Object Number | E13578 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | Mit-Rahineh |
Locus | South Portal | Strip100, east third and Strip100E |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Faience |
Technique | Inscribed |
Iconography | Ptah | Maat |
Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
Description | Broken and mended faience round topped stela dedicated by Khaemwaset, the Vizier of Ramses IX, and High Priest of Ptah at Memphis. Decoration in relief shows the Vizier worshipping Ptah and Maat. The figures are identified in hieroglyphs: 1) Maat; 2) Hereditary prince, mayor, god's father, the sem-priest, high priest of Ptah, the overseer of the city, the vizier, Khaemwaset; 3) Ptah, the one south of his wall, Lord of Ankh-Tawy (Memphis). |
Height | 25.5 cm |
Width | 23.7 cm |
Depth | 2.5 cm |
Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1915 |
Other Number | M1688, M2488 - Field No SF |
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