Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Dynasty XVIII 1500 B.C.

This relief represents the ceremony of the weighing of the heart in
the hall of judgement after death. The deceased is introduced into
the hall of judgment by the jackal-headed God Anubis. His or her
heart is placed in one of the pans of a scale to be weighed against
the feather of truth of the Goddess Maat. Anubis then adjusts the
plummet while Thoth, generally shown as Ibis-headed, writes down the
verdict. Nearby a demon, the “Eater of Hearts”, a composite of
crocodile, lion and hippopotamus waits for a verdict against the
deceased, when the heart will then be thrown to it. Upon a satisfactory
verdict the deceased is then led by Horus before Osiris. The deceased
is presented as one “true of voice, justified” and a suitable
candidate to be admitted into the joys of the netherworld.

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