Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · figurine

Maat

Source of record: Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

<p>A sketchily carved amulet of dark lapis lazuli probably representing the goddess Maat, personification of Truth.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.342' rel='external'>Maat</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A small, blue-green stone/ceramic figure-like fragment with an abstracted standing form that could be related to the catalogue’s identification of “Maat.”

The image shows a compact, vertically oriented object with a solid silhouette. The surface is predominantly blue with patches of darker blue and lighter turquoise tones, suggesting a colored mineral or painted surface. A rounded, tapering upper portion and a broader mid-to-lower section are visible, forming an abstract human/standing profile rather than clear iconographic details like a distinct feather, crown, or hieroglyphs. No carved hieroglyphs, cartouches, or readable text are visible. Because the object’s iconography is not clearly legible from the image, any identification as the goddess/concept Maat cannot be confirmed visually, though the overall blue stone appearance is consistent with an identification involving lapis-like material.

unclear unknown (likely ancient Egyptian small stone object; exact period unclear) fragmentary
Deities Maat
Materials blue mineral (lapis lazuli or lapis-colored stone; exact is unclear)

Connections

Deities Maat

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 42.342 tier-2
  • Walters-id 9864 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.