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Papyrus of Ani: some of the 42 Judges of Maat are visible, seated and in small size. British Museum, London.

The Assessors of Maat were 42 minor ancient Egyptian deities of the Maat charged with judging the souls of the dead in the afterlife by joining the judgment of Osiris in the Weighing of the Heart.[1][2]

  1. ^ Hart 1986, pp. 34–5.
  2. ^ Wilkinson 2003, pp. 84–5.

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