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Plates XXXV. and XXXVI.
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PLATES XXXV. AND XXXVI.
Vignette: A hall, within which, on the left, Ani stands before two tables of offerings bearing libation
water and lotus-flowers, with hands raised, adoring Ra, hawk-headed.[1] Next are ranged seven cows,
each one couchant before a table of offerings, and each having a menat attached to the neck;[2] and a bull
standing before a table of offerings. Behind them are four rudders; and on the extreme right are four
triads of gods, each triad having a table of offerings bearing a libation vase and a lotus-flower (?).
Text: [CHAPTER CXLVIII.]. (i) Saith Osiris Ani, triumphant: "Homage to thee, (2) O thou lord, thou
lord of right and truth, the One, the lord of eternity and creator (3) of everlastingness, I have come unto
thee, O my lord Ra. I have made (4) meat offerings unto the seven kine and unto their bull. O ye who
give (5) cakes and ale to the shining ones, grant ye to my soul to be with
[1. In the Turin papyrus, published by Lepsius, the god wears the triple or atef crown instead of a disk and serpent, and the
text describes him as "Osiris the lord of eternity, the prince, the lord of everlastingness, the great god, the governor of
Akertet." Behind the god stands a female figure wearing upon her head, emblematic of "the beautiful Amenta," with both
her hands "extended to receive" the deceased. The address to Osiris and Amenta by the deceased reads: "Homage to thee,
O thou Bull of Amentet, Prince, lord of everlastingness, the great god, the governor of Akertet, receive thou the Osiris into
the beautiful Amentet in peace, and may it stretch forth its hands to receive me."
2 In other papyri the names of these animals are given as follows:
het kau nebt tcher, "the dwelling of the has of the lord of the universe"; (2) sentet utheset, "orbit, the raising of the god";
(3) amenit xentet auset-s, "the hidden one dwelling in her place"; (4) hatet sahet, "the divine noble one of the north (?)";
(5) urt meru tesert, "the greatly beloved, red of hair"; (6) xnemt anxit, "the consort of life"; (7) sexem ren-s em abet-s, "her
name prevaileth in her dwelling"; (8) ka t'ai kauit, "Bull, making the kine to be fruitful."]
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you. (6) May Osiris Ani, triumphant, be born upon your thighs; may he be like unto one (7) Of you for
ever and for ever; and may he become a glorious being (8) in the beautiful Amenta."
[Address to the Rudders]: "(1) Hail, thou beautiful Power,[1] thou beautiful it rudder of the northern
heaven."
"(2) Hail, thou who goest round about heaven, thou pilot of the world, thou beautiful rudder of the
western heaven."
"(3) Hail, thou shining one, who livest[2] in the temple wherein are the gods in visible forms, thou
beautiful rudder of the eastern heaven."
"(4) Hail, thou who dwellest in the temple of the bright-faced ones,[3] thou it beautiful rudder[4] of the
southern heaven."
[Address to the four Triads[5]]: "(5) Hail, ye gods who are above the earth, ye pilots of the underworld."
"(6) Hail, ye mother-gods who are above the earth, who are in the underworld, and who are in the House
of Osiris."
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