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240 BC

THE PAPYRUS OF ANI

THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge

 

Part 76

  THE TEXTS IN THE FUNERAL CHAMBER

  SPEECH OF ISIS. Isis saith:- I have come to be a protector unto

thee. I waft unto thee air for thy nostrils, and the north wind

which cometh forth from the god Tem unto thy nose. I have made whole

for thee thy windpipe. I make thee to live like a god. Thine enemies

have fallen under thy feet. I have made thy word to be true before

Nut, and thou art mighty before the gods.

  SPEECH OF NEPHTHYS. Nephthys saith unto the Osiris Ani, whose word

is truth:- I go round about thee to protect thee, O brother Osiris.

I have come to be a protector unto thee. [My strength shall be near

thee, my strength shall be near thee, for ever. Ra hath heard thy cry,

and the gods have made thy word to be truth. Thou art raised up. Thy

word is truth in respect of what hath been done unto thee. Ptah hath

overthrown thy foes, and thou art Horus, the son of Hathor.]

  SPEECH OF THE TET. I have come quickly, and I have driven back the

footsteps of th god whose face is hidden. I have illumined his

sanctuary. I stand near the god Tet on the day of repelling

disaster. I watch to protect thee, O Osiris.

  SPEECH OF KESTA (Mesta). I am Kesta, thy son, O Osiris Ani, whose

word is truth. I come to protect thee. I will make thy house to

flourish, permanently, even as Ptah hath commanded me, and as Ra

himself hath commanded.

  SPEECH OF HAPI. I am Hapi, thy son, O Osiris Ani, whose word is

truth. I come to protect thee. I bind together thy head and the

members of thy body. I smite down for thee thine enemies under thee. I

give unto thee thy head for ever and for ever, O Osiris Ani, whose

word is truth, whose word is truth in peace.

  SPEECH OF TUAMUTEF. Tuamutef saith:- I am thy son Horus, who

loveth thee. I come to avenge thee, O my father Osiris, upon him

that did evil unto thee. I have set him under thy feet for ever and

for ever, permanently, permanently, O Osiris Ani, whose word is truth,

whose word is truth.

  SPEECH OF QEBHSENUF. Qebsenuf saith:- I am thy son, O Osiris Ani,

whose word is truth. I come to protect thee. I have collected thy

bones and I have gathered together thy members. [I have brought thy

heart, and I have placed it upon its throne within thy body. I make

thy house to flourish after thee, O thou who livest for ever.]

  SPEECH OF THE FLAME. I protect thee with this flame. I drive him

[the foe] away from the valley of the tomb. I cast the sand about [thy

feet]. I embrace the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in peace.

  SPEECH OF THE FLAME. I come to hew in pieces. I have not been hewn

in pieces, and I will not permit thee to be hewn in pieces. I come

to do violence [to thy foe], but I will not permit violence to be done

unto thee. I protect thee.

  A SOUL SAITH:- The Osiris Ani, whose is truth, praiseth Ra when he

rolleth up into the sky in the eastern horizon of heaven.

  A SOUL SAITH:- The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in peace in

Khert-Neter, praiseth Ra when he setteth in the western horizon of

heaven, [and saith], "I am a perfect soul."

  SPEECH OF ANI. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am a

perfect soul dwelling in the divine egg of the Abtu Fish. I am the

Great Cat which dwelleth in the Seat of Truth, wherein the god Shu

riseth.

  SPEECH OF THE USHABTI FIGURE [THE CHAPTER OF NOT DOING WORK IN

KHERT-NETER]. Illumine the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth. Hail,

Shabti Figure! If the Osiris Ani be decreed to do any of the work

which is to be done in Khert-Neter, let everything which standeth in

the way be removed from him- whether it be to plough the fields, or to

fill the channels with water, or to carry sand from [the East to the

West]. The Shabti Figure replieth: I will do it, verily I am here

[when] thou callest.