Judgement in the Presence of Osiris, Hunefer's Book of the Dead
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Figures represented in order of appearence (left to right): +Hunefer (deceased scribe) +Anubis (jackal-headed god associated with mummification, burial and the afterlife, he is the son of Nephthys) +Ma'at (goddess of order and ethical judgement. She wears a feather associated with truth and is here shown at the top of the scales) +Ammit or Ammut (demon represented as part crocodile, lion and hippopotamus. Devoured hearts that failed the test of Ma'at) +Thoth (here represented as an Ibis-headed god recording the fate of the deceased, in this case Hunefer) +Horus (falcon-headed god/also eye of Horus, associated with the king and son of Osiris) +Horus's 4 sons Imsety, Duamutef, Hapi, Qebehsenuef (associated with the 4 cardinal points, protection of vital organs of the deceased) +Osiris (enthroned wearing Atef crown; he is associated with death and is one of the most powerful gods in the Egyptianpantheon) +Isis (goddess protector of mummys and Osiris and in some instances, the mother of Horus and sister of Nephthys) +Nephthys (goddess who, along with her sister Isis, protects mummys and Osiris, mother of Anubis, sister and wife of Seth)
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