Stela
E13612
Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display
From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E13612 |
| Current Location | Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display - On Display |
| Provenience | Egypt | Mit-Rahineh |
| Locus | South Portal | Strip 100E, sub |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Iconography | Ptah | Sekhmet | Worshipper |
| Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
| Description | Round-topped stela with a borderline, sunk relief and incised texts. At the left stands a goddess facing right with a Hathoric crown consisting of cow horns, sun disc and double plumes. A column of text above her head identifies her as "Lady of the Two-Lands." To the right is a standing image of Sekhmet facing right. She has a sun disc and uraeus on her head, and holds an ankh in her right hand, and a papyrus scepter in her left. Damaged text above her head. To the right is an image of Ptah, standing on a plinth and facing right. He has a wesekh collar and a tassel, and holds a was scepter. Above his head are two columns of damaged text. At the right is the image of a standing male worshipper, facing left. His head is shaved, and his hands are raised in praise. He stands on a lower groundline than the deities. Two columns of text above his head call him "Paser, son of (?) Nebu, True of Voice." |
| Height | 11 cm |
| Width | 8.6 cm |
| Depth | 2.4 cm |
| Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1915 |
| Other Number | M2969 - Field No SF |
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