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240 BC

THE PAPYRUS OF ANI

THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge

 

Part 30

  (From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 12)

  THE CHAPTER OF GIVING AIR TO NU IN KHERT-NETER. He saith:- Hail,

thou God Temu, grant thou unto me the sweet breath which dwelleth in

thy nostrils! I am the Egg which is in Kenken-ur (the Great

Cackler), and I watch and guard that mighty thing which hath come into

being, wherewith the god Keb hath opened the earth. I live; it liveth;

I grow, I live, I snuff the air. I am the god Utcha-aabet, and I go

about his egg. I shine at the moment of the mighty of strength,

Suti. Hail, thou who makest sweet the time of the Two Lands! Hail,

dweller among the celestial food. Hail, dweller among the beings of

blue (lapis-lazuli), watch ye to protect him that is in his nest,

the Child who cometh forth to you.

  THE CHAPTER OF GIVING AIR IN KHERT-NETER. Nu saith:- I am the jackal

of jackals. I am Shu. I draw air from the presence of the Light-god,

from the uttermost limits of heaven, from the uttermost limits of

earth, from the uttermost limits of the pinion of Nebeh bird. May

air be given unto this young divine Babe. [My mouth is open, I see

with my eyes.]

  THE CHAPTER OF SNUFFING THE AIR WITH WATER IN KHERT-NETER. Hail,

Tem. Grant thou unto me the sweet breath which dwelleth in thy

nostrils. I am he who embraceth that great throne which is in the city

of Unu. I keep watch over the Egg of Kenken-ur (the Great Cackler).

I grow and flourish as it groweth and flourisheth. I live as it

liveth. I snuff the air as it snuffeth the air.

  THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF A MAN BE SNATCHED AWAY

FROM HIM IN KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth,

saith:- Get thee back, O messenger of every god! Art thou come to

[snatch away] my heart-case which liveth? My heart-case which liveth

shall not be given unto thee. [As] I advance, the gods hearken unto my

propitiation [prayer] and they fall down on their faces [whilst]

they are on their own land.