itten in two horizontal lines, are to be
repeated before each column of text. The "great sovereign princes" invoked
are those of: (1) Annu (Heliopolis), (2) Tattu, (3) Sekhem (Letopolis),
(4) Pe and Tep, (5) An-arut-f, (6) the double land of Rekhti, (7) Re-stau,
(8) Abtu, (9) the paths of the dead, (10) the ploughing festival in Tattu,
(11) Kher-aba, (12) Osiris, (13) heaven and earth, (14) every god and
every goddess. The rubric reads:

IF THIS CHAPTER BE RECITED REGULARLY AND ALWAYS BY A MAN WHO HATH PURIFIED
HIMSELF IN WATER OF NATRON, HE SHALL COME FORTH BY DAY AFTER HE HATH COME
INTO PORT (I.E., IS DEAD), AND HE SHALL PERFORM ALL THE TRANSFORMATIONS
WHICH HIS HEART SHALL DICTATE, AND HE SHALL COME FORTH FROM EVERY FIRE.

The Chapter Of Giving A Mouth To The Overseer

THE CHAPTER OF GIVING A MOUTH TO THE OVERSEER OF THE HOUSE, NU,
TRIUMPHANT, IN THE UNDERWORLD. He saith:

"Homage to thee, O thou lord of brightness, thou who art at the head of
the Great House, prince of the night and of thick darkness. I have come
unto thee being a pure _khu_. Thy two hands are behind thee, and thou hast
thy lot with [thy] ancestors. Oh, grant thou unto me my mouth that I may
speak therewith; and guide thou to me my heart at the season when there is
cloud and darkness."

The Chapter Of Giving A Mouth To Osiris Ani

[From the Papyrus of Ani (British Museum No. 10,470, sheet 6).]

THE CHAPTER OF GIVING A MOUTH TO OSIRIS ANI, THE SCRIBE AND TELLER OF THE
HOLY OFFERINGS OF ALL THE GODS, TRIUMPHANT, IN THE UNDERWORLD. He saith:

"I rise out of the egg in the hidden land. May my mouth be given unto me
that I may speak therewith in the presence of the great god, the lord of
the Tuat (underworld). May my hand and my arm not be forced back in the
presence of the sovereign princes of any god. I am Osiris, the lord of
Re-stau; may I, Osiris the scribe Ani, triumphant, have a portion with him
who is on the top of the steps (_i.e._, Osiris). According to the desire
of my heart, I have come from the Pool of Fire, and I have quenched the
fire."

Opening The Mouth Of Osiris

[From the Papyrus of Ani (British Museum No. 10,470, sheet 15).]

THE CHAPTER OF OPENING THE MOUTH OF OSIRIS. The scribe Ani, triumphant,
saith:

"May the good Ptah open my mouth, and may the god of my city loose the
swathings, even the swathings which are over my mouth. Moreover, may
Thoth, being filled and furnished with charms, come and lo