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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.”

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