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240 BC

THE PAPYRUS OF ANI

THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge

 

Part 23

  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.