The Papyrus of Ani, now in the British Museum, famously shows Anubis weighing a heart.
The Papyrus of Ani is an illustrated copy of the Book of the Dead made for Ani, a Theban royal scribe and priest who lived during Egypt’s Nineteenth Dynasty. Its celebrated judgment scene shows Anubis attending the balance, with the deceased’s heart placed on one side and the feather of Ma’at on the other.
The scene continues with other major figures. Thoth records the result, while Osiris presides over the proceedings. Ammit waits nearby as the creature associated with the destruction of a heart judged unworthy. The image is therefore a compact visual summary of Egyptian ideas about morality and the afterlife.
The papyrus is one of the best-preserved and most famous surviving copies of the Book of the Dead. It was acquired by the British Museum in the nineteenth century and remains a major source for studying Egyptian funerary religion.