Weighing of the Heart scene

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ancient Egyptian funerary motif judgment scene religious scene

The Weighing of the Heart scene is an ancient Egyptian funerary motif depicting the judgment of a deceased person's soul before Osiris, where the heart is balanced against the feather of Ma’at to determine worthiness for the afterlife.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Book of the Dead scenes 3
Weighing of the Heart ceremony 2
Weighing of the Heart 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian funerary motif ⓘ
judgment scene ⓘ
religious scene ⓘ
appearsIn Papyrus of Ani NERFINISHED ⓘ
various copies of the Egyptian Book of the Dead ⓘ
associatedWith Ammit NERFINISHED ⓘ
Anubis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Book of the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ
Egyptian afterlife ⓘ
Ma’at NERFINISHED ⓘ
Negative Confession NERFINISHED ⓘ
Osiris NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thoth NERFINISHED ⓘ
judgment of the soul ⓘ
coreConcept Ma’at as truth and justice ⓘ
accountability of the deceased for earthly actions ⓘ
criterionOfJudgment lightness of the heart compared to the feather of Ma’at ⓘ
culture ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
depicts Anubis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ma’at NERFINISHED ⓘ
Osiris NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thoth NERFINISHED ⓘ
feather of Ma’at ⓘ
heart of the deceased ⓘ
judgment of the deceased ⓘ
monster Ammit NERFINISHED ⓘ
scales ⓘ
weighing of the heart of the deceased ⓘ
hasPurpose assess moral purity of the deceased ⓘ
determine worthiness for the afterlife ⓘ
ifHeartHeavierThanFeather deceased is denied a blessed afterlife ⓘ
heart is devoured by Ammit ⓘ
ifHeartLighterThanFeather deceased is judged worthy of the afterlife ⓘ
languageOfOrigin ancient Egyptian ⓘ
locationInMythology Hall of Two Truths GENERATED ⓘ
medium funerary papyri ⓘ
papyrus scrolls ⓘ
tomb wall paintings ⓘ
relatedConcept Egyptian judgment of the dead NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ma’at ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
symbolizes balance between truth and wrongdoing ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ
divine justice ⓘ
moral judgment ⓘ
timePeriod Late Period of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesSymbol balance scales ⓘ
feather of Ma’at ⓘ
heart of the deceased ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hall of Two Truths → associatedRitual → Weighing of the Heart scene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Weighing of the Heart ceremony
Papyrus of Ani → contains → Weighing of the Heart scene ⓘ
KV11 → decoratedWith → Weighing of the Heart scene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of the Dead scenes
Papyrus of Hunefer → depicts → Weighing of the Heart scene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Weighing of the Heart ceremony
KV9 → hasDecoration → Weighing of the Heart scene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of the Dead scenes
Ammit → participatesIn → Weighing of the Heart scene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Weighing of the Heart
Ramesses IX → tombDecoration → Weighing of the Heart scene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of the Dead scenes