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Relief depicting the goddess Maat
General Information

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.

Number 2469
Storing Place Archeological National Museum - Napoli - Italy
Material Limestone
Type Fragment of a wall
Type of Script Hieroglyphic
Discovery Place Valley of the kings - Luxor - Egypt
Width 47 cm
Height 74 cm
Historical Period The Nineteenth Dynasty – The New Kingdom
General Comments

This relief was taken from the tomb of Sety I in the Valley of the Kings.

Inscriptions on the Monument
Transliteration
( If the Hieroglyphic,Demotic or Hieratic text is not appearing clear, install this file )

MAat sAt Ra Hnwt.. Hry-tp tA n iwgrt Dd mdw [i]n MAat [sAt Ra]


Translation

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

Scientific Publishing

AA.VV., Nefertari. Luce d'Egitto, (Roma, 1995), 228, n. 86.

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