Vignette : The scribe Ani, clothed in white and seated in a chair ; he
holds in the right hand the kherp sceptre, and in the left a long staff .
Before him is a table . In the Turin Papyrus (Lepsius, op . cit., Bl . 20) the
deceased is seen standing before a funeral coffer or shrine .
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF NOT DYING A SECOND TIME IN
THE UNDERWORLD. Osiris Ani, triumphant, saith :-
"My place of hiding is opened, my place of hiding is revealed .
"The Khus have (2) fallen into the darkness, but the Eye of
"Horns bath made me mighty and the god Ap-uat hath nursed
"me like a babe . I have hidden (3) myself with you, 0 ye stars
"that never diminish! My brow is like unto that of Ra ; my
"face is open ; (4) my heart is upon its throne ; I have power
"over the speech of my mouth ; I have knowledge ; in very truth
"I am Rd himself. I am not held to be a person of no account ;
"(5) and violence shall not be done unto me . Thy father liveth
"for thee, 0 son of Nut ; I am thy son, 0 Great One, and I
"have seen the hidden things (6) which belong unto thee . I am
"crowned king of the gods, I shall not die a second time in
"the underworld ."
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Chap
. XLIII . THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE IIEAI) OF A MAN BE C[TI' OFF IN THE
UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Ani.
holds in the right hand the kherp sceptre, and in the left a long staff .
Before him is a table . In the Turin Papyrus (Lepsius, op . cit., Bl . 20) the
deceased is seen standing before a funeral coffer or shrine .
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF NOT DYING A SECOND TIME IN
THE UNDERWORLD. Osiris Ani, triumphant, saith :-
"My place of hiding is opened, my place of hiding is revealed .
"The Khus have (2) fallen into the darkness, but the Eye of
"Horns bath made me mighty and the god Ap-uat hath nursed
"me like a babe . I have hidden (3) myself with you, 0 ye stars
"that never diminish! My brow is like unto that of Ra ; my
"face is open ; (4) my heart is upon its throne ; I have power
"over the speech of my mouth ; I have knowledge ; in very truth
"I am Rd himself. I am not held to be a person of no account ;
"(5) and violence shall not be done unto me . Thy father liveth
"for thee, 0 son of Nut ; I am thy son, 0 Great One, and I
"have seen the hidden things (6) which belong unto thee . I am
"crowned king of the gods, I shall not die a second time in
"the underworld ."
The Source: The Book oDead,
the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
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