The following text, that describes the 42 judges or Assessor gods and a list of Negative Confessions are taken from the Papyrus of Ani, an ancient Egyptian scribe who commissioned a personalized version of the 'Book of the Dead'.įact 1 Negative Confessions: The ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead was a protective 'Guide to the Afterlife' that included text providing the correct ways to address the 42 gods of the Underworld (Duat)įact 2 Negative Confessions: The ancient Egyptians believed that the soul consisted of different entities including the Ka, Ba and Akhu. Other 'Ready-written' versions could also be purchased with spaces for the name of the deceased to be entered.
Wealthy Egyptians commissioned scribes to create a personalized version of the 'Book of the Dead' in which his name was inserted. There were many different versions of the 'Book of the Dead'. The 'Book of the Dead' is not a single book, like the Bible, it consisted of texts taken from the Coffin Texts and the Pyramid texts. Hall of Judgement - The Negative Confessions Click a link for additional information and interesting facts about subjects relating to Negative Confessions or other aspects of daily life, the people and places of ancient Egypt.
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