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

Vignette : The scribe Ani, with hands raised in adoration, and his heart,
which is set upon a pedestal, in the presence of four gods who arc seated
upon a pedestal in the form of the emblem of Maat. In the Turin Papyrus
(Lepsius, Todtenbuch, BI . 25) the deceased is shewn kneeling before the
four children of Horns .

Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART (HATI)
OF A MAN BE TAKEN FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD . 2 Saith
Osiris Ani :-

"Hail, ye who carry away hearts! [Hail,] ye who steal [hearts,
"and who make the heart of a man to go through its trans-
"formations according to his deeds, let not what he hath done
"harm him before you] .' (2) Homage to you, 0 ye lords of eternity,
"ye possessors of everlastingness, take ye not this heart of Osiris
"Ani into (3) your grasp, this heart of Osiris, and cause ye not
"words of evil to spring up against it ; because this is the heart
"of (4) Osiris Ani, triumphant, and it belongeth unto him of
"many names (i . e ., Thoth), the mighty one whose words are
"his limbs, and who sendeth forth his heart to dwell (5) in his
"body . The heart of Osiris Ani is triumphant, it is made new
"before the gods, he hath gained power over it, he hath not
"been spoken to [according to] what he hath done . He bath
"gotten power over (6) his own members. His heart obeyeth
"him, he is the lord thereof, it is in his body, and it shall never
"fall away therefrom . I, Osiris, the scribe Ani, victorious in
"peace, and triumphant in the beautiful Amenta and on the
"mountain of eternity, bid thee to be obedient unto me 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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