eace, triumphant! saith, 'Destroyer of the god Shu' is the name of this
door. The Majesty of the god Anpu saith, 'Knowest thou the name of the
upper leaf and of the lower leaf?' 'Lord of Maat upon his two feet' is the
name of the upper leaf, and 'Lord of twofold strength, the subduer of
cattle,' [is the name of the lower leaf. The Majesty of the god Anpu
saith], 'Since thou knowest pass on, O Osiris the scribe, the teller of
the divine offerings of all the gods of Thebes, Ani, triumphant, the lord
of reverence.' "

The Introduction To Maati

[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10477, sheet 22).]

[THE FOLLOWING] SHALL BE SAID WHEN THE OVERSEER OF THE PALACE, THE
CHANCELLOR-IN-CHIEF, NU, TRIUMPHANT, COMETH FORTH INTO THE HALL OF DOUBLE
MAATI(85) SO THAT HE MAY BE SEPARATED FROM EVERY SIN WHICH HE HATH DONE
AND MAY BEHOLD THE FACES OF THE GODS. The Osiris Nu, triumphant, saith:

"Homage to thee, O Great God, thou Lord of Double Maati, I have come to
thee, O my Lord, and I have brought myself hither that I may behold thy
beauties. I know thee, and I know thy name, and I know the name[s] of the
two and forty gods who exist with thee in this Hall of double Maati, who
live as warders of sinners and who feed upon their blood on the day when
the lives of men are taken into account in the presence of the god
Un-nefer; in truth 'Rekhti-merti-neb-Maati' (_i.e._, 'twin-sisters with
two eyes, ladies of double Maati') is thy name. In truth I have come to
thee, and I have brought Maat (_i.e._, right and truth) to thee, and I
have destroyed wickedness for thee. [I have not done evil to] mankind. I
have not oppressed the members of my family, I have not wrought evil in
the place of right and truth. I have had no knowledge of worthless men. I
have not wrought evil. I have not made to be the first [consideration] of
each day that excessive labor should be performed for me. [I have] not
brought forward my name for [exaltation] to honors. I have not ill-treated
servants. [I have not thought scorn of God.] I have not defrauded the
oppressed one of his property.(86) I have not done that which is an
abomination unto the gods. I have not caused harm to be done to the
servant by his chief. I have not caused pain. I have made no man to suffer
hunger. I have made no one to weep. I have done no murder. I have not
given the order for murder to be done for me. I have not inflicted pain
upon mankind. I have not defrauded the temples