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The Papyrus Of Ani.
Chapter XV. 2. "A hymn of praise to Osiris Unnefer, the great god in Abydos,"[2] etc. (See pp. 8, 253,
and pl. 2.)
Chapter XV. 3. "A hymn of praise to Ra when he riseth in the eastern sky, and when he setteth in the
[land of] life." (See pp. 123, 322, and pl. 18-21.)
The Litany to Osiris (pl. 19) and the hymn to Ra (pll. 24, 25) which follow are variants of the XVth
Chapter, similar to those published by M. Naville.[3]
Chapter XVIA. consists of a vignette only. (See p. 252, and pl. 2.) Strictly speaking, it should form the
vignette of the XVth Chapter, or of that part of it which refers to the rising sun. Like many other ancient
papyri, the papyrus of Ani has no vignette referring to the sunset.
Chapter XVII. "Here begin the praises and glorifyings of coming out from and of going into the glorious
Neter-khert in the beautiful Amenta, of coming forth by day in all the transformations which please him,
of playing at draughts, and of sitting in the Sekh hall, and of coming forth as a living soul." (See pp. 27,
280, and Pll. 7-10.)
This is one of the oldest and most important of all the Chapters in the Book of the Dead, and it contains
the most complete statements concerning the Egyptian cosmogony as formulated by the college of priests
of Heliopolis. The scribe seems to have accidentally omitted a large section.
Chapter XVIII. This Chapter has no title.
[1. I.e., in British Museum papyrus, No. 9964, and in a papyrus in Rome; see Naville, Einleitung, p. 118.
2. This hymn may form no part of the XVth chapter, and may have been inserted after the hymn to Ra on account of Ani's
official connection with the ecclesiastical endowments of Abydos.]
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List of Chapters.
The papyrus of Ani contains two copies of this Chapter. In the first the gods of the localities are grouped
separately, and it is preceded by a very rare introduction, in which the An-mut-f and Sa-mer-f priests
introduce Ani to the gods, whom he addresses in two speeches. (See p. 71, 301, and pll. 12-14.) In the
second the text is not divided into distinct sections, and the gods are not grouped. (See p. 330, and pll.
23-24.)
Chapter XXII., "The Chapter of giving a mouth to Osiris Ani, the scribe It and teller of the holy offerings
of all the gods." (See pp. 25, 274, and pl. 6.)
The ceremony of giving a mouth to the deceased was, according to the vignette in the papyrus of
Nebseni, performed by the "Guardian of the Balance ". In the papyrus of Ani there is no vignette, and it
is remarkable that this Chapter follows immediately after Chapter 1.
Chapter XXIII. "The Chapter of opening the mouth of Osiris, the scribe Ani." (See pp. 84, 306, and pl.
15.)
Chapter XXIV. "The Chapter of bringing charms unto Osiris Ani in Neter-khert." (See pp. 85, 306, and
pl. 15.)
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