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PLATE XXII.
"Osiris Ani, triumphant, hath not revealed what he hath seen,(17) he hath not, he hath not told again what
he hath heard in the house which is hidden. Hail, there are shouts of joy to Osiris Ani, triumphant, (18)
for he is a god and the flesh of Ra, he is in the boat of Nu, and his ka is well pleased according to the will
of the god. (19) Osiris Ani, triumphant, is in peace, he is triumphant like unto Horus, and he is mighty
because he hath divers forms."
Vignette: Ra seated in a boat, sailing across the sky towards the starstudded heaven.
Rubric: These words shall be recited over a boat (20) seven cubits in length, and painted green for the
godlike rulers. Then shalt thou make a heaven of stars (21) washed and purified with natron and incense.
Behold, thou shalt make an image (22) of Ra upon a table of stone painted yellow (?), and it shall be
placed in the fore-part of the boat. (23) Behold, thou shalt make an image of the dead man whom thou
wilt make perfect in strength (24) in the boat; and thou shalt make it to travel in the divine boat of Ra,
(25) and Ra himself will look upon it therein. Thou shalt show it to no man but thyself, (26) or to thy
father or to
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thy son; let them watch with their faces, and he shall be seen in the underworld as a messenger of Ra.
Vignette: Ra, hawk-headed, with a disk upon his head, seated in a boat; before him is a large disk.
Text [CHAPTER CXXXIV.]: (I) A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA ON THE DAY OF THE MONTH
WHEREON HE SAILETH IN THE BOAT. [Osiris, the scribe Ani, saith]: "Homage to thee, O thou who
art in thy boat! Thou risest, thou risest, (2) thou shinest with thy rays, and thou hast made mankind to
rejoice for millions of years according to thy will. Thou showest thy face unto the beings whom thou hast
created, O Khepera, (3) in thy boat. Thou hast overthrown Apepi. O ye children of Seb, overthrow ye the
foes of Osiris (4) Ani, triumphant, destroy ye the adversaries of righteousness from the boat of Ra. Horus
shall cut off your (5) heads in heaven in the likeness of ducks; ye shall fall down upon the earth and
become beasts, and into the water in the likeness of fishes. [Osiris, the scribe Ani,] destroyeth every
hostile fiend, male (6) and female, whether he passeth through heaven, [or] appeareth (7) upon earth, or
cometh forth upon the water, or passeth along before the starry deities; and Thoth strengtheneth them . . .
. . . (8) coming forth from Anreti. Osiris, the scribe Ani, is silent, and becometh the second of Ra. Behold
thou the god, the great slaughterer, (9) greatly to be feared, he washeth in your blood, he batheth in your
gore; Osiris, (10) the scribe Ani, destroyeth them from the boat of his father Ra-Horus. The mother Isis
giveth birth unto Osiris, the scribe (11) Ani, triumphant, whose heart liveth, and Nephthys nurseth him
(12); even as they did for Horus, who drove back the fiends of Sut. They saw (13) the urertu crown
stablished upon his head, and they fell down upon their faces. Behold, O ye shining ones, ye men (14)
and gods, ye damned ones, when ye behold Osiris Ani, triumphant like unto Horus and adored (15) by
reason of the ureret crown, fall ye down upon your faces; for Osiris Ani is victorious (16) over his foes in
the heavens above and [on the earth] beneath, in the presence of the godlike rulers (17) Of all the gods
and goddesses."
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