DESCRIPTION
A section of the Papyrus of Ani (Book of the Dead) , a papyrus manuscript with cursive hieroglyphs and color illustrations created circa 1250 BC, in the 19th dynasty of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. Twelve gods seated in order, as judges, before a table of offerings. Below, the Psychostasis ot weighing of Conscience: the jackel head Anubis, trying in the Balance heart of the deceased against the feather symbolical of Law. View More: