Relief of Maat
| Relief of Maat (Maat of Florence) | |
|---|---|
Relief of Maat (KV17), on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Divine Egypt exhibit, December 2025 | |
| Material | Limestone, Polychromy |
| Height | 74 cm (29 in) |
| Width | 47 cm (19 in) |
| Writing | Egyptian hieroglyphs |
| Created | 19th Dynasty of Egypt, reign of Seti I, (1290-1279 BC) |
| Period/culture | New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty |
| Discovered | KV17, Valley of the Kings |
| Discovered by | Giovanni Belzoni (1821), Franco-Toscan Expedition (1828-1829), Ippolito Rosellini (1829) |
| Present location | National Archaeological Museum, Florence, Italy |
| Identification | 2469 |
| Culture | Ancient Egypt |
The Relief of Maat, or Maat of Florence, is a fragmented low-relief tomb painting of the Egyptian goddess of justice, Maat. Dating to the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, during the reign of Seti I (1289-1279 BC), it was discovered in the Tomb of Seti I (KV17) in the Valley of the Kings by pioneering Egyptologist Giovanni Belzoni in 1817. An iconic image of the goddess, it was crudely extracted from the walls of the tomb, and has been part of the collection of the National Archaeological Museum, Florence, where it is catologued under inv. 2469.