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Plates XI. and XII.
5. Ates-sen.
6 Var. Aa-kheru.]
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unto thee, O Osiris, who art cleansed of [thine] impurities. Thou goest round about heaven, thou seest Ra,
thou seest the beings who have knowledge. Hail (7) Only One! behold, thou art in the sektet boat,[1] He
goeth round the horizon of heaven. I speak what I will unto his[2] body; (8) it waxeth strong and it
cometh to life, as he spake. Thou turnest back his face. Prosper thou for -me all the ways [which lead]
unto thee!"
Vignette I.: Ani and his wife Thuthu, with hands raised in adoration, approaching the first Sebkhet or
Pylon, which is guarded by a bird-headed deity wearing a disk on his head, and sitting in a shrine the
cornice of which is decorated with khakeru ornaments.
Text: [CHAPTER CXLVI.] THE FIRST PYLON. WORDS TO BE SPOKEN WHEN [ANI] COMETH
UNTO THE FIRST PYLON. Saith Osiris Ani, triumphant: "Lo, the lady of terrors, with lofty walls, the
sovereign lady, the mistress of destruction, who uttereth the words which drive back the destroyers, who
delivereth from destruction him that travelleth along the way. The name of the doorkeeper is Neruit."
Vignette II.: The second Pylon, which is guarded by a lion-headed deity seated in a shrine, upon the top
of which is a serpent.
Text: WORDS TO BE SPOKEN WHEN [ANI] COMETH UNTO THE SECOND PYLON. Saith
Osiris, the scribe Ani, triumphant: "Lo, the lady of heaven, the mistress of the world, who devoureth with
fire, the lady of mortals; how much greater is she than all men! The name of the doorkeeper is
Mes-Ptah."
Vignette III.: The third Pylon, which is guarded by a man-headed deity seated in a shrine, the upper part
of which is ornamented with the two utchats and the emblems of the orbit of the sun and of water.
Text: WORDS TO BE SPOKEN WHEN [ANI] COMETH UNTO THE THIRD PYLON OF THE
HOUSE OF OSIRIS. Saith the scribe Ani, triumphant: "Lo, the lady of the
[1. Var. "Thou invokest Ra in the sektet boat of heaven."
2 Reading with Naville ###.]
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altar, the mighty one to whom offerings are made, the beloved[1] (?) of every god, who saileth up to
Abtu. The name of the doorkeeper is Sebaq."
Vignette IV.: The fourth Pylon, which is guarded by a cow-headed deity seated in a shrine, the cornice
of which is ornamented with uræi wearing disks.
Text: WORDS TO BE SPOKEN WHEN [ANI] COMETH UNTO THE FOURTH PYLON. Saith
Osiris, the scribe Ani, [triumphant]: "Lo, she who prevaileth with knives, mistress of the world, destroyer
of the foes of the Still-Heart, she who decreeth the escape of the needy from evil hap. The name of the
doorkeeper is Nekau."
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