{"product_id":"maat-goddess-statue","title":"Egyptian Hieroglyphic Maat Goddess","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaat at three inches, cold cast resin, with hieroglyphic detailing and the feather.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaat is unusual among Egyptian deities because she is a goddess and a concept at the same time, and the concept came first. \u003cem\u003eMaat\u003c\/em\u003e is the word for the order of things: truth, balance, law, the reason the sun comes back and the river floods on schedule. A pharaoh's whole job description was upholding it. When the texts show a king offering a small figure of Maat to a god, he is not giving a statue, he is reporting that the world is still running properly on his watch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe feather is the specific thing on this piece and it is the part people know. In the judgment scene, the heart of the dead is set on a balance against a single ostrich feather, Maat's feather. Not against a stone. Against the lightest thing anyone could think of. If the heart came down heavier, Ammit, the monster waiting beside the scale, ate it whole, and that was the end: not punishment, not an underworld, simply ceasing to exist. The Egyptians called it the second death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe is the right figure for a desk where decisions get made, a place you do bookkeeping, or anywhere you want the standard visible rather than assumed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGood to Know\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately 3 inches tall, with hieroglyphic detail. Cold cast resin, which holds fine detail and takes a painted finish well. It is not metal and we are not going to imply otherwise; the bronze look in the photographs is paint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTry It With\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wildravensnest.com\/products\/bastet-black-statue-mini-6-egyptian-goddess\"\u003eThe mini Bastet\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wildravensnest.com\/products\/winged-isis-patina-6\"\u003ethe Winged Isis\u003c\/a\u003e are the same shelf. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wildravensnest.com\/products\/awakening-osiris-the-spiritual-keys-to-the-egyptian-book-of\"\u003eAwakening Osiris\u003c\/a\u003e is a translation of the Book of the Dead, which is where the weighing scene comes from. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wildravensnest.com\/products\/egyptian-pharaohs-sandtimer\"\u003eThe pharaoh sandtimer\u003c\/a\u003e if the theme is taking hold. More in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wildravensnest.com\/collections\/home-decor\"\u003ehome decor\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PACIFIC GIFTWARE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45282211037342,"sku":"Y8341","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0494\/3196\/9950\/files\/DSC03624.jpg?v=1750283125","url":"https:\/\/wildravensnest.com\/products\/maat-goddess-statue","provider":"Wild Raven's Nest","version":"1.0","type":"link"}