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240 BC

THE PAPYRUS OF ANI

THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge

 

Part 10

  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."