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Ptah statuette

Standing figure of Ptah, wearing a tight-fitting dress which leaves the wrists and hands uncovered. He is wearing the skullcap. Ptah has a false beard connected to the upper chest. On the back of the statuette, the upper part of the dress is rigid and forms a sort of collar. The arms are bent and the fists, the right one positioned above the left and resting tightly on the torso, hold the was-sceptre. The feet rest on a hollow square base, from which a broken square tenon projects down. The object is made in the lost-wax technique for solid casts.

Cat. 78
Metal / Bronze
712–332 BCE
Late Period
Unknown
Old Fund, 1824–1888
Not on display
Museo Egizio