THE PAPYRUS OF ANI
Plate I, Verse 1 - 5:
A Hymn of praise to Ra when he riseth in the easern part of heaven. Behold Osiris Ani the scribe who recordeth the holy offerings of all the gods, who saith : " Hommage to thee, O thou who has come as Khepera, Khepera, the creator of the gods. Thou risest, thou shinest, making bright thy mother Nut, crowned king of the gods. Thy mother Nut doeth homage unto thee with both her hands. The land of Manu receiveth thee with content, and the goddess Maat embrceth thee at the two seasons. May he give slendour, and power, and triumph and a comming forth as a living soul to see Horus of the two horisons to the ka of Osiris, the scribe of Ani, Triumphant before Osiris.
