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69-29-574

From: Egypt | Abydos

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number 69-29-574
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Abydos
Site Name Abydos
Locus Rp.7E
Section Egyptian
Materials Ceramic | Paint
Technique Painted
Iconography Drawing | Boat
Description

Base sherd from a wide plate or bowl. Inside is a drawing of divinities in a boat in white ink. The boat rests on a lake sign, with zig-zag water decoration. The upper part of the first two gods is broken away, but it begins with two male divinities, follwed by two female divinities (the first of which has a round nw jar abover her head), and then another male. At the edge of the sherd is a mummiform figure with two arms extending holding a faint scepter, possibly Ptah or Osiris. The images probably represent the Ennead, beginning with Re-Atum at the right, followed by Shu and Tefnut, Nut and Geb, and possibly Osiris.

Height 14 cm
Width 14 cm
Depth 6 cm
Credit Line Penn-Yale Expedition to Abydos, Egypt; David O'Connor and William Kelly Simpson, 1969
Other Number 67-436 - Field No SF

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