Budge, Ernest A. Wallis [Oth.]: The book of the dead: the Papyrus Ani in the British Museum ; the Egyptian text with interlinear transliteration and translation, a running translation, introd. etc. (Facsimile): Facsimile of the papyrus of Ani (London, 1894)

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THE BOOK O F THE DEAD

THE PAPYRUS OF ANI



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( 3- 1'ignette-. Above, twelve gods seated in order, as judges, before a table of ofiferings.
Below, the Psychostasia, or Weighing of the Conscience : the jackal-headed Anubis trying in
the Balance the heart (conscience) of the deceased against the feather symbolical of Law ; on
the left, Ani and his wife in an attitude of devotion ; on the right, the ibis-headed Thoth, the
scribe of the gods, noting down the result of the trial, and behind him the monster Amemit,
the Devourer. On the left of the balance, Shai (Destiny) with the two goddesses Renenit and
Meschenit behind him ; above them, the soul of Ani, as a human-headed hawk, and the
symbol of the cradle.

Text: On the left. the address of Ani to his heart; on the right, the sentence of acquittal.