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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Ptah Seated on Throne
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.
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
H: 2 3/16 x W: 7/16 x D: 9/16 in. (5.48 x 1.18 x 1.45 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
42.400