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A Winged Maat Wall relief in Tomb KV15, the unfinished Tomb of the 19th Dynasty king Seti II. The Egyptian Goddess Maat epitomised the concepts of Ancient Egyptian concepts of truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice. Seti II was the son of Merneptah who succeeded Ramesses II. After defeating a rival king named Amenmesse's bid for the throne in Upper Egypt, Seti II had less than 2 years to complete his royal tomb--which reflects his tomb's incomplete state.

This relief of Maat was inscribed but not painted at the time of Seti II's death which perfectly captures the shortness of Seti II's reign since he had only about 2 years more to live after defeating Amenmesse in his 5th regnal year and recapturing Upper Egypt and the Valley of the Kings.

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