Stela
E13628
From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh | Memphis (Egypt)
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
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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