Am-mit (Am-mut) - "Dead-Swallower" Stationed just to the side of the scales in the Hall of Double Truth [see Ma'at], Am-mit's function is to await the postmortem judgment of a soul (envisioned as the deceased's heart being weighed on a scale against the feather of Ma'at) and then, if the soul fails the test, Am-mit snatches up the heart and devours it, causing the soul to cease to exist. As the ultimate punishment of the wicked, Am-mit is depicted as a hideous composite of the animals ancient Kemetics feared most: crocodile snout and head, feline claws and front, and a hippopotamus body and back legs. Am-mit is also sometimes referred to as "Great of Death," and papyri depict Her patiently watching Yinepu weighing a man's heart against the feather of Ma'at.