Budge, Ernest A. Wallis [Bearb.]: The book of the dead: the Papyrus Ani in the British Museum ; the Egyptian text with interlinear transliteration and translation, a running translation, introd. etc. ([Text]) (London, 1895)

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THE BOOK OF THE DEAD.

[Plate IV.

Appendix: The shrine is in some instances represented in the shape of a pylon,
the cornice of which is ornamented either with ursei j||), Dr with the disk of the sun
and feathers, emblematic of Maat, It usually rests upon a base made in the

shape of a cubit, The throne upon which Osiris sits is placed upon reed mats

(British Museum papyrus No. 10,471), or upon the cubit-shaped base, or in a pool of
water, from which springs a lotus flower with buds and having the four gods of the
cardinal points (see British Museum papyrus No. 9901) standing upon it. In some of the

oldest papyri the body of Osiris is painted white, and he stands upright. Isis is described
as “ great lady, divine mother,” and Nephthys as “the mistress of the underworld.”
In British Museum papyrus No. 10,471 the scene of the presentation of the deceased to

Osiris is unusual and of interest. On the right the scribe Nekht p n (jj'j
wife Thuau s=> 'on V\ J stand with both hands raised in adoration of Osiris.

and his
Behind

them, upon a cubit-shaped base, is a house with four windows in its upper half, and
upon the roof two triangular projections similar to those which admit air into modern
houses in the East. Before the door are a sycamore (?) tree and a palm tree, with clusters
of fruit; on the !eft is the god Osiris on his throne, and behind him stands “Maat,
mistress of the two countries, daughter of Ra,” above whom are two outstretchcd
female arms proceeding from a mountain and holding a disk between the hands. In
the centre, between Osiris and the deceased, is a pool of water with three sycamore (?)
trees on each side, and at each corner a palm tree bearing clusters of dates ; and from
it there springs a vine laden with bunches of grapes.

In British Museum papyrus No. 10,472 the god seated in the shrine wears the crown

of the god Tanen , and is called “ Ptah-Seker-Ausar, within the hidden place, great
god, lord of Ta-sert, king of eternity, prince of the everlasting.”

Text: Saith Horus, the son of Isis “ I have comeunto thee, O Unnefer, and
“ I have brought the Osiris Ani unto thee. His heart is [found] righteous coming
“ forth from the balance, and it hath not sinnecl against god or goddess. Thoth
“ hath weighed it according to the aecree uttered unto him by the company