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240 BC

THE PAPYRUS OF ANI

THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge

 

Part 25

  THE CHAPTER OF BRINGING WORDS OF POWER TO THE OSIRIS ANI, who

saith:- I am Tem-Khepera who produced himself on the thighs of his

divine mother. Those who dwell in Nu have been made wolves, and those

who are among the Tchatcha Chiefs have become hyenas. Behold, I will

gather together to myself this charm from the person with whom it is

[and from the place] wherein it is [and it shall come to me] quicker

than a greyhound, and swifter that light. Hail, thou who bringest the

Ferry-Boat of Ra, thou holdest thy course firmly and directly in the

north wind as thou sailest up the river towards the Island of Fire

which is in Khert-Neter. Behold, thou shalt gather together to thee

this charm from wheresoever it may be, and from whomsoever it may be

with [and it shall come to me] quicker than a greyhound, and swifter

than light. It (the charm) made the transformations of Mut; it

fashioned the gods [or] kept them silent; by it Mut gave the warmth

[of life] to the gods. Behold, these words of power are mine, and

they shall come unto me from wheresoever they may be, or with

whomsoever they may be, quicker than greyhounds and swifter than

light, or, according to another reading, "swifter than shadows."