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

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

Vignette : Ani and his wife Thuthu standing in a pool of running water ;
each holds a sail, the symbol of air, in the left hand, and scoops up water
to the mouth with the right hand . On the edges of the pool are palm
trees, from the largest of which hang great clusters of dates .

Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF BREATHING THE AIR AND OF'
HAVING DOMINION OVER THE WATER IN THE UNDERWORLD .
Osiris Ani saith :-

"Open to me ." Who art thou ? Whither goest thou ? ( 2) What
is thy name? "I am one of you." Who are those with thee ?
"The two serpent goddesses Merti . Separate thou from him,
"head from head, when (3) [thou] goest into the divine Mesgen
"chamber . He letteth me set out for the temple of the gods
"who have found their faces . `Assembler of Souls' (4) is the
"name of my boat ; `Making the hair to stand on end' is the
"name of the oars ; `Goad' is the name of the (5) hold(?) ;
"`Making straight for the middle' is the name of the rudder ;
"likewise [the boat] is a type of my being borne onward (6) in
"the pool . Let there be given unto me vessels of milk, together with
"cakes, and loaves of bread, and cups of drink, and flesh (7) in
"the Temple of Anpu."

Rubric : IF HE (I. E ., THE DECEASED) KNOWETlt THIS CHAPTER, HE
SHALL GO INTO, AFTER COMING FORTH FROM, THE UNDERWORLD OF THE
[IIEAUrIF'UL AMENTET] .

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.