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240 BC

THE PAPYRUS OF ANI

THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge

 

Part 33

  THE CHAPTER OF BREATHING THE AIR AND OF HAVING POWER OVER WATER IN

KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani saith:- Open to me! Who art thou?

Whither goest thou? What is thy name? I am one of you. Who are these

with you? The two Merti goddesses (Isis and Nephthys). Thou separatest

head from head when [he] entereth the divine Mesqen chamber. He

causeth me to set out for the temple of the gods Kem-heru.

"Assembler of souls" is the name of my ferry-boat. "Those who make the

hair to bristle" is the name of the oars. "Sert" ("Goad") is the

name of the hold. "Steering straight in the middle" is the name of the

rudder; likewise, [the boat] is a type of my being borne onward in the

lake. Let there be given unto me vessels of milk, and cakes, and

loaves of bread, and cups of drink, and flesh, in the Temple of Anpu.

  RUBRIC: If the deceased knoweth this Chapter, he shall go into,

after coming forth from Khert-Neter of [the Beautiful Amentet].

  THE CHAPTER OF SNUFFING THE AIR, AND OF HAVING POWER OVER THE

WATER IN KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, thou Sycamore

tree of the goddess Nut! Give me of the [water and of the] air which

is in thee. I embrace that throne which is in Unu, and I keep guard

over the Egg of Nekek-ur. It flourisheth, and I flourish; it liveth,

and I live; it snuffeth the air, and I snuff the air, I the Osiris

Ani, whose word is truth, in [peace].