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Plate XVI.
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limbs are without motion like unto [those of] Osiris! Let not thy limbs be (3) without motion, let them
not corrupt, let them not pass away, let them not decay; let it be (4) done unto me even as if I were the
god Osiris."
Rubric: If this chapter be known by the Osiris Ani, he shall not corrupt in the underworld.
Vignette: A doorway. By one post stands the soul of Ani in the form of a human-headed hawk and by
the other the bird.
Text: [CHAPTER XLVI.] (I) THE CHAPTER OF NOT PERISHING AND OF BECOMING ALIVE IN
THE UNDERWORLD. Saith Osiris Ani: "Hail, (2) children of:' Shu! Hail, children of Shu, [children of]
the place of the dawn, who as the children of light have gained possession of his crown. May I rise up
and may I fare forth like Osiris."
Vignette: Ani the scribe standing with his back to a block and knife
Text: [CHAPTER XL.] (I) THE CHAPTER OF NOT ENTERING IN UNTO THE BLOCK. Saith Osiris
Ani: "The four bones[1] of my neck and of my back are joined together for me in heaven by Ra, the
guardian of the earth. (2) This was granted on the day when my rising up out of weakness upon my two
feet was ordered, on the day (3) when the hair was cut off. The bones of my neck and of my back have
been joined together by Set and by the company of the gods, even as they were (4) in the time that is
past; may nothing happen to break them apart. Make ye [me] strong against my father's murderer. I have
gotten power over the two earths. Nut hath joined together my bones, and [I] behold [them] as they were
in the time that is past [and I] see [them] even in the same order as they were [when] the gods had not
come into being (6) in visible forms.[2] I am Penti, I, Osiris the scribe Ani, triumphant, am the heir of the
great gods."
Next: Plate XVII.
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