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Cf. D. C. Patch, Reflections of Greatness: Ancient Egypt at The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, 1990, p. 85, pl. 68c for similar.
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A SEATED BRONZE FIGURE OF THE GODDESS MAAT
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Representing the goddess of Truth and Balance, wearing a tripartite wig and fillet tied at the back of her head, seated on an openwork throne of adoring winged uraei and Hathor masks, part of wig and feather missing
7¼ in. (18.3 cm.) high
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Representing the goddess of Truth and Balance, wearing a tripartite wig and fillet tied at the back of her head, seated on an openwork throne of adoring winged uraei and Hathor masks, part of wig and feather missing
7¼ in. (18.3 cm.) high