Ma'at
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Egyptian goddess
deity of cosmic order
deity of harmony
deity of justice
deity of truth
personification of abstract concept
Ma'at is the ancient Egyptian concept and goddess of truth, justice, cosmic order, and harmony that underpinned both the universe and human society.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maʿat | 11 |
| Ma’at | 5 |
| Ma'at canonical | 2 |
| ma’at | 2 |
| Maʿat (order and harmony) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2282905 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ma'at Context triple: [Thoth, associatedWith, Ma'at]
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A.
Hathor
Hathor is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with love, music, motherhood, fertility, and joy, often depicted as a cow or a woman with cow horns and a sun disk.
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B.
Neith
Neith is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with war, hunting, and weaving, often revered as a creator deity and protector of Lower Egypt.
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C.
Tefnut
Tefnut is an ancient Egyptian goddess primarily associated with moisture, rain, and fertility, often depicted as a lioness or a woman with a lioness’s head.
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D.
Khonsu
Khonsu is an ancient Egyptian lunar god associated with time, healing, and protection, often worshipped as the son of Amun and Mut.
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E.
Thoth
Thoth is the ancient Egyptian god of writing, wisdom, magic, and the moon, often depicted as an ibis-headed scribe of the gods.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ma'at Target entity description: Ma'at is the ancient Egyptian concept and goddess of truth, justice, cosmic order, and harmony that underpinned both the universe and human society.
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A.
Hathor
Hathor is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with love, music, motherhood, fertility, and joy, often depicted as a cow or a woman with cow horns and a sun disk.
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B.
Neith
Neith is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with war, hunting, and weaving, often revered as a creator deity and protector of Lower Egypt.
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C.
Tefnut
Tefnut is an ancient Egyptian goddess primarily associated with moisture, rain, and fertility, often depicted as a lioness or a woman with a lioness’s head.
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D.
Khonsu
Khonsu is an ancient Egyptian lunar god associated with time, healing, and protection, often worshipped as the son of Amun and Mut.
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E.
Thoth
Thoth is the ancient Egyptian god of writing, wisdom, magic, and the moon, often depicted as an ibis-headed scribe of the gods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Egyptian goddess
ⓘ
deity of cosmic order ⓘ deity of harmony ⓘ deity of justice ⓘ deity of truth ⓘ personification of abstract concept ⓘ |
| afterlifeRole | standard against which hearts were weighed ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Horus
ⓘ
Pharaoh ⓘ Ra ⓘ Thoth ⓘ |
| centralTo |
Egyptian ethics
ⓘ
Egyptian legal system ⓘ
linked to:
Egyptian law
Pharaonic kingship ideology ⓘ |
| conceptualOpposite |
chaos
ⓘ
falsehood ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
goddess with outstretched wings
ⓘ
seated or standing woman ⓘ woman with an ostrich feather on her head ⓘ |
| domain |
cosmic order
ⓘ
harmony ⓘ justice ⓘ law ⓘ morality ⓘ social order ⓘ truth ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| influenced |
Egyptian concept of justice
ⓘ
Egyptian cosmology ⓘ Egyptian social norms ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Isfet ⓘ |
| parent |
Atum
ⓘ
Ra ⓘ |
| representedBy | hieroglyph of a seated goddess with feather ⓘ |
| requiredOf |
Pharaoh
ⓘ
judges ⓘ officials ⓘ |
| ritualContext | weighing of the heart ceremony ⓘ |
| roleInCosmos |
maintainer of universal order
ⓘ
regulator of actions of mortals and deities ⓘ regulator of seasons ⓘ regulator of stars ⓘ |
| spouseOrConsort | Thoth ⓘ |
| symbol |
ostrich feather
ⓘ
plume of truth ⓘ scales of justice ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWorship |
Late Period
ⓘ
linked to:
Late Period of Egypt
Middle Kingdom ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
New Kingdom ⓘ
linked to:
New Kingdom of Egypt
Old Kingdom ⓘ
linked to:
Old Kingdom of Egypt
|
| transliterationVariant |
Maat
ⓘ
Maet ⓘ |
| typeOfConcept |
cosmic principle
ⓘ
moral principle ⓘ social principle ⓘ |
| worshipCenter |
Heliopolis
ⓘ
Memphis ⓘ Thebes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ma'at Description of subject: Ma'at is the ancient Egyptian concept and goddess of truth, justice, cosmic order, and harmony that underpinned both the universe and human society.
Referenced by (21)
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