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Relief showing the goddess Maat

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A fragment of a wall relief showing the upper part of an image of the goddess Maat wearing a tripartite wig, a wide usekh collar, bracelets, and a tunic supported by shoulder-straps. Her head is surmounted by her emblem, a feather, the symbol of truth and justice.

Present location

MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE

Inventory number

2469

Dating

SETHOS I/MENMAATRE

Archaeological Site

VALLEY OF THE KINGS

Category

RELIEF

Material

LIMESTONE

Technique

LOW RELIEF; PAINTED

Height

74 cm

Width

47 cm

Translation

Maat, daughter of Ra, lady of...
rules the land of silence (the necropolis).
Words said by Maat, daughter of Ra...

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