This work studies the relationship between the king and Maat, the personification of "truth," as documented in reliefs of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period. It includes a detailed study of the chronology, iconography, and theology of the ritual of offering Maat and the royal name equated with Maat. Central to the volume is an investigation of the construction of, and variations in, the offering formulas and what modifications in those texts reflect about the status of the king and about the relevance of Maat to ethics in the Ramesside period.
- ISBN10 1885923058
- ISBN13 9781885923059
- Publish Date 1 January 1997
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 6 June 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
- Format Paperback
- Pages 166
- Language English