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240 BC

THE PAPYRUS OF ANI

THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge

Part 3

HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF COMING FORTH BY DAY, AND THE SONGS OF

PRAISING AND GLORIFYING WHICH ARE TO BE RECITED FOR "COMING FORTH" AND

FOR ENTERING INTO KHERT-NETER, AND THE SPELLS WHICH ARE TO BE SAID

IN BEAUTIFUL AMENTET. THEY SHALL BE RECITED ON THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL,

ENTERING IN AFTER COMING FORTH.

  The Osiris Ani, the Osiris the scribe Ani saith:- Homage to thee,

O Bull of Amentet, Thoth the king of eternity is with me. I am the

great god by the side of the divine boat, I have fought for thee, I am

one of those gods, those divine chiefs, who proved the

truth-speaking of Osiris before his enemies on the day of the weighing

of words. I am thy kinsman Osiris. I am [one of] those gods who were

the children of the goddess Nut, who hacked in pieces the enemies of

Osiris, and who bound in fetters the legion of Sebau devils on his

behalf. I am thy kinsman Horus, I have fought on thy behalf, I have

come to thee for thy name's sake. I am Thoth who proved the truth of

the words of Osiris before his enemies on the day of the weighing of

words in the great House of the Prince, who dwelleth in Anu. I am

Teti, the son of Teti. My mother conceived me in Tetu, and gave

birth to me in Tetu. I am with the mourners [and with] the women who

tear out their hair and make lament for Osiris in Taui-Rekhti, proving

true the words of Osiris before his enemies. Ra commanded Thoth to

prove true the words of Osiris before his enemies; what was

commanded [for Osiris], let that be done for me by Thoth. I am with

Horus on the day of dressing Teshtesh. I open the hidden water-springs

for the ablutions of Urt-ab. I unbolt the door of the Shetait Shrine

in Ra-stau. I am with Horus as the protector of the left shoulder of

Osiris, the dweller in Sekhem. I enter in among and I come forth

from the Flame-gods on the day of the destruction of the Sebau

fiends in Sekhem. I am with Horus on the day[s] of the festivals of

Osiris, at the making of offerings and oblations, namely, on the

festival which is celebrated on the sixth day of the month, and on the

day of the Tenat festival in Anu. I am the UAB priest (libationer)

in Tetu, Rera, the dweller in Per-Asar. I exalt him that is upon the

high place of the country. I look upon the hidden things (the

mysteries) in Ra-stau. I recite the words of the liturgy of the

festival of the Soul-god in Tetu. I am the SEM priest, and [perform]

his duties. I am the UR-KHERP-HEM priest on the day of placing the

Henu Boat of Seker upon its divine sledge. I have taken in my hand the

digging tool on the day of digging up the earth in Hensu.

  Hail, O ye who make perfect souls to enter into the House of Osiris,

make ye the well-instructed soul of the Osiris the scribe Ani, whose

word is true, to enter in and to be with you in the House of Osiris.

Let him hear even as ye hear; let him have sight even as ye have

sight; let him stand up even as ye stand up; let him take his seat

even as ye take your seats.

  Hail, O ye who give cakes and ale to perfect souls in the House of

Osiris, give ye cakes and ale twice each day (in the morning and in

the evening) to the soul of the Osiris Ani, whose word is true

before the gods, the Lords of Abydos, and whose word is true with you.

  Hail, O ye who open up the way, who act as guides to the roads [in

the Other World] to perfect souls in the House of Osiris, open ye up

for him the way, and act ye as guides to the roads to the soul of

the Osiris, the scribe, the registrary of all the offerings made to

the gods, Ani, [whose word is true] with you. May he enter the House

of Osiris with boldness, and may he come forth therefrom in peace. May

there be no opposition made to him, and may he not be sent back

[therefrom]. May he enter in under favour [of Osiris], and may he come

forth gratified [at the acceptance of] his true words. May his

commands be performed in the House of Osiris, may his words travel

with you, may he be glorious as ye are. May he be not found to be

light in the Balance, may the Balance dispose of his case.

  (In the Turin Papyrus, ed. Lepsius, this Chapter ends with the

following.)

  Permit thou not me to be judged according to the mouths of the

multitude. May my soul lift itself up before [Osiris], having been

found to have been pure when on earth. May I come into thy presence, O

Lord of the gods; may I arrive at the Nome of Maati (Truth); may I

rise up on my seat like a god endowed with life; may I give forth

light like the Company of the Gods who dwell in heaven; may I become

like one of you; may I lift up my footsteps in the town of Kher-Aha;

may I look upon the Sektet Boat of the god, Saah, the holy one, as

it passeth across the sky; may I not be repulsed; may I look upon

the Lords of the Tuat, or, according to another reading, the Company

of the Gods; may I smell the savour of the divine food of the

Company of the Gods; may I sit down with them; may my name be

proclaimed for offerings by the KHER-HEB priest at the sacrificial

table; may I hear the petitions which are made when offerings are

presented; may I draw nigh unto the Neshem Boat; and may neither my

Heart-soul nor its lord be repulsed.

  Homage to thee, O Chief of Amentet, thou god Osiris, who dwellest in

the town of Nifu-ur. Grant thou that I may arrive in peace in Amentet.

May the Lords of Ta-Tchesert receive me, and may they say unto me:

"Hail, hail; welcome, welcome!" May they make ready for me a seat by

the side of the President of the Chiefs; may the Nursing-goddesses

receive me at the seasons, and may I come forth into the presence of

Un-Nefer true of word. May I be a Follower of Horus in Ra-stau, and of

Osiris in Tetu; and may I perform all the transformations which my

heart may desire to make in every place wherein my Double (KA) wisheth

to be.

  RUBRIC: If this text be known [by the deceased] upon earth or if

he causeth it to be done in writing upon [his] coffin, then will he be

able to come forth on any day he pleaseth, and to enter into his

habitation unrepulsed. Cakes and ale and joints of meat from those

which are on the altar of Ra shall be given unto him, and his

homestead shall be among the fields of the Field of Reeds

(Sekhet-Aaru), and wheat and barley shall be given unto him therein,

and he shall flourish there even as he flourished upon earth.