- Author
- Not stated (Wikipedia, written by volunteer editors)
- Published
- Last edited 13 August 2026
- Kind
- Encyclopedia article, with a table of the 42 judges
- Original
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assessors_of_Maat
- Subject
- Occult, myth and religion
- Themes
- Belief at work
What it is
This is a Wikipedia entry on the Assessors of Maat. It explains their role in the afterlife judgment. It lists each judge with its origin and its sin.
What it says
- The article says 42 minor deities joined Osiris in judging the dead.
- It says Book of the Dead chapter 125 names each judge and a matching declaration.
- It says the heart was weighed against a feather. A heavier heart was eaten by Ammit.
- It says a balanced heart made the dead person Maa Kheru, meaning vindicated.
- It notes that some read the 42 declarations as precedents for the Ten Commandments.
- It says the declarations look like divine versions of daily morality, not revealed norms.
- It says Wilkinson's list of tasks differs from translations of the Papyrus of Ani.
What evidence it gives
The article cites books by Hart, Wilkinson, Budge, Taylor and Faulkner. It gives a table of 42 judges. The table lists names, places, sins and Papyrus of Ani lines. It offers no new research.
Interests and limits
This is a crowd-edited summary, not a primary text. The table mixes two sources that disagree, and some rows look misaligned. Entries are not clearly matched in every row. The page shows no interest in a conclusion beyond reference.
Connections
These links are this wiki's own reading, not claims the sources make.
- Effective harnesses for long-running agents. Book of the Dead chapter 125 pairs each of 42 judges with a matching declaration. Young's feature list has over 200 items, all marked failing at first. Both are checklists for a verdict. The Egyptian scheme still weighs the heart. Young's agents marked items done until browser tests arrived.