Object Number | E13624 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | Mit-Rahineh |
Locus | South Portal | Strip 100E, mid sub |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Limestone |
Iconography | Ptah | Shrine | Worshipper |
Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
Description | Round-topped votive stela with sunk relief and incised texts. At the left is the god Ptah, standing upon a plinth inside a shrine, facing right. He holds a roughly-scratched composite was/ankh/djed scepter. He has a tassel at his neck. Above his head is the epigraph "Ptah, Lord of Truth." To the right is a standing male worshipper, with shaved head, and long robes. His arms are raised in praise. Two columns of text above his head: "Worshipping Ptah, Lord of [Truth?], (by) the [...] of the Temple of Amun, Nakht(?)." |
Height | 15 cm |
Width | 9.5 cm |
Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1915 |
Other Number | M3142 - Field No SF |
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