Relief
E15728
From: Egypt | Tell El-Rataba
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E15728 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Ptolemaic |
| Provenience | Egypt | Tell El-Rataba |
| Locus | Temple of Samannud (uncertain) | Temple of Bahbit el-Higara (uncertain) |
| Period | Ptolemaic Period | Ptolemy II |
| Date Made | 285-247 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Quartzite |
| Iconography | King | Ptolemy II |
| Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
| Description | King Ptolemy II presents a bolt of linen to the goddess Isis, who holds a papyrus-scepter in her right hand and the ankh (symbol of life) in her left. The figure of the king at the right is part of another offering scene. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from D. G. Kelekian, 1926 |
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