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Stela of a Pharaoh offering to Re-Harakhty

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On this rectangular stela, a striding pharaoh presents a figurine of Ma'at on a small bowl to Re-Harakhty. The king wears a short kilt with a belt, two uraei and the ceremonial bull's tail. He is adorned with a collar and the Double Crown. The falcon-headed god is seated on a throne, decorated with a feather-pattern and the sma-hieroglyph (Gardiner F36). His left hand holds the uas-sceptre and the right hand an ankh-sign. He is dressed in a short kilt with a belt, on his head is a sun disk with uraeus. The throne is placed on a pedestal, decorated with a false door-pattern.
Above the figurine and the sceptre, a griffin (a mythical beast with a lion's body, a falcon's head and wings) holding a wheel is depicted on a separate base line. The text is written in two vertical lines above the pharaoh, two horizontal lines above Re-Horakhte, and in one column in front of him. There are legenda to the figures
The scene is bordered by a naos-like frame, with a frieze of uraei crowned with sun disks on top.

Present location

ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM

Inventory number

APM 7764

Dating

DOMITIAN

Archaeological Site

UNKNOWN

Category

STELA

Material

LIMESTONE

Technique

HIGH RELIEF

Height

41.5 cm

Width

28.6 cm

Depth

7.4 cm

Translation

(1) The son of Re, lord of appearances,
(2) the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, lord of the Two Lands.

(3) to be spoken by Re-Harakhty, the great god, who gives all life,
(4) [durability?] and power, all health? like Re eternally.

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