Ammit serves as the executioner in Osiris's tribunal, crouching beside the scales of judgment and devouring the hearts of those whom Osiris and the forty-two assessors condemn.
Anubis weighs the heart against the feather of Ma'at on the scales of judgment, and when the heart proves heavy with sin, Ammit lunges forward to devour it, erasing the soul from existence.
Ammit crouches beside the scales in the Duat's Hall of Two Truths, waiting to devour the hearts of those found heavier than Ma'at's feather, consigning them to a second and final death.
The Forty-Two Assessors interrogate the deceased during the Negative Confession, and their judgment precedes the weighing of the heart that determines whether Ammit devours the soul.
Ammit crouches beside the scale in the Hall of Two Truths, waiting to devour the hearts of those whose wickedness outweighs the feather of Ma'at, condemning them to annihilation.
Placed over the mummy's chest, the Heart Scarab bore a single desperate command to the heart: do not betray me — for if the heart spoke against its owner during the weighing, Ammit the Devourer would consume it and erase all hope of eternal life.
When a heart outweighs Ma'at's feather in the scales of judgment, Ammit devours it, destroying the soul. Ma'at's standard thus determines whether each deceased enters paradise or faces oblivion.
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