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240 BC

THE PAPYRUS OF ANI

THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge

 

Part 58

  (From the Papyrus of Nebseni)

  Behold, I am the dweller in his terrors, I am the crocodile, his

firstborn. I bring (prey) from a distance. I am the Fish of Horus, the

Great One in Kamui. I am the lord of bowings in Sekhem.

  THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO PTAH. The Osiris Ani

[whose word is truth, saith]:- I eat bread. I drink ale. I gird up

my garments. I fly like a hawk. I cackle like the Smen goose. I alight

upon that place hard by the Sepulchre on the festival of the Great

God. That which is abominable, that which is abominable I will not

eat. [An abominable thing] is filth, I will not eat thereof. That

which is an abomination unto my KA shall not enter my body. I will

live upon that whereon live the gods and the Spirit-souls. I shall

live, and I shall be master of their cakes. I am master of them, and I

shall eat them under the trees of the dweller in the House of

Hathor, my Lady. I will make an offering. My cakes are in Tetu, my

offerings are in Anu. I gird about myself the robe which is woven

for me by the goddess Tait. I shall stand up and sit down in

whatsoever place it pleaseth me to do so. My head is like unto that of

Ra. I am gathered together like Tem.

  Here offer the four cakes of Ra, and the offerings of the earth.

  I shall come forth. My tongue is like that of Ptah, and my throat is

like unto that of Hathor, and I remember the words of Tem, of my

father, with my mouth. He forced the woman, the wife of Keb,

breaking the heads near him; therefore was the fear of him there.

[His] praises are repeated with vigour. I am decreed to be the Heir,

the lord of the earth of Keb. I have union with women. Keb hath

refreshed me, and he hath caused me to ascend his throne. Those who

dwell in Anu bow their heads to me. I am [their] Bull, I am stronger

than [the Lord] of the hour. I unite with women. I am master for

millions of years.

  [THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE SOUL OF TEM. The

Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I shall not enter into the

place of destruction, I shall not perish, I shall not know [decay].

I am Ra, who came forth from Nu, the Soul of the God who created his

own members. What I abominate is sin; I will not look thereon. I cry

not out against truth, nay, I live therein. I am the god Hu, the

imperishable god, in my name of "Soul." I have created myself with Nu,

in the name of "Khepera." I exist in them like Ra. I am the Lord of

Light.