11/22/2023 0 Comments 42 negative confessions papyrus of ani![]() (repeats the previous affirmation but addressed to a different god).Ģ6 - I have not shut my ears to the words of truth.Ģ9 - I am not a stirrer up of strife (or a disturber of the peace).ģ0 - I have not acted (or judged) with undue haste.ģ2 - I have not multiplied my words in speaking.ģ3 - I have wronged none, I have done no evil.ģ4 - I have not worked witchcraft against the King (or blasphemed against the King).ģ5 - I have never stopped water.ģ6 - I have never raised my voice (spoken arrogantly, or in anger).ģ7 - I have not cursed (or blasphemed) God.ģ9 - I have not stolen the bread of the gods.Ĥ0 - I have not carried away the khenfu cakes from the spirits of the dead.Ĥ1 - I have not snatched away the bread of the child, nor treated with contempt the god of my city.Ĥ2 - I have not slain the cattle belonging to the god. ġ9 - I have not been angry without just cause.Ģ0 - I have not debauched the wife of any man.Ģ1 - I have not debauched the wife of man. The most famous of the confessions known today can be found in the Book of the Dead / Papyrus of Ani, they are known as the "42 Negative Confessions" and are apart of the doctrine of Maat.Ĥ2 Negative Confessions taken from the Book of the Dead / Papyrus of Ani:Ģ - I have not committed robbery with violence.ħ - I have not stolen the property of the gods.ġ3 - I have not eaten the heart. These texts would contain confessions of the deceased, kind of like commandments that the deceased would have lived by. "Maat" or "Ma'at" refers to both the goddess, and the ancient Egyptian concepts of truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice.Īncient Egyptians often had funerary texts entombed with them upon death, in order to be well equipped for the afterlife as mandated by Egyptian burial customs, and served to guide the deceased through the afterlife. "Maat" - Goddess of Truth and Justice in ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptians had elaborate beliefs about daily life, death, and the afterlife, with "Maat" representing the ethical and moral principle that every Egyptian citizen was expected to follow throughout their daily lives.
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