Pages - Menu

Chap. LIX. THE CHAPTER OF SNUFFING THE AIR, AND OF HAVING DOMINION OVER THE WATER IN THE UNDERWORLD. From the Papyrus of Ani

Vignette : Ani kneeling beside a pool of water, wherein grows a sycamore 
tree ; in the tree appears the goddess Nut pouring out water for him
from a vessel with the right hand, and giving him cakes with the left .


Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF SNUFFING THE AIR, AND OF
HAVING DOMINION OVER THE WATERS IN THE UNDERWORLD .
Osiris Ani saith :-

"Hail, thou sycamore tree of the goddess Nut! Grant thou
"to me of [the water and of] the (2) air which dwell in thee .
"I embrace the throne which is in Unnu (Hermopolis), and I
"watch and guard (3) the egg of Nekek-ur (i. e ., the Great
"Cackler) . It groweth, I grow ; it liveth, I live ; (4) it snuffeth
"the air, I snuff the air, I the - Osiris Ani, in triumph ."
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.

Related Posts:


















Chap. LVIII . THE CHAPTER OF BREATHING THE AIR, AND OF HAVING DOMINION OVER THE WATER IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Ani.