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Chap . XLV. THE CHAPTER OF NOT SUFFERING CORRUPTION IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Ani

Vignette : The mummy of the scribe Ani being embraced by Anubis,
jackal-headed, the god of the dead .

Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF NOT SUFFERING CORRUPTION
IN THE UNDERWORLD . Osiris Ani, triumphant, saith :-

"O thou who canst not move, like unto Osiris ; O thou who
"canst not move, like unto Osiris! (2) O thou whose limbs cannot
"move, like unto [those of] Osiris! Let not thy limbs be without
movement ; let them not suffer corruption ; let them not
"pass away ; let them not decay ; and let them be fashioned (3)
"for me as if I myself were Osiris,"

Rubric : IF [THE DECEASED] KNOW THIS CHAPTER, HE SHALL NEVER
SUFFER CORRUPTION IN THE UNDERWORLD .

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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