The Hymn To Thoth's Book Of The Dead

As seen before, Thoth is prayed to for justice as found in the Eloquent Peasant, Horemheb’s Hymn to Thoth, and various other titles found in Egyptian mythology. One portion in the Hymn to Thoth lists his duties as a keeper of justice:

“Let us give praise to Thoth, straight plummet in the scales, who repulses evil, who accepts him who leans not on crime. The vizier who settles cases, who changes turmoil to peace; the scribe of the mat who keeps the book, who punishes crime…” (Lichtheim 1976:2: 103).

Additionally, when Thoth appears to pass judgement on Seth in the Contendings of Horus and Seth, Lichtheim provides the translation: “Thoth, lord of writing, true scribe of the Ennead” (Lichtheim 1976:2: 220). However, I find the translation found

The Negative Confessions is when the deceased must admit to not having done misdeeds (Simpson 2003: 267). Taking place in the Hall of the Two Truths, forty-two judges listen to the confessions. Afterwards, the deceased is to address each of the judges by an epithet. While some of obscure and esoteric in nature, there are some that have been identified. Thoth appears as the third judge: “O Beaky, who has come forth from Hermopolis, I have not been envious.” (Simpson 2003: 271). Lichtheim translates this differently, though the identity of Thoth remains just as blatant: “O Long-nosed who comes from Khmun: I have not coveted.” (Lichtheim 1976:2:126). (If the hypothetical theory that the forty-two judges each represented one of the forty-two nome, Thoth would then be the representative for Hermopolis’ nome. However, I am unsure if the order the judges appear in have any meaning, geographical or not.) As for the “scales” mentioned earlier in the Hymn to Thoth, this most likely refers to the scales present in the Weighing of the Heart. In addition to the deceased negative confessions, their heart must also be weighed against the Feather of Ma’at to reveal they uphold purity and virtue or not. Many deities are involved in this process. It is Thoth’s role to record the results in his documentation (Brewer and Teeter 1999: 151-152). As mentioned prior, Thoth may also be depicted reporting the results to the deity overseeing the process (Piankoff 1957: 53, 55). As such, he effectively recalls the each individual who passes through the Hall of the Two Truths. One passage from the Hymn to Thoth refers to this (where dat likely refers to the Duat or the Underworld): “Who enters dat, knows those in it, and records them in the list.” (Lichtheim 1976:2: