Meanwhile on the neck of the departed they hung a scarab made of a precious stone, on which was this inscription: "O my heart, heart which I received from my mother, which I had when I was on earth, O heart do not rise against me and do not give evil witness in the day of judgment." [Authentic]

Next priests wound around each arm and foot, each finger and toe of the dead, strips on which were written prayers and spells. Those strips they fastened with gum and balsam. On the breast and on the neck they placed complete manuscripts of the Book of the Dead with the following meditations which the priests read aloud over the body,

"I am he before whom no god puts an obstacle.

"Who is that?

"He is Turn on his shield, he is Ra on his shield, which rises in the east of heaven.

"I am Yesterday and I know Tomorrow.

"Who is he?

"Yesterday is Osiris, Tomorrow is Ra on the day when he annihilates the enemies of the Lord who is above all and when he consecrates his son Horus. In other words, in the day when his father Ra meets the coffin of Osiris. He conquers the gods at command of Osiris, the lord of the mountain Amenti.

"What is that?

"Amenti is a creation of the soul of the gods, at command of Osiris, the lord of the mountain.