• Comment: Second source makes no mention of the subject, first source is just a passing mention, and I find no sourcing at all for some of the details in the submission. Greenman (talk) 16:08, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Usekh-nemmt
God of Truth, Falsehoods, Sin, Heliopolis
Member of Assessors of Maat
A recreation of Usekh-nemmt the first of forty-two minor deities, *Recreation*
Usekh-nemmt(First) Hept-khet(Second) Fenti(Third) Am-khaibit(Fourth) Neha-her(Fifth) Ruruti(Sixth)Arfi-em-khet (Seventh)
Usekh-nemmt(First) Hept-khet(Second) Fenti(Third) Am-khaibit(Fourth)
Usekh-nemmt "Far-Strider" *Recreation*
Usekh-nemmt is one of 42 Minor Egyptian deities in the pantheon typically depicted as a sitting pheroh with a feather of Ma'at above his head.
Other namesUsekhnemmt, Far-Strider
AbodeHeliopolis
SymbolMaat Feather, Was-scepter
GenderMale

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The Ancestors/Rulers of Maat govern of 42 Religions laws of the Ancient Egyptian Religion.Of these Usekh-nemmt was the ruler of truth and sin. He is typically hailed in judgment of those who have not committed sin before Anu.[1] This judgment takes place during Weighing of Hearts Ceremony. He is the first of the fourty-two Rulers before Osiris, and Anubis's final Judgement, to weigh the heart of the dead against a feather of Ma'at.[2]

Iconography

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The Weight of Hearts Ceremony

Usekh-nemmt is a the first of the Ma'at Rulers lined The Book of the Dead first or last. They are seen as as seated god hieroglyphs of different colors, various human and animalistic faces. They each hold a small Was-scepter, along with wearing a Ma'at feather atop theit head, and a striped shirt typically blue. They can be spotted above or below the weight of hearts, in a path slowly twords Anubis, Osiris and the Four sons of Horus.

These colors and heads vary between version, however the first of the line of Ancestors is depicted as a red or white cloaked siting pheroh first in life after.

References

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  1. ^ a b Mark, Joshua J. "The Forty-Two Judges". World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
  2. ^ "The underworld and the afterlife in ancient Egypt". The Australian Museum. Retrieved 2024-08-19.