File:BD Hunefer.jpg
Summary
Weighing of the heart scene, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammit" class="extiw" title="en:Ammit">en:Ammit</a> sitting, from the book of the dead of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunefer" class="extiw" title="en:Hunefer">Hunefer</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.egyptarchive.co.uk/html/british_museum_35.html">From the source</a>: "The judgement, from the papyrus of the scribe Hunefer. 19th Dynasty. Hunefer is conducted to the balance by jackal-headed Anubis. The monster Ammut crouches beneath the balance so as to swallow the heart should a life of wickedness be indicated. EA9901." <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Anubis" title="Anubis">Anubis</a> conducts the weighing on the scale of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maat (page does not exist)">Maat</a>, against the feather of truth. The ibis-headed <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thoth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thoth (page does not exist)">Thoth</a>, scribe of the gods, records the result. If his heart is lighter than the feather, Hunefer is allowed to pass into the afterlife. If not, he is eaten by the waiting chimeric devouring creature Ammit, which is composed of the deadly crocodile, lion, and hippopotamus. In the next panel, showing the scene after the weighing, a triumphant Hunefer, having passed the test, is presented by falcon-headed <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Horus" title="Horus">Horus</a> to the shrine of the green-skinned <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Osiris&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Osiris (page does not exist)">Osiris</a>, god of the underworld and the dead, accompanied by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Isis (page does not exist)">Isis</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nephthys&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nephthys (page does not exist)">Nephthys</a>. The 14 gods of Egypt are shown seated above, in the order of judges.
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| current | 06:17, 4 January 2017 | | 1,000 × 409 (128 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Weighing of the heart scene, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammit" class="extiw" title="en:Ammit">en:Ammit</a> sitting, from the book of the dead of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunefer" class="extiw" title="en:Hunefer">Hunefer</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.egyptarchive.co.uk/html/british_museum_35.html">From the source</a>: "The judgement, from the papyrus of the scribe Hunefer. 19th Dynasty. Hunefer is conducted to the balance by jackal-headed Anubis. The monster Ammut crouches beneath the balance so as to swallow the heart should a life of wickedness be indicated. EA9901." <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Anubis" title="Anubis">Anubis</a> conducts the weighing on the scale of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maat (page does not exist)">Maat</a>, against the feather of truth. The ibis-headed <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thoth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thoth (page does not exist)">Thoth</a>, scribe of the gods, records the result. If his heart is lighter than the feather, Hunefer is allowed to pass into the afterlife. If not, he is eaten by the waiting chimeric devouring creature Ammit, which is composed of the deadly crocodile, lion, and hippopotamus. In the next panel, showing the scene after the weighing, a triumphant Hunefer, having passed the test, is presented by falcon-headed <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Horus" title="Horus">Horus</a> to the shrine of the green-skinned <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Osiris&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Osiris (page does not exist)">Osiris</a>, god of the underworld and the dead, accompanied by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Isis (page does not exist)">Isis</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nephthys&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nephthys (page does not exist)">Nephthys</a>. The 14 gods of Egypt are shown seated above, in the order of judges. |
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