COMING FORTH BY DAY
Homage to thee, O Chief of Amentet, thou god Osiris, who dwellest in the town of Nifu-ur. Grant thou that I may arrive in peace in Amentet. May the Lords of Ta-Tchesert receive me, and may they say unto me: "Hail, hail; welcome, welcome!" May they make ready for me a seat by the side of the President of the Chiefs; may the Nursing-goddesses receive me at the seasons, and may I come forth into the presence of Un-Nefer true of word. May I be a Follower of Horus in Ra-stau, and of Osiris in Tetu; and may I perform all the transformations which my heart may desire to make in every place wherein my Double (KA) wisheth to be.
RUBRIC: If this text be known [by the deceased] upon earth or if he causeth it to be done in writing upon [his] coffin, then will he be able to come forth on any day he pleaseth, and to enter into his habitation unrepulsed. Cakes and ale and joints of meat from those which are on the altar of Ra shall be given unto him, and his homestead shall be among the fields of the Field of Reeds (Sekhet-Aaru), and wheat and barley shall be given unto him therein, and he shall flourish there even as he flourished upon earth. ........
THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AND OF OPENING UP A WAY THROUGH THE AMEHET: Behold, the scribe Nebseni, whose word is truth, saith:- Homage to you, O ye Lords of Kau, ye who are without sin, and who live for the endless and infinite aeons of time which make up eternity. I have opened up a way for myself to you. I have become a spirit in my forms, I have gotten the mastery over my words of magical power, and I am adjudged a spirit; therefore deliver ye me from the Crocodile [which liveth in] this Country of Truth. Grant ye to me my mouth that I may speak therewith, and cause ye that sepulchral offerings shall be made unto me in your presence, for I know you, and I know your names, and I know also the name of the mighty god before whose face ye set your celestial food. His name is "Tekem." [When] he openeth up his path on the eastern horizon of heaven, [when] he alighteth towards the western horizon of heaven, may he carry me along with him, and may I be safe and sound. Let not the Mesqet make an end of me, let not the Fiend (Sebau) gain the mastery over me, let me not be driven away from the doors of the Other World, let not you doors be shut in my face, for my cakes are in the city of Pe, and my ale is in the city of Tep. And there, in the celestial mansions of heaven which my divine father Tem hath stablished, let my hands lay hold upon the wheat and the barley, which shall be given unto me therein in abundant measure, and may the son of my own body make ready for me my food therein. And grant ye unto me when I am there sepulchral meals, and incense, and unguents, and all the pure and beautiful things whereon the god liveth, in every deed for ever, in all the transformations which it pleaseth me [to perform], and grant unto me the power to float down and to sail up the stream in the Field of Reeds (Sekhet-Aaru), [and may I reach Sekhet-hetepet (the Field of Offerings)]. I am the twin Lion-gods (Shu and Tefnut). ........
THE CHAPTER OF OPENING THE MOUTH OF THE OSIRIS ANI. To be said:- The god Ptah shall open my mouth, and the god of my town shall unfasten the swathings, the swathings which are over my mouth. Thereupon shall come Thoth, who is equipped with words of power in great abundance, and shall untie the fetters, even the fetters of the god Set which are over my mouth. And the god Tem shall cast them back at those who would fetter me with them, and cast them at him. Then shall the god Shu open my mouth, and make an opening into my mouth with the same iron implement wherewith he opened the mouth of the gods. I am the goddess Sekhmet, and I take my seat upon the place by the side of Amt-ur the great wind of heaven. I am the great Star-goddess Saah, who dwelleth among the Souls of Anu. Now as concerning every spell, and every word which shall be spoken against me, every god of the Divine Company shall set himself in opposition thereto. ........
THE CHAPTER WHICH MAKETH A MAN TO REMEMBER HIS NAME IN KHERT-NETER. [The deceased] saith:- Let my name be given to me in the Great House (Per-ur), and let me remember my name in the House of Fire (Per Neser), on the night wherein the years are counted up, and the number of the months is told. I am dwelling with the Divine One, I take my seat on the eastern side of the sky. If any god cometh after me, I shall be able to declare his name forthwith. ........
THE CHAPTER OF GIVING A HEART TO THE OSIRIS ANI IN KHERT-NETER. He saith:- Let my heart be with me in the House of Hearts. Let my heart-case be with me in the House of heart-cases. Let my heart be with me, and let it rest in [me or] I shall not eat the cakes of Osiris in the eastern side of the Lake of Flowers, nor have a boat wherein to float down the river, nor a boat to sail up the river to thee, nor be able to embark in a boat with thee. Let my mouth be to me that I may speak therewith. Let my legs be to me that I may walk therewith. Let my arms be to me that I may overthrow the foe therewith. Let the two doors of the sky be opened to me. May Keb, the Erpat of the gods, open his jaws to me. May he open my two eyes which are blinded by swathings. May he make me to lift up my legs in walking which are tied together. May Anpu make my thighs to become vigorous. May the goddess Sekhmet raise me, and lift me up. Let me ascend into heaven, let that which I command be performed in Het-ka-Ptah. I know how to use my heart. I am master of my heart-case. I am master of my hands and arms. I am master of my legs. I have the power to do that which my KA desireth to do. My Heart-soul shall not be kept a prisoner in my body at the gates of Amentet when I would go in in peace and come forth in peace. ........
THE CHAPTER OF NOT ALLOWING THE HEART.... TO BE CARRIED AWAY DEAD IN KHERT-NETER. [Nu, whose word is truth, saith]:- My heart is with me, and it shall never come to pass that it be carried away. I am the Lord of Hearts, the slayer of the heart-case. I live in truth, I have my being therein. I am Horus, the Dweller in Hearts, [I am] in the Dweller in the body. I have life by my word, my heart hath being. My heart-case shall not be snatched away from me, it shall not be wounded, it shall not be put in restraint if wounds are inflicted upon me. [If] one take possession of it I shall have my being in the body of my father Keb and in the body of my mother Nut. I have not done that which is held in abomination by the gods. I shall not suffer defeat [for] my word is truth. ........
THE CHAPTER OF NOT DYING A SECOND TIME IN KHERT-NETER. The Osiris Ani saith:- My hiding place is opened, my hiding place is opened. The Spirits fall headlong in the darkness, but the Eye of Horus hath made me holy, and Upuati hath nursed me. I will hide myself among you, O ye stars which are imperishable. My brow is like the brow of Ra. My face is open. My heart-case is upon its throne, I know how to utter words. In very truth I am Ra himself. I am not a man of no account. I am not a man to whom violence can be done. Thy father liveth for thee, O son of Nut. I am thy son, O great one, I have seen the hidden things which are thine. I am crowned upon my throne like the king of the gods. I shall not die a second time in Khert-Neter. ........
THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE BODY PERISH. The Osiris Nu saith:-
Homage to thee, O my divine father Osiris! I come to embalm thee. Do
thou embalm these my members, for I would not perish and come to an
end [but would be] even like unto my divine father Khepera, the divine
type of him that never saw corruption. Come then, strengthen my
breath, O Lord of the winds, who dost magnify these divine beings
who are like unto thyself. Stablish me, stablish me, and fashion me
strongly, O Lord of the funeral chest. Grant thou that I may enter
into the land of everlastingness, according to that which was done for
thee, along with thy father Tem, whose body never saw corruption,
and who himself never saw corruption. I have never done that which
thou hatest, nay, I have acclaimed thee among those who love thy KA.
Let not my body become worms, but deliver thou me as thou didst
deliver thyself. I pray thee, let me not fall into rottenness, as thou
lettest every god, and every goddess, and every animal, and every
reptile, see corruption, when the soul hath gone out of them, after
their death.
And when the soul hath departed, a man seeth corruption, and the
bones of his body crumble away and become stinking things, and the
members decay one after the other, the bones crumble into a helpless
mass, and the flesh turneth into foetid liquid. Thus man becometh a
brother unto the decay which cometh upon him, and he turneth into a
myriad of worms, and he becometh nothing but worms, and an end is made
of him, and perisheth in the sight of the god of day (Shu), even as do
every god, and every goddess, and every bird, and every fish, and
every creeping worm, and every reptile, and every beast, and every
thing whatsoever. Let [all the Spirits fall] on their bellies [when]
they recognize me, and behold, the fear of me shall terrify them;
and thus also let it be with every being that hath died, whether it be
animal, or bird, or fish, or worm, or reptile. Let life [rise out
of] death. Let not the decay caused by any reptile make an end [of
me], and let not [enemies] come against me in their various forms.
Give thou me not over to the Slaughterer in this execution-chamber,
who killeth the members, and maketh them rot, being [himself]
invisible, and who destroyeth the bodies of the dead, and liveth by
carnage. Let me live, and perform his order; I will do what is
commanded by him. Give me not over to his fingers, let him not
overcome me, for I am under thy command, O Lord of the Gods.
Homage to thee, O my divine father Osiris, thou livest with thy
members. Thou didst not decay, thou didst not become worms, thou didst
not wither, thou didst not rot, thou didst not putrefy, thou didst not
turn into worms. I am the god Khepera, and my members shall have being
everlastingly. I shall not decay, I shall not rot, I shall not
putrefy, I shall not turn into worms, and I shall not see corruption
before the eye of the god Shu. I shall have my being, I shall have
by being; I shall live, I shall live; I shall flourish, I shall
flourish, I shall flourish, I shall wake up in peace, I shall not
putrefy, my intestines shall not perish, I shall not suffer injury. My
eye shall not decay. The form of my face shall not disappear. My ear
shall not become deaf. My head shall not be separated from my neck. My
tongue shall not be removed. My hair shall not be cut off. My eyebrows
shall not be shaved away, and no evil defect shall assail me. My
body shall be stablished. It shall neither become a ruin, nor be
destroyed on this earth.
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A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA WHEN HE RISETH UPON THE HORIZON, AND WHEN
HE SETTETH IN THE LAND OF LIFE. Osiris the scribe Ani saith:- Homage
to thee, O Ra, when thou risest as Tem-Heru-Khuti. Thou art to be
adored. Thy beauties are before mine eyes, [thy] radiance is upon my
body. Thou goest forth to thy setting in the Sektet Boat with [fair]
winds, and thy heart is glad; the heart of the Matet Boat rejoiceth.
Thou stridest over the heavens in peace, and all thy foes are cast
down; the stars which never rest sing hymns of praise unto thee, and
the stars which are imperishable glorify thee as thou sinkest to
rest in the horizon of Manu, O thou who art beautiful at morn and at
eve, O thou lord who livest, and art established, O my Lord!
Homage to thee, O thou who art Ra when thou risest, and who art
Tem when thou settest in beauty. Thou risest and thou shinest on the
back of thy mother [Nut], O thou who art crowned the king of the gods!
Nut welcometh thee, and payeth homage unto thee, and Maat, the
everlasting and never-changing goddess, embraceth thee at noon and
at eve. Thou stridest over the heavens, being glad at heart, and the
Lake of Testes is content. The Sebau-fiend hath fallen to the
ground, his fore-legs and his hind-legs have been hacked off him,
and the knife hath severed the joints of his back. Ra hath a fair
wind, and the Sektet Boat setteth out on its journey, and saileth on
until it cometh into port. The gods of the South, the gods of the
North, the gods of the West, and the gods of the East praise thee, O
thou Divine Substance, from whom all living things came into being.
Thou didst send forth the word when the earth was submerged with
silence, O thou Only One, who didst dwell in heaven before ever the
earth and the mountains came into being. Hail, thou Runner, Lord, Only
One, thou maker of the things that are, thou hast fashioned the tongue
of the Company of the Gods, thou hast produced whatsoever cometh forth
from the waters, thou springest up out of them above the submerged
land of the Lake of Horus. Let me breathe the air which cometh forth
from thy nostrils, and the north wind which cometh forth from thy
mother Nut. Make thou my Spirit-soul to be glorious, O Osiris, make
thou my Heart-soul to be divine. Thou art worshipped as thou
settest, O Lord of the gods, thou art exalted by reason of thy
wondrous works. Shine thou with the rays of light upon my body day
by day, upon me, Osiris the scribe, the assessor of the divine
offerings of all the gods, the overseer of the granary of the Lords of
Abydos, the real royal scribe who loveth thee, Ani, whose word is
truth, in peace.
Praise be unto thee, O Osiris, the Lord of Eternity, Un-Nefer,
Heru-Khuti (Harmakhis), whose forms are manifold, whose attributes are
majestic [Praise be unto thee], O thou who art Ptah-Seker-Tem in
Anu, thou Lord of the hidden shrine, thou Creator of the House of
the KA of Ptah (Het-ka-Ptah) and of the gods [therein], thou Guide
of the Tuat, who art glorified when thou settest in Nu (the Sky). Isis
embraceth thee in peace, and she driveth away the fiends from the
entrances of thy paths. Thou turnest thy face towards Amentet, and
thou makest the earth to shine as with refined copper. Those who
have lain down in death rise up to see thee, they breathe the air, and
they look upon thy face when the disk riseth on the horizon. Their
hearts are at peace since they behold thee, o thou who art Eternity
and Everlastingness.
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[And the god maketh answer]:--Thou shalt come forth into heaven,
thou shalt sail over the sky, and thou shalt hold loving intercourse
with the Star-gods. Praises shall be made to thee in the Boat. Thy
name shall be proclaimed in the Atett Boat. Thou shalt look upon Ra
within his shrine. Thou shalt make the Disk to set [with prayer] every
day. Thou shalt see the Ant Fish in his transformations in the
depths of the waters of turquoise. Thou shalt see the Abtu Fish in his
time. It shall be that the Evil One shall fall when he deviseth a plan
to destroy thee, and the joints of his neck and back shall be hacked
asunder. Ra saileth with a fair wind, and the Sektet Boat
progresseth and cometh into port. The mariners of Ra rejoice, and
the heart of the Lady of the Hour is glad, for the enemy of her Lord
hath been cast to the ground. Thou shalt behold Horus standing on
the pilot's place in the Boat, and Thoth and Maat shall stand one on
each side of him. All the gods shall rejoice when they behold Ra
coming in peace to make the hearts of the Spirit-souls to live, and
the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, the assessor of the holy
offerings of the Lords of Thebes, shall be with them!
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A HYMN TO RA [WHICH IS TO BE SUNG] ON THE DAY OF THE MONTH (THE DAY OF THE NEW MOON) [WHEN] THE BOAT OF RA SAILETH. [The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:-] Homage to thee, O thou who dwellest in thy Boat. Thou rollest on, thou rollest on, thou sendest forth light, thou sendest forth light. Thou decreest rejoicing for [every] man for millions of years unto those who love him. Thou givest [thy] face to the Hememet spirits, thou god Khepera who dwellest in thy Boat. Thou hast overthrown the Fiend Aapep. O ye Sons of Keb, overthrow ye the enemies of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, and the fiends of destruction who would destroy the Boat of Ra. Horus hath cut off your heads in heaven. Ye who were in the forms of geese, your navel strings are on the earth. The animals are set upon the earth..... in the form of fish. Every male fiend and every female fiend shall be destroyed by the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth. Whether the fiends descend from out of heaven, or whether they come forth from the earth, or whether they advance on the waters, or whether they come from among the Star-gods, Thoth, [the son of Aner], coming forth from Anerti shall hack them to pieces. And the Osiris Ani shall make them silent and dumb. And behold ye, this god, the mighty one of slaughters, the terror of whom is most great, shall wash himself clean in your blood, and he shall bathe in your gore, and ye shall be destroyed by the Osiris Ani in the Boat of his Lord Ra-Horus. The heart of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, shall live. His mother Isis giveth birth to him, and Nephthys nurseth him, just as Isis gave birth to Horus, and Nephthys nursed him. [He] shall repulse the Smait fiends of Suti. They shall see the Urrt Crown stablished upon his head, and they shall fall down upon their faces [and worship him]. Behold, O ye Spirit-souls, and men, and gods, and ye dead, when ye see the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in the form of Horus, and the favoured one of the Urrt Crown, fall ye down upon your faces. The word of the Osiris Ani is truth before his enemies in heaven above, and on earth beneath, and before the Tchatchau Chiefs of every god and of every goddess.
RUBRIC: This Chapter shall be recited over a large hawk standing upright with the White Crown upon his head, [and over figures of] Tem, Shu, Tefnut, Keb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, [Suti] and Nephthys. And they shall be painted in colour upon a new tablet, which shall be placed in a boat, together with a figure of the deceased. Anoint them with heken oil, and offer unto them burning incense, and geese, and joints of meat roasted. It is an act of praise to Ra as he journeyeth in his boat, and it will make a man to have his being with Ra, and to travel with him wheresoever he goeth, and it will most certainly cause the enemies of Ra to be slain. And the Chapter of travelling shall be recited on the sixth day of the festival. ........
THE CHAPTER OF BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE PRINCE OF THE TCHATCHAU CHIEFS. The Osiris Nu, whose word is truth, saith:- I am the god Tem, the maker of the sky, the creator of the things which are, who cometh forth from the earth, who made the seed of man to come into being, the Lord of things, who fashioned the gods, the Great God, who created himself, the Lord of Life, who made to flourish the Two Companies of the Gods. Homage to you, O ye divine Lords of things, ye holy beings, whose seats are veiled! Homage to you, O ye Lords of Eternity, whose forms are concealed, whose sanctuaries are mysteries, whose places of abode are not known! Homage to you, O ye gods, who dwell in the Tenait (Circle of Light)! Homage to you, O ye gods of the Circle of the country of the Cataracts! Homage to you, O ye gods who dwell in Amentet! Homage to you, O ye gods who dwell within Nut! Grant ye to me that I may come before you, I am pure, I am like a god. I am endowed with a Spirit-soul. I am strong. I am endowed with a Heart-soul. I bring unto you incense, and spice, and natron. I have done away with the chidings of your mouths. I have come, I have done away the evil which was in your hearts, and I have removed the offences which appertained to you [against me]. I bring to you deeds of well-doing, and I present before you truth. I know you. I know your names. I know your forms which are not known. I come into being among you. My coming is like unto that god who eateth men, and who feedeth upon the gods. I am strong before you even like that god who is exalted upon his pedestal, unto whom the gods come with rejoicing, and the goddesses make supplication when they see me. I have come unto you. I have ascended my throne like your Two Daughters. I have taken my seat in the horizon. I receive my offerings of propitiation upon my altars. I drink my fill of seth wine every evening. I come to those who are making rejoicings, and the gods who live in the horizon ascribe unto me praises, as the divine Spirit-body, the Lord of mortals. I am exalted like that holy god who dwelleth in the Great House. The gods rejoice greatly when they see my beautiful appearances from the body of the goddess Nut, and when the goddess Nut bringeth me forth. ........
[THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE SERPENT SATA. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am the serpent Sata whose years are infinite. I lie down dead. I am born daily. I am the serpent Sa-en-ta, the dweller in the uttermost parts of the earth. I lie down in death. I am born, I become new, I renew my youth every day. ........
[THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE CROCODILE-GOD. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am the Crocodile-god (Sebak) who dwelleth amid his terrors. I am the Crocodile-god and I seize [my prey] like a ravening beast. I am the great Fish which is in Kamui. I am the Lord to whom bowings and prostrations are made in Sekhem. And the Osiris Ani is the lord to whom bowings and prostrations are made in Sekhem. ........
[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.
APPENDIX
(From the Papyrus of Nu)
That which is an abomination unto me is death; let me not go into
the chamber of torture which is in the Tuat. I am the delight of the
Khu of Osiris. I make to be content the heart[s] of those who dwell
among the divine things which are beloved [by me]. They cause the fear
of me [to abound], they create the awe of me to be in those divine
beings who dwell in their own circles. Behold, I am exalted on my
own standard, and upon my throne, and upon my seat which is assigned
[to me]. I am the god Nu, and those who commit sin shall not destroy
me. I am the firstborn of the primeval god, and my soul is the Souls
of the Eternal Gods, and my body is Everlastingness. My created form
is [that of] the god Eternity, the Lord of Years, and the Prince of
Everlastingness. I am the Creator of the Darkness, who maketh his seat
in the uttermost limits of the heavens, [which] I love. I arrive at
their boundaries. I advance upon my two legs. I direct my resting
place. I sail over the sky. I fetter and destroy the hidden serpents
which are about my footsteps [in going to] the Lord of the Two Arms.
My soul is the Souls of the Eternal Gods, and my body is
Everlastingness. I am the exalted one, the Lord of the Land of Tebu. I
am the Child in the city: "Young man in the country" is my name.
"Imperishable one" is my name. I am the Soul Creator of Nu. I make
my habitation in Khert-Neter. My nest is invisible, my egg is not
broken. I have done away the evil which is in me. I shall see my
Father, the Lord of the Evening. His body dwelleth in Anu. I am made
to be the Light-god, a dweller in the Light-god, over the Western
Domain of the Hebt bird.
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[THE CHAPTER OF] ENTERING INTO THE HALL OF MAATI TO PRAISE OSIRIS
KHENTI-AMENTI. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:-
I have come unto thee. I have drawn nigh to behold thy beauties (thy
beneficient goodness). My hands are [extended] in adoration of thy
name of "Maat." I have come. I have drawn nigh unto [the place
where] the cedar-tree existeth not, where the acacia tree doth not put
forth shoots, and where the ground produceth neither grass nor
herbs. Now I have entered into the habitation which is hidden, and I
hold converse with Set. My protector advanced to me, covered was his
face.... on the hidden things. He entered into the house of Osiris, he
saw the hidden things which were therein. The Tchatchau Chiefs of
the Pylons were in the form of Spirits. The god Anpu spake unto
those about him with the words of a man who cometh from Ta-mera,
saying, "He knoweth our roads and our towns. I am reconciled unto him.
When I smell his odour it is even as the odour of one of you." And I
say unto him: I the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in peace, whose
word is truth, have come. I have drawn nigh to behold the Great
Gods. I would live upon the propitiatory offerings [made] to their
Doubles. I would live on the borders [of the territory of] the Soul,
the Lord of Tetu. He shall make me to come forth in the form of a Benu
bird, and to hold converse [with him.] I have been in the stream [to
purify myself]. I have made offerings of incense. I betook myself to
the Acacia Tree of the [divine] Children. I lived in Abu in the
House of the goddess Satet. I made to sink in the water the boat of
the enemies. I sailed over the lake [in the temple] in the Neshmet
Boat. I have looked upon the Sahu of Kamur. I have been in Tetu. I
have held my peace. I have made the god to be master of his legs. I
have been in the House of Teptuf. I have seen him, that is the
Governor of the Hall of the God. I have entered into the House of
Osiris and I have removed the head-coverings of him that is therein. I
have entered into Rasta, and I have seen the Hidden One who is
therein. I was hidden, but I found the boundary. I journeyed to
Nerutef, and he who was therein covered me with a garment. I have
myrrh of women, together with the shenu powder of living folk.
Verily he (Osiris) told me the things which concerned himself. I said:
Let thy weighing of me be even as we desire.
And the Majesty of Anpu shall say unto me, "Knowest thou the name of
this door, and canst thou tell it?" And the Osiris the scribe Ani,
whose word is truth, in peace, whose word is truth, shall say,
"Khersek-Shu" is the name of this door. And the Majesty of the god
Anpu shall say unto me, "Knowest thou the name of the upper leaf,
and the name of the lower leaf?" [And the Osiris the scribe Ani] shall
say: "Neb-Maat-heri-retiu-f" is the name of the upper leaf and
"Neb-pehti-thesu-menment" [is the name of the lower leaf. And the
Majesty of the god Anpu shall say], "Pass on, for thou hast knowledge,
O Osiris the scribe, the assessor of the holy offerings of all the
gods of Thebes Ani, whose word is truth, the lord of loyal service [to
Osiris]."
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RUBRIC: THE MAKING OF THE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT SHALL HAPPEN IN THIS HALL OF MAATI. This Chapter shall be said by the deceased when he is cleansed and purified, and is arrayed in linen apparel, and is shod with sandals of white leather, and his eyes are painted with antimony, and his body is anointed with unguent made of myrrh. And he shall present as offerings oxen, and feathered fowl, and incense, and cakes and ale, and garden herbs. And behold, thou shalt draw a representation of this in colour upon a new tile moulded from earth upon which neither a pig nor any other animal hath trodden. And if this book be done [in writing, the deceased] shall flourish, and his children shall flourish, and [his name] shall never fall into oblivion, and he shall be as one who filleth the heart of the king and of his princes. And bread, and cakes, and sweetmeats, and wine, and pieces of flesh shall be given unto him [from among those which are] upon the altar of the Great God. And he shall not be driven back from any door in Amentet, and he shall be led along with the kings of the South and the kings of the North, and he shall be among the bodyguard of Osiris, continually and regularly for ever. [And he shall come forth in every form he pleaseth as a living soul for ever, and ever, and ever.
Egyptian Book of the Dead (excerpts)
translated by E.A. Wallis Budge
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