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Chap. LXI. THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE SOUL OF A MAN BE TAKEN FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Ani

Vignette : The scribe Ani, clothed in white, clasping to his breast his
soul, which is in the form of a human-headed hawk .

Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE SOUL OF A
MAN BE TAKEN FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD . Osiris, the
scribe Ani, saith :-

"I, even I, am he (2) who came forth from the water-flood
"which I make to overflow, and which becometh mighty as the
"river [Nile] ."

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.

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