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The Weighing of the Heart of the Scribe Ani

Ani’s soul, represented by Ba-bird (a bird with a human head), observes as Anubis weighs Ani’s heart against the feather of Maat, the goddess of balance and justice, detail from the Papyrus of Ani. 

New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, around 1250 BC. Now in the British Museum.