Gold-plated silver statuette of a Ramesside king offering Maat, goddess of truth and order of the world. Ma'at was the Egyptian Goddess truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice. She was also the Goddess who personified these concepts, and regulated the stars, seasons, and the actions of mortals and the deities who had brought order from chaos at the moment of creation.
Period: New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1300-1100 BCE
Description: Gold-plated silver statuette of a Ramesside king offering Maat, goddess of truth and order of the world, Detail. Universal Images Group (UIG) manages distribution for many leading specialist agencies worldwide.
Collection: Africa, Egypt
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