Note the desire to make Maat both the highest standard of the land and pervasive in society. Also, note how the analogy of Maat resting in the nose of people is meant to signify its life-giving power. For as the text of Khunanpu says, “Doing Maat is breath to the nose” (Bl, 146). Finally, it is important to note that the hinge on which this public morality turns is concern and care for the vulnerable, i.e., the weak, poor, elderly, the hungry, thirsty, the clothesless, et al.