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 |
(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.