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Ptah Seated on Throne

Egyptian (Artist)
5th century BCE (Late Period)
steatite, originally glazed
(Ancient Near East , Ancient Egypt and Nubia )

This small statuette shows the god Ptah wearing a royal kilt, bead collar, bracelets and armlets. He is seated on a throne formed by walking lions. The relief on the right and left sides of the thrown show a rampant lion seizing a kneeling enemy, and at the back with hanging lotus stalks. Behind Ptah, Isis is shown in relief seated on a djed-column with outspread wings protecting the god. Fragmentary text on the bottom of the base includes the name and epithets of Ptah.

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Measurements

H: 2 3/16 x W: 7/16 x D: 9/16 in. (5.48 x 1.18 x 1.45 cm)

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Acquired by Henry Walters

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Not on view

Accession Number

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42.400

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