Object Number | E223 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Ptolemaic |
Provenience | Egypt | Tarraneh |
Locus | Hathor Temple |
Period | Ptolemaic Period | Thirty-Third Dynasty |
Date Made | 305 - 30 BCE |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Limestone |
Iconography | Cartouche |
Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic | Hieroglyphic |
Description | Raised relief fragment from the Ptolemy I Temple of Hathor of Mafket. The upper portion of this fragment displays the feet of two different figures. The figure at the left holds a was-scepter. The end of a column of inscription is visible between the figure's leg and the scepter. The figure at the right strides forward, and wears a bull's tail. Below a double ground-line is a line of text, read from left to right, recording the king's name "Lord of Appearances, (Ptolemy)| [given] life like Re, forever." Remains of red and yellow color. |
Credit Line | Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1890 |
Other Number | ES223 - Other Number |
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