Vignette : A ram having upon his head the Atef crown standing upon a
pylon-shaped pedestal, which rests on a green reed mat ; before him is
an altar upon which stand a libation vase and a lotus flower . The scribe
Ani, clothed in white, stands with both hands raised in adoration .
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AFTER
HAVING MADE THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE TOMB . Saith Osiris
Ani :-
"Hail Soul, thou mighty one of strength! (2) Verily I am
"here, I have come, I behold thee . I have passed through the
"Tuat (underworld), I have seen (3) [my] divine father Osiris,
"I have scattered the gloom of night . I am his beloved one .
"I have come ; I have seen my divine father Osiris . I have
"stabbed the heart of Suti . [I] have performed [all] the cere-
monies for my divine father Osiris, (5) I have opened every
"way in heaven and in earth . I am the son who loveth his
"father Osiris . (6) I have become a sahu,r I have become a khu, 2
"I am furnished [with what I need] . Hail, every god, hail every
"khu! I have made a path [for myself, 1] Osiris, the scribe Ani,
"victorious ."
Chap
. VIII . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING THROUGH AMENTET AND COMING FORTH BY DAY . From
the Papyrus of Ani.
pylon-shaped pedestal, which rests on a green reed mat ; before him is
an altar upon which stand a libation vase and a lotus flower . The scribe
Ani, clothed in white, stands with both hands raised in adoration .
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AFTER
HAVING MADE THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE TOMB . Saith Osiris
Ani :-
"Hail Soul, thou mighty one of strength! (2) Verily I am
"here, I have come, I behold thee . I have passed through the
"Tuat (underworld), I have seen (3) [my] divine father Osiris,
"I have scattered the gloom of night . I am his beloved one .
"I have come ; I have seen my divine father Osiris . I have
"stabbed the heart of Suti . [I] have performed [all] the cere-
monies for my divine father Osiris, (5) I have opened every
"way in heaven and in earth . I am the son who loveth his
"father Osiris . (6) I have become a sahu,r I have become a khu, 2
"I am furnished [with what I need] . Hail, every god, hail every
"khu! I have made a path [for myself, 1] Osiris, the scribe Ani,
"victorious ."
The SourceThe 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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