Editing Maat (section)

===42 Negative Confessions (''Papyrus of Ani'')<!--linked from 'Papyrus of Ani'-->===
The negative confessions one would make after death could be individualized, that is, vary from person to person. These were the confessions found in the [[Papyrus of Ani]]:<ref>{{harvp|Budge|1898}} as quoted in {{harvp|Mark|2017}}.</ref>

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# Hail, Usekh-nemmt, who comest forth from Anu, I have not committed sin.
# Hail, Hept-khet, who comest forth from Kher-aha, I have not committed robbery with violence.
# Hail, Fenti, who comest forth from Khemenu, I have not stolen.
# Hail, Am-khaibit, who comest forth from Qernet, I have not slain men and women.
# Hail, Neha-her, who comest forth from Rasta, I have not stolen grain.
# Hail, Ruruti, who comest forth from Heaven, I have not purloined offerings.
# Hail, Arfi-em-khet, who comest forth from Suat, I have not stolen the property of God.
# Hail, Neba, who comest and goest, I have not uttered lies.
# Hail, Set-qesu, who comest forth from Hensu, I have not carried away food.
# Hail, Utu-nesert, who comest forth from Het-ka-Ptah, I have not uttered curses.
# Hail, Qerrti, who comest forth from Amentet, I have not committed adultery.
# Hail, Hraf-haf, who comest forth from thy cavern, I have made none to weep.
# Hail, Basti, who comest forth from Bast, I have not eaten the heart.
# Hail, Ta-retiu, who comest forth from the night, I have not attacked any man.
# Hail, Unem-snef, who comest forth from the execution chamber, I am not a man of deceit.
# Hail, Unem-besek, who comest forth from Mabit, I have not stolen cultivated land.
# Hail, Neb-Maat, who comest forth from Maati, I have not been an eavesdropper.
# Hail, Tenemiu, who comest forth from Bast, I have not slandered anyone.
# Hail, Sertiu, who comest forth from Anu, I have not been angry without just cause.
# Hail, Tutu, who comest forth from Ati, I have not debauched the wife of any man.
# Hail, Uamenti, who comest forth from the Khebt chamber, I have not debauched the wives of other men.
# Hail, Maa-antuf, who comest forth from Per-Menu, I have not polluted myself.
# Hail, Her-uru, who comest forth from Nehatu, I have terrorized none.
# Hail, Khemiu, who comest forth from Kaui, I have not transgressed the law.
# Hail, Shet-kheru, who comest forth from Urit, I have not been angry.
# Hail, Nekhenu, who comest forth from Heqat, I have not shut my ears to the words of truth.
# Hail, Kenemti, who comest forth from Kenmet, I have not blasphemed.
# Hail, An-hetep-f, who comest forth from Sau, I am not a man of violence.
# Hail, Sera-kheru, who comest forth from Unaset, I have not been a stirrer up of strife.
# Hail, Neb-heru, who comest forth from Netchfet, I have not acted with undue haste.
# Hail, Sekhriu, who comest forth from Uten, I have not pried into other's matters.
# Hail, Neb-abui, who comest forth from Sauti, I have not multiplied my words in speaking.
# Hail, Nefer-Tem, who comest forth from Het-ka-Ptah, I have wronged none, I have done no evil.
# Hail, Tem-Sepu, who comest forth from Tetu, I have not worked witchcraft against the king.
# Hail, Ari-em-ab-f, who comest forth from Tebu, I have never stopped the flow of water of a neighbor.
# Hail, Ahi, who comest forth from Nu, I have never raised my voice.
# Hail, Uatch-rekhit, who comest forth from Sau, I have not cursed God.
# Hail, Neheb-ka, who comest forth from thy cavern, I have not acted with arrogance.
# Hail, Neheb-nefert, who comest forth from thy cavern, I have not stolen the bread of the gods.
# Hail, Tcheser-tep, who comest forth from the shrine, I have not carried away the khenfu cakes from the spirits of the dead.
# Hail, An-af, who comest forth from Maati, I have not snatched away the bread of the child, nor treated with contempt the god of my city.
# Hail, Hetch-abhu, who comest forth from Ta-she, I have not slain the cattle belonging to the god.
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