Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices Flashcards
1
Q
What are our main sources for the Judgement of Osiris?
A
The papyri of Ani and Hunefer (Books of the Dead belonging to these nobles).
2
Q
What steps were involved in the Judgement of Osiris.
A
Negative Confessions to the 42 Gods/Goddesses –> Weighing of the Heart –> Judgement by Osiris.
3
Q
Spell 125 from the Book of the Dead:
A
Judgement of Osiris (Negative Confessions and Weighing of the Heart)
4
Q
Spell 30 from the Book of the Dead:
A
“do not stand against me as witness” (on heart scarab)
5
Q
What had changed in afterlife beliefs by the New Kingdom?
A
Interaction between the new solar beliefs of Re and the old Osirian afterlife. The king would ride across the sun with Re during the day and through the underworld with Osiris at night.
