Description:

240 BC

THE PAPYRUS OF ANI

THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge

 

Part 27

  THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF THE OSIRIS, THE ASSESSOR

OF THE DIVINE OFFERINGS OF ALL THE GODS, ANI, WHOSE WORD IS TRUTH

BEFORE OSIRIS, BE DRIVEN BACK FROM HIM IN KHERT-NETER. He saith:- My

heart of my mother. My heart of my mother. My heart-case of my

transformations. Let not any one stand up to bear testimony against

me. Let no one drive me away from the Tchatcha Chiefs. Let no one make

thee to fall away from me in the presence of the Keeper of the

Balance. Thou art my KA, the dweller in my body, the god Khnemu who

makest sound my members. Mayest thou appear in the place of

happiness whither we go. Let not make my name to stink Shenit

Chiefs, who make men to be stable. [Let it be satisfactory unto us,

and let the listening be satisfactory unto us, and let there be joy of

heart to us at the weighing of words. Let not lies be told against

me before the Great God, the Lord of Amentet. Verily, how great

shalt thou be when thou risest up in triumph!]

  RUBRIC I: These words are to be said over a scarab of green stone

encircled with a band of refined copper, and [having] a ring of

silver; which shall be placed on the neck of the Khu (the deceased),

etc.

  RUBRIC II (From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 21): If this Chapter be

known [by the deceased] he shall be declared a speaker of the truth

both upon earth and in Khert-Neter, and he shall be able to perform

every act which a living human being can perform. Now it is a great

protection which hath been given by the god. This Chapter was found in

the city of Khemenu upon the slab of ba, which was inlaid with

[letters of] genuine lapis-lazuli, and was under the feet of [the

statue] of the god, during the reign of His Majesty, the King of the

South and North, Menkaura (Mycerinus), true of word, by Prince

Herutataf, who found it during a journey which he made to inspect

the temples. One Nekht was with him who was diligent in making him

to understand it, and he brought it to the king as a wonderful

object when he perceived that it was a thing of great mystery, [the

like of] which had never [before] been seen or looked upon. This

Chapter shall be recited by a man who is ceremonially clean and

pure, who hath not eaten the flesh of animals, or fish, and who hath

not had intercourse with women. And behold, thou shalt make a scarab

of green stone, with a rim [plated] with gold, which shall be placed

above the heart of a man, and it shall perform for him the "opening of

the mouth." And thou shalt anoint it with myrrh unguent, and thou

shalt recite over it the following words of magical power. [Here

follows the text of the Chapter of Not Letting the Heart of Ani Be

Taken from Him.]