Chap . IX. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AFTER HAVING MADE THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE TOMB . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Vignette : A ram having upon his head the Atef crown standing upon a
pylon-shaped pedestal, which rests on a green reed mat ; before him is
an altar upon which stand a libation vase and a lotus flower . The scribe
Ani, clothed in white, stands with both hands raised in adoration .


Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AFTER
HAVING MADE THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE TOMB . Saith Osiris
Ani :-

"Hail Soul, thou mighty one of strength! (2) Verily I am
"here, I have come, I behold thee . I have passed through the
"Tuat (underworld), I have seen (3) [my] divine father Osiris,
"I have scattered the gloom of night . I am his beloved one .
"I have come ; I have seen my divine father Osiris . I have
"stabbed the heart of Suti . [I] have performed [all] the cere-
monies for my divine father Osiris, (5) I have opened every
"way in heaven and in earth . I am the son who loveth his
"father Osiris . (6) I have become a sahu,r I have become a khu, 2
"I am furnished [with what I need] . Hail, every god, hail every
"khu! I have made a path [for myself, 1] Osiris, the scribe Ani,
"victorious ."

The SourceThe Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.


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