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Osiris

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Egyptian deity associated with the dead and continued life, presiding over judgment in funerary papyri such as 66.99.142.

Funerary papyrus fragment depicting judgment before Osiris, Egypt, ca. 230–150 BCE; Metropolitan Museum 66.99.142. The scale contains a small figure of Maat
Funerary papyrus fragment depicting judgment before Osiris, Egypt, ca. 230–150 BCE; Metropolitan Museum 66.99.142. The scale contains a small figure of MaatThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, 66.99.142 / Open Access, CC0 · CC0License · Object record

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His judgment role should be read alongside Anubis, Thoth, MaatMaatAncient Egyptian right order, truth and rectitude, also divinely personified; represented in heart-weighing by a feather or a goddess’s figure.Glossary · Click to read the explanation and the judges. Not every Egyptian funerary tradition depicts an identical scene.[1]

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  1. Ptolemaic funerary papyrus depicting judgment before Osiris; elements read from this particular object, not assumed universal. Met 66.99.142; ca. 230–150 BCE Return to the text ↑

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