CHAPTER XLIII.

[From the Papyrus of Ani (Brit. Mus, No. 10,470, sheet 17). ]
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Vignette : The deceased adoring three gods, each of whom holds the emblem of life in his right hand and a sceptre in his left.
Text: (1) Tur CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEAD OF A MAN BE CUT OFF FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD. Osiris Ani, triumphant, saith :—(2)
“T am the Great One, son of the Great One; [I am] “Fire, the son of Fire, to whom was given (3) his head “after it had been cut off. The head of Osiris was not “taken away from him, let not the head of Osiris (4) “Ani be taken away from him. I have knit myself “together ; I have made myself whole and complete; I “have renewed my youth; I am Osiris, the lord of “eternity.”
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