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 .
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Chap.
XLIV . THE CHAPTER OF NOT DYING A SECOND TIME IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the
Papyrus of Ani.
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.
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
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