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Plates XI. and XII.
8 I.e., Anubis, the god of the dead.]
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and I have found out the way; I have travelled unto An-rutf. (83) I have clothed him who was naked. I
have sailed up to Abtu; I have glorified Hu and Sau. (84) I have received my crown at my rising, and I
have power to sit upon my throne, upon the throne of my father and of the great company of the gods. I
have adored the meskhen of Ta-sert. (85) My mouth uttereth words with right and with truth. I have
drowned the serpent Akhekh. I have come into the great hall which giveth strength unto the limbs; and it
hath been granted to me to sail along in the boat of Hai. The fragrance of anti unguent ariseth from the
hair of him who hath knowledge. (86) I have entered into the house of Astes, and I have made
supplication to the gods Khati and Sekhet within the House of the Prince. (87) I have arrived as a
favoured one in Tattu."
Vignette [1] [CHAPTER XVIII.--INTRODUCTION] (Upper register): The priest[2] An-maut-f, who
has on the right side of his head the lock of Heru-pa-khrat, or Horus the Child, and who wears a leopard's
skin, introducing Ani and his wife to the gods whose names are given in Plates XIII. and XIV.
Text: An-maut-f saith: "I have come unto you, O mighty and godlike rulers who are in heaven and in
earth and under the earth; (2) 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."
(1) The adoration of Osiris, lord of Re-stau, and of the great company of the gods who are in the
netherworld beside Osiris, the scribe Ani, who saith: (2) "Homage to thee, O ruler of Amenta, Unnefer
within Abtu! I have come unto thee, and my heart holdeth right and truth. (3) There is no sin in my body;
nor have I lied wilfully, nor have I done aught with a false heart. Grant thou to me food in the tomb, (4)
and that I may come into [thy] presence at the altar of the lords of right and truth, and that I may enter
into and come forth from the netherworld (my soul not being turned back), and that I may behold the face
of the Sun, and that I may behold the Moon (5) for ever and ever."
Vignette (Lower register): The priest Se-mer-f[3] who has on the right side of his head the lock of
Heru-pa-khrat and wears a leopard's skin, introducing Ani and his wife to the gods whose names are
given in Plates XIII. and XIV.
[1. This and its companion vignette and the vignettes of Plates XIII.-XIV. form one composition.
2. Osiris is also called An-maut-f; see Lepsius, Todtenbuch, chap. cxlii., 1. 7.
3. For the functions of this priest see above, p. 268.]
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Text: Se-mer-f saith (1) I have come unto you, O godlike rulers who are in Re-stau, and I have brought
unto you Osiris Ani. Grant ye [to him], as to the followers of Horus, cakes and water, and air, and a
homestead in Sekhet-Hetep."[l]
(1) The adoration of Osiris, the lord of everlastingness, and of all the godlike rulers of Re-stau, by Osiris,
[the scribe Ani], who (2) saith: "Homage to thee, O king of Amenta, prince of Akert, I have come unto
thee. I know thy ways, (3) I am furnished with the forms which thou takest in the underworld. Grant thou
to me a place in the underworld near unto the lords (4) of right and truth. May my homestead be abiding
in Sekhet-hetep, and may I receive cakes in thy presence."
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