History Egyptian Maat feather truth Sculptural wall relief www.Neo-Mfg.com 9" b24

History Egyptian Maat feather truth Sculptural wall relief www.Neo-Mfg.com 9" SIZE: 9" x 6.25" A 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. The inscription says: "Maat, daughter of Ra, who presides on earth in the kingdom of the dead." The feather in her headdress is a symbol of justice, harmony, and truth. In Egyptian religion, someone who died was not guaranteed a good afterlife. Among the tests he had to pass was for his heart to be weighed on a scale against the feather of Maat. If the heart weighed less, the deceased would have a good afterlife. The relief comes from the tomb of Pharaoh Sethi I, discovered in the Valley of the Kings during the Italian-French expedition directed by Champollion, decipherer of the hieroglyphics, and by Ippolit