Stela

E13578

From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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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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