Maat Kheru

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Maat Kheru // "True of Voice"

in hieroglyphs

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According to Maspus, Maat Kheru is the Egyptian name of the true intonation with
which the dead must recite those magical incantations that would give them power in
Duat, the Egyptian underworld. It is named after the Egyptian concept of Ma'at, i.e. truth
& order, against which the hearts of the dead were weighed.

References
• Budge, E.A.Wallis. A Hieroglyphic Vocabulary of the Book of the Dead,
E.A.Wallis Budge, (Dover Publications Inc, New York), 1911, Dover Ed., 1991.
• Wilkinson, Richard. Reading Egyptian Art; A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient
Egyptian Painting and Sculpture, Richard H. Wilkinson, with 450 Illustrations,
(Thames & Hudson Ltd, London), c 1992. Uses: Gardiner's Sign List, (for
Hieroglyps).