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240 BC

THE PAPYRUS OF ANI

THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge

 

Part 21

  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.