Vignette : The scribe Ani standing, with both hands raised in adoration, before a table of offerings consisting of haunches of beef, loaves of bread and cakes, vases of wine and oil, fruits and flowers, etc . He wears a fringed linen garment and a wig, bracelets, etc . Behind him stands his wife Thuthu, a member of the College of Amen-Ra at Thebes ; she is similarly robed and holds a sistrum, a vine branch, and a mendt in her hands .
Text : (1) "Glory be to Osiris Un-nefer, the great god within Abtu (Abydos), king of eternity, lord of the everlasting, who passeth through millions of years in his existence . Eldest son of the (2) womb of Nut, engendered by Seb the Erpat, 2 lord of the crowns of the North and South, lord of the lofty white crown : as prince of gods and of men (3) he hath received the crook, and the whip, and the dignity of his divine fathers . Let "thy heart, which is in the mountain of Ament, be content, for thy son Horus is established upon thy throne . (4) Thou art crowned lord of Tattu r and ruler in Abtu (Abvdos) . Through thee the world waxeth green in (5) triumph before the might of Neb-er-tcher . He leadeth in his train that which is, and that which is not yet, in his name of `Ta-her-(6)sta-nef' ; he toweth along the earth in his name of 'Seker' ; he is exceedingly mighty (7) and most terrible in his name 'Osiris' ; he endureth for ever and for ever in his name of 'Un-nefer' ."
(8) "Homage to thee, King of kings, Lord of lords, Prince of princes, who from the womb of Nut hast ruled (9) the world and Akert . 2 Thy body is of bright and shining metal, thy head is of azure blue, and the brilliance of the turquoise encircleth thee . O god An of millions of years, (10) all-pervading with thy body and beautiful in countenance in Ta-tchesert, grant thou to the Ka (i . e ., double) of Osiris, the scribe Ani, splendour in heaven, and might upon earth, and triumph in the underworld ; and grant that I may sail down (11) to Tattu like a (12) living soul and up to (I3) Abtu (Abydos) like a Bennu 3 bird ; and that I may go in and come Out (I4) without repulse at the pylons 4 (15) of the lords of the underworld . May there be given unto me (I6) loaves of bread in the house of coolness, and (I7) offerings of food in Annu (Heliopolis), and a homestead (18) for ever in Sekhet-Aru 5 with wheat and barley therefor."
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Text : (1) "Glory be to Osiris Un-nefer, the great god within Abtu (Abydos), king of eternity, lord of the everlasting, who passeth through millions of years in his existence . Eldest son of the (2) womb of Nut, engendered by Seb the Erpat, 2 lord of the crowns of the North and South, lord of the lofty white crown : as prince of gods and of men (3) he hath received the crook, and the whip, and the dignity of his divine fathers . Let "thy heart, which is in the mountain of Ament, be content, for thy son Horus is established upon thy throne . (4) Thou art crowned lord of Tattu r and ruler in Abtu (Abvdos) . Through thee the world waxeth green in (5) triumph before the might of Neb-er-tcher . He leadeth in his train that which is, and that which is not yet, in his name of `Ta-her-(6)sta-nef' ; he toweth along the earth in his name of 'Seker' ; he is exceedingly mighty (7) and most terrible in his name 'Osiris' ; he endureth for ever and for ever in his name of 'Un-nefer' ."
(8) "Homage to thee, King of kings, Lord of lords, Prince of princes, who from the womb of Nut hast ruled (9) the world and Akert . 2 Thy body is of bright and shining metal, thy head is of azure blue, and the brilliance of the turquoise encircleth thee . O god An of millions of years, (10) all-pervading with thy body and beautiful in countenance in Ta-tchesert, grant thou to the Ka (i . e ., double) of Osiris, the scribe Ani, splendour in heaven, and might upon earth, and triumph in the underworld ; and grant that I may sail down (11) to Tattu like a (12) living soul and up to (I3) Abtu (Abydos) like a Bennu 3 bird ; and that I may go in and come Out (I4) without repulse at the pylons 4 (15) of the lords of the underworld . May there be given unto me (I6) loaves of bread in the house of coolness, and (I7) offerings of food in Annu (Heliopolis), and a homestead (18) for ever in Sekhet-Aru 5 with wheat and barley therefor."
The SourceThe Book of the
Dead, 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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