Stela

E13586

From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E13586
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Mit-Rahineh
Locus South Portal | Strip100E, sub N rooms
Section Egyptian
Materials Limestone
Iconography Ptah | Sekhmet | Worshipper
Description

Small round-topped stela with decoration in raised relief. Badly damaged. At the left is a standing image of Sekhmet, facing right, with a uraeus on her head (?). In the center of the stela is a much larger image of Ptah, standing and facing right. He stands upon a plinth, wears a wesekh and tassel, and holds a damaged scepter in his hands. At the right is the figure of a standig male worshipper, who wears a long garment. His arms are up in an attitude of praise.

Height 11.2 cm
Width 8.8 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1915
Other Number M2670 - Field No SF

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