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240 BC
THE PAPYRUS OF ANI
THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD
Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge
Part 51
THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A SWALLOW. The
Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am a swallow, [I am] a
swallow. [I am] that Scorpion, the daughter of Ra. Hail, O ye gods
whose odour is sweet. Hail, O ye gods whose odour is sweet. Hail,
Flame, who comest forth from the horizon. Hail, thou who art in the
city. I have brought the Warder of his corner there. Give me thy two
hands, and let me pass my time in the Island of Flame. I have advanced
with a message, I have come having the report thereof [to make].
Open to me. How shall I tell that which I have seen there? I am like
Horus, the governor of the Boat, when the throne of his father was
given unto him, and when Set, that son of Nut, was [lying] under the
fetters which he had made for Osiris. He who is in Sekhem hath
inspected me. I stretch out my arms over Osiris. I have advanced for
the examination, I have come to speak there. Let me pass on and
deliver my message. I am he who goeth in, [I am] judged, [I] come
forth magnified at the Gate of Nebertcher. I am purified at the
Great Uart. I have done away my wickednesses. I have put away
utterly my offences. I have put away utterly all the taints of evil
which appertained to me [upon the earth]. I have purified myself, I
have made myself to be like a god. Hail, O ye Doorkeepers, I have
completed my journey. I am like unto you. I have come forth by day.
I have advanced on my legs. I have gained the master over [my]
footsteps. [Hail, ye] Spirit-souls! I, even I, do know the hidden
roads and the Gates of Sekhet Aaru. I live there. Verily, I, even I,
have come, I have overthrown my enemies upon the earth, although my
body lieth a mummy in the tomb.
RUBRIC: (Naville, op. cit., II, Bl. 202)
If this Chapter be known by the deceased, he shall enter in after he
hath come forth by day.
RUBRIC: (Saite Recension)
If this Chapter be known by the deceased, he shall come forth by day
from Khert-Neter, and he shall go [again] after he hath come forth. If
this Chapter be not known [by the deceased], he shall not go in
again after he hath come forth [and he] shall not know [how] to come
forth by day.
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