In the texts that accompany these scenes the ears of wheat are said to be the "members of Osiris," and the wheat plant is called the maat plant. ❋ Unknown (1895)
Vol met bier, gaan slaap nou, tot siens ou maat on January 23, 2009 at 2: 11 am | Reply TheBinarySurfer ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)
I don't want to see made-up words like maat anymore (written vowellessly as [mȝˁt] in Egyptian), but rather *maʔūʕat (as reconstructed by John Callender) and also seen in the Amarna rendering of [nb-mȝˁt-riˁ] as Nimmuria (for *Nib-*Maʔūʕat-Rīʕa) during the Middle Kingdom. ❋ Unknown (2007)
This time he was interrupted, though most respectfully, by Kene-maat, who, when the former priestesses were all responding as a group, tended to be their spokesperson. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2006)
Of all of them, bold Kene-maat had the loosest tongue. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2006)
"Indeed you should, Kene-maat," she replied evenly. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2006)
Thus, Rē, who was the chief god of the Egyptian state, was regarded as embodying maat as the principle of order in the universe and in human society. ❋ S. G. F. BRANDON (1968)
The idea of maat was basically that of cosmic order as opposed to chaos. ❋ S. G. F. BRANDO (1968)
Consequently, anyone whose conduct was not in accord with the accepted mores abused maat, the good order of things, of which Rē was the upholder, and so incurred his vengeance in this world or the next. ❋ S. G. F. BRANDO (1968)
The social order in Egypt, which was maintained by the pharaoh, the son of Rē, was part of the cosmic maat. ❋ S. G. F. BRANDO (1968)
This reference to maat is of basic importance, be - cause its appearance in the Pyramid Texts constitutes the earliest evidence of the idea of a transcendental moral order that recurs, under various names, in many later cultural traditions, as will be noted. ❋ S. G. F. BRANDON (1968)
He sustained the order (maat) of the cosmos, and Maat, the personification of truth, justice, and order was regarded as both his daughter and his food. ❋ S. G. F. BRANDO (1968)
New Kingdom period (1580-1085 B.C.) he had become the dread judge before whom the dead were tried by the weighing of their hearts against the symbol of maat ❋ S. G. F. BRANDO (1968)
Zeus was the embodiment of this order, as the Egyptian sun-god was of maat and the Iranian Ahura Mazdā was of arta. ❋ S. G. F. BRANDO (1968)
In one scale-pan the feather symbol of maat is set, and in the other the hieroglyph sign (ib) of the heart of the deceased. ❋ S. G. F. BRANDON (1968)
In mythological imagery, maat was portrayed as a goddess, whose distinguishing symbol was a feather; she was regarded as the daughter of the sun-god Rē, and, by a curious transformation of imagery, as the food upon which Rē lived. ❋ S. G. F. BRANDON (1968)
Young man addressed me quite intimate-like this afternoon, "En wat schrijf maat in de boekie?" ❋ Unknown (N/A)
Young man addressed me quite intimate-like this afternoon, “En wat schrijf maat in de boekie?” ❋ L, A D (1904)
Maat, the chisel-like sign of the _maat_ being written on the convex side of the sickle, and the door-frame of the name surmounted by a hawk. ❋ James Edward Quibell (1901)
