Stela
E13579
Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display
From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E13579 |
| Current Location | Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display - On Display |
| Provenience | Egypt | Mit-Rahineh |
| Period | New Kingdom | Nineteenth Dynasty |
| Date Made | 1292BC-1190BC |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Iconography | Ptah | Sekhmet |
| Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
| Description | Fragment of raised relief decoration showing Ptah seated and holding a scepter with symbols for dominion, life, and stability. A partial column of text in front of Ptah's head records his epithet (Anx-tA.wj). Behind him, the hand of his consort, Sekhmet, holding a papyriform staff. Two partial columns of text give her name as "Sekhmet the Great, Beloved of Ptah, Mistress of Ankh-tawy." |
| Height | 24.2 cm |
| Width | 22 cm |
| Thickness | 10 cm |
| Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1915 |
| Other Number | M2141 - Field No SF |
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