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AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF MAAT browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques:Regional Art:Ancient World:Egyptian:Bronze: Pre AD 1000: Item # 746902
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| Rare depiction of the goddess with a disc on top of her head and the feather behind, wearing a tripartite wig and kneeling on top of rectangular pedestal base. 2 5/8 inches high without tang. 26th Dynasty, 600-332 B.C. From a Belgian collection. Maat represented the ideals of law, order, and truth. The word, Maat translates "that which is straight." She was the female counterpart of Thoth. In the Book of the Dead, it is in the Hall of Maat, the deceased was judged. If the deceased's heart was heavier than the feather of Maat, it would be devoured by Ammut. If a balance was struck, the deceased was worthy of meeting Osiris in the after life. | ||
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