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Plate XV.
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coloured beads, the clasp of which is in the shape of a pylon or gateway, and to which is attached a
pectoral bearing a representation of the boat of the sun, wherein is set a scarab, emblematic of the Sun.[1]
Text [CHAPTER XXVII: (1) CHAPTER OF GIVING A HEART UNTO OSIRIS ANI (2) IN THE
UNDERWORLD. [Ani saith]: "May my heart be with me in the House of Hearts.[2] May my heart be
with me, and may it rest in [me], or I shall not eat of the cakes of Osiris on the eastern[3] side of the Lake
of Flowers,[4] (3) [neither shall I have] a boat wherein to go down the Nile, and another wherein to go
up, nor shall I go forward in the boat with thee. May my mouth be given unto me that I may (4) speak
with it, and my two feet to it walk withal, and my two hands and arms to overthrow my foe. May the
doors of heaven be opened unto me[5](5); may Seb, the Prince of the gods, open wide his two jaws unto
me; may he open my two eyes which are blinded; may he cause me to stretch out my (6) feet which are
bound together; and may Anubis make my legs firm that I may stand upon them. May the goddess
Sekhet make me to rise (7) so that I may ascend unto heaven, and there may that be done which I
command in the House of the Ka of Ptah.[6] I know my heart, I have gotten the mastery over (8) my
heart, I have gotten the mastery over my two hands and arms, I have gotten the mastery over my feet, and
I have gained the power to do whatsoever my ka pleaseth. (9) My soul shall not be shut off from my
body at the gates of the underworld; but I shall enter in peace, and I shall come forth in peace."
[1. A very fine set of examples of blue, green, and yellow glazed faïence pectorals inlaid with scarabs is exhibited in the
Fourth Egyptian Room.
2. I.e., the judgment hall of Osiris, in which hearts were weighed.
3. Var. "West."
4. On the word ### see Brugsch, Wörterbuch (Suppl.), p. 1289, and Stern, Glossarium, p. 19, col. 2, where the various
kinds of this sweet-smelling plant are enumerated.
5 Var. ### "May my two hands open [my] mouth in the earth": Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. 11., Bl. 90.
6. I.e., the heavenly Memphis.]
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Text: [CHAPTER XXXB.]. (I) THE CHAPTER[1] OF NOT LETTING (2) THE HEART OF OSIRIS,
THE SCRIBE OF THE SACRED OFFERINGS OF ALL THE GODS, ANI, TRIUMPHANT, BE
DRIVEN FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD. Ani saith: "My heart, my mother; my heart, my
mother (3). My heart whereby I come into being. May there be nothing to withstand me at [my]
judgment; may there be no, resistance against me by the Tchatcha; may there be no parting of thee from
me in the presence of him who keepeth the Scales! Thou art my ka within (4) my body, [which] knitteth
and strengtheneth my limbs. Mayest thou come forth in the place of happiness [to which] I advance. May
the Shenit,[2] who make men to stand fast, not cause my name to stink."[3]
Vignette: Ani holding his soul in the form of a human-headed bird.
Text: [CHAPTER LXI.] (I) CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE SOUL OF A MAN BE TAKEN
AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD. Osiris the scribe Ani saith: "I, even I, am he (2) who
came forth from the water-flood which I make to overflow and which becometh mighty as the River
[Nile]."
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