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240 BC
THE PAPYRUS OF ANI
THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD
Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge
Part 39
THE CHAPTER OF OPENING THE TOMB TO THE BA-SOUL AND THE SHADOW, AND
OF COMING FORTH BY DAY, AND OF HAVING MASTERY OVER THE TWO LEGS. The
Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- The place which is
closed is opened, the place which is shut (or sealed) is sealed.
That which lieth down in the closed place is opened by the Ba-soul
which is in it. By the Eye of Horus I am delivered. Ornaments are
stablished on the brow of Ra. My stride is made long. I lift up my two
thighs [in walking]. I have journeyed over a long road. My limbs are
in a flourishing condition. I am Horus, the Avenger of his Father, and
I bring the Urrt Crown [and set it on] its standard. The road of souls
is opened. My twin soul seeth the Great God in the Boat of Ra, on
the day of souls. My soul is in the front thereof with the counter
of the years. Come, the Eye of Horus hath delivered for me my soul, my
ornaments are stablished on the brow of Ra. Light is on the faces of
those who are in the members of Osiris. Ye shall not hold captive my
soul. Ye shall not keep in durance my shadow. The way is open to my
soul and to my shadow. It seeth the Great God in the shrine on the day
of counting souls. It repeateth the words of Osiris. Those whose seats
are invisible, who fetter the members of Osiris, who fetter
Heart-souls and Spirit-souls, who set a seal upon the dead, and who
would do evil to me, shall do no evil to me. Haste on the way to me.
Thy heart is with thee. My Heart-soul and my Spirit-soul are equipped;
they guide thee. I sit down at the head of the great ones who are
chiefs of their abodes. The wardens of the members of Osiris shall not
hold thee captive, though they keep ward over souls, and set a seal on
the shadow which is dead. Heaven shall not shut thee in.
RUBRIC: If this Chapter be known by the deceased he shall come forth
by day, and his soul shall not be kept captive.
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