lendor be prepared for me with the white crown which is lifted up upon
me by the uraei-goddesses. Hail, thou guardian of the divine doors of the
god Sehetep-taui (_i.e._, 'he who maketh the world to be at peace'), bring
[thou] to me that of which they make sepulchral meals; grant thou that I
may lift up the branches(?). May the god of light open to me his arms, and
may the company of the gods keep silence while the denizens of heaven talk
with the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant. I am the leader of the
hearts of the gods which strengthen me, and I am a mighty one among the
divine beings. If any god or any goddess shall come forth against me he
shall be judged by the ancestors of the year who live upon hearts and who
make(?) cakes(?) for me, and Osiris shall devour him at [his] coming forth
from Abtu (Abydos). He shall be judged by the ancestors of Ra, and he
shall be judged by the God of Light who clotheth heaven among the divine
princes. I shall have bread in my mouth at stated seasons, and I shall
enter in before the gods Ahiu. He shall speak with me, and I shall speak
with the followers of the gods. I shall speak with the Disk and I shall
speak with the denizens of heaven. I shall put the terror of myself into
the blackness of night which is in the goddess Meh-urt, [who is near] him
that dwelleth in might. And behold, I shall be there with Osiris. My
condition of completeness shall be his condition of completeness among the
divine princes. I shall speak unto him [with] the words of men, and he
shall repeat unto me the words of the gods. A _khu_ who is equipped [with
power] shall come.(81) I am a _khu_ who is equipped [with power]; I am
equipped [with the power] of all the _khu_s, [being the form of the _Sahu_
(_i.e._, spiritual bodies) of Annu, Tattu, Suten-henen, Abtu, Apu, and
Sennu.(82) The Osiris Auf-ankh is victorious over every god and every
goddess who are hidden in Neter-khertet]."(83)

The Introduction To Maati

[From the Papyrus of Ani (British Museum No. 10,470, sheet 30).]

THE CHAPTER OF ENTERING INTO THE HALL OF DOUBLE MAATI; A HYMN OF PRAISE TO
OSIRIS, THE GOVERNOR OF AMENTET. Osiris, the scribe Ani, triumphant,
saith:

"I have come, and [I] have drawn nigh to see thy beauties; my hands [are
raised] in adoration of thy name 'Right and Truth.' I came and I drew nigh
unto [the place where] the acacia-tree groweth not, where the tree thick
with leaves existeth not, and where the ground yield