In one part of this kingdom was placed the =Judgment Hall of Osiris=, and there sat the great judge of the dead. The soul of every man was brought there and weighed in the “Great Balance” in his presence, by Thoth, the scribe of the gods. The soul was represented by the heart 𓄣, and was weighed against the feather 𓆄, symbolic of righteousness (_maāt_). If the heart failed to counterbalance the feather it was cast to an animal monster called Ām-mit, _i.e._, “Eater of the Dead,” which was part crocodile, part lion, and part hippopotamus. When the heart and the feather balanced exactly Thoth announced the fact to the gods of his company, and then the soul of the deceased was taken by Horus into the presence of Osiris, who rewarded him according to his deserts. Before the weighing of the heart took place the deceased was obliged, presumably, to pass along the Hall of Osiris, and to make the =Negative Confession= before the Two and Forty Assessors of the Dead, “who tried sinners, and fed upon their blood, on the day when the lives of men are reckoned up in the presence of the Good Being” (Osiris). Apparently each of these beings asked him the question: “Hast thou committed such and such a sin”? For his answers, as given in the Book of the Dead (Chapter CXXV), take these forms:— “Hail, Long-strider, coming from Ȧnnu, I have not committed iniquity. “Hail, Eater of shades, coming from Qerti, I have not stolen. “Hail, Bad-face, coming from Re-stau, I have killed neither man nor woman. “Hail, Flame, advancing and retreating, I have not robbed God. “Hail, Uamemti, coming from the house of slaughter, I have not committed adultery. “Hail, Two-horns, coming from Saïs, I have not multiplied words overmuch.” The =forty-two sins= enumerated in the Negative Confession represent the chief sins abominated by the Egyptians under the XVIIIth dynasty.