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Plates VII.-X.
utterly do away with (84) sins and crime, and [ye] who are in the following of the goddess
Hetep-se(85)-khus, grant that I may come unto you. Destroy ye all the faults which (86) are within me,
even as ye did for the seven Shining Ones (87) who are among the followers of their lord Sepa.[1] (88)
Anubis appointed their place on the day [when was said], 'Come therefore thither.'"
What then (89) is this? These lords of right and truth are Thoth and (90) Astes, lord of Amenta. The holy
ones who stand behind Osiris, even Mestha, (91) Hapi, Tuamautef, and Qebhsennuf, are they who are
(92) behind the Thigh[2] in the northern sky. They who do away with (93) sins and crime and who are in
the following of the goddess Hetep-se-khus (94) are the god Sebek in the waters. The goddess
Hetep-se-khus is the eye of (95) Ra, or (as others say), It is the flame which followeth after Osiris to burn
up (96) the souls of his foes. As concerning all the faults which are (97) in Osiris, the scribe of the holy
offerings of all the gods, Ani, triumphant, [they are all that he hath done against the lords of eternity][3]
since he came forth (98) from his mother's womb. As concerning (99) the seven Shining Ones, even
Mestha, Hapi, Tuamautef, Qebhsennuf, (100) Maa-atef-f, Kheri-beq-f, and Horus-Khenti-maa, Anubis
appointed (101) them protectors of the body of Osiris, or (as others say), (102) [set them] behind the
place of purification of Osiris; or (as others say), Those seven glorious ones are (103) Netcheh-netcheh,
Aqet-qet, An-erta-nef-bes-f-khenti-heh-f,[4] (104) Aq-her-unnut-f,[5] Tesher-maa-ammi (105)
-het-Anes,[6]
[1. British Museum papyrus No. 10,477 reads ### which agrees with many of the variants given in Naville, Todtenbuch,
Bd. II., P1. liii. The papyrus of Nebseni agrees with that of Ani; No. 19,471 has the curious reading, ###.
2. The Egyptian name for the constellation of the Great Bear. See Brugsch, Astronomische und Astrologische Inschriften,
p. 123.
3. Some such words as have been omitted. See Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. IL, Pl. lv.
4. I.e., "He doth not give his flame, he dwelleth in the fire."
5. I.e., "He goeth in at his hour."
6. I.e., "He that hath two red eyes, the dweller in Het-Anes." According to Brugsch (Dict. Géog., p. 64), Het-Anes, i.e., the
"house of cloth," was a district belonging to the temple of Suten-henen or Heracleopolis in Upper Egypt.]
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Ubes-hra-per-em-khet khet,[l] and Maa (106) -em-qerh-an-nef-em-hru.[2] The chief of the holy ones
(107) who minister in his chamber is Horus, the avenger of his father. As to the day (108) [upon which
was said] " Come therefore thither," it concerneth the words, "Come (109) then thither," which Ra spake
unto Osiris. Lo, may this be decreed for me in Amentet.
"I am the soul which dwelleth in the two (110) tchafi."
What then is this? It is Osiris [when] he goeth into Tattu (111) and findeth there the soul of Ra; there the
one god (112) embraceth the other, and souls spring into being within the two tchafi.[3]
["I am the Cat which fought (?) by the Persea tree hard by in Annu, on the night when the foes of
Neb-er-tcher were destroyed."]
What then is this? The male cat is Ra himself, and he is called Maau[4] by reason of the speech of the
god Sa [who said] concerning him: "He is like (maau) unto that which he hath made, and his name
became Maau"; or (as others say), It is Shu who maketh over the possessions of Seb to Osiris. As to the
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