CHAPTER XLIV.

[From the Papyrus of Ani (Brit. Mus. No. 10,470, sheet 16). ]
Vignette : The scribe Ani, clothed in white and seated in a
chair; he holds in the right hand the ‘herp sceptre, and in the
left a long staff. Before him is a table. In the Turin Papyrus
(Lepsius, op. ezt., Bl. 20) the deceased is seen standing before a funeral coffer or shrine.
Text: (1) THe CHAPTER OF NOT DYING A SECOND TIME IN THE UNDERWORLD, Osiris Ani, triumphant, saith :—
“My place of hiding is opened, my place of hiding is “vevealed. The Ahus have (2) fallen into the dark- | “ness, but the Eye of Horus hath made me mighty “and the god Ap-uat hath nursed me like a babe. I “have hidden (3) myself with you, O ye stars that “never diminish! My brow is like unto that of Ra; “my face is open; (4) my heart is upon its throne; I “have power over the speech of my mouth; I have
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“knowledge ; in very truth I am Ra himself. I am “not held to be a person of no account; (5) and “violence shall not be done unto me. Thy father “liveth for thee, O son of Nut; I am thy son, O Great “One, and I have seen the hidden things (6) which “belong unto thee. I am crowned king of the gods, I ‘shall not die a second time in the underworld.”