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Plate XVI.
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PLATE XVI.
Vignette: Ani standing, with both hands raised in prayer, before four gods who are seated on a pedestal
in the form of Maat; before him is his heart set upon a pedestal.
Text [CHAPTER XXVII.]: (I) THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF A MAN BE
TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD.[1] Saith Osiris Ani: "Hail, ye who carry away
hearts, [hail] ye who steal hearts! (2) ye have done.[2] Homage to you, O ye lords of eternity, ye
possessors of everlastingness, " take ye not away this heart of Osiris Ani (3) in your grasp, this heart of
Osiris. And cause ye not evil words to spring up against it; because this heart of Osiris Ani is the heart of
the one of many names, the mighty one whose words are his limbs, and who sendeth forth his heart to
dwell in (4) his body. {???} heart of Osiris Ani is pleasant unto the gods; he is victorious, he hath {???}
gotten power over it; he hath not revealed what hath been done unto it. He {???} gotten power (5) over
his own limbs. His heart obeyeth him, he is the lord thereof, it is in his body, and it shall never fall away
therefrom. I, Osiris, the scribe Ani, victorious in peace, and triumphant in the beautiful Amenta and on
the mountain of eternity, bid thee be obedient unto me in the underworld."
Appendix: The three following chapters, which do not occur in the Ani papyrus, form part of the group
of the chapters relating to the heart. They are here supplied from Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. I., Pl. xl., xlii.,
xxxix.
[1. In Naville's edition there follow the words hab-nef ab-f xenti xat-f temam ab-f er neteru sexem am-f, "his heart goeth to
inhabit his body; his heart is perfect before the gods, he gaineth possession of it."
2. The reading of Naville's edition is better here. "Ye who steal hearts, and who make the heart of a man to come into
existence according to that which hath been done by him; may it (i.e., his heart) be made strong by you."]
{p. 313}
Text [CHAPTER XXIXA.]:[1] (1) THE CHAPTER OF THE HEART NOT BEING CARRIED AWAY
IN THE UNDERWORLD. He saith: "My heart (2) is with me, and it shall never come to pass that it
shall be carried away. I am the lord of hearts, the slayer of the heart. (3) I live in right and in truth, and I
have my being therein. I am Horus, a pure heart (4) within a pure body. I live by my word, and my heart
doth live. Let not my heart be taken away (5), let it not be wounded, and may no wounds or gashes be
dealt upon me because it hath been taken away[2] from me. (6) May I exist in the body of my father Seb,
and in the body of my mother Nut. I have not done evil (7) against the gods; I have not sinned with
boasting."
Vignette: The deceased adoring a heart.
Text [CHAPTER XXXA.]: (I) THE CHAPTER OF NOT (2) LETTING THE HEART OF A MAN BE
DRIVEN AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD. [He saith]: "My heart, my mother; my heart,
my mother. My heart of my life upon earth. May naught rise up (3) against me in judgment in the
presence of the lord of the trial; let it not be said concerning me and of that which I have done. 'He hath
done deeds against that which is right and true'; may naught be against me in the presence of the great
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