File:Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 22, reign of Shosheng I, 945-924 BC - Stele of the High Priest of Ptah, Shedsunefertem - 1914.669 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
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editStele of the High Priest of Ptah, Shedsunefertem
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Title |
Stele of the High Priest of Ptah, Shedsunefertem |
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Object type |
sculpture object_type QS:P31,Q860861 |
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Description |
This stele of Shedsunefertem, the High Priest of Ptah, is rich in religious symbolism. In the center of the top register is a disk and crescent, originally gilded. At either side a baboon raises its arms in adoration. The Egyptians believed that the jabbering of the baboons at dawn was a hymn of praise to the sun god Ra in a secret language only the king understood. It begins, "Praising Ra when he shines on the horizon." Directly below in the middle register a child god is seated on a lotus flower. In Egyptian mythology the sun arose out of the primeval waters at the dawn of creation in a lotus flower. Winged figures of Maat, goddess of Truth, stand protectively at either side. The damaged figure of the high priest himself, wearing the panther skin and jackal-collar of his office, appears at the far right, worshipping the god Ptah, whose consort, the lioness-headed goddess Sekhmet, appears on the far left. The figures in the bottom register are colleagues who appear here as dependents under the powerful high priest's protection. |
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Date | 945-924 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | Limestone, originally painted and gilded | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Overall: 86.8 x 78.5 cm (34 3/16 x 30 7/8 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q657415 |
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Current location |
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art |
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Accession number |
1914.669 |
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Place of creation | Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 22, reign of Shosheng I, 945-924 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.669 |
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