Object Number | E13598 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | Mit-Rahineh |
Locus | South Portal |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Limestone |
Iconography | Ptah | Worshipper |
Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
Description | Small round-topped stela with a border around the outside, and incised decoration and text. There is a small hole at the center of the top of the stela. At the left the god Ptah stands upon a plinth inside a shrine.He has a wesekh-collar with a tassel. In his hands he holds a was scepter. To the right of the god, standing on the groundline is a male worshipper. He has a clean-shaven head, with a long unpleated kilt. He has his right arm raised in praise, and in his left he offers lotus flowers to the god. Between the two is an offering stand with a spouted vessel. Four columns of incised text exist at the top of the stela, though they are all somewhat damaged. The leftmost two give the name and epithets of the god "Ptah, Lord of Ankh-tawy." The two on the right indicate that the stela was dedicated by the male worshipper, "The Servant of [??], Her." The man's name Her means "The Syrian." |
Height | 16 cm |
Width | 10.5 cm |
Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1915 |
Other Number | M2769 - Field No SF |
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