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240 BC
THE PAPYRUS OF ANI
THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD
Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge
Part 15
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."
"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."
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