Talk:Relief of Maat

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The result was: promoted by TarnishedPath (talk) 05:39, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

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Relief of Maat, KV17, Museo Archeologico Nazionale Florence

• ... that Relief of Maat (pictured) from the Tomb of Seti I depicted her as interchangeable with depictions of other Egyptian goddesses in the tomb, hinting to her broad and flexible role during the 19th Dynasty?

• Source: > Its walls bear important texts and compositions concerning the afterlife interspersed with images of numerous gods and goddesses who interact with the king through word or touch. Whether Maat, Isis, Selqet, or Nephthys, each goddess depicted is distinguished by her head ornament but otherwise resembles the others in both appearance and speech.

>Within both Seti I's tomb and other royal tombs of this period, Maat's image is most often positioned alongside the goddesses of Upper and Lower Egypt, Nekhbet and Wadjet-who are depicted as cobras-to adorn doorways.2 In one such example, her image appears on both sides of the doorway, while in another, one of her images is replaced by Hathor, hinting at the goddesses' interchangeability.

Allon, Niv (2025). Patch, Diana Craig; Hainline, Brendan (eds.). Divine Egypt. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 281. ISBN 978-1-58839-804-8.

• • ALT1: ... that since 1930, a stained glass depiction Relief of Maat (pictured) from the National Archaeological Museum, Florence decorates Yale Law School's Dining Hall? Source: >The Yale Law School is adorned with numerous stained-glass windows, located in stairwells, classrooms, and offices. The Lillian Goldman Law Library Class of 1964 Reading Room features some representatives of tools of industry such as a wheat elevator, traffic light, and radio tower. In the Ruttenberg Dining Hall, where students study and snack, there are both colorful and grey-scale window decorations featuring Confucius, Maat, Egyptian Goddess of Justice, and the Death of Socrates. In a first-floor classroom, the windows contain what appears to be medieval kings, queens and courtiers in colorful attire. These images were copied from illustrations in Les Cartes à Jouer, a book on the history of playing cards. https://your.yale.edu/youryale/2025-12-08-campus-prisms
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Created by NeverBeGameOver (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

NeverBeGameOver (talk) 18:09, 7 March 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Long enough, new enough. 18.0% on copyvio, but it's attributed to a short, irreplaceable quote, which should be fine. Both hooks are interesting and cited in article. Neutral and verified with reliable sources. QPQ done. Looks good to go; I'd prefer ALT1. Jude Halley ^talk/_contribs 03:04, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

• Thank you! Let's do ALT1 NeverBeGameOver (talk) 21:18, 8 March 2026 (UTC)