Object Number | E13621 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | Mit-Rahineh |
Locus | South Portal | Strip 100E, lower level |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Limestone |
Iconography | Ptah |
Description | Small, crudely-cut rectangular votive stela with incised decoration. At the left is the standing god Ptah, who has a tassel, and holds a combined was/ankh/djed scepter. To his right, and facing left, is a bird wearing a sun disc and uraeus on its head. The bird stands on a standard, and appears to have a human arm holding an ankh. Schulman identifies this image as the god Nehi. |
Height | 10.5 cm |
Width | 7.5 cm |
Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1915 |
Other Number | M3103 - Field No SF |
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