CHAPTER XXVI.

[From the Papyrus of Ani (Brit. Mus. No. 10,470, sheet 15). ]
From the Papyrus of Ani.
Vignette: The scribe Ani, clothed in white, and with his heart in his right hand, addressing the god Anpu (Anubis), jackal-headed. In his left hand, which is outstretched, Ani holds a necklace of several rows of coloured beads; the clasp is made in the form of a pylon or gateway, and on the side of the pendant, which is in the same form, is a representation of a scarab or beetle in a boat to typify the Sun-god Ra-Khepera in his boat. From the pendant hang lotus flowers. In other Theban papyri the vignettes are different. In the Papyrus of Nebseni (sheet 5) the god “ Anubis who dwelleth in the city of embalmment” gives a heart to the deceased; and in others (see Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. I. Bl. 37) the deceased is seen either being embraced by Anubis or addressing his heart which rests upon a standard before him. In the Turin papyrus (Lepsius, Todtenbuch, Bl. 15) the deceased is seen kneeling before his own soul, which is in the form of a human-headed hawk, and clasping his heart to his breast with his left hand,
138 THE GIVING OF A HEART TO THE DECEASED [xxvi. 1
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From the Papyrus of Nebseni. From the Turin Papyrus,
Text: (1) THe CHAPTER OF GIVING A HEART TO Osiris (2) IN THE UNDERWORLD. He saith :—
““May my heart (ib)! be with me in the House of “Hearts! May my heart (Adt) be with me in the “House of Hearts! May my heart be with me, and “may it rest there, [or] I shall not eat of the cakes of “Osiris on the eastern side of the Lake (3) of Flowers, “neither shall I have a boat wherein to go down the ‘Nile, nor another wherein to go up, nor shall I be able “to sail down the Nile with thee. May my mouth [be ‘‘oiven| to me that I may (4) speak therewith, and my “two legs to walk therewith, and my two hands and ‘arms to overthrow my foe. May the doors of heaven ‘be opened unto me (5); may Seb, the Prince * of the ‘““oods, open wide his two jaws unto me; may he open “my two eyes which are blindfolded; may he cause me “to stretch apart (6) my two legs which are bound “together; and may Anpu (Anubis) make my thighs
1 Ab is undoubtedly the “heart,” and hdt is the region wherein is the heart; the word may be fairly well rendered by ‘‘ breast,”
though the pericardium is probably intended. 2 Erpdt, i.e., ‘hereditary tribal chief.”
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“firm so that I may stand uponthem. May the goddess ‘““Sekhet make me to rise (7) so that I may ascend unto “heaven, and that that may be done which I command “in the House of the ka (double) of Ptah (i.e, Mem- “phis). I understand with my heart. I have gained “the mastery over my (8) heart, I have gained the “mastery over my two hands, I have gained the “mastery over my legs, I have gained the power to ‘do whatsoever my ka (double) pleaseth. (9) My soul “shall not be fettered to my body at the gates of the “underworld; but I shall enter in peace and I shall “come forth in peace.”