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Original fileElJuicioDeLasAlmas
The scene is painted on a light yellow background in a traditional Egyptian register. From left to right: a standing figure of the deceased, followed by the goddess Ma'at (distinguished by her feather), the jackal-headed god Anubis manipulating the scales, the ibis-headed god Thoth recording the result on a palette, and the composite creature Ammit (part crocodile, lion, and hippopotamus) sitting before the scales. On the far right, Horus presents the deceased to Osiris, who sits enthroned. Columns of hieroglyphic text are distributed throughout the top and middle registers to identify the figures and provide ritual incantations.
This artwork depicts the central judgment ritual of the Egyptian 'Book of the Dead' (Spells of Coming Forth by Day), specifically Spell 125, which outlines the deceased's trial before the gods in the Hall of Two Truths.
Multiple columns of vertical hieroglyphics spanning the upper register and surrounding the figures.
Translation
The text consists of standard funerary offering formulas and the names/titles of the deities (e.g., 'Anubis, Lord of the Sacred Land', 'Thoth, Lord of Hermopolis') and the specific utterances of the deceased petitioning for justification.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
This image is a visual representation of the judgment scene described in the spells of the papyrus of Ani or similar funerary texts.
Object
fresco
plaster
New Kingdom
Egyptian
mythological
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
6027 × 1499 px
Linked Data
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