stela
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Summary
: H2218.a
: Egyptology
: stela
: 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"
Current Location
On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery
: Memphis, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
: Temple of Ptah
: 1550-1295 BC
: New Kingdom
: [Citation] Memphis I. pl.XI.16.: Given by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1908.