448 THE ANCIENI EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XVI. 



and flagelluin, awaits the report from the hands of 

 Ills son Horus. Before the door of his palace are 

 the four Genii of Amenti, and near them three 

 Deities, who either represent the assessors, or may 

 be the three assistant judges, who gave rise to the 

 Minos, ^^acus, and Rhadamanthus * of Greek 

 flible.t 



Another, figured in the side adytum of the Pto- 

 lemaic temple of Dayr el Medeeneh, at Thebes, 

 represents the deceased approaching in a similarly 

 submissive attitude, between two figures of Truth 

 or Justice ; whose emblem, the ostrich feather, lie 

 holds in his hand. The two figures show the 

 double capacity of that Goddess, corresponding, as 

 already shown, to the Thummim, or two Truths, 

 and according well with the statement of Diodorus 

 respecting her position " at the gates of Truth." t 

 Horus and Anubis superintend the balance, and 

 weigh the actions of the judged ; whilst Thoth in- 

 scribes an account of them on his tablet, which he 

 prepares for presentation to Osiris, who, seated on 

 his throne, pronounces the final judgment, per- 

 mitting the virtuous soul to enjoy the blessings of 

 eternal felicity. Before him four Genii of Amenti 

 stand upon a lotus flower ; and a figure of Har- 

 pocrates, seated on a crook of Osiris between 

 the scales and the entrance of the divine abode, 

 which is guarded by Cerberus, is intended to show 



* Virg. TEn. vi. 5G6. : — 



" (Inosius Iiaec Rhadamanthus habct durissima regna, 

 Castigatqiic aiiditque dolos ; subigitqiic fateri." 

 ■f Vide supra, Vol. I. (2d Scries) p. 320. Vide Diodor. i. 97., on tlie 

 Punishment of the dead. 

 l Siiprd, p. 28. and 433. 



