figure
- Museum number
- EA60383
- Description
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Hollow-cast copper alloy squatting figure of the goddess Maat upon an inlaid pedestal.
- Dimensions
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Height: 11.50 centimetres
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Weight: 0.08 kilograms
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Width: 3.10 centimetres
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Depth: 3.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- A squatting mummiform image of Maat is often shown being presented by the king to the gods, and a similar figure may appear in the scale pan of the balance of judgement. This statuette may have formed part of a larger votive group of sculpture.
Published in:
Regulski, I. (ed.), 2022. Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt, pp. 188-9
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2010 4th Nov-2011 6th March, Round Reading Room BM, Book of the Dead
2012 July -September, Tokyo, Mori museum, The Book of the Dead: Journey Through the Afterlife
2012, October - November, Fukuoka Museum of Art, The Book of the Dead
2013, May - September, Perth, Western Australian Museum, The Book of the Dead
2015-2016 4 Dec-27 Mar, Korea, Seoul Arts Centre, Human Image PROMISED
2022-2023 13 Oct-19 Feb, London, BM, Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt
- Condition
- fair (incomplete -3 frags repaired)
- Acquisition date
- 1835
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA60383
- Registration number
- .60383
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: BS.383 (Birch Slip Number)