Accession No

Z 45806


Description

Ptah; Statuette - Bronze Ptah, standing


Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Saqqara


Period

Late Period


Source

Egypt Exploration Society


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 45806; H5-2707[4987]; 441


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Bronze


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Found: Sacred Animal Necropolis, Falcon Complex and Catacomb, Gallery 20. Excavated by the Egypt Exploration Society in 1971-1972.
Event Date 10/6/1991
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Bronze Ptah, standing
Event Date 10/6/1991
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Davies, S. & H.S. Smith. 2005. The Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara: The Falcon Complex and Catacomb, The Archaeological Report. London, Egypt Exploration Society. no. 441, p. 119
Event Date 2/3/2015
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (CMS Description)
Bronze standing statuette of Ptah on a base plate with a vertical tang below. The god wears the skull cap and false beard and holds a was-sceptre vertically in front of him, grasping it with both hands, the right hand uppermost. (see Davies and Smith)
Event Date 2/3/2015
Author: maa


FM:40226

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