Book of the Dead papyrus of Kerqun, Ptolemaic, Egypt
This sheet shows the ceremony of the judgement of the dead
before Osiris, the central god of Egyptian funereal rituals and
ruler of the Underworld. Kerqun's heart, represented by the
hieroglyph for 'heart', sits on the left pan of the scale to be
weighed against a feather representing Maat. To the left of the
scales waits the 'devourer', ready to consume the heart should it
not balance with Maat. The judgement is proclaimed and recorded by
the scribe Thoth, the ibis-headed god.