The Nile : notes for travellers in Egypt . thing with a double that I may be like unto those favoured beings who[stand] about thee, and that I may be an Osiris greatlyfavoured of the beautiful god and beloved of the lord ofthe world—[I] who am in truth a royal scribe loving him,Ani, victorious in judgment before the god Osiris. To Osiris Horus says : — I have come to thee,O Unnefer, and I have brought the Osiris Ani to heart is righteous coming forth from the balance, andit hath not committed sin against any god or any hath weighed it according to the direct
The Nile : notes for travellers in Egypt . thing with a double that I may be like unto those favoured beings who[stand] about thee, and that I may be an Osiris greatlyfavoured of the beautiful god and beloved of the lord ofthe world—[I] who am in truth a royal scribe loving him,Ani, victorious in judgment before the god Osiris. To Osiris Horus says : — I have come to thee,O Unnefer, and I have brought the Osiris Ani to heart is righteous coming forth from the balance, andit hath not committed sin against any god or any hath weighed it according to the directions spokento him by the cycle of the gods ; and it is very true andrighteous. Grant unto him offerings of meat and drink,permit him to enter into the presence of Osiris, and grantthat he may be like unto the followers of Horus for ever. An interesting vignette in the papyrus of Neb-seni(British Museum, No. 9900) shows the deceased beingweighed against his own heart in the presence of the godOsiris : THE RELIGION AND GODS OF EGYPT. 85. If the result of the weighing of the heart was un-favourable the Devourer stepped forward and claimed thedead man as his. Annihilation was the result. The following is a specimen of the hymns which thedeceased addresses to Ra :— A Hymn to Ra [to be sung] when he riseth in the EASTERN SKY. {Front British Museum Papyrus^ No. 9901.) Homage to thee, O thou who art Ra when thou risestand Tmu when thou settest. Thou risest, thou risest; thoushinest, thou shinest, O thou who art crowned king of thegods. Thou art the lord of heaven, thou art the lord ofearth, thou art the creator of those who dwell in the heights,and of those who dwell in the depths. Thou art the onegod \Aho came into being in the beginning of time. Thoudidst create the earth, thou didst fashion man, thou didstmake the watery abyss of the sky, thou didst form Hapi(Nile); thou art the maker of all streams and of the greatdeep, and thou givest life to all that is therein. Thou hastkn
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