Egyptian Literature/The Book of the Dead/Of Preserving the Heart (3)
THE CHAPTER OF PRESERVING THE HEART
[From the Papyrus of Ani (British Museum No. 10,470, sheet 15).]
The Chapter of not letting the heart of a man be taken away from him in the underworld. Osiris Ani, triumphant, saith:
“Turn thou back, O messenger of every god! Is it that thou art come [to carry away] this my heart which liveth? But my heart which liveth shall not be given unto thee. [As I] advance, the gods hearken unto my offerings, and they all fall down upon their faces in their own places.”