The Weighing of the Heart from the Book of the Dead of Iuefankh

This papyrus illustration features a central balance scale attended by Anubis, who adjusts the weights, and Thoth, who records the result. On the left, the enthroned god Osiris sits under a canopy, backed by vertical columns of hieroglyphic text. To the right of the scale, the goddess Maat stands holding a scepter, while the deceased Iuefankh stands with his hands raised in a gesture of adoration. The scene is drawn in black ink on a light tan papyrus substrate, framed by decorative registers above and columns of hieroglyphic script on the right side.

This scene represents the Psychostasia or 'Weighing of the Heart' ceremony, the crucial judgment of the soul in the Egyptian funerary tradition described in the Book of the Dead (Spells of Coming Forth by Day).