egypt-museum:Ma’at wearing feather of truthA fragment of a relief depicting the upper part of an ima
egypt-museum:Ma’at wearing feather of truthA fragment of a relief depicting the upper part of an image of the goddess Ma’at wearing ostrich feather of truth, 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.Ma'at was the symbol of the cosmic order and it was believed that there were two of them: one for the living and one for the dead.New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, reign of Seti I, ca. 1290-1279 BC. Now in the National Archaeological Museum of Florence. -- source link
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