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The Lord of Truth - A Negative Confession

🔹The Lord of Truth is a major god: Osiris, who is ‘Lord of the Hall of the Two Truths’, may also extend to the jackal god Anubis, who performed his divine duty as ‘Keeper of the Balance! In the Great Hall of Judgment, Osiris delivers the final verdict after Maat oversees the weighing of the deceased’s heart on the Scales of Judgment.

🔹A man prays before the statues of Osiris and the four sons of Horus, but is he innocent? The statues begin to awaken as judgment upon the man looms heavy in the air.

🔹The gods deliberate the truth of the ‘denial of sin’ and pronounce the inevitable verdict. Beneath their feet lie customary food offerings. Behind Osiris 𓊨𓁹 or 𓁹𓊩 “wsir”stands Isis, his protective wife and sister, often joined by Nephthys to temper his harsh judgment with mercy.

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👉 𓋹𓊽𓋴𓆖𓎛𓇳𓎛𓏇𓇳𓏤
_______________ˁnḫ ḏd s ḏ.t nḥḥ mı͗ rˁ
‘Life, Stability, and Health Forever and
Eternity like Ra’
𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁

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The Swallower of Shade - A Negative Confession

🔹From the portal of the netherworld rises the Swallower of Shade, a shadow 𓆄𓋺𓅱𓏏 “šw.t” ascending the steps that echo the tombs of kings and nobles. The god extends his arm, and with a tentacle-like hand poised above the wounded transgressor, he seizes and consumes the shadow—annihilating the essence of the offender.

🔹The scene reveals that the criminal has committed murder, evidenced by the bleeding victim lying at the foot of the doorway; yet the struggle also inflicted a mortal wound upon the perpetrator. Above the door is a rolled-up reed mat ready to shield the room from the biting dust and sand of the harsh desert climate. On the roof of the house are two cats 𓏇𓇋𓅱𓃠 “miw”, hissing at the otherworldly being.

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👉 𓋹𓊽𓋴𓆖𓎛𓇳𓎛𓏇𓇳𓏤
_______________ˁnḫ ḏd s ḏ.t nḥḥ mı͗ rˁ
‘Life, Stability, and Health Forever and
Eternity like Ra’
𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁

The Triform God of Ancient Egypt ~ Khepri-Ra-Atum

The sun god Ra 𓂋𓂝𓁛 “rˁ” and his three major aspects - the morning 𓃀𓅡𓂓𓇳𓏤𓏤 “bk3”, afternoon 𓊣𓇌𓇳 “ˁḥˁy” and night 𓎼𓂋𓎛𓇰 “grḥ”.

Morning - Rising - Khepri 𓆣𓂋𓇌 “ḫpry” (scarab beetle)
Noon - Ra 𓂋𓂝𓁜 “rˁ” (falcon-headed god/ Sundisk)
Night - Setting - Atum 𓏏𓍃𓀭 “tm” (ram-headed god)

All three aspects of Ra are encompassed in a single image, by which morning and night are within the noon sun. Though all three aspects are worshiped seperately, they are ultimately regarded equally as one single god 𓊹 “nṯr”

“All three are one”
(Ancient Egyptian Triform God)

𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬
👉 𓋹𓊽𓋴𓆖𓎛𓇳𓎛𓏇𓇳𓏤
_______________ˁnḫ ḏd s ḏ.t nḥḥ mı͗ rˁ
‘Life, Stability, and Health Forever and
Eternity like Ra’
𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁

🔹The sarcophagus of Ahmose, high priest of Thoth is made of polished limestone that is entirely carved, both on the lid and bottom, with inscriptions and figures. The anthropoid massive coffin has a finely modeled head wearing headdress.

🔹On the forehead is a kneeling image of Nephthys (sister of Isis and Osiris) and her accompanying inscription cover parts of the wig of the anthropoid sarcophagus. Located on the forehead, the text describes the goddess spreading her wings over the deceased. It is more typical for this kind of representation to appear on the breast of anthropoid coffins. In both scenarios, the sense stays the same: the goddess protects the deceased in his form as an Osiris under her wings.

🔸Fun Fact: Nephthys is a protective goddess who symbolizes the death experience, just as Isis represented the birth experience. Nephthys was known in some ancient Egyptian temple theologies and cosmologies as the “Helpful Goddess” or the “Excellent Goddess”.

Specifications:
Catalogue No: GEM 3246, JE 51945, SR 5 12059
Dating: 26th Dynasty
Provenance: Tuna el-Gebel3
Material: Limestone
Dimensions: Length: 2,18 m; greatest width: 0,83 m
Name of the owner: Ahmose (IaH-ms)
Titles: wr-diw xrp-nswt sS-pr-HD sS-sDAwt-nTr sS-tA-mDt wab Hm-nTr1
Name of the father: Psametik (PsmTk)
Name of the mother: Tidjai
Publications: von faLck, Götterreden I, 336; aBou Seïf, in: ASAE 28, 1928, 61-65; GaBra, in: ASAE 28, 1928, 66-79

Source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366977073_The_Sarcophagus_of_Ahmose_GEM_3246

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👉 𓋹𓊽𓋴𓆖𓎛𓇳𓎛𓏇𓇳𓏤
_______________ˁnḫ ḏd s ḏ.t nḥḥ mı͗ rˁ
‘Life, Stability, and Health Forever and
Eternity like Ra’
𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁