Stela

E13628

From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh | Memphis (Egypt)

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E13628
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Mit-Rahineh | Memphis (Egypt)
Locus South Portal | Strip 100E
Section Egyptian
Materials Quartzite
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

Irregular votive stela made from a reused quartzite flour griding stone. The piece is curved, and the interior surface has been ground smooth. At the top left are images in raised relief. At the left is a goddess whose features are indistinct, possibly Sekhmet. To the right is an image of Ptah, standing upon a plinth. He holds a was scepter in his hands. To the right is the beginning of a poorly-composed funerary offering spell, executed in incised hieroglyphs painted white. The text continues below in five horizontal lines, read from right to left.

Height 60 cm
Width 33 cm
Depth 20 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1915
Other Number M4375 - Field No SF

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