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Plates XXXIII and XXXIV.
which dwelleth in the seat of right and truth wherein riseth the god Shu."
[The text near the Ushabti Figure (Chapter VI.) reads]: Osiris Ani, the overseer, triumphant, saith: " Hail,
shabti figure! If it be decreed that Osiris [Ani] shall do any of the work which is to be done in the
underworld, let all that standeth in the way be removed from before him; whether it be to plough the
fields, or to fill the channels with water, or to carry sand from [the East to the West]." The shabti figure
replies: "I will do [it]; verily I am here [when] thou callest."
Vignette: Ani, with both hands raised in adoration, standing before a table of offerings; behind him is his
wife holding lotus and other flowers in her left hand.
Text: [Chapter CX.] (1) HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF THE SEKHET-HETEPU, AND THE
CHAPTERS OF COMING FORTH BY DAY, AND OF GOING INTO AND OF COMING OUT
FROM THE UNDERWORLD, AND OF ARRIVING IN THE SEKHET(2) AANRU, AND OF BEING
IN PEACE IN THE GREAT CITY WHEREIN ARE FRESH BREEZES. Let me have power there. Let
me become strong to plough there. (3) Let me reap there. Let me eat there. Let me drink there. [Let me
woo there.][2] And let me do all these things there, even as they are done upon earth.
[1. In the papyrus of Ani the text of the end of the speech of Qebbsennuf appears to be corrupt the words within brackets
are translated from other papyri, and the Egyptian would run as follows: an-na nek ab-k ta-a nek su her auset-f em xat-k
serut-na pa-k emxet-k anx-tha t'etta.
2. Reading, with the Nebseni papyrus, nehep am.]
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Saith Osiris Ani, triumphant: (4) "Set hath carried away Horus to see what is being built in the Field of
Peace, and he spreadeth the air over (5) the divine soul within the egg in its day. He hath delivered the
innermost part of the body of Horus from the holy ones of Akert (?).[1] Behold I have sailed in the
mighty boat on the Lake of Peace.[2] I, even I, have crowned him in the House of (6) Shu. His starry
abode reneweth its youth, reneweth its youth. I have sailed on its Lake that I may come unto its cities,
and I have drawn nigh It unto the city Hetep.[3] For behold, I repose at the seasons [of Horus]. I have
passed through the region of the company of the gods who are aged and venerable. (7) 1 have pacified
the two holy Fighters[4] who keep ward upon life. I have done that which is right and fair, and I have
brought an offering and have pacified the two holy Fighters. I have cut off the (9) hairy scalp of their
adversaries, and I have made aft end of the (10) woes which befel [their] children; (11) I have done away
all the evil which came against their souls; I have gotten dominion over it, (12) 1 have knowledge
thereof. I have sailed forth on the waters [of the lake] (13) that I may come unto the cities thereof. I have
power (14) over my mouth, being furnished [with] charms; let not. [the fiends] get the mastery over me,
(16) let them not have dominion over me. May I be equipped in thy Fields of Peace. What thou wishest
that shalt thou do, [saith the god]."
Vignette: The Sekhet-hetepet or "Fields of Peace," surrounded and intersected with streams. They
contain the following:
(a.) Thoth, the scribe of the gods, holding pen and palette, introduces Ani, who is making an offering,
and his ka to three gods who have the heads of a hare, serpent, and bull respectively, and are entitled
pauti, " the company of the gods." Ani and a table of offerings in a boat. Ani addressing a hawk standing
[1. Reading, with the Nebseni papyrus, ma Akeru.
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