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240 BC

THE PAPYRUS OF ANI

THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge

 

Part 19

  (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."