Statuette of Ma'at, Goddess of Truth

between 745 and 655 BCE

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Egyptian: Kingly Qualities, Level 1, West Wing

Statuette of Ma'at, Goddess of Truth: 1 of Collection Gallery

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About the Artwork

Title Statuette of Ma'at, Goddess of Truth

Artwork Date between 745 and 655 BCE

Artist ----------

Life Dates ----------

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Egyptian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Granite

Dimensions Including base: 10 5/8 × 6 1/8 × 6 1/8 inches (27 × 15.6 × 15.6 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department African Art

Credit Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Wadsworth

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 68.37

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Inscriptions Inscribed, on base, in 19th century, raised, gilded: ANTIENT [sic] STATUE | brought from THEBES in upper | EGYPT | by W. N. - A. D. 1820

Provenance

Formerly in the collection of:
Lord William Nelson, 1820 (aquired in Egypt);
The brother of Admiral Horatio Nelson. William Nelson was given a government pension after the death of his more famous brother. He went on a tour which included the Near East and was in Egypt in 1820.

Lady Collingwood;
George Harper;
Frederic W. Cowley
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Published References

Bulletin of the DIA 48, no. 1 (1969): p. 21.

Peck, William H. "The Present State of Egyptian Art in Detroit." Connoisseur 175, no. 706 (December 1970): p. 271, (fig. 6).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Egyptian, Statuette of Ma'at, Goddess of Truth, between 745 and 655 BCE, granite. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Wadsworth, 68.37.