A STATUE OF PTAH 'IN HIS SOUTHERN TEMENOS', turquoise glassy 'faience', with exquisite fine detail, extended pierced ear lobes, slightly recessed eyebrows, wearing skull-cap and false beard decorated with a chevron design ending in striae, he wears a broad, elaborate floral collar and wrist-bands and holds a was-(dominion) sceptre with Seth-headed finial in both hands, his back column with deeply incised hieroglyphs reading: "Recitation by Ptah 'In his Southern Temenos', Ever-bountiful, Life of the Two Lands, may he give life and all health and joy to the ka of ..." [name missing]

Details
A STATUE OF PTAH 'IN HIS SOUTHERN TEMENOS', turquoise glassy 'faience', with exquisite fine detail, extended pierced ear lobes, slightly recessed eyebrows, wearing skull-cap and false beard decorated with a chevron design ending in striae, he wears a broad, elaborate floral collar and wrist-bands and holds a was-(dominion) sceptre with Seth-headed finial in both hands, his back column with deeply incised hieroglyphs reading: "Recitation by Ptah 'In his Southern Temenos', Ever-bountiful, Life of the Two Lands, may he give life and all health and joy to the ka of ..." [name missing]
9th-8th Century B.C.
4¾in. (12cm.) high

More from The Per-neb Collection of Important Egyptian Antiquities

View All
View All