creator of the Darkness, who maketh his seat 
  in the uttermost limits of the heavens, [which] I love. I arrive at 
  their boundaries. I advance upon my two legs. I direct my resting 
  place. I sail over the sky. I fetter and destroy the hidden serpents 
  which are about my footsteps [in going to] the Lord of the Two Arms. 
  My soul is the Souls of the Eternal Gods, and my body is 
  Everlastingness. I am the exalted one, the Lord of the Land of Tebu. I 
  am the Child in the city: "Young man in the country" is my name. 
  "Imperishable one" is my name. I am the Soul Creator of Nu. I make 
  my habitation in Khert-Neter. My nest is invisible, my egg is not 
  broken. I have done away the evil which is in me. I shall see my 
  Father, the Lord of the Evening. His body dwelleth in Anu. I am made 
  to be the Light-god, a dweller in the Light-god, over the Western 
  Domain of the Hebt bird. 
   
  [THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE BENU BIRD. The 
  Osiris, the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I flew up out 
  of primeval matter. I came into being like the god Khepera. I 
  germinated like the plants. I am concealed like the tortoise [in his 
  shell]. I am the seed of every god. I am Yesterday of the Four 
  [Quarters of the Earth, and] the Seven Uraei, who came into being in 
  the Eastern land. [I am] the Great One (Horus) who illumineth the 
  Hememet spirits with the light of his body. [I am] that god in respect 
  of Set. [I am] Thoth who [stood] between them (Horus and Set) as the 
  judge on behalf of the Governor of Sekhem and the Souls of Anu. [He 
  was like] a stream between them. I have come. I rise up on my 
  throne. I am endowed with Khu. I am mighty. I am endowed with 
  godhood among the gods. I am Khensu, [the lord] of every kind of 
  strength. 
   
  RUBRIC: [If] this Chapter [be known by the deceased], he shall 
  come forth pure by day after his death, and he shall perform every 
  transformation which hs soul desireth to make. He shall be among the 
  Followers of Un-Nefer, and he shall satisfy himself with the food of 
  Osiris, and with sepulchral meals. He shall see the Disk [of the Sun], 
  he shall be in good case upon earth before Ra, and his word shall be 
  truth in the sight of Osiris, and no evil thing whatsoever shall 
  have dominion over him for ever and ever. 
   
  [THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A HERON. The 
  
  Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am the master of 
  beasts brought for sacrifice, [and] of the knives which are [held] 
  at their heads [and] their beards; those who dwell in their emerald 
  [fields], the Aged Gods, and the Spirit-souls, are ready at the moment 
  for the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in peace. He maketh slaughter 
  on the earth, and I make slaughter on the earth. I am strong. I follow 
  the heights unto heaven. I have made myself pure. I walk with long 
  strides to my city. I have become an owner of land there. I advance to 
  Sepu...... is given to me in Unu. I have set the gods upon their 
  roads. I have made splendid the houses and towns of those who are in 
  their shrines. I know the stream of Nut. I know Tatun. I know Teshert. 
  I have brought along their horns. I know Heka. I have hearkened to 
  this words. I am the Red Bull-calf which is marked with markings. 
  The gods shall say when they hear [of me]: Uncover your faces. His 
  coming is to me. There is light which ye know not. Times and seasons 
  are in my body. I do not speak [lies] in the place of truth, daily. 
  The truth is hidden on the eyebrows. [By] night [I] sail up the 
  river to keep the feast of him that is dead, to embrace the Aged 
  God, and to guard the earth, I the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Saite Recension) 
   
  RUBRIC: If this Chapter be known [by the deceased], he will live 
  like a perfect Spirit-soul in Khert-Neter; no evil thing whatsoever 
  shall overthrow him. 
   
  [THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE LOTUS. The 
  Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am the holy lotus that 
  cometh forth from the light which belongeth to the nostrils of Ra, and 
  which belongeth to the head of Hathor. I have made my way, and I 
  seek after him, that is to say, Horus. I am the pure lotus that cometh 
  forth from the field [of Ra]. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (Naville, op. cit., I, Bl. XCIII) 
   
  Chapter of making the transformation into a lotus. The Osiris, the 
  lady of of the house, Aui, whose word is truth, in peace, saith:- 
  Hail, thou Lotus, thou type of the god Nefer-Temu! I am the man who 
  knoweth your names. I know your names among the gods, the lords of 
  Khert-Neter. I am one among you. Grant ye that I may see the gods 
  who are the Guides of the Tuat. Grant ye to me a seat in 
  Khert-Neter, near the Lords of Amentet. Assign to me a habitation in 
  the land of Tchesert. Receive ye me in the presence of the Lords of 
  Eternity. Let my soul come forth in whatsoever place it pleaseth. 
  Let it not be rejected in the presence of the Great Company of the 
  Gods. 
   
  [THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE GOD WHO 
  LIGHTENETH THE DARKNESS. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is 
  truth, saith:- I am the girdle of the garment of the god Nu, which 
  giveth light, and shineth, and belongeth to his breast, the 
  illuminer of the darkness, the uniter of the two Rehti deities, the 
  dweller in my body, through the great spell of the words of my 
  mouth. I rise up, but he who was coming after me hath fallen. He who 
  was with him in the Valley of Abtu hath fallen. I rest. I remember 
  him. The god Hu hath taken possession of me in my town. I found him 
  there. I have carried away the darkness by my strength, I have 
  filled the Eye [of Ra] when it was helpless, and when it came not on 
  the festival of the fifteenth day. I have weighed Sut in the celestial 
  houses against the Aged One who was with him. I have equipped Thoth in 
  
  the House of the Moon-god, when the fifteenth day of the festival come 
  not. I have taken possession of the Urrt Crown. Truth is in my body; 
  turquoise and crystal are its months. My homestead is there among 
  the lapis-lazuli, among the furrows thereof. I am Hem-Nu, the 
  lightener of the darkness. I have come to lighten the darkness; it 
  is light. I have lightened the darkness. I have overthrown the 
  ashmiu-fiends. I have sung hymns to those who dwell in the darkness. I 
  have made to stand up the weeping ones, whose faces were covered over; 
  they were in a helpless state of misery. Look ye then upon me. I am 
  Hem-Nu. I will not let you hear concerning it. [I have fought. I am 
  Hem-Nu. I have lightened the darkness. I have come. I have made an end 
  to the darkness which hath become light indeed.] 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF NOT DYING A SECOND TIME. The Osiris Ani, whose word 
  is truth, saith:- Hail, Thoth! What is it that hath happened to the 
  children of Nut? They have waged war, they have upheld strife, they 
  have done evil, they have created the fiends, they have made 
  slaughter, they have caused trouble; in truth, in all their doings the 
  strong have worked against the weak. Grant, O might of Thoth, that 
  that which the god Tem hath decreed [may be done!] And thou 
  regardest not evil, nor art thou provoked to anger when they bring 
  their years to confusion, and throng in and push in to disturb their 
  months. For in all that they have done unto thee they have worked 
  iniquity in secret. I am they writing-palette, O Thoth, and I have 
  brought unto thee thine ink-jar. I am not of those who work iniquity 
  in their secret places; let not evil happen unto me. 
  The Osiris, the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- Hail, Temu! 
  What manner of land is this unto which I have come? It hath not water, 
  it hath not air; it is depth unfathomable, it is black as the blackest 
  night, and men wander helplessly therein. In it a man cannot live in 
  quietness of heart; nor may the longings of love be satisfied therein. 
  But let the state of the Spirit-souls be given unto me instead of 
  water and air, and the satisfying of the longings of love, and let 
  quietness of heart be given unto me instead of cakes and ale. The 
  god Tem hath decreed that I shall see thy face, and that I shall not 
  suffer from the things which pain thee. May every god transmit unto 
  thee his throne for millions of years. Thy throne hath descended 
  unto thy son Horus, and the god Tem hath decreed that thy course shall 
  be among the holy princes. In truth he shall rule from thy throne, and 
  he shall be heir to the throne of the Dweller in the fiery Lake 
  [Neserser]. In truth it hath been decreed that in me he shall see 
  his likeness, and that my face shall look upon the face of the Lord 
  Tem. How long then have I to live? It is decreed that thou shalt 
  live for millions of years, a life of millions of years. Let it be 
  granted to me to pass on to the holy princes, for indeed, I have 
  done away all the evil which I committed, from the time when this 
  earth came into being from Nu, when it sprang from the watery abyss 
  even as it was in the days of old. I am Fate and Osiris, I have made 
  my transformations into the likeness of divers serpents. Man knoweth 
  not, and the gods cannot behold the two-fold beauty which I have 
  made for Osiris, the greatest of the gods. I have given unto him the 
  region of the dead. And, verily, his son Horus is seated upon the 
  throne of the Dweller in the fiery Lake [of Neserser], as his heir. 
  I have made him to have his throne in the Boat of Millions of Years. 
  Horus is stablished upon his throne [among his] kinsmen, and he hath 
  all that is with him. Verily, the Soul of Set, which is greater than 
  all the gods, hath departed. Let it be granted to me to bind his 
  soul in fetter in the Boat of the God, when I please, and let him hold 
  the Body of the God in fear. O my father Osiris, thou hast done for me 
  that which thy father Ra did for thee. Let me abide upon the earth 
  permanently. Let me keep possession of my throne. Let my heir be 
  strong. Let my tomb, and my friends who are upon the earth, 
  
  flourish. Let my enemies be given over to destruction, and to the 
  shackles of the goddess Serq. I am thy son. Ra is my father. On me 
  likewise thou hast conferred life, strength, and health. Horus is 
  established upon his tomb. Grant thou that the days of my life may 
  come unto worship and honour. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Leyden Papyrus of Ra) 
   
  RUBRIC: This Chapter shall be recited over a figure of Horus, made 
  of lapis-lazuli, which shall be placed on the neck of the deceased. It 
  is a protection upon earth, and it will secure for the deceased the 
  affection of men, gods, and the Spirit-souls which are perfect. 
  Moreover it acteth as a spell in Khert-Neter, but it must be recited 
  by thee on behalf of the Osiris Ra, regularly and continually millions 
  of times. 
   
  [THE CHAPTER OF] ENTERING INTO THE HALL OF MAATI TO PRAISE OSIRIS 
  KHENTI-AMENTI. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- 
  I have come unto thee. I have drawn nigh to behold thy beauties (thy 
  beneficient goodness). My hands are [extended] in adoration of thy 
  name of "Maat." I have come. I have drawn nigh unto [the place 
  where] the cedar-tree existeth not, where the acacia tree doth not put 
  forth shoots, and where the ground produceth neither grass nor 
  herbs. Now I have entered into the habitation which is hidden, and I 
  hold converse with Set. My protector advanced to me, covered was his 
  face.... on the hidden things. He entered into the house of Osiris, he 
  saw the hidden things which were therein. The Tchatchau Chiefs of 
  the Pylons were in the form of Spirits. The god Anpu spake unto 
  those about him with the words of a man who cometh from Ta-mera, 
  saying, "He knoweth our roads and our towns. I am reconciled unto him. 
  When I smell his odour it is even as the odour of one of you." And I 
  say unto him: I the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in peace, whose 
  word is truth, have come. I have drawn nigh to behold the Great 
  Gods. I would live upon the propitiatory offerings [made] to their 
  Doubles. I would live on the borders [of the territory of] the Soul, 
  the Lord of Tetu. He shall make me to come forth in the form of a Benu 
  bird, and to hold converse [with him.] I have been in the stream [to 
  purify myself]. I have made offerings of incense. I betook myself to 
  the Acacia Tree of the [divine] Children. I lived in Abu in the 
  House of the goddess Satet. I made to sink in the water the boat of 
  the enemies. I sailed over the lake [in the temple] in the Neshmet 
  Boat. I have looked upon the Sahu of Kamur. I have been in Tetu. I 
  have held my peace. I have made the god to be master of his legs. I 
  have been in the House of Teptuf. I have seen him, that is the 
  Governor of the Hall of the God. I have entered into the House of 
  Osiris and I have removed the head-coverings of him that is therein. I 
  have entered into Rasta, and I have seen the Hidden One who is 
  therein. I was hidden, but I found the boundary. I journeyed to 
  Nerutef, and he who was therein covered me with a garment. I have 
  myrrh of women, together with the shenu powder of living folk. 
  Verily he (Osiris) told me the things which concerned himself. I said: 
  Let thy weighing of me be even as we desire. 
  And the Majesty of Anpu shall say unto me, "Knowest thou the name of 
  this door, and canst thou tell it?" And the Osiris the scribe Ani, 
  whose word is truth, in peace, whose word is truth, shall say, 
  "Khersek-Shu" is the name of this door. And the Majesty of the god 
  Anpu shall say unto me, "Knowest thou the name of the upper leaf, 
  and the name of the lower leaf?" [And the Osiris the scribe Ani] shall 
  say: "Neb-Maat-heri-retiu-f" is the name of the upper leaf and 
  "Neb-pehti-thesu-menment" [is the name of the lower leaf. And the 
  Majesty of the god Anpu shall say], "Pass on, for thou hast knowledge, 
  
  O Osiris the scribe, the assessor of the holy offerings of all the 
  gods of Thebes Ani, whose word is truth, the lord of loyal service [to 
  Osiris]." 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Papyrus of Nu, Brit. Mus. No. 10477, Sheet 22) 
   
  [THE FOLLOWING] WORDS SHALL BE SAID BY THE STEWARD OF THE KEEPER 
  OF THE SEAL, NU, WHOSE WORD IS TRUTH, WHEN HE COMETH FORTH TO THE HALL 
  OF MAATI, SO THAT HE MAY BE SEPARATED FROM EVERY SIN WHICH HE HATH 
  COMMITTED, AND MAY BEHOLD THE FACES OF THE GODS. The Osiris Nu, 
  whose word is truth, saith: Homage to thee, O great God, Lord of 
  Maati! I have come unto thee, O my Lord, and I have brought myself 
  hither that I may behold thy beauties. I know thee, I know thy name, I 
  know the names of the Forty-two Gods who live with thee in this Hall 
  of Maati, who live by keeping ward over sinners, and who feed upon 
  their blood on the day when the consciences of men are reckoned up 
  in the presence of the god Un-Nefer. In truth thy name is 
  "Rehti-Merti-Nebti-Maati." In truth I have come unto thee, I have 
  brought Maati (Truth) to thee. I have done away sin for thee. I have 
  not committed sins against men. I have not opposed my family and 
  kinsfolk. I have not acted fraudulently in the Seat of Truth. I have 
  not known men who were of no account. I have not wrought evil. I 
  have not made it to be the first [consideration daily that 
  unnecessary] work should be done for me. I have not brought forward my 
  name for dignities. I have not [attempted] to direct servants [I 
  have not belittled God]. I have not defrauded the humble man of his 
  property. I have not done what the gods abominate. I have not vilified 
  a slave to his master. I have not inflicted pain. I have not caused 
  anyone to go hungry. I have not made any man to weep. I have not 
  committed murder. I have not given the order for murder to be 
  committed. I have not caused calamities to befall men and women. I 
  have not plundered the offerings in the temples. I have not 
  defrauded the gods of their cake-offerings. I have not carried off the 
  fenkhu cakes [offered to] the Spirits. I have not committed 
  fornication. I have not masturbated [in the sanctuaries of the god 
  of my city]. I have not diminished from the bushel. I have not filched 
  [land from my neighbour's estate and] added it to my own acre. I 
  have not encroached upon the fields [of others]. I have not added to 
  the weights of the scales. I have not depressed the pointer of the 
  balance. I have not carried away the milk from the mouths of children. 
  I have not driven the cattle away from their pastures. I have not 
  snared the geese in the goose-pens of the gods. I have not caught fish 
  with bait made of the bodies of the same kind of fish. I have not 
  stopped water when it should flow. I have not made a cutting in a 
  canal of running water. I have not extinguished a fire when it 
  should burn. I have not violated the times [of offering] the chosen 
  meat offerings. I have not driven away the cattle on the estates of 
  the gods. I have not turned back the god at his appearances. I am 
  pure. I am pure. I am pure. My pure offerings are the pure offerings 
  of that great Benu which dwelleth in Hensu. For behold, I am the 
  nose of Neb-nefu (the lord of the air), who giveth sustenance unto all 
  mankind, on the day of the filling of the Utchat in Anu, in the second 
  month of the season Pert, on the last of the month, [in the presence 
  of the Lord of this earth]. I have seen the filling of the Utchat in 
  Anu, therefore let not calamity befall me in this land, or in this 
  Hall of Maati, because I know the names of the gods who are therein, 
  [and who are the followers of the Great God]. 
  THE NEGATIVE CONFESSION 
   
  Hail, Usekh-nemmt, who comest forth from Anu, I have not committed 
  sin. 
  
  Hail, Hept-khet, who comest forth from Kher-aha, I have not 
  committed robbery with violence. 
  Hail, Fenti, who comest forth from Khemenu, I have not stolen. 
  Hail, Am-khaibit, who comest forth from Qernet, I have not slain men 
  and women. 
  Hail, Neha-her, who comest forth from Rasta, I have not stolen 
  grain. 
  Hail, Ruruti, who comest forth from heaven, I have not purloined 
  offerings. 
  Hail, Arfi-em-khet, who comest forth from Suat, I have not stolen 
  the property of God. 
  Hail, Neba, who comest and goest, I have not uttered lies. 
  Hail, Set-qesu, who comest forth from Hensu, I have not carried away 
  food. 
  Hail, Utu-nesert, who comest forth from Het-ka-Ptah, I have not 
  uttered curses. 
  Hail, Qerrti, who comest forth from Amentet, I have not committed 
  adultery, I have not lain with men. 
  Hail, Her-f-ha-f, who comest forth from thy cavern, I have made none 
  to weep. 
  Hail, Basti, who comest forth from Bast, I have not eaten the heart. 
  Hail, Ta-retiu, who comest forth from the night, I have not attacked 
  any man. 
  Hail, Unem-snef, who comest forth from the execution chamber, I am 
  not a man of deceit. 
  Hail, Unem-besek, who comest forth from Mabit, I have not stolen 
  cultivated land. 
  Hail, Neb-Maat, who comest forth from Maati, I have not been an 
  eavesdropper. 
  Hail, Tenemiu, who comest forth from Bast, I have not slandered 
  [no man]. 
  Hail, Sertiu, who comest forth from Anu, I have not been angry 
  without just cause. 
  Hail, Tutu, who comest forth from Ati (the Busirite Nome), I have 
  not debauched the wife of any man. 
  Hail, Uamenti, who comest forth from the Khebt chamber, I have not 
  debauched the wife of [any] man. 
  Hail, Maa-antuf, who comest forth from Per-Menu, I have not polluted 
  myself. 
  Hail, Her-uru, who comest forth from Nehatu, I have terrorized none. 
  Hail, Khemiu, who comest forth from Kaui, I have not transgressed 
  [the law]. 
  Hail, Shet-kheru, who comest forth from Urit, I have not been wroth. 
  Hail, Nekhenu, who comest forth from Heqat, I have not shut my 
  ears to the words of truth. 
  Hail, Kenemti, who comest forth from Kenmet, I have not blasphemed. 
  Hail, An-hetep-f, who comest forth from Sau, I am not a man of 
  violence. 
  Hail, Sera-kheru, who comest forth from Unaset, I have not been a 
  stirrer up of strife. 
  Hail, Neb-heru, who comest forth from Netchfet, I have not acted 
  with undue haste. 
  Hail, Sekhriu, who comest forth from Uten, I have not pried into 
  matters. 
  Hail, Neb-abui, who comest forth from Sauti, I have not multiplied 
  my words in speaking. 
  Hail, Nefer-Tem, who comest forth from Het-ka-Ptah, I have wronged 
  none, I have done no evil. 
  Hail, Tem-Sepu, who comest forth from Tetu, I have not worked 
  witchcraft against the king. 
  Hail, Ari-em-ab-f, who comest forth from Tebu, I have never 
  stopped [the flow of] water. 
  
  Hail, Ahi, who comest forth from Nu, I have never raised my voice. 
  Hail, Uatch-rekhit, who comest forth from Sau, I have not cursed 
  God. 
  Hail, Neheb-ka, who comest forth from thy cavern, I have not acted 
  with arrogance. 
  Hail, Neheb-nefert, who comest forth from thy cavern, I have not 
  stolen the bread of the gods. 
  Hail, Tcheser-tep, who comest forth from the shrine, I have not 
  carried away the khenfu cakes from the Spirits of the dead. 
  Hail, An-af, who comest forth from Maati, I have not snatched away 
  the bread of the child, nor treated with contempt the god of my city. 
  Hail, Hetch-abhu, who comest forth from Ta-she (the Fayyum), I 
  have not slain the cattle belonging to the god. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Papyrus of Nebseni) 
   
  Hail, Usekh-nemmt, who comest forth from Anu, I have not committed 
  sin. 
  Hail, Hept-Shet, who comest forth from Kher-aha, I have not robbed 
  with violence. 
  Hail, Fenti, who comest forth from Khemenu, I have done no violence. 
  Hail, Am-khaibitu, who comest forth from Qerrt, I have not stolen. 
  Hail, Neha-hau, who comest forth from Rasta, I have not slain men. 
  Hail, Ruruti, who comest forth from heaven, I have not made light 
  the bushel. 
  Hail, Arti-f-em-tes, who comest forth from Sekhem, I have not 
  acted deceitfully. 
  Hail, Neba, who comest and goest, I have not stolen the property 
  of the god. 
  Hail, Set-qesu, who comest forth from Hensu, I have not told lies. 
  Hail, Uatch-nesert, who comest forth from Het-ka-Ptah, I have not 
  carried away food. 
  Hail, Qerti, who comest forth from Amenti, I have not uttered evil 
  words. 
  Hail, Hetch-abhu, who comest from Ta-she, I have attacked no man. 
  Hail, Unem-snef, who comest forth from the execution chamber, I have 
  not salin a bull which was the property of the god. 
  Hail, Unem-besku, who comest [forth from the Mabet chamber], I 
  have not acted deceitfully. 
  Hail, Neb-maat, who comest forth from Maati, I have not pillaged the 
  lands which have been ploughed. 
  Hail, Thenemi, who comest forth from Bast, I have never pried into 
  matters [to make mischief]. 
  Hail, Aati, who comest forth from Anu, I have not set my mouth in 
  motion. 
  Hail, Tutuf, who comest from from A, I have not been wroth except 
  with reason. 
  Hail, Uamemti, who comest forth from the execution chamber, I have 
  not debauched the wife of a man. 
  Hail, Maa-anuf, who comest forth from Per-Menu, I ahve not 
  polluted myself. 
  Hail, Heri-uru, who comest forth from [Nehatu], I have terrorized no 
  man. 
  Hail, Khemi, who comest forth from Ahaui, I have not made attacks. 
  Hail, Shet-kheru, who comest forth from Uri, I have not been a man 
  of anger. 
  Hail, Nekhem, who comest forth from Heq-at, I have not turned a deaf 
  ear to the words of truth. 
  Hail, Ser-Kheru, who comest forth from Unes, I have not stirred up 
  strife. 
  Hail, Basti, who comest forth from Shetait, I have made none to 
  
  weep. 
  Hail, Her-f-ha-f, who comest forth from thy cavern, I have not 
  committed acts of sexual impurity, or lain with men. 
  Hail, Ta-ret, who comest forth from Akhkhu, I have not eaten my 
  heart. 
  Hail, Kenmti, who comest forth from Kenmet, I have cursed no man. 
  Hail, An-hetep-f, who comest forth from Sau, I have not acted in a 
  violent or oppressive manner. 
  Hail, Neb-heru, who comest forth from Tchefet, I have not acted 
  [or judged] hastily. 
  Hail, Serekhi, who comest forth from Unth, I have not.... my hair, I 
  have not harmed the god. 
  Hail, Neb-abui, who comest forth from Sauti, I have not multiplied 
  my speech overmuch. 
  Hail, Nefer-Tem, who comest forth from Het-ka-Ptah, I have not acted 
  with deciet, I have not worked wickedness. 
  Hail, Tem-Sep, who comest forth from Tetu, I have not done things to 
  effect the cursing of [the king]. 
  Hail, Ari-em-ab-f, who comest forth from Tebti, I have not stopped 
  the flow of water. 
  Hail, Ahi-mu, who comest forth from Nu, I have not raised my voice. 
  Hail, Utu-rekhit, who comest forth from thy house, I have not 
  curse God. 
  Hail, Neheb-Nefert, who comest forth from the Lake of Nefer, I 
  have not acted with insufferable insolence. 
  Hail, Neheb-kau, who comest forth from [thy] city, I have not sought 
  to make myself unduly distinguished. 
  Hail, Tcheser-tep, who comest forth from thy cavern, I have not 
  increased my wealth except through such things are [justly] my own 
  possessions. 
  Hail, An-a-f, who comest forth from Auker, I have not scorned [or 
  treated with contempt] the god of my town. 
   
   
  ADDRESS TO THE GODS OF THE TUAT 
  (From the Papyrus of Nu, Brit. Mus. No. 10477, Sheet 24) 
   
  THE FOLLOWING ARE THE WORDS WHICH THE HEART OF TRUTH THAT IS SINLESS 
  SHALL SAY WHEN HE COMETH WITH THE WORD OF TRUTH INTO THE HALL OF 
  MAATI; THEY SHALL BE SAID WHEN HE COMETH TO THE GODS WHO DWELL IN 
  THE TUAT; AND THEY ARE THE WORDS WHICH ARE [TO BE SAID] AFTER [HE 
  COMETH FORTH FROM] THE HALL OF MAATI. 
   
  Nu, the steward of the keeper of the seal, whose word is truth, 
  saith:- Homage to you, O ye gods who dwell in your Hall of Maati! I 
  know you, I know your names. Let me not fall under your knives of 
  slaughter, and bring ye not forward my wickedness to this god in whose 
  following ye are. Let not evil hap come upon me through you. Speak 
  ye the truth concerning me in the presence of Neb-er-tcher, for I have 
  done what is right and just in Ta-Mera. I have not cursed the god, and 
  my evil hap did not come upon him that was king in his day. 
  Homage to you, O ye who dwell in your Hall of Maati, who have 
  nothing false in your bodies, who live upon Truth, who feed yourselves 
  upon Truth in the presence of Horus who dwelleth in his Disk, 
  deliver ye me from Beba, who feedeth upon the livers of the great ones 
  on the day of the Great Judgment. Grant ye that I may come before you, 
  for I have not committed sin, I have done no act of deceit, I have 
  done no evil thing, and I have not borne [false] witness; therefore 
  let nothing [evil] be done to me. I have lived upon truth, I have 
  fed upon truth, I have performed the ordinances of men, and the things 
  which gratify the gods. I have propitiated the god by doing his 
  will, I have given bread to the hungry man, and water to him that 
  
  was athirst, and apparel to the naked man, and a ferry-boat to him 
  that had no boat. I have made propitiatory offerings and given cakes 
  to the gods, and the "things which appear at the word" to the Spirits. 
  Deliver then ye me, protect then ye me, and make ye no report 
  against me in the presence [of the Great God]. I am pure in respect of 
  my mouth, and I am clean in respect of my hands, therefore let it be 
  said unto me by those who shall behold me: "Come in peace, Come in 
  peace." For I have heard that great word which the Sahu spake to the 
  CAT, in the House of Hapt-ra. I have borne witness to Her-f-ha-f, 
  and he hath given a decision [concerning me]. I have seen the things 
  over which the Persea tree which is in Rasta, spreadeth its 
  branches. I have made petitions to the gods, [and I] know the things 
  [which appertain to] their bodies. I have come, travelling a long 
  road, to bear righteous testimony, and to set the Balance upon its 
  supports within Aukert. 
  Hail, thou who art exalted high upon thy standard, thou Lord of 
  the Atef Crown, who dost make thy name to be "Lord of the Winds," 
  deliver thou me from thy divine Envoys who punish and afflict 
  according to [thy] decrees, and who make calamities to arise, and 
  whose faces are without coverings, for I have done what is right and 
  true for the Lord of Truth. I am pure. My breast is purified by 
  libations, and my hinder parts are made clean with the things which 
  make clean, and my inner parts have been dipped in the Lake of 
  Truth. There is no single member of mine which lacketh truth. I have 
  washed myself clean in the Lake of the South. I have rested myself 
  in the City of the North, which is in Sekhet Sanhemu (the Field of the 
  Grasshoppers), where the mariners of Ra wash themselves clean at the 
  second hour of the night, and at the third hour of the day. The hearts 
  of the gods are gratified when they have passed over it, whether it be 
  by night or whether it be by day, and they say unto me, "Let thyself 
  advance." They say unto me, "Who art thou?" And they say unto me, 
  "What is thy name?" [And I reply], "Sept-kheri-nehait-ammi-beq-f" is 
  my name. Then they say unto me, "Advance straightway on the city which 
  is to the North of the Olive Tree. What dost thou see there?" The 
  Leg and the Thigh. What dost thou say unto them? Let me see rejoicings 
  in these lands of the Fenkhu. What do they give unto thee? A flame 
  of fire and a sceptre-amulet [made] of crystal. What dost thou do with 
  them? I bury them on the furrow of M'naat, as things for the night. 
  What dost thou find on the furrow of Maat? A sceptre of flint, the 
  name of which is "Giver of winds." What now didst thou do with the 
  flame of fire and the sceptre-amulet [made] of crystal, after thou 
  didst bury them? I said a spell over them, and I dug them up. I 
  quenched the flame of fire and I broke the sceptre-amulet, and I 
  made a lake of water. [Then shall the Two and forty gods say unto me]: 
  "Come now, pass in over the threshold of this door of the Hall of 
  Maati, for thou hast knowledge of us." "We will not allow thee to 
  enter in over us," say the bars of this door, "unless thou tellest 
  us our names." [And I reply], "Tekh-bu-maa" is your name. The right 
  lintel of this door saith: "I will not allow thee to pass over me 
  unless thou tellest me my name." [And I reply], "Henku-en-fat-maat" is 
  thy name. The left lintel of this door saith: "I will not allow 
  thee to pass over me unless thou tellest me my name." [And I reply], 
  "Henku-en-arp" is thy name. The ground of this door saith: "I will not 
  allow thee to pass over me unless thou tellest me my name." [And I 
  reply], "Aua-en-Keb" is thy name. And the bolt of this door saith: 
  "I will not open the door to thee unless thou tellest me my name." 
  [And I reply], "Saah-en-mut-f" is thy name. The socket of the 
  fastening of this door saith: "I will not open unto thee unless thou 
  tellest my name." [And I reply], "The Living Eye of Sebek, the Lord of 
  Bakhau," is thy name. The Doorkeeper of this door saith: "I will not 
  open to thee, and I will not let thee enter by me unless thou 
  tellest my name." [And I reply], "Elbow of the god Shu who placeth 
  
  himself to protect Osiris" is thy name. The posts of this door say: 
  "We will not let thee pass in by us unless thou tellest our name." 
  [And I reply], "Children of the uraei-goddesses" is your name. The 
  Doorkeeper of this door saith: "I will not open to thee, and I will 
  not let thee enter in by me unless thou tellest my name. [And I 
  reply], "Ox of Keb" is thy name. [And they reply], "Thou knowest us, 
  pass in therefore by us." The ground of this Hall of Maati saith: "I 
  will not let thee tread upon me [unless thou tellest me my name], 
  for I am silent. I am holy because I know the names of two feet 
  wherewith thou wouldst walk upon me. Declare, then, them to me." 
  [And I reply], "Besu-Ahu" is the name of my right foot, and 
  "Unpet-ent-Het-Heru" is the name of my left foot. [The ground 
  replieth]: "Thou knowest us, enter in therefore over us." The 
  Doorkeeper of this Hall of Maati saith: "I will not announce thee 
  unless thou tellest my name." [And I reply], "Discerner of hearts, 
  searcher of bellies" is thy name. [The Doorkeeper saith]: "Thou 
  shalt be announced." [He saith]: "Who is the god who dwelleth in his 
  hour? Speak it" [And I reply], "Au-taui." [He saith]: "Explain who 
  he is." [And I reply], "Au-taui" is Thoth. "Come now," saith Thoth, 
  "for what purpose hast thou come?" [And I reply]: "I have come, and 
  have journeyed hither that my name may be announced [to the god]." 
  [Thoth saith]: "In what condition art thou?" [And I reply], "I, even 
  I, am purified from evil defects, and I am wholly free from the curses 
  of those who live in their days, and I am not one of their number." 
  [Thoth saith]: "Therefore shall [thy name] be announced to the god." 
  [Thoth saith]: "Tell me, who is he whose heaven is of fire, whose 
  walls are living serpents, and whose ground is a stream of water? 
  Who is he?" [And I reply], "He is Osiris." [Thoth saith]: "Advance 
  now, [thy name] shall be announced to him. Thy cakes shall come from 
  the Utchat (Eye of Horus or Ra), thy ale shall come from the Utchat, 
  and the offerings which shall appear to thee at the word upon earth 
  [shall proceed] from the Utchat." This is what Osiris hath decreed for 
  the steward of the overseer of the seal, Nu, whose word is truth. 
   
  RUBRIC: THE MAKING OF THE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT SHALL HAPPEN IN 
  THIS HALL OF MAATI. This Chapter shall be said by the deceased when he 
  is cleansed and purified, and is arrayed in linen apparel, and is shod 
  with sandals of white leather, and his eyes are painted with antimony, 
  and his body is anointed with unguent made of myrrh. And he shall 
  present as offerings oxen, and feathered fowl, and incense, and 
  cakes and ale, and garden herbs. And behold, thou shalt draw a 
  representation of this in colour upon a new tile moulded from earth 
  upon which neither a pig nor any other animal hath trodden. And if 
  this book be done [in writing, the deceased] shall flourish, and his 
  children shall flourish, and [his name] shall never fall into 
  oblivion, and he shall be as one who filleth the heart of the king and 
  of his princes. And bread, and cakes, and sweetmeats, and wine, and 
  pieces of flesh shall be given unto him [from among those which are] 
  upon the altar of the Great God. And he shall not be driven back 
  from any door in Amentet, and he shall be led along with the kings 
  of the South and the kings of the North, and he shall be among the 
  bodyguard of Osiris, continually and regularly for ever. [And he shall 
  come forth in every form he pleaseth as a living soul for ever, and 
  ever, and ever.] 
  THE CHAPTER OF THE DEIFICATION OF THE MEMBERS 
   
  The hair of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is the hair of Nu. 
  The face of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is the face of Ra. 
  The eyes of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the eyes of 
  Hathor. 
  The ears of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the ears of 
  Up-uatu. 
  
  The lips of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the lips of 
  Anpu. 
  The teeth of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the teeth of 
  Serqet. 
  The cheeks of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the cheeks of 
  Isis. 
  The arms of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the arms of 
  Ba-neb-Tetu. 
  The neck of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is the neck of 
  Uatchit. 
  The throat of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is the throat 
  of Mert. 
  The breast of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is the breast 
  of the Lady of Sais. 
  The backbone of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is the backbone 
  of Set. 
  The trunk of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is the trunk of 
  the Lords of Kher-aha. 
  The flesh of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is the flesh of 
  Aa-shefit. 
  The belly of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is the belly of 
  Sekhmet. 
  The buttocks of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the 
  buttocks of the Eye of Horus. 
  The phallus of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is the phallus 
  of Osiris. 
  The thighs of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the thighs of 
  Nut. 
  The feet of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the feet of 
  Ptah. 
  The fingers of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the 
  fingers of Saah. 
  The toes of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, are the toes of the 
  Living Uraei. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Pyramid of Pepi I, ll. 565ff.) 
   
  The head of this Meri-Ra is the head of Horus; he cometh forth 
  therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  The skull of this Pepi is the Dekan star of the god; he cometh forth 
  therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  The brow of this Meri-Ra is the brow of..... and Nu; he cometh forth 
  therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  The face of this Pepi is the face of Up-uatu; he cometh forth 
  therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  The eyes of this Meri-Ra are the eyes of the Great Lady, the first 
  of the Souls of Anu; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into 
  heaven. 
  The nose of this Pepi is the nose of Thoth; he cometh forth 
  therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  The mouth of this Meri-Ra is the mouth of Khens-ur; he cometh 
  forth therefore, and ascendeth therefore, and ascendeth therefore into 
  heaven. 
  The tongue of this Pepi is the tongue of Maaa (Truth) in the Maat 
  Boat; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  The teeth of this Pepi are the teeth of the Souls of [Anu]; he 
  cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  The lips of this Meri-Ra are the lips of........; he cometh forth 
  therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  The chin of this Pepi is the chin of Nest-khent-Sekhem (the throne 
  of the First Lady of Sekhem); he cometh forth therefore and 
  
  ascendeth into heaven. 
  The thes bone of this Pepi is the thes bone of the Bull Sma; he 
  cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  The soulders of this Pepi are the shoulders of Set; he cometh 
  forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  [The...... of this Pepi].........; he cometh forth therefore and 
  ascendeth into heaven. 
  [The......of this Pepi] ........of Baabu; he cometh forth 
  therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  The breast of this Meri-Ra is the breast of Bast; he cometh forth 
  therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  The belly of this Meri-Ra is the belly of Nut; he cometh forth 
  therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  [The........of this Pepi] ........; he cometh forth therefore and 
  ascendeth into heaven. 
  [The........of this Pepi] .......of the two Companies of the gods; 
  he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  The two thighs of this Pepi are the two thighs of Heqet; he cometh 
  forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  The buttocks of this Meri-Ra are like the Semktet Boat and the 
  Mantchet Boat; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  The phallus of this Pepi is the phallus of the Hep Bull; he cometh 
  forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  The legs of this Meri-Ra are the legs of Net (Neith) and Serqet; 
  he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  The knees of this Meri-Ra are the knees of the twin Souls who are at 
  the head of the Sekhet-Tcher; he cometh forth therefore and 
  ascendeth into heaven. 
  The soles of this Meri-Ra are like the Maati Boat; he cometh forth 
  therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  The toes of this Pepi are the toes of the Souls of Anu; he cometh 
  forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  Now this Pepi is a god, the son of a god; he cometh forth 
  therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  This Pepi is the son of Ra, who loveth him; he cometh forth 
  therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  Ra hath sent forth Meri-Ra; he cometh forth therefore and 
  ascendeth into heaven. 
  Ra hath begotten [this] Pepi; he cometh forth therefore and 
  ascendeth into heaven. 
  Ra hath given birth to Pepi; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth 
  into heaven. 
  This spell therefore is in the body of Meri-Ra; he cometh forth 
  therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  This Meri-Ra is the Power, the Great Power, among the Great 
  Council of Chiefs in Anu; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into 
  heaven. 
  He worketh the boat; Pepi cometh forth therefore and ascendeth 
  into heaven. 
  [Pepi is] Horus, the nursling, the child; Meri-Ra cometh forth 
  therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  Pepi hath not had union with Nut, she hath not given her hands to 
  him; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  Keb hath not removed the obstacles in his path; he cometh forth 
  therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  No god hath smitten the steps of this Meri-Ra; he come forth 
  therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  [Though] Pepi is not censed is not mourned, hath not washed 
  himself in the vessel, hath not smelt the haunch, hath not carried the 
  meat-offering, hath not ploughed the earth, hath not dedicated an 
  offering, he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  Behold, it is not this Pepi who hath said these things to you, O 
  
  ye gods, it is Heka who hath said these things to you, O ye gods, 
  and this Meri-Ra is the support which is under Heka; he cometh forth 
  therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  Every god smiteth the feet of Pepi; he cometh forth therefore and 
  ascendeth into heaven. 
  He plougheth the earth, he dedicateth an offering, he bringeth the 
  vessel of [blood], he smelleth the haunch, and he bringeth the meat 
  offering; he cometh forth therefore and ascendeth into heaven. 
  Every god graspeth the hand of Meri-Ra in heaven, 
   
  He conducteth him to the House of Horus in the sky. 
  The word of his Double is truth before Keb. 
   
   
  THE CHAPTER OF REPULSING SLAUGHTER IN HENSU 
  (From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 6) 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF DRIVING BACK THE SLAUGHTERS WHICH ARE PERFORMED IN 
  HENSU. The Osiris Nu, whose word is truth, saith:- O thou land of 
  the Sceptre! O thou White Crown of the divine form! O thou rest of the 
  ferry-boat! I am the Child. (Repeat four times). Hail, Abu-ur! Thou 
  sayest daily: "The slaughter-block is made ready as thou knowest, 
  and thou hast come to destruction." I am Ra, who stablisheth those who 
  praise him. I am the Knot of the god in the Aser tree, the twice 
  beautiful one, who is more splendid to-day than yesterday. (Repeat 
  four times). I am Ra, who stablisheth those who praise him. I am the 
  Knot of the god within the Aser tree, and my appearance is the 
  appearance [of Ra] on this day. 
  My hair is the hair of Nu. My face is the face of the Disk. My 
  eyes are the eyes of Hathor. My ears are the ears of Up-uat. My nose 
  is the nose of Khenti-Khabas. My lips are the lips of Anpu. My teeth 
  are the teeth of Serqet. My cheeks are the cheeks of the goddess Isis. 
  My hands are the hands of Ba-neb-Tet. My forearms are the forearms 
  of Neith, the Lady of Sais. My backbone is the backbone of Suti. My 
  phallus is the phallus of Beba. My reins are the reins of the Lords of 
  Kher-aha. My chest is the chest of Aa-shefit. My belly and back are 
  the belly and back of Sekhmet. My buttocks are the buttocks of the Eye 
  of Horus. My hips and legs are the hips and legs of Nut. My feet are 
  the feet of Ptah. [My fingers] and my toes are the [fingers and] 
  toes of the Living gods. There is no member of my body which is not 
  the member of a god. Thoth protecteth my body altogether, and I am 
  Ra day by day. I shall not be dragged back by my arms, and none 
  shall lay violent hold upon my hands. And shall do me hurt neither 
  men, nor gods, nor the Spirit-souls, nor the dead, nor any man, nor 
  any pat-spirit, nor any rekhit-spirit, nor any hememet-spirit. 
  I am he who cometh forth advancing, whose name is unknown. I am 
  Yesterday. "Seer of Millions of Years" is my name. I pass along, I 
  pass along the paths of the divine celestial judges. I am the Lord 
  of Eternity: I decree and I judge like Khepera. I am the Lord of the 
  Urrt Crown. I am he who dwelleth in the Utchat and in the Egg, and 
  it is granted unto me to live therein. I am he who dwelleth in the 
  Utchat when it closeth, and I exist by the strength thereof. I come 
  forth and I shine; I enter in and I come to life. I am in the 
  Utchat, my seat is upon my throne, and I sit in the tent chamber 
  before it. I am Horus. [I] traverse millions of years. I have 
  decreed [the stablishing] of my throne, and I am the ruler thereof; 
  and in very truth my mouth keepeth an even balance both in speech 
  and in silence. In very truth my forms are inverted. I am Un-Nefer, 
  from one period even unto another, and what I have is within me. I 
  am the only One, who proceedeth from an only One, who goeth round 
  about in his course. I am he who dwelleth in the Utchat. No evil thing 
  of any shape or kind shall spring up against me, and no baleful 
  
  object, and no harmful thing, and no disastrous thing shall happen 
  unto me. I open the door in heaven. I rule my throne. I open the way 
  for the births which take place on this day. I am the child who 
  traverseth the road of Yesterday. I am To-day for untold nations and 
  peoples. I am he who protecteth you for millions of years. Whether 
  ye be denizens of heaven, or of the earth, or of the South, or of 
  the North, or of the East, or of the West, the fear of me is in your 
  bodies. I am he whose being hath been wrought in his eye. I shall 
  not die again. My moment is in your bodies, but my forms are in my 
  place of habitation. I am "He who cannot be known." The Red Fiends 
  have their faces directed against me. I am the unveiled one. The 
  period when the heavens were created for me and were enlarged the 
  bounds of earth, and multiplied the progeny thereof, cannot be found 
  out. They shall fail and not be united again. By reason of the 
  speech which I address to you, my name setteth itself apart from all 
  things evil which are in the mouths of men. I am he who riseth and 
  shineth, a wall which cometh out of a wall, an only One who proceedeth 
  from an only One. There is never a day that passeth without the things 
  which appertain unto him being therein; passing, passing, passing, 
  passing. Verily I say unto thee, I am the Plant which cometh forth 
  from Nu, and my mother is Nut. Hail, my creator, I am he who hath no 
  power to walk, the Great Knot who dwelleth in Yesterday. The might 
  of my strength is within my hand, I am not known [by thee], but I am 
  he who knoweth thee. I cannot be held in the hand, but I am he who can 
  hold thee in his hand. Hail, O Egg! Hail, O Egg! I am Horus who liveth 
  for millions of years, whose flame shineth upon you, and bringeth your 
  hearts unto me. I am master of my throne. I advance at this season. 
  I have opened a path. I have delivered myself from all evil things. 
  I am the golden dog-headed ape, three palms and two fingers [high], 
  which hath neither arms nor legs, and which dwelleth in Het-ka-Ptah. I 
  go forth as goeth forth the dog-headed ape who dwelleth in 
  Het-ka-Ptah. 
   
  RUBRIC: Behold the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, arrayed in 
  fine linen, and shod with sandals of white [leather], and anointed 
  with the very finest myrrh unguent. There are offered unto him a 
  fine bull, and incense, and ra geese, and flowers, and ale, and cakes, 
  and garden herbs. And behold, thou shalt draw a representation of a 
  table of offerings on a clean tile with pure colours, and thou shalt 
  bury it in a field whereon no swine hath trodden. And if a copy of 
  this book be written upon it, he shall rise [again], and his 
  children's children shall flourish and prosper, like unto Ra, 
  without cessation. He shall be in high favour with the king, and 
  with the shenit nobles of his court, and there shall be given unto him 
  cakes and cups of drink, and portions of flesh, upon the altar-table 
  of the Great God. He shall not thrust aside at any door in Amentet; he 
  shall travel in the train of the Kings of the South and the Kings of 
  the North, and he shall abide with the followers of Osiris near 
  Un-Nefer, for ever, and for ever, and for ever. 
   
   
  Vignette 
  (From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 24) 
   
  The steward of the overseer of the seal, Nu, whose word is truth, 
  begotten of the steward of the overseer of the seal, Amen-hetep, whose 
  word is truth, saith:- Hail, ye Four Apes who sit in the bows of the 
  Boat of Ra, who convey truth to Nebertcher, who sit in judgment on the 
  oppressed man and on [his] oppressor, who make the gods to be 
  contented by means of the flame of your mouths, who offer holy 
  offerings to the gods, and sepulchral meals to the Spirit-souls, who 
  live upon truth, and who feed upon truth of heart, who are without 
  
  deceit and fraud, and to whom wickedness is an abomination, do ye away 
  with my evil deeds, and put ye away my sins [which deserved stripes 
  upon earth, and destroy ye every evil thing which appertaineth to me], 
  and let there be no obstacle whatsoever on my part towards you. O 
  grant ye that I may make my way through the Amehet, let me enter 
  into Rasta, let me pass through the hidden pylons of Ament. O grant 
  that there may be given unto me shens cakes, and ale, and persen 
  cakes, even as to the living Spirit-souls, and grant that I may 
  enter into and come forth from Rasta. 
  [The Four Apes make answer, saying]: Come thou, for we have done 
  away with thy wickedness, and we have put away thy sin, along with thy 
  sins upon earth which deserved stripes, and we have destroyed every 
  evil thing which appertained to thee upon earth. Enter, therefore, 
  unto Rasta, and pass through the hidden pylons of Amentet, and there 
  shall be given unto thee shens cakes, and ale, and persen cakes, and 
  thou shalt come forth and shalt enter in at thy desire, even as do 
  those who are favoured [of the God], and thou shalt be called [to 
  partake of offerings] each day in the horizon. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF A TET OF GOLD. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, 
  saith:- Thou risest up for thyself, O Still-heart! Thou shinest for 
  thyself, O Still-heart! Place thou thyself on thy base, I come, I 
  bring unto thee a Tet of gold, thou shalt rejoice therein. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Papyrus of Nebseni and the Papyrus of Nu) 
   
  Rise up thou, O Osiris, thou hast thy backbaone, O Still-heart, thou 
  hast thy neck vertebrae and thy back, O Still-heart! Place thou 
  thyself on thy base. I put water beneath thee, and I bring unto thee a 
  Tet of god that thou mayest rejoice therein. 
   
  RUBRIC (From the Papyrus of Nu): [This Chapter] shall be recited 
  over a Tet of gold set in a stand made of sycamore wood which hath 
  been steeped in a tincture of ankhamu flowers, and it shall be 
  placed on the neck of the deceased on the day of the funeral. If 
  this amulet be placed on his neck he shall become a perfect Khu in 
  Khert-Neter, and at the festivals of the New Year he shall be like 
  unto the Followers of Osiris continually and for ever. 
   
  RUBRIC (From the Turin Papyrus): [This Chapter] shall be said over a 
  Tet of gold fashioned out of the trunk of a sycamore tree, and it 
  shall be placed on the neck of the deceased. Then shall he enter in 
  through the doors of the Tuat. His words whall be silenced. He shall 
  place himself on the ground on New Year's Day among the Followers of 
  Osiris. 
  If this Chapter be known by the deceased he shall live like a 
  perfect Khu in Khert-Neter. He shall not be sent back from the doors 
  of Amentet. There shall be given to him the shens cake, and a cup of 
  wine, and the persen cake, and slices of meat on the altars of Ra, 
  or as some read, Osiris Un-Nefer. And his word shall be truth before 
  his enemies in Khert-Neter continually, and for ever and for ever. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF A TET OF CARNELIAN. The Osiris Ani, whose word is 
  truth, saith:- The blood of Isis, the spells of Isis, the magical 
  powers of Isis, shall make this great one strong, and shall be an 
  amulet of protection [against him] that would do to him the things 
  which he abominateth. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
   
  RUBRIC (From the Papyrus of Nu): [This Chapter] shall be said over a 
  
  Tet of carnelian, which hath been washed in a tincture of ankhamu 
  flowers, and is fashioned out of the trunk of a sycamore tree. It 
  shall be placed on the neck of the deceased on the day of the funeral. 
  If this be done for him the magical powers of Isis will protect his 
  members. Horus, the son of Isis, shall rejoice when he seeth him. [No] 
  road shall be blocked to him. His hand shall be to heaven, his hand 
  shall be to earth, for ever. Do not let anyone see him. Verily.... 
   
  RUBRIC (From the Saite Recension): [This Chapter] shall be said over 
  a Tet of carnelian, anointed with a tincture of ankhamu flowers, 
  made from the trunk of a sycamore tree. It shall be placed on the neck 
  of the Khu. If this book be done for him, the magical spells of Isis 
  shall protect him, and Horus the son of Isis shall rejoice [when] he 
  seeth him. No road shall be blocked to him. His hand shall be to 
  heaven, his hand shall be to earth....... If this book be known by him 
  he shall be in the following of Osiris Un-Nefer, and his word shall be 
  truth in Khert-Neter. The doors in Khert-Neter shall be opened to him. 
  Wheat and barley shall be given to him in Sekhet-Aanru. His name shall 
  be like [the names of] the gods who are there, the Followers of 
  Horus who reap. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF A HEART OF SEHERT STONE. The Osiris Ani, whose word 
  is truth, saith:- I am the Benu bird, the Heart-soul of Ra, the 
  guide of the gods to the Tuat. Their Heart-souls come forth upon earth 
  to do what their KAU wish to do, and the Heart-soul of the Osiris 
  Ani shall come forth to do what his Ka wisheth to do. 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF THE HEAD-REST, which is to be placed under the head 
  of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth. Awake out of thy sufferings, O 
  thou who liest prostrate! Awake thou! Thy head is in the horizon. I 
  lift thee up, O thou whose word is truth. Ptah hath overthrown thine 
  enemies for thee. Thine enemies have fallen, and they shall never more 
  exist, O Osiris. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Papyrus of Nebseni, Sheet 21) 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF THE HEAD-REST [OR PILLOW]. Awake out of thy 
  sufferings, O thou who liest prostrate. They (the gods) keep watch 
  over thy head in the horizon. Thou art lifted up, thy word is truth in 
  respect of the things which have been done by thee. Ptah hath cast 
  down headlong thine enemies. This work was ordered to be done for 
  thee. Thou art Horus, the son of Hathor, Nesert, Nesertet, who 
  giveth back the head after it hath been cut off. Thy head shall not be 
  carried away from thee, after [it hath been cut off]; thy head shall 
  be carried away from thee, never, never! 
  THE TEXTS IN THE FUNERAL CHAMBER 
   
  SPEECH OF ISIS. Isis saith:- I have come to be a protector unto 
  thee. I waft unto thee air for thy nostrils, and the north wind 
  which cometh forth from the god Tem unto thy nose. I have made whole 
  for thee thy windpipe. I make thee to live like a god. Thine enemies 
  have fallen under thy feet. I have made thy word to be true before 
  Nut, and thou art mighty before the gods. 
   
  SPEECH OF NEPHTHYS. Nephthys saith unto the Osiris Ani, whose word 
  is truth:- I go round about thee to protect thee, O brother Osiris. 
  I have come to be a protector unto thee. [My strength shall be near 
  thee, my strength shall be near thee, for ever. Ra hath heard thy cry, 
  and the gods have made thy word to be truth. Thou art raised up. Thy 
  word is truth in respect of what hath been done unto thee. Ptah hath 
  overthrown thy foes, and thou art Horus, the son of Hathor.] 
  
   
  SPEECH OF THE TET. I have come quickly, and I have driven back the 
  footsteps of th god whose face is hidden. I have illumined his 
  sanctuary. I stand near the god Tet on the day of repelling 
  disaster. I watch to protect thee, O Osiris. 
   
  SPEECH OF KESTA (Mesta). I am Kesta, thy son, O Osiris Ani, whose 
  word is truth. I come to protect thee. I will make thy house to 
  flourish, permanently, even as Ptah hath commanded me, and as Ra 
  himself hath commanded. 
   
  SPEECH OF HAPI. I am Hapi, thy son, O Osiris Ani, whose word is 
  truth. I come to protect thee. I bind together thy head and the 
  members of thy body. I smite down for thee thine enemies under thee. I 
  give unto thee thy head for ever and for ever, O Osiris Ani, whose 
  word is truth, whose word is truth in peace. 
   
  SPEECH OF TUAMUTEF. Tuamutef saith:- I am thy son Horus, who 
  loveth thee. I come to avenge thee, O my father Osiris, upon him 
  that did evil unto thee. I have set him under thy feet for ever and 
  for ever, permanently, permanently, O Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, 
  whose word is truth. 
   
  SPEECH OF QEBHSENUF. Qebsenuf saith:- I am thy son, O Osiris Ani, 
  whose word is truth. I 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 make 
  thy house to flourish after thee, O thou who livest for ever.] 
   
  SPEECH OF THE FLAME. I protect thee with this flame. I drive him 
  [the foe] away from the valley of the tomb. I cast the sand about [thy 
  feet]. I embrace the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in peace. 
   
  SPEECH OF THE FLAME. I come to hew in pieces. I have not been hewn 
  in pieces, and I will not permit thee to be hewn in pieces. I come 
  to do violence [to thy foe], but I will not permit violence to be done 
  unto thee. I protect thee. 
   
  A SOUL SAITH:- The Osiris Ani, whose is truth, praiseth Ra when he 
  rolleth up into the sky in the eastern horizon of heaven. 
   
  A SOUL SAITH:- The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in peace in 
  Khert-Neter, praiseth Ra when he setteth in the western horizon of 
  heaven, [and saith], "I am a perfect soul." 
   
  SPEECH OF ANI. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am a 
  perfect soul dwelling in the divine egg of the Abtu Fish. I am the 
  Great Cat which dwelleth in the Seat of Truth, wherein the god Shu 
  riseth. 
   
  SPEECH OF THE USHABTI FIGURE [THE CHAPTER OF NOT DOING WORK IN 
  KHERT-NETER]. Illumine the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth. Hail, 
  Shabti Figure! If the Osiris Ani be decreed to do any of the work 
  which is to be done in Khert-Neter, let everything which standeth in 
  the way be removed from him- whether it be to plough the fields, or to 
  fill the channels with water, or to carry sand from [the East to the 
  West]. The Shabti Figure replieth: I will do it, verily I am here 
  [when] thou callest. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Papyrus of Nu and the Papyrus of Nebseni) 
   
  
  The Speech of Anpu: Anubis the dweller in the mummy chamber, 
  Governor of the Divine House, layeth his hands upon the lord of 
  life, the scribe, the draughtsman of Ptah, Nebseni, the lord of 
  fealty, begotten of the scribe and mason Thena, born of the lady of 
  the house Mut-rest, whose word is truth, and devoting himself to him 
  as his guardian, saith:- Homage to thee, thou happy one, lord! Thou 
  seest the Utchat. Ptah-Seker hath bound thee up. Anpu hath exalted 
  thee. Shu hath raised thee up, O Beautiful Face, thou governor of 
  eternity. Thou hast thine eye, O scribe Nebseni, lord of fealty, and 
  it is beautiful. Thy right eye is like the Sektet Boat, thy left eye 
  is like the Atet Boat. Thine eyebrows are fair to see in the 
  presence of the Company of the Gods. Thy brow is under the 
  protection of Anpu, and thy head and face, O beautiful one, are before 
  the holy Hawk. Thy fingers have been stablished by thy scribe's 
  craft in the presence of the Lord of Khemenu, Thoth, who hath bestowed 
  upon thee the knowledge of the speech of the holy books. Thy beard 
  is beautiful in the sight of Ptah-Seker, and thou, O scribe Nebseni, 
  thou lord of fealty, art beautiful before the Great Company of the 
  Gods. The Great God looketh upon thee, and he leadeth thee along the 
  path of happiness. Sepulchral meals are bestowed upon thee, and he 
  overthroweth for thee thine enemies, setting them under thy feet in 
  the presence of the Great Company of the Gods who dwell in the House 
  of the Great Aged One which is in Anu. 
   
  [HERE] BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF SEKHET-HETEPET, AND THE CHAPTERS OF 
  COMING FORTH BY DAY, OF ENTERING INTO AND COMING FORTH FROM 
  KHERT-NETER, OF ARRIVING IN SEKHET-AANRU, AND OF LIVING IN PEACE IN 
  THE GREAT CITY, THE LADY OF WINDS. [The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose 
  word is truth, saith:-] Let me be master there. Let me be a khu there. 
  Let me plough there. Let me reap there. Let me eat there. Let me drink 
  there. [Let me beget there]. Let me do there all the things which 
  one doeth upon earth. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- 
  Horus vanquished Set when [he] looked at the building of 
  Sekhet-Hetepet. [He] spread air over the Divine Soul in its Egg, in 
  its day. He delivered the interior of the body of Horus [from the 
  Akeru Gods]. I have crowned him in the House of Shu. His house is 
  the stars. Behold, I take up my place in its nomes. He hath guided the 
  hearts of the Company of the Firstborn Gods. He hath reconciled the 
  Two Fighters (Horus and Set), the guardians of life. He hath done what 
  is fair, bringing an offering. He hath reconciled the Two Fighters 
  with him that belongeth to them. He hath cut off the hairy scalp of 
  the Two Fighters. He hath destroyed the revolts of [their] children. I 
  have done away all the evil which attacked their souls. I am master in 
  [Sekhet-Hetepet]. I know it. I have sailed over its lakes that I might 
  arrive at the cities thereof. I have made strong my mouth. The 
  Spirit-souls are ready [to fight], but they shall not gain the mastery 
  over me. I am equipped in thy Fields, O god Hetep. What thou wishest 
  thou shalt do, [saith this god]. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Papyrus of Nebseni, Sheet 17) 
   
  HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF SEKHET-HETEPET, AND THE CHAPTERS OF 
  COMING FORTH BY DAY; OF GOING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM 
  KHERT-NETER; OF ARRIVAL IN SEKHET-AARU; OF LIVING IN SEKHET-HETEPET, 
  THE MIGHTY CITY, THE LADY OF WINDS; OF HAVING POWER THEREIN; OF 
  BECOMING A SPIRIT-SOUL THERE; OF PLOUGHING THERE; OF REAPING THERE; OF 
  EATING THERE; OF DRINKING THERE; OF MAKING LOVE THERE; AND OF DOING 
  EVERYTHING THERE EVEN AS A MAN DOETH UPON EARTH. NEBSENI, THE SCRIBE 
  AND DRAUGHTSMAN OF PTAH, SAITH:- Set vanguished Horus, who was looking 
  at the building in Sekhet-Hetepet. I set free Horus from Set. Set 
  opened the paths of the Two Eyes (the Sun and Moon) in the sky. Set 
  
  ejected water with air upon the soul of his Eye, which dwelt in the 
  town of Mert; he delivered the interior of the body of Horus from 
  the hands of the Akeru Gods. Behold me! I paddle this great boat 
  over the Lake of the god Hetep; I seized upon it in the mansion of 
  Shu. The mansion of his stars reneweth youth, reneweth youth. I paddle 
  over the Lakes thereof so that I may arrive at the towns thereof. I 
  sail up to the town of the god Hetep.... Behold, I am at peace with 
  his times, and with his guidance, and with his will, and with the 
  Company of the Gods, who are his firstborn. He maketh the Two Fighters 
  (Horus and Set) to be at peace [with each other], and to keep ward 
  over the living whom he hath created in fair form, and he bringeth 
  peace; he maketh the Two Fighters to be at peace with those who 
  watch over them. He cutteth off the hair from their divine fighters, 
  he driveth away storm from the children. He guardeth from attack the 
  Spirits. I have gained power therein. I know it. I have sailed over 
  its Lakes so that I might arrive at its towns. My mouth is strong. I 
  am equipped against the Spirits. They shall not gain the mastery 
  over me. I am rewarded [with] these thy Fields, O god Hetep. What thou 
  wishest that do thou, O lord of the winds. I shall be a spirit 
  therein. I shall eat therein. I shall drink therein. I shall plough 
  therein. I shall reap the grain therein. I shall be strong therein. 
  I shall make love therein. My words shall be strong therein. I shall 
  not be in subjection therein. I shall be a man of might therein. 
  Thou hast made strong the mouth and throat. Hetep Qettbu is its 
  name. [It is] stablished upon the pillars of Shu, and is linked with 
  the pleasant things of Ra. He is the divider of years, the hidden of 
  mouth; silent is his mouth, hidden is what he uttereth, he 
  fulfilleth eternity, he taketh possession of everlastingness of 
  existence as Hetep, Neb-Hetep. Horus maketh himself strong like unto a 
  hawk which is one thousand cubits in length, and two thousand cubits 
  in life. He that equipments with him, he journeyeth on, he cometh to 
  the place where his heart would be, among the Lakes which are in its 
  towns. He begetteth in the birth-chamber of the god of the town, he is 
  satisfied with the food of the god of the town; he doeth what ought to 
  be done there, in the Field of Smas-er-Khet..... everything of the 
  birth-chamber of the god of the town. Now [when he] setteth in the 
  [land of] life like crystal he performeth everything therein, [which 
  things are] like unto the things done in the Lake Neserser, wherein 
  there is none that rejoiceth, and wherein are evil things of all 
  kinds. The god Hetep goeth in and cometh out, and marcheth hither 
  and thither in the Field of Smas-er-Khet, the Lady of the 
  birth-chamber of the god of the town. [Let me] live with the god 
  Hetep, clothed, and not despoiled by the Lords of the North, and may 
  the Lord of things bring food unto me. May he make me to go forward. 
  May I come forth. May he bring to me my Power there, may I receive it, 
  and may I be rewarded by the god Hetep. May I be master of the great 
  and mighty word in my body in this my place. Make me to remember it. 
  Let me [not] forget it. Let me go forward, let me plough. I am at 
  peace with the god of the town. I know the water, the towns, the 
  nomes, and the lakes which are in Sekhet-Hetepet. I live therein. I am 
  strong therein. I shine therein. I eat therein. I..... therein. I reap 
  the harvest therein. I plough therein. I beget children therein. I 
  am at peace therein with the god Hetep. Behold I sow seed therein. I 
  sail about on the lakes thereof, and I arrive at its towns, O god 
  Hetep. Behold my mouth is equipped, it possesseth horns . Give unto me 
  the abundance of the KAU (Doubles) and Spirit-souls. He who counteth 
  me is Shu. I know him not. I come to its towns. I sail over its lakes. 
  I walk about in Sekhet-Hetepet. Behold, it is Ra who is in heaven. 
  Behold, it is Hetep [who is] its double offering of peace. I have 
  advanced to its territory. I have put on my apparel. I have come 
  forth. I have given what it was upon me to give. I have made glad in 
  [my] heart. I have conquered. I am strong. I have given directions 
  
  to Hetep. 
  [Hail], Unen-em-hetep, I have come to thee. My soul followeth me. 
  The god Hu is on my hands. [Hail], Nebt-taui, in whom I remember and 
  forget, I have become alive. I have attacked none, let none attack me. 
  I have given, give thou to me gladness. Make thou me to be at peace, 
  bind thou up my veins, let [me] receive air. [Hail], Unen-em-hetep, 
  the Lord of Winds. I have come there. I have opened my head. Ra 
  sleepeth. I watch not, [for] the goddess Hetemet is at the door of 
  heaven by night. Obstacles have been put before, but I have 
  collected his emissions. I am in my city. O Nut-urt (Great City), I 
  have come into thee. I have counted up my abundant stores. I advance 
  on my way to Uakh. I am the Bull which is tied with a rope of 
  lapis-lazuli, the lord of the Field of the Bull, the lord of the words 
  of the god, the goddess Septet (Sothis) at her hours. O Uakh, I have 
  come into thee. I have eaten my food. I am master of choice pieces 
  of the flesh of oxen and of feathered fowl, and the birds of Shu 
  have been given unto me. I follow the gods, and I come [after the 
  Doubles]. O Tcheft, I have come into thee. I array myself in 
  apparel, and I gird about myself the sat garment of Ra. Behold the 
  Court of the sky, and the followers of Ra who dwell in heaven. O 
  Un-em-hetep, the lord of the Two Lands, I have come into thee. I 
  have plunged into the Lakes of Tchesert; behold, impurity of every 
  kind hath removed from me. The divine Great One flourisheth therein. 
  Behold, I have found [him]. I have netted geese, and have fed full 
  upon the finest of them. O Qenqentet, I have come into thee. I have 
  seen the Osiris [my father]. I have saluted my mother. I have begotten 
  children. I have snared the serpents, and I am delivered. I know the 
  name of the god who is with the goddess Tchesert, and who hath 
  straight hair, and is equipped with horns [ready to gore]. He reapeth, 
  and I both plough and reap. O Hetemet, I have entered into thee. I 
  have approached the lapis-lazuli. I have followed the winds of the 
  Company of the Gods. The Great God hath given my head unto me. He 
  who hath bound my head on my body for me is the Mighty One, with 
  eyes of lapis-lazuli, namely, Ari-en-ab-f ("He doeth as he pleaseth"). 
  O Usert, I have come into thee, to the house wherein food is brought 
  unto me. O Smam, I have come into thee. My heart watcheth, my head 
  is equipped with the White Crown. I act as the guide of the 
  celestial beings. I make to flourish terrestrial beings. There is 
  joy of heart for the Bull, and for the celestial beings, and for the 
  Company of the Gods. I am the god, the Bull, the Lord of the gods, who 
  maketh his way over the turquoise. O wheat and barley of the nome of 
  the god, I have come into thee. I have come forward. I have lifted 
  [you] up, following the best offerings of the Company of the Gods. I 
  have moored my boat to the tying-up post in the lakes of the celestial 
  beings. I have pulled up the typing-up post. I have recited words, and 
  I have ascribed praises unto the gods who dwell in Sekhet-Hetepet. 
  THE CHAPTER OF PROVIDING THE DECEASED WITH MEAT, MILK, ETC. 
   
  The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- Homage to thee, O Ra, 
  the Lord of Truth, the Only One, the Lord of Eternity and Maker of 
  Everlastingness. I have come before thee, O my Lord Ra. I would make 
  to flourish the Seven Cows and their Bull. O ye who give cakes and ale 
  to the Spirit-souls, grant ye that my soul may be with you. Let him be 
  born on your thighs. Let him be like unto one of you for ever and 
  for ever. Let the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, have glorious power 
  in the Beautiful Amentet. 
   
   
  The Names of the Seven Holy Cows and their Bull: 
   
  1. Het-Kau Nebtertcher. 
  2. Akertkhentetasts. 
  
  3. Khebitetsahneter. 
  4. Urmertusteshertshenti. 
  5. Khnemtemankhanuit. 
  6. Sekhmetrensemabats. 
  7. Shenatpetuthestneter. 
   
  Bull: Kathaihemt. 
   
   
  ADDRESSES TO THE FOUR RUDDERS OF HEAVEN 
   
  Hail, thou Beautiful Power, thou Beautiful Rudder of the Northern 
  Heaven. 
  Hail, thou who circlest, Guide of the Two Lands, Beautiful Rudder of 
  the Western Heaven. 
  Hail, Splendour, Dweller in the temple of the Ashemu gods, Beautiful 
  Rudder of the Eastern Heaven. 
  Hail, Dweller in the temple of the Red gods, Beautiful Rudder of the 
  Southern Heaven. 
   
   
   
  ADDRESSES TO THE FOUR COMAPNIES OF THE GODS 
   
  Hail, ye gods who are above the earth, ye Guides of the Tuat. 
  Hail, ye Mother-goddesses, who are above the earth in Khert-Neter, 
  in the House of Osiris. 
  Hail, ye gods who guide Ta-tchesert, who are above the earth and are 
  guides of the Tuat. 
  Hail, ye Followers of Ra, who follow in the train of Osiris. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Papyrus of Nu) 
   
  RUBRIC: [These words] shall be said when Ra appeareth over [figures] 
  of these gods written in colour upon a tablet, and thou shalt place 
  offerings of tchefau food before them, cakes, ale, flesh, geese, and 
  incense. They shall cause the deceased to enjoy the "offerings which 
  come forth at the word [of command]" before Ra; and they shall give 
  the deceased an abundance of food in Khert-Neter, and shall deliver 
  him from every evil thing whatsoever. And thou shalt not recite this 
  Book of Un-Nefer in the presence of anyone except thine own self. If 
  this be done for the deceased Ra shall be a rudder for him, and 
  shall be to him a strong protecting power, and he shall destroy all 
  his enemies for him in Khert-Neter, and in heaven, and upon earth, and 
  in every place whereinsoever he may enter, and he shall enjoy 
  celestial food regularly and continually for ever. 
   
   
   
  (From the Saite Recension) 
   
  THE BOOK OF MAKING PERFECT THE KHU in the heart of Ra, of making him 
  to have the mastery before Tem, of magnifying him before Osiris, of 
  making him mighty before Khent-Amentet, and of setting awe of him 
  before the Company of the Gods. It shall be recited on the day of 
  the New Moon, on the sixth day festival, on the fifteenth day 
  festival, on the festival of Uak, on the festival of Thoth, on the 
  Birthday of Osiris, on the festival of Menu, on the night of Heker, 
  [during] the Mysteries of the Tuat, during the celebration of the 
  Mysteries in Akertet, at the smiting of the emissions, at the 
  passage of the Funerary Valley, [and] the Mysteries...... [The recital 
  
  thereof] will make the heart of the Khu to flourish and will make long 
  his strides, and will make him to advance, and will make his face 
  bright, and will make it to penetrate to the God. Let no man witness 
  [the recital] except the king and the Kherheb priest, but the 
  servant who cometh to minister outside shall not see it. Of the Khu 
  for whom this Book shall be recited, his soul shall come forth by 
  day with the living, he shall have power among the gods, and it will 
  make him irresisitible for ever and ever. These gods shall go round 
  about him, and shall acknowledge him. He shall be one of them. [This 
  Book] shall make him to know how he came into being in the 
  beginning. This Book is indeed a veritable mystery. Let no stranger 
  anywhere have knowledge of it. Do not speak about it to any man. Do 
  not repeat it. Let no [other] eye see it. Let no [other] ear hear 
  it. Let no one see it except [thyself] and him who taught [it to 
  thee]. Let not the multitude [know of it] except thyself and the 
  beloved friend of thy heart. Thou shalt do this book in the seh 
  chamber on a cloth painted with the stars in colour all over it. It is 
  indeed a mystery. The dwellers in the swamps of the Delta nad 
  everywhere there shall not know it. It shall provided the Khu with 
  celestial food upon in Khert-Neter. It shall supply his Heart-soul 
  with food upon earth. It shall make him to live for ever. No [evil] 
  thing shall have the master over him. 
   
  THE ADDRESSES OF THE FOUR RUDDERS 
   
  Hail, Power of Heaven, Opener of the Disk, thou Beautiful Rudder 
  of the Northern Heaven. 
  Hail, Ra, Guide of the Two Lands, thou Beautiful Rudder of the 
  Western Heaven. 
  Hail, Khu, Dweller in the House of the Akhemu gods, thou Beautiful 
  Rudder of the Eastern Heaven. 
  Hail, Governor, Dweller in the House of the Tesheru Gods, thou 
  Beautiful Rudder of the Southern Heaven. 
   
  Grant ye cakes, and ale and tchefau food to the Osiris Auf-ankh, 
  whose word is truth. 
   
  Hail, Father of the Gods! Hail, Mother of teh Gods in Khert-Neter! 
  Deliver ye the Osiris from every evil thing, from every evil 
  obstruction, from every dire attack of an enemy, and from that 
  deadly snarer with knife-like words, and from men, and gods, and 
  Spirit-souls, and the damned, on this day, on this night, on this 
  present festival of the fifteenth day, and in this year, and from 
  the things of evil thereof. 
  HYMN TO OSIRIS KHENTI-AMENTI UN-NEFER 
   
  The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, praiseth Osiris Khenti-Amenti 
  Un-Nefer, and saith:- Hail, my Lord, who dost hasten through eternity, 
  whose existence is for ever, Lord of Lords, King of Kings, 
  Sovereign, God of the Gods, who live in their shrines,.... gods.... 
  men. Make thou for me a seat with those who are in Khert-Neter, who 
  adore the forms of thy KA, and who traverse millions of millions of 
  years....... May no delay arise for thee in Ta-mera. Let them come 
  to thee, all of them, great as well as small. May this god give the 
  power to enterin and to come forth from Khert-Neter, without 
  repulse, at any door of the Tuat, to the KA of the Osiris Ani. 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  (From the Papyrus of Sutimes) 
   
  SUTIMES, THE LIBATIONER AND PRESIDENT OF THE ALTAR CHAMBER OF THE 
  APTS, DIRECTOR OF THE SCRIBES OF AMEN, WHOSE WORD IS TRUTH, PRAISETH 
  
  OSIRIS, AND DOETH HOMAGE TO THE LORD OF ETERNITY, AND SATISFIETH THE 
  WILL OF THE GOD, AND SPEAKETH TRUTH, THE LORD OF WHICH IS UNKNOWN, AND 
  SAITH:- Homage to thee, O thou Holy God, thou mighty and beneficent 
  being, thou Prince of Eternity, who dwellest in thy abode in the 
  Sektet Boat, whose risings are manifold in the Atet Boat, unto whom 
  praises are rendered in heaven and upon earth. Peoples and nations 
  exalt thee, and the awe of thy terror is in the hearts of men, and 
  Spirt-souls, and the dead. Thy soul dwelleth in Tetu, and the awe of 
  thee is in Hensu. Thou settest the visible emblems of thyself in 
  Anu, and the majesty of thy transformations in the holy place. I 
  have come unto thee. Truth is in my heart, and in my breast there is 
  neither craft nor guile. Grant thou that I may have my being among the 
  living, and that I may sail up and down the river among those who 
  are in thy following. 
  THE CHAPTER OF THE PRAISE OF HATHOR, LADY OF AMENTET 
   
  Hathor, Lady of Amentet, the Dweller in the Great Land, the Lady 
  of Ta-Tchesert, the Eye of Ra, the Dweller in his breast, the 
  Beautiful Face in the Boat of Millions of Years, the Seat of Peace 
  of the doer of truth, Dweller in the Boat of the favoured ones..... 
  APPENDIX 
  APPENDIX 
  THE CHAPTER OF THE FOUR TORCHES 
  (From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheets 26 and 27) 
   
  THE CHAPTER OF THE FOUR LIGHTED LAMPS WHICH ARE MADE FOR THE 
  SPIRIT-SOUL. Behold, thou shalt make four rectangular troughs of 
  clay wherein thou shalt scatter incense, and thou shalt fill them with 
  the milk of a white cow, and by means of these thou shalt extinguish 
  the lamps. The Osiris Nu, the steward of the overseer of the seal, 
  whose word is truth, saith:- The fire cometh to thy KA, O Osiris 
  Khenti-Amenti! The fire cometh to thy KA, O Osiris Nu, whose word is 
  truth. The ordering of the night cometh after the day. [The fire 
  cometh to thy KA, O Osiris, Governor of those who are in Amenti], 
  and the two sisters of Ra come likewise. Behold it (the fire) riseth 
  in Abtu, and it cometh; I cause it to come, the Eye of Horus. It is 
  set in order upon thy brow, O Osiris Khenti-Amenti; it is set in thy 
  shrine and riseth on thy brow; it is set on thy brow, O Osiris Nu, 
  it is set on thy brow. The Eye of Horus protecteth thee, O Osiris 
  Khenti-Amenti, and it keepeth thee in safety; it casteth down headlong 
  all thine enemies for thee, and all thine enemies have fallen down 
  headlong before thee. O Osiris Nu, the Eye of Horus protecteth thee, 
  it keepeth thee in safety, and it casteth down headlong all thine 
  enemies. Thine enemies have fallen down headlong before thy KA, O 
  Osiris Khenti-Amenti. The Eye of Ra protecteth thee, it keepeth thee 
  in safety, and it hath cast down headlong all thine enemies. Thine 
  enemies have fallen down headlong before thy KA, O Osiris Nu, whose 
  word is truth. The Eye of Horus protecteth thee, it keepeth thee in 
  safety, it hath cast down headlong for thee all thine enemies, and 
  thine enemies have fallen down headlong before thee. The Eye of 
  Horus cometh. It is sound and well, it sendeth forth light even as 
  doth Ra in the horizon. It covereth the powers of Suti with 
  darkness, it mastereth him, and it bringeth its flame against him by 
  its own command. The Eye of Horus is sound and well, thou eatest the 
  flesh thereof, thy body possesseth it. Thou acclaimest it. The Four 
  Fires enter into thy KA, O Osiris Khenti-Amenti, the Four Fires 
  enter into thy KA, O Osiris Nu, the steward of the overseer of the 
  seal, whose word is truth. 
  Hail, ye sons of Horus, Kesta, Hapi, Tuamutef, and Qebhsenuf, ye 
  have given your protection to your divine Father Osiris Khenti-Amenti, 
  give ye your protection to the Osiris Nu, whose word is truth. Now 
  therefore, inasmuch as ye have destroyed the Opponent of Osiris 
  
  Khenti-Amenti, who liveth with the gods, having smitten Suti with 
  his right hand and arm when dawn came upon the earth, and Horus hath 
  become master [of Suti], and hath avenged his divine Father himself; 
  and inasmuch as your divine Father hath been made to flourish 
  through the union of the KA of Osiris Khenti-Amenti, whch ye effected, 
  and the Eye of Horus hath avenged him, and hath protected him, and 
  hath cast down headlong for him all his enemies, and all his enemies 
  have fallen down before him, even so do ye destroy the Opponent of the 
  Osiris Nu, the steward of the overseer of the seal, whose word is 
  truth. Let him live with the gods, let him smite his enemy, let him 
  destroy him, when light dawneth on the earth. Let Horus be master 
  and avenge the Osiris Nu, and let the Osiris Nu flourish through his 
  union with his KA which ye have effected. O Osiris Nu, the Eye of 
  Horus hath avenged thee. It hath cast down headlong all thine 
  enemies for thee, and all thine enemies have been cast down headlong 
  before thee. 
  Hail, Osiris Khenti-Amenti, grant thou light and fire to the perfect 
  Heart-soul which is in Hensu. And [O ye Sons of Horus], grant ye power 
  unto the living heart-soul of the Osiris Nu by means of his fire. 
  Let him not be repulsed, and let him not be driven back at the doors 
  of Amentet! Let his offerings of bread and of linen garments be 
  brought unto him among the lords of funeral oblations. O offer ye 
  praises, as unto a god to the Osiris Nu, the destroyer of his Opponent 
  in his form of Truth, and in his attributes of a god of truth. 
   
  RUBRIC: [This Chapter] shall be recited over four torches of atma 
  cloth, which hath been anointed with the finest Thehennu unguent, 
  and the torches shall be placed in the hands of four men who shall 
  have the names of the pillars of Horus written upon their shoulders, 
  and they shall burn the torches in the beautiful light of Ra, and this 
  shall confer power and might upon the Spirit-soul of the deceased 
  among the stars which never set. If this Chapter be recited for him he 
  shall never, never perish, and he shall become a living soul for ever. 
  These torches shall make the Spirit-soul to flourish like Osiris 
  Khenti-Amenti, regularly and continually for ever. It is a struggle. 
  Thou shalt not perform this ceremony before any human being except 
  thine own self, or thy father, or thy son, because it is an 
  exceedingly great mystery of the Amentet, and it is a type of the 
  hidden things of the Tuat. When this ceremony hath been performed 
  for the deceased, the gods, and the Spirit-souls, and the dead shall 
  see him in the form of Khenti-Amenti, and he shall have power and 
  dominion like this god. 
   
  If thou shalt undertake to perform for the deceased that which is 
  ordered in this "Chapter of the four blazing torches," each day, 
  thou shalt cause the form of the deceased to come forth from every 
  hall [in the Tuat], and from the Seven Halls of Osiris. And he shall 
  live in the form of the God. He shall have power and dominion 
  corresponding to those of the gods and the Spirit-souls for ever and 
  ever. He shall enter in through the secret pylons and shall not be 
  turned back in the presence of Osiris. And it shall come to pass, 
  provided that the following things be done for him, that he shall 
  enter in and come forth. He shall not be turned back. No boundary 
  shall be set to his goings, and the sentence of the doom shall not 
  be passed upon him on the Day of the Weighing of Words before 
  Osiris- never, never. 
  And thou shalt perform whatsoever [is written in] this book on 
  behalf of the deceased, who shall thereby become perfect and pure. And 
  thou shalt "open his mouth" with the instrument of iron. And thou 
  shalt write down these things in accordance with the instructions 
  which are found in the books of Prince Herutataf, who discovered 
  them in a secret coffer (now they were in the handwriting of the god 
  
  [Thoth] himself and had been deposited in the Temple of the goddess 
  Unnut, the Lady of Unu) during a journey which he was making in 
  order to inspect the temples, and the temple-estates, and the 
  sanctuaries of the gods. And thou shalt perform these ceremonies 
  secretly in the Tuat-chamber of the tomb, for they are mysteries of 
  the Tuat, and they are symbolic of the things which are done in 
  Khert-Neter. 
  And thou shalt say: I have come, I have advanced hastily. I cast 
  light upon his (the deceased's) footsteps. I am hidden, but I cast 
  light upon his hidden place. I stand up close to the Tet. I stand up 
  close to the Tet of Ra, I turn back the slaughter. I am protecting 
  thee, O Osiris. 
   
  RUBRIC: This Chapter shall be recited over a Tet of crystal, which 
  shall be set upon a brick made of crude mud, whereupon this Chapter 
  hath been inscribed. Thou shalt make a cavity in the west wall [of the 
  tomb], and having turned the front of the Tet towards the east, thou 
  shalt wall up the cavity with mud which hath been mixed with extract 
  of cedar. This Tet shall drive away the enemies of Osiris who would 
  set themselves at the east wall [of the tomb]. 
   
  And thou shalt say: I have driven back thy foes. I keep watch over 
  thee. He that is upon his mountain (Anpu) keepeth watch over thee 
  ready for the moment when thy foes shall attack thee, and he shall 
  repulse them for thee. I will drive back the Crocodile at the moment 
  when it attacketh thee, and I will protect thee, O Osiris Nu. 
   
  RUBRIC: This Chapter shall be recited over a figure of Anpu made 
  of crude mud mixed with incense. And the figure shall be set upon a 
  brick made of crude mud, whereupon this Chapter hath been inscribed. 
  Thou shalt make a cavity in the east wall, and having turned the 
  face of the figure of Anpu towards the west wall [therein] thou 
  shalt wall up the cavity. This figure shall repulse the enemies of 
  Osiris, who would set themselves at the south wall. 
   
  And thou shalt say; I am the belt of sand round about the hidden 
  coffer. I turn back the force of the blazing fire of the funerary 
  mountain. I traverse the roads, and I protect the Osiris Nu, the 
  steward of the overseer of the seal, whose word is truth. 
   
  RUBRIC: This Chapter shall be recited over a brick made of crude mud 
  whereon a copy of this Chapter hath been inscribed. And thou shalt 
  place a reed in the middle thereof, and thou shalt smear it with 
  pitch, and set light thereto. Then thou shalt make a cavity in the 
  south wall, and, having turned the front of the brick towards the 
  north, thou shalt wall the brick up inside it. [It shall repulse the 
  enemies of the Osiris Nu] who would assemble at the north wall. 
   
  And thou shalt say: O thou who comest to set fire [to the tomb or 
  mummy], I will not let thee do it. O thou who comest to cast fire 
  [herein], I will not let thee do it. I will burn thee, and I will cast 
  fire upon thee. I protect the Osiris Nu, the steward of the overseer 
  of the seal, whose word is truth. 
   
  RUBRIC: This Chapter shall be recited over a brick of crude mud, 
  whereon a copy of this Chapter hath been inscribed. [And thou shalt 
  set upon it] a figure of the deceased made of palm wood, seven fingers 
  in height. And thou shalt perform on it the ceremony of "Opening the 
  Mouth." Then thou shalt make a cavity in the north wall, and having 
  [placed the brick and the figure inside it], and turned the face of 
  the figure towards the south, thou shalt wall up the cavity. [It shall 
  repulse the enemies of the Osiris Nu], who would assemble at the south 
  
  wall. 
   
  And behold, these things shall be done by a man who is washed clean, 
  and is ceremonially pure, and who hath eaten neither meat nor fish, 
  and who hath not [recently] had intercourse with women. And behold, 
  thou shalt make offerings of cakes and ale to these gods, and shalt 
  burn incense on their fires. Every Spirit-soul for whom these things 
  shall be done shall become like a holy god in Khert-Neter, and he 
  shall not be turned back at any gate in Amentet, and he shall be in 
  the following of Osiris, whithersoever he goeth, regularly and 
  continually. 
   
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