Plate Xxvi : PLATE XXVI. underworld fear me, and they (17) fight for me [in their habitations]. I, in very truth I am a shining one and a dweller in light, who hath been created and who hath come into being (18) from the body of the god. I am one of the shining {p. 334} ones who dwell in light, whom (19) Tmu...
Plate Xxi : PLATE XXI. "Thou dost place thy disk in the west, and my two hands are [raised] in adoration [of thee] when thou settest (30) as a living being. Behold, thou art the maker of eternity, and thou art adored [when] thou settest in the heavens. I have given my heart unto thee without wavering, (31) O...
Plate I : THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. TRANSLATION PLATE I. Vignette: The scribe Ani, standing with hands raised in adoration before a table of offerings consisting of haunches of beef, loaves of bread and cake, vases of wine and oil, fruits, lotus, and other flowers. He wears a fringed white and saffron-coloured...
Plate Xxv : PLATE XXV. Vignette: A swallow perched on a conical object painted red and green. Text [CHAPTER LXXXVI.]: (I) HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF MAKING TRANSFORMATIONS. THE CHANGING INTO A SWALLOW. (2) Saith Osiris Ani, triumphant: "I am the swallow, [I am] the swallow, [I am] the scorpion, the daughter...
Plate Xv : PLATE XV. Vignette: A seated statue of Ani, the scribe, upon which the ceremony of opening the mouth un re", is being performed by the "sem" priest, clad in a panther's skin and holding in his right hand the instrument "Ur heka i.e.", "mighty one of enchantments." In front of the statue are: the [1...
Funeral Ceremonies : FUNERAL CEREMONIES. In illustration of the ceremonies which accompanied the burial of the dead the reader will find extracts from different texts printed in the "Appendix" on p. 264 ff. To these may be added an extract from the curious ritual which was in vogue in the Vth and VIth dynasties...
Plate Xx : PLATE XX. Vignette: Osiris and Isis in a sepulchral shrine. Text [CHAPTER XV.]: (I) A HYMN OF PRAISE To RA WHEN HE RISETH IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE HEAVEN. They who are in (2) his train rejoice, and lo! Osiris Ani in triumph saith "Hail, thou Disk, thou lord of rays, who risest (3) in the horiz...
Plates Xxxv. And Xxxvi : PLATES XXXV. AND XXXVI. Vignette: A hall, within which, on the left, Ani stands before two tables of offerings bearing libation water and lotus-flowers, with hands raised, adoring Ra, hawk-headed. Next are ranged seven cows, each one couchant before a table of offerings, and each having a "menat"...
Plates Xxxi. And Xxxii : PLATES XXXI. AND XXXII. Vignettes: The Hall of Double Right and Truth, wherein Ani has to address severally the forty-two gods, who are seated in a row in the middle of the, hall. At each end is a door that on the right is called "Neb-Maat-heri-tep-retui-f" and that on the left...
Plate Xvi : PLATE XVI. Vignette: Ani standing, with both hands raised in prayer, before four gods who are seated on a pedestal in the form of Maat; before him is his heart set upon a pedestal. Text [CHAPTER XXVII.]: (I) THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF A MAN BE TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD...
Plates Xi. And Xii : PLATES XI. AND XII. Vignette I.: Ani and his wife Thuthu approaching the first Arit, the cornice of which is ornamented with ### "i.e.", emblems of power, life, and stability. At the entrance sit three gods, the first having the head of a hare, the second the head of a serpent, and the third...
The Versions Of The Book Of The Dead : INTRODUCTION. THE VERSIONS OF THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. The four great Versions of the Book of the Dead. THE history of the great body of religious compositions which form the Book of Dead of the ancient Egyptians may conveniently be divided into four of the periods, which are represented by four...
Plate Ii : PLATE II. Vignette I.: The disk of the Sun, supported by a pair of arms proceeding from the ankh, the sign of life, which in turn is supported by a "tet" the emblem of the East and of the god Osiris. The "tet" stands upon the horizon. On each side of the disk are three dog-headed apes, spirits...
Plates Vii. X : PLATES VII.-X. Vignette: The vignette of these plates, forming one composition, runs along the top of the text. The subjects are:- Plate VII. i. Ani and his wife in the "seh" hall; he is moving a piece on a draught-board (to illustrate lines 3 and 4 of the text). 2. The souls of Ani and his wife...
Plates Xxix. And Xxx : PLATES XXIX. AND XXX. Vignette (PLATE XXIX.): Ani and his wife standing with hands raised in adoration before the god Thoth, who has "ankh", "life," upon his knees, and is seated on a pylon-shaped throne. Text [CHAPTER CLXXV.]: (1) THE CHAPTER OF NOT DYING A SECOND TIME. Saith Osiris Ani...
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Plate Iii : PLATE III. Vignette: Scene of the weighing of the Heart of the Dead. Ani and his wife enter the Hall of Double Law or Truth, wherein the heart, emblematical of the conscience, is to be weighed in the balance against the feather, emblematical of law. Above, twelve gods, each holding a sceptre are...
Plates Xxxiii And Xxxiv : PLATES XXXIII AND XXXIV. Vignette: The mummy-chamber, arranged as a plan, representing the floor and walls laid flat, in fifteen compartments. In the centre, under a canopy, is place d the bier bearing the mummy of Ani, beside which stands the god Anubis, [1. In the Nebseni papyrus the text...
The Principal Geographical And Mythological : THE PRINCIPAL GEOGRAPHICAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL PLACES IN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. Abtu, the Abydos of the Greeks (Strabo, XVII., i., 42), the capital of the eighth nome of Upper Egypt. It was the seat of the worship of Osiris, and from this fact was called Per-Ausar or Busiris, "the house of Osiris ";...
The Legend Of Osiris : THE LEGEND OF OSIRIS. The main features of the Egyptian religion constant. The chief features of the Egyptian religion remained unchanged from the Vth and VIth dynasties down to the period when the Egyptians embraced Christianity, after the preaching of St. Mark the Apostle in Alexandria, A.D. 69...
Plate Xvii : PLATE XVII. Vignette: Ani standing in adoration before three gods, each of whom holds a sceptre in his left hand, and the symbol of life in his right. [1. Adding "thest ftu", from the papyrus of Nebseni. 2. Var. ### "axemu". this word see Brugsch, "Wrterbuch" (Suppl.), p. 279.] {p. 317} Text...
The Gods Of The Book Of The Dead : THE GODS OF THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. The following are the principal gods and goddesses mentioned in the pyramid texts and in the later versions of the Book of the Dead:-- Nu represents the primeval watery mass from which all the gods were evolved, and upon which floats the bark of "millions of years"...
Plate Xix : PLATE XIX. Vignette: Ani standing, with both hands raised in adoration, before Ra, hawk-headed and seated in a boat floating upon the sky. On the bows sits Heru-pa-khrat (Harpocrates) or, "Horus the child"; and the side is ornamented with feathers of Maat, and the "utchat". The handles of the oars...
The Papyrus Of Ani : THE PAPYRUS OF ANI. General Description The papyrus of Ani, was found at Thebes, and was purchased by the Trustees of the British Museum in 1888. It measures 78 feet by 1 foot 3 inches, and is the longest known papyrus of the Theban period. It is made up of six distinct lengths of papyrus, which...
Plate Xxxvii : PLATE XXXVII. Vignette: A shrine wherein stands "Sekeri-Ausar neb setait neter aa neb Neter-xert" Seker-Osiris, lord of the hidden place, the great god, the lord of the underworld. He wears the white crown with feathers, and holds in his hands the sceptre, flail, and crook. The goddess Hath...
Plate Xxii : PLATE XXII. "Osiris Ani, triumphant, hath not revealed what he hath seen,(17) he hath not, he hath not told again what he hath heard in the house which is hidden. Hail, there are shouts of joy to Osiris Ani, triumphant, (18) for he is a god and the flesh of Ra, he is in the boat of Nu, and his k...
Plate Xxviii : PLATE XXVIII. Vignette: A heron. Text [CHAPTER LXXXIV.]: (I) THE CHAPTER OF CHANGING INTO A HERON. Saith Osiris, the scribe Ani: (2) "I have gotten dominion over the beasts which are brought for sacrifice, with the knife held at their heads and their hair, (3) for {p. 340} those who dwell in their...
Plate Xxxiii : PLATE XXXIII. Vignette: A lake of fire, at each corner of which is seated a dog-headed ape. Rubric: (1) Osiris Ani, triumphant, is girt about with [fine] raiment, he is shod with (2)white sandals, and he is anointed with very precious "anta" ointment; and a bull, (3) and herbs, and incense...
Preface : PREFACE. The Papyrus of Ani, which was acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum in the year 1888, is the largest, the most perfect, the best preserved, and the best illuminated of all the papyri which date from the second half of the XVIIIth dynasty (about B.C. 1500 to 1400). Its rare...
Plate Xiii : PLATE XIII. Vignettes (Upper register): A pylon, or gateway, surmounted by the feathers of Maat and uri wearing disks. (Lower register): A pylon, surmounted by Anubis and an "utchat". Text [CHAPTER XVIII.]: [" (1) Hail Thoth, who madest Osiris (2) victorious over his enemies, make thou Osiris [...
Plates V. And Vi : PLATES V. AND VI. Vignettes: The funereal procession to the tomb; running the length of the two plates. In the centre of Plate V. the mummy of the dead man is seen lying in a chest or shrine mounted on a boat with runners, which is drawn by oxen. In the boat, at the head and foot of the mummy, are...
Plate Xxiii. And Plate Xxiv : PLATE XXIII. AND PLATE XXIV. The whole of Plate XXIII. and part of Plate XXIV contain a repetition of the XVIIIth Chapter of the "Book of the Dead," which has also been given on Plates XIII. and XIV. The arrangement of the gods in the vignette is, however, slightly different. PLATE XXIV. (2)...
Plate Iv : PLATE IV. Vignette: Ani, found just, is led into the presence of Osiris. On the left the hawk-headed god Horus, the son of Isis, wearing the double crown of the North and the South, takes Ani by the hand and leads him forward towards "Osiris, the lord of eternity Ausar neb t'etta", who is enthroned...
The Egyptians' Ideas Of God : THE EGYPTIANS' IDEAS OF GOD. The word neter and its meaning. To the great and supreme power which made the earth, the heavens, the sea, the sky, men and women, animals, birds, and creeping things, all that is and all that shall be, the Egyptians gave the name "neter". This word survives...
Plate Xxvii : PLATE XXVII. life. O, I have made them to know the plans of the gods which Horus hath devised (55) at the bidding of his father Osiris. Hail, lord, thou most terrible {p. 336} and mighty soul! Let me come, even me, (56) let me lift myself up! I have opened and passed through the underworld. I have...
Plate Xxxii : PLATE XXXII. (34) "Hail, Tmu in thine hour, who comest forth from Tattu, I have never cursed the king." (35) "Hail, thou who workest with thy will, who comest forth from Tebu, I have never fouled the water." (36) "Hail, thou bearer of the sistrum, who comest forth from Nu, I have not spoken...
The Abode Of The Blessed : THE ABODE OF THE BLESSED. The Egyptian heaven. The gods of the Egyptians dwelt in a heaven with their "ka's", and "khu's", and shadows, and there they received the blessed dead to dwell with them. This heaven was situated in the sky, which the Egyptians believed to be like an iron ceiling, either...
Plate Xviii : PLATE XVIII. My soul (5) seeth the great god within the boat of Ra on the day of souls. My soul is (6) in the front among those who tell the years. Come; the eye of Horus, which stablisheth glories (7) upon the brow of Ra and rays of light upon the faces of those who are with the limbs of Osiris...
The Doctrine Of Eternal Life : THE DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL LIFE. Egyptian belief in a future life. The doctrine of eternal life in the VIth dynasty. The ideas and beliefs which the Egyptians held in reference to a future existence are not readily to be defined, owing to the many difficulties in translating religious texts...
The Legend Of Ra And Isis : THE LEGEND OF RA AND ISIS. Now Isis was a woman who possessed words of power; her heart was wearied with the millions of men, and she chose the millions of the gods, but she esteemed more highly the millions of the "khu's". And she meditated in her heart, saying, "Cannot I by means of the sacred...