CHAPTER IX.

[From the Papyrus of Ani (Brit. Mus. No. 10,470, sheet 18). ]
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) Tue Carrer OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AFTER HAVING MADE THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE Toms. Saith Osiris Ani :—
“ Hail Soul, thou mighty one of strength! (2) Verily “T am here, I have come, I behold thee. I have “assed through the Tuat (underworld), I have seen “(3) [my] divine father Osiris, I have scattered the “oloom 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]
1 Suti or Set, the personification of darkness, and the mighty antagonist of Horus, by whom he was slain.
58 SPEARING THE SERPENT ({Chap. ix. 5
“the ceremonies for my divine father Osiris, (5) I have “opened every way in heaven and in earth. Iam the “son who loveth his father Osiris. (6) I have become “a sahu,! I have become a khu,? I am furnished [with “what I need]. Hail, every god, hail every khu! I “have made a path [for myself, ft! Osiris, the scribe “ Ani, victorious.”