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Painting: Judgment of Hunefer before Osiris/from the Book of the Dead. Maat on balance arm. 5. Hunefer is greeted in the afterlife and kneels before the nine gods of Heliopolis – the sacred city of the sun god Ra. Thoth records the weighing. Ammit, eater of the Dead.
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Painting: Judgment of Hunefer before Osiris/from the Book of the Dead Maat on balance arm 5. Hunefer is greeted in the afterlife and kneels before the nine gods of Heliopolis – the sacred city of the sun god Ra Thoth records the weighing Ammit, eater of the Dead 4. Osiris on a lake of Natron/Nepthys and Isis support his left arm…the four sons are on the lotus blossom (canopic jars) 2. Weighing of heart against feather of truth from goddess of truth and justice Maat 1. Hunefer led by Anubis to be judged: questioned and weighed 3. Hunefer continues with Horus who presents him to Osiris