Weighing of the Heart scene

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ancient Egyptian funerary motif judgment scene religious scene

The Weighing of the Heart scene is an ancient Egyptian funerary motif depicting the judgment of a deceased person's soul before Osiris, where the heart is balanced against the feather of Ma’at to determine worthiness for the afterlife.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Book of the Dead scenes	4
Weighing of the Heart	2
Weighing of the Heart ceremony	2
Weighing of the Heart scene canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11882971 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Weighing of the Heart scene
Context triple: [Papyrus of Ani, contains, Weighing of the Heart scene]

A. Amduat
Amduat is an ancient Egyptian funerary text that narrates the sun god Ra’s journey through the underworld during the twelve hours of the night.
B. Amenmesse
Amenmesse was a disputed pharaoh of Egypt’s Nineteenth Dynasty whose brief and possibly usurped reign is known for its political instability and conflicts over succession.
C. The Allegory of the Last Judgment
The Allegory of the Last Judgment is a religious painting by Dutch Mannerist artist Abraham Bloemaert depicting the dramatic biblical scene of the final judgment of souls.
D. Myrrhbearers at the tomb
The Myrrhbearers at the tomb is an iconographic theme in Christian art depicting the women who brought spices to Jesus’ tomb and became the first witnesses of His Resurrection.
E. Ptah division
The Ptah division was one of the main field formations of the New Kingdom Egyptian army, named after the god Ptah and deployed as a key unit in major campaigns such as those of Ramesses II.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Weighing of the Heart scene
Target entity description: The Weighing of the Heart scene is an ancient Egyptian funerary motif depicting the judgment of a deceased person's soul before Osiris, where the heart is balanced against the feather of Ma’at to determine worthiness for the afterlife.

A. Amduat
Amduat is an ancient Egyptian funerary text that narrates the sun god Ra’s journey through the underworld during the twelve hours of the night.
B. Amenmesse
Amenmesse was a disputed pharaoh of Egypt’s Nineteenth Dynasty whose brief and possibly usurped reign is known for its political instability and conflicts over succession.
C. The Allegory of the Last Judgment
The Allegory of the Last Judgment is a religious painting by Dutch Mannerist artist Abraham Bloemaert depicting the dramatic biblical scene of the final judgment of souls.
D. Myrrhbearers at the tomb
The Myrrhbearers at the tomb is an iconographic theme in Christian art depicting the women who brought spices to Jesus’ tomb and became the first witnesses of His Resurrection.
E. Ptah division
The Ptah division was one of the main field formations of the New Kingdom Egyptian army, named after the god Ptah and deployed as a key unit in major campaigns such as those of Ramesses II.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian funerary motif ⓘ judgment scene ⓘ religious scene ⓘ
appearsIn	Papyrus of Ani ⓘ various copies of the Egyptian Book of the Dead ⓘ
associatedWith	Ammit ⓘ Anubis ⓘ Book of the Dead ⓘ Egyptian afterlife ⓘ Ma’at ⓘ linked to: Ma'at Negative Confession ⓘ Osiris ⓘ Thoth ⓘ judgment of the soul ⓘ
coreConcept	Ma’at as truth and justice ⓘ accountability of the deceased for earthly actions ⓘ
criterionOfJudgment	lightness of the heart compared to the feather of Ma’at ⓘ
culture	ancient Egypt ⓘ linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
depicts	Anubis ⓘ Ma’at ⓘ linked to: Ma'at Osiris ⓘ Thoth ⓘ feather of Ma’at ⓘ heart of the deceased ⓘ judgment of the deceased ⓘ monster Ammit ⓘ linked to: Ammit scales ⓘ weighing of the heart of the deceased ⓘ
hasPurpose	assess moral purity of the deceased ⓘ determine worthiness for the afterlife ⓘ
ifHeartHeavierThanFeather	deceased is denied a blessed afterlife ⓘ heart is devoured by Ammit ⓘ
ifHeartLighterThanFeather	deceased is judged worthy of the afterlife ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	ancient Egyptian ⓘ
locationInMythology	Hall of Two Truths ⓘ
medium	funerary papyri ⓘ papyrus scrolls ⓘ tomb wall paintings ⓘ
relatedConcept	Egyptian judgment of the dead ⓘ linked to: Book of the Dead Ma’at ⓘ
religion	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
symbolizes	balance between truth and wrongdoing ⓘ cosmic order ⓘ divine justice ⓘ moral judgment ⓘ
timePeriod	Late Period of Egypt ⓘ New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
usesSymbol	balance scales ⓘ feather of Ma’at ⓘ heart of the deceased ⓘ

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