. The Nile. Notes for travellers in Egypt . nts employed in the ceremony ofopening the mouth, vis., the Pes/i-en-kef^, the haunch CT^,the libation vases \J^J\JXJ, the feather [S, the instrumentsf^—m*^—*fv—Nl^—,, the ur-heka, the boxes of purification the bandlet etc. After the death of a man it was thought that he was takeninto the hall of the god Osiris, judge of the dead, and thathis conscience, symbolized by the heart, was weighed in thebalance before him. An excellent idea of what the Egyp-tians believed in this matter may be gathered from the twofollowing scenes in the Papyrus of Ani. Ani
. The Nile. Notes for travellers in Egypt . nts employed in the ceremony ofopening the mouth, vis., the Pes/i-en-kef^, the haunch CT^,the libation vases \J^J\JXJ, the feather [S, the instrumentsf^—m*^—*fv—Nl^—,, the ur-heka, the boxes of purification the bandlet etc. After the death of a man it was thought that he was takeninto the hall of the god Osiris, judge of the dead, and thathis conscience, symbolized by the heart, was weighed in thebalance before him. An excellent idea of what the Egyp-tians believed in this matter may be gathered from the twofollowing scenes in the Papyrus of Ani. Ani and his wifeThuthu are entering the Hall of Double Truth, wherein theheart ^j is to be weighed against the feather p, emblematicof Right and Truth, or Law. This ceremony is being per-formed in the presence of the gods Heru-khuti (Har- machis) the great god within his boat ^T|Jm #0„0Q >&>£. 3^ ; Temu nut, lady of heaven, Nut, lady of heaven, thys J; Horus, the great god, Shu n & ; Isis 0Seb <Tef- ; Neph- Hathor,. ^ - « 55 43 - —P o
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