Object Number: H2218.a

Collection: World Archaeology - Egyptology

Object Name: stela

Description: Top portion of a rectangular stela with two ears facing each other and an insciption inbetween them. Below is a figure in an adoring pose facing right (broken). Ear stela are common votive offering at the Temple of Ptah, as the Memphite Ptah hears the prayers of the people. Translation: 'Lord of Behdet [a name of Horus]' / alternative reading "Ptah Lord of the truth"

On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery