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Papyrus of Ani: some of the 42 Judges of Maat are visible, seated and in small size. British Museum, London. The Assessors of Maat were 42 minor ancient Egyptian deities of the Maat charged with judging the souls of the dead in the afterlife by joining the judgment of Osiris in the Weighing of the Heart. [1][2]
The Assessors of Maat are the 42 deities listed in the Papyrus of Nebseni, [59] to whom the deceased make the Negative Confession in the Papyrus of Ani. [60] They represent the forty-two united nomes of Egypt, and are called "the hidden Maati gods, who feed upon Maat during the years of their lives"; i.e., they are the righteous minor deities ...
There, the dead person swore that he had not committed any sin from a list of 42 sins, [45] reciting a text known as the "Negative Confession". Then the dead person's heart was weighed on a pair of scales, against the goddess Maat, who embodied truth and justice. Maat was often represented by an ostrich feather, the hieroglyphic sign for her ...
Damnation. Damnation (from Latin damnatio) is the concept of divine punishment and torment in an afterlife for sins that were committed, or in some cases, good actions not done on Earth. In Ancient Egyptian religious tradition, it was believed that citizens would recite the 42 negative confessions of Maat as their heart was weighed against the ...
1888,0515.1.3. The Papyrus of Ani is a papyrus manuscript in the form of a scroll with cursive hieroglyphs and colour illustrations that was created c. 1250 BCE, during the Nineteenth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. Egyptians compiled an individualized book for certain people upon their death, called the Book of Going Forth by Day ...
I am noble, I am a spirit [akh], I am equipped; O all you gods and all you spirits [akhu], prepare a path for me. — Book of the Dead, spell 9.[7] 10. Another spell for a man's going out into the day against his foes in the realm of the dead. [9] 11. Spell for going out against a foe in the realm of the dead.
The deceased pleaded to Osiris that they had not committed sin, which is known as a "negative confession". [24] The forty-two Assessors of Maat judged how virtuous the life of the deceased was, and this represented the principal element of the deceased entering the afterlife. After passing judgment, the family and friends of the deceased ...
t. e. Ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs were centered around a variety of complex rituals that were influenced by many aspects of Egyptian culture. Religion was a major contributor, since it was an important social practice that bound all Egyptians together. For instance, many of the Egyptian gods played roles in guiding the souls of the dead ...