Vignette : (Upper register) : The priest An-maut-f, who wears a leo-
pard's skin, and has on the right side of his head the lock of hair of
Heru-pa-khrat (Harpocrates), introducing Ani and his wife to the gods .
I . Text : [The Speech of Sa-mer-f] (1) "I have come unto
"you, O great and godlike sovereign rulers who dwell in heaven,
"and in earth, and (2) in the underworld, and I have brought
"unto you Osiris Ani . He hath not sinned against any of the
"gods . Grant ye that he may be with you for all time ."
II . ANI'S SPEECH :-
(1) THE ADORATION OF OSIRIS, THE LORD OF RE-STAU, AND
OF THE GREAT COMPANY OF THE GODS WHO DWELL IN THE
UNDERWORLD, By OSIRIS THE SCRIBE ANI (2) who saith :-
"Homage to thee, O thou ruler of Amentet, Un-nefer in Abtu
"(Abydos)! I have come unto thee, and my heart holdeth right
"and truth . There is no (3) sin in my body ; nor have I lied
"wittingly, nor have I done aught with a false heart . Grant thou
"to me food in the tomb, (4) and that I may come forth into
"[thy] presence at the altar of the lords of right and truth, and
"that I may enter into and come forth from the underworld,
"and that my soul be not turned back, and that I may behold
"the face of the Sun, and that I may behold the (5) Moon for
"ever and for ever ."
Vignette : (Lower register : The priest Sa-mer-f, who wears a leopard's
skin, and has on the right side of his head the lock of hair of Heru-pa-
khrat (Harpocrates), introducing Ani and his wife to the gods .
III . Text : [The Speech of Sa-mer-f] "I have come unto you,
"O sovereign princes who dwell in Re-stau, and I have brought
"unto you Osiris (2) Ani. Grant ye [to him], as to the followers
"of Horus, cakes, and water, and air, and a homestead in Sekhet-
"betep ."
AN I'S SPEECH:-
IV. (I) THE ADORATION OF OSIRIS, LORD OF EVERLASTING-
NESS, AND OF THE SOVEREIGN PRINCES, THE LORDS OF RE-
STAU, BY OSIRIS, [THE SCRIBE ANI], (2) who saith :-
"Homage to thee, O king of the underworld, thou governor
"of Akert, I have come unto thee . I know thy ways, (3) and
"I am furnished with the forms which thou takest in the under-
world . Grant thou to me a place in the underworld near unto
"the lords of (4) right and truth . May my homestead be abiding
"in Sekhet-hetep, and may I receive cakes in thy presence ."
Chap
. XVII . HERE BEGIN THE PRAISES AND GLORIFYINGS OF COMING OUT FROM AND OF GOING
INTO THE GLORIOUS UNDERWORLD WHICH IS IN THE BEAUTIFUL AMENTET . From the
Papyrus of Ani and pyrus of Nebseni.
pard's skin, and has on the right side of his head the lock of hair of
Heru-pa-khrat (Harpocrates), introducing Ani and his wife to the gods .
I . Text : [The Speech of Sa-mer-f] (1) "I have come unto
"you, O great and godlike sovereign rulers who dwell in heaven,
"and in earth, and (2) in the underworld, and I have brought
"unto you Osiris Ani . He hath not sinned against any of the
"gods . Grant ye that he may be with you for all time ."
II . ANI'S SPEECH :-
(1) THE ADORATION OF OSIRIS, THE LORD OF RE-STAU, AND
OF THE GREAT COMPANY OF THE GODS WHO DWELL IN THE
UNDERWORLD, By OSIRIS THE SCRIBE ANI (2) who saith :-
"Homage to thee, O thou ruler of Amentet, Un-nefer in Abtu
"(Abydos)! I have come unto thee, and my heart holdeth right
"and truth . There is no (3) sin in my body ; nor have I lied
"wittingly, nor have I done aught with a false heart . Grant thou
"to me food in the tomb, (4) and that I may come forth into
"[thy] presence at the altar of the lords of right and truth, and
"that I may enter into and come forth from the underworld,
"and that my soul be not turned back, and that I may behold
"the face of the Sun, and that I may behold the (5) Moon for
"ever and for ever ."
Vignette : (Lower register : The priest Sa-mer-f, who wears a leopard's
skin, and has on the right side of his head the lock of hair of Heru-pa-
khrat (Harpocrates), introducing Ani and his wife to the gods .
III . Text : [The Speech of Sa-mer-f] "I have come unto you,
"O sovereign princes who dwell in Re-stau, and I have brought
"unto you Osiris (2) Ani. Grant ye [to him], as to the followers
"of Horus, cakes, and water, and air, and a homestead in Sekhet-
"betep ."
AN I'S SPEECH:-
IV. (I) THE ADORATION OF OSIRIS, LORD OF EVERLASTING-
NESS, AND OF THE SOVEREIGN PRINCES, THE LORDS OF RE-
STAU, BY OSIRIS, [THE SCRIBE ANI], (2) who saith :-
"Homage to thee, O king of the underworld, thou governor
"of Akert, I have come unto thee . I know thy ways, (3) and
"I am furnished with the forms which thou takest in the under-
world . Grant thou to me a place in the underworld near unto
"the lords of (4) right and truth . May my homestead be abiding
"in Sekhet-hetep, and may I receive cakes in thy presence ."
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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