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the “Weighing of the Heart” (spell 125 from the “Book of Coming Forth by Day”), scene from the Funerary Papyrus of Tiye, “Lady of the House” and “Chantress of Amon, King of the Gods”; ca. 975–945 BCE. Now in the Metropolitan Museum…

-on the right scale is represented the heart of Tiye, and on the left the feather of Maat
-to the right, Anubis kneeling and adjusting the plumb-weight of the balance; to the left, Tiye holding the ‘Heqa’-scepter and the Flail
-on the top of the balance beam is represented Thoth in His form of sacred baboon seated and preparing to write down the result; at left and at right, the Two Eyes with human arms giving the ‘Ankh’ (Life).
To the right, a huge serpent with human legs