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PLATE XXI.
"Thou dost place thy disk in the west, and my two hands are [raised] in adoration [of thee] when thou
settest (30) as a living being. Behold, thou art the maker of eternity, and thou art adored [when] thou
settest in the heavens. I have given my heart unto thee without wavering, (31) O thou who art mightier
than the gods."
Osiris Ani, triumphant, saith: "A hymn of praise to thee, O thou who risest (32) like unto gold, and who
dost flood the world with light on the day of thy birth. Thy mother giveth thee birth upon [her] hand, and
thou dost give light unto the course of the Disk. (33) O thou mighty Light, who shinest in the heavens,
thou dost strengthen the generations of men with the Nile-flood, and dost cause gladness in all lands, and
in all (34) cities, and in all the temples. Thou art glorious by reason of thy splendours, and thou makest
strong thy ka with hu and tchefau foods. O thou who art the mighty one of victories, (35) thou who art
the Power of [all] Powers, who dost make strong thy throne against the powers of wickedness, who art
glorious in majesty in the sektet boat, and who art exceeding (1-6) mighty in the atet boat, make thou
glorious Osiris Ani with victory in the netherworld; grant thou that in the underworld he may be void of
(37) sin. I pray thee to put away [his] faults behind thee; grant that he may be one of thy venerable (38)
servants who are with the shining ones; may he be joined unto the souls which are in Ta-sertet; and may
he journey into the Sekhet-Aaru (39) by a prosperous and happy path, he the Osiris, the scribe Ani,
triumphant.
"(40) Thou shalt come forth into heaven, thou shalt pass over the sky, thou shalt be joined unto the starry
deities. (41) Praises shall be offered unto thee in thy boat, thou shalt be hymned in the diet boat, (42)
thou shalt behold Ra within
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his shrine, thou shalt set together with his disk day by day, thou shalt see (43) the ant fish when it
springeth into being in the waters of turquoise, and thou shalt see (44) the abtu fish in his hour. May it
come to pass that the Evil One shall fall when he layeth a snare to destroy me, (45) and may the joints of
his neck and of his back be cut in sunder."
"Ra [saileth] with a fair wind, and the sektet boat draweth on (46) and cometh into port. The mariners of
Ra rejoice, and the heart of Nebt-ankh (47) is glad, for the enemy of her lord hath fallen to the ground.
Thou shalt behold Horus on the watch [in the Boat], and Thoth and Maat upon either side of him. (48)
All the gods rejoice when they behold Ra coming in peace (49) to make the hearts of the shining ones to
live. May Osiris Ani, triumphant, the scribe of the divine offerings of the lords of Thebes, be with them."
Vignette: Ra, hawk-headed, with the disk upon his head and the emblem of life upon his knees, seated in
the solar bark;[1] before him stands Ani with both hands raised in adoration.
Text [CHAPTER CXXXIII.]: (1) TO BE SAID ON THE DAY OF THE MONTH.[2] (2) Osiris Ani, the
scribe, triumphant in peace, triumphant, saith: "Ra riseth (2) in his horizon, and the company of his gods
follow after the god when he appeareth from his secret place, when he showeth strength and bringeth
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