The earliest surviving records indicating that Maat is the norm for nature and society, in this world and the next, were recorded during the Old Kingdom of Egypt , the earliest substantial surviving examples being found in the Pyramid Texts of Unas ( c. 2375 BCE and 2345 BCE). [4] Later, when most goddesses were paired with a male aspect, her masculine counterpart was Thoth , as their attributes are similar. In other accounts, Thoth was paired off with Seshat , goddess of
