Maat

ca. 1450-730 BCE (New Kingdom-early Third Intermediate Period)

1 cm 3.5 cm 1.3 cm

Citation Source image

The amulet made of a bright blue glass-like faience (?) was made in a mold with some later working. It represents Maat, the personification of Truth, as a woman seated with knees drawn up. There is a hold in the head to attach an ostrich feather, the hieroglyph for her name. A...

Artifact

id
id
13420
contentType
contentType
object
stage
stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
rightsUri
rightsUri
CC0
language
language
en
pageCount
pageCount
4
source
source
import
Source image fields (5)
thumbnailUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.426_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg
largeImageUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.426_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg
iiifBase https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.426_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg
imageCount 4
sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.426