CHAPTER XXII.

[From the Papyrus of Ani (Brit, Mus. No. 10,470, sheet 6). ]
From the Papyrus of Nebseni,
Vignette: In the Papyrus of Nebseni (sheet 5), the “Guardian
of the Balance” is seen with his right hand stretched out to
touch the mouth of the deceased who stands before him, In
other papyri the deceased himself is seen standing with either
his right or his left hand raised to his mouth, as if to perform the ceremony of “ opening the mouth” for himself.
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I32 THE GIVING OF A MOUTH TO THE DECEASED [axii.
Text: (1) THe CHapreR OF GIVING A MouUTH (2) To Osrris ANI, THE SCRIBE AND TELLER OF THE HOLY OFFERINGS OF ALL THE GODS, VICTORIOUS, IN THE UNDERWORLD. He saith :—
“T rise (3) out of the egg in the hidden land. May ‘my mouth be given (4) unto me that I may speak “therewith in the presence of the great god, the lord of “the (5) Tuat (underworld). May my hand and my ‘arm not be forced back in the presence of the sovereign “princes of any god. I am Osiris, the lord of Re-stau, (6); may I, Osiris the scribe Ani, victorious, have a “portion with him who is (7) on the top of the Steps “(i.e., Osiris). According to the desire of my heart, I “have come from the Pool of Fire, and I have quenched “the fire,”