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CHAPTER XVIII (INTRODUCTION : From the Papyrus of Ani)

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 ."

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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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.