y part towards you. Grant ye that I may
make my way through the Amhet[1] chamber, let me enter into Rastau,[2]
and let me pass through the secret places of Amentet. Grant that cakes,
and ale, and sweetmeats may be given to me as they are given to the
spirit-souls, and grant that I may enter in and come forth from Rastau."
The four Ape-gods reply: "Come, for we have done away with thy
wickedness, and we have put away thy sin, which deserved stripes, which
thou didst commit upon earth, and we have destroyed all the evil that
clung to thee. Enter, therefore, into Rastau, and pass in through the
secret gates of Amentet, and cakes, and ale, and sweetmeats shall be
given unto thee, and thou shalt go in and come out at thy desire, even
as do those whose spirit-souls are praised [by the god], and [thy name]
shall be proclaimed each day in the horizon."

[Footnote 1: A chamber in the kingdom of Seker in which the dead were
examined.]

[Footnote 2: The corridors in the kingdom of Seker.]

Another prayer of special interest is that which forms Chapter XXXB.
This is put into the mouth of the deceased when he is standing in the
Hall of Judgment watching the weighing of his heart in the Great Scales
by Anubis and Thoth, in the presence of the Great Company of the gods
and Osiris. He says: "My heart, my mother. My heart, my mother. My heart
whereby I came into being. Let none stand up to oppose me at my
judgment. May there be no opposition to me in the presence of the
Tchatchau.[1] Mayest thou not be separated from me in the presence of
the Keeper of the Balance. Thou art my Ka (_i.e._ Double, or vital
power), that dwelleth in my body; the god Khnemu who knitteth together
and strengthened my limbs. Mayest thou come forth into the place of
happiness whither we go. May the Shenit officers who decide the
destinies of the lives of men not cause my name to stink [before
Osiris]. Let it (_i.e._ the weighing) be satisfactory unto us, and let
there be joy of heart to us at the weighing of words (_i.e._ the Great
Judgment). Let not that which is false be uttered against me before the
Great God, the Lord of Amentet (_i.e._ Osiris). Verily thou shalt be
great when thou risest up [having been declared] a speaker of the
truth."

[Footnote 1: The chief officers of Osiris, the divine Taskmasters.]

In many papyri this prayer is followed by a Rubric, which orders that it
is to be said over a green stone scarab set in a band of _tchamu_ metal
(_