Stela

29-75-561

From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number 29-75-561
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Mit-Rahineh
Locus South Portal | Strip100E
Section Egyptian
Materials Limestone
Description

Small votive limestone stela decorated with incised relief. At the left stands a male worshipper who is named by a short inscription as Neheh. He wears a long wig and a flowing pleated kilt which extends almost to his ankles. At the right stands the lioness goddess Sekhmet who wears a sun disc and uraeus on her head. She stands with her feet together wearing a sheath dress. Her right arm is extended and holds a papyrus stalk scepter. Her left hand hangs by her side holding the traces of an ankh. The bottom of the stela serves as a ground line for both figures.

Height 16.5 cm
Width 12.5 cm
Depth 3.6 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt, 1915-1920
Other Number M2681 - Field No SF

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