CHAPTER X3

[From the Papyrus of Ani (Brit. Mus. No. 10,470, sheet 18). ]
Vignette : Ani, clad in white, spearing a serpent.
1 T.e,, the spiritual form of a man which has come into being through the prayers which have been said and the ceremonies which have been performed over his dead body.
2 A shining or translucent, intangible casing or covering which the deceased possesses in the underworld; it is frequently depicted in the form of a mummy.
3 In the Saite Recension this Chapter is found twice, viz., as Chapters X. and XLVIII.; as there is no good reason why it should be Chapter XLYIII., it has been placed here.
Chap, x. 1-xi. 2] THE POWER TO EAT 59
Text: (1) ANnoTHER CHAPTER [TO BE SAID] BY A MAN WHO COMETH FORTH BY DAY AGAINST HIS ENEMIES IN THE UNDERWORLD. [Saith Osiris Ani :—]
“T have divided the heavens, (2) I have cleft the “horizon, I have traversed the earth, [following] upon “his footsteps. The Mighty Kuu taketh possession of “me and carrieth me away, because, behold, (3) Iam . “provided with his magical words for millions of years, “T eat with my mouth, I crush my food with my “jawbones. (4) Behold, I am the god who is the lord “of the Tuat (underworld); may there be given unto “me, Osiris Ani, these things in perpetuity without fail “or lessening.”