AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE PTAH LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, 664-525 B.C. Depicted standing on a four-tiered dias attached to a rectangular plinth atop an inscribed rectangular base, enveloped in a shroud-like garment, the 'collar' rising up over the nape of his neck, his head adorned with a tightly-fitted cap, his false beard striated, wearing a broad collar and a bracelet on each wrist, his hands emerging from beneath the shroud and clasping a was -scepter, the tiered dias inscribed in hieroglyphs for "Ptah who bestows life...," the top of the base and all four sides inscribed for the deities "Ptah-Sokar-Osiris" and "Ptah-who-is-South-of-his-wall," containing prayers so that the name of the deceased, Astcheritcher, who served as a wab (or purification) priest, "might live forever" that "his spirit might go forth" and that he "might be granted a goodly burial provisioned with bread and beer, oxen and fowl, incense and cool water offerings..." 7½ in. (19 cm.) high
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE PTAH LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, 664-525 B.C. Depicted standing on a four-tiered dias attached to a rectangular plinth atop an inscribed rectangular base, enveloped in a shroud-like garment, the 'collar' rising up over the nape of his neck, his head adorned with a tightly-fitted cap, his false beard striated, wearing a broad collar and a bracelet on each wrist, his hands emerging from beneath the shroud and clasping a was -scepter, the tiered dias inscribed in hieroglyphs for "Ptah who bestows life...," the top of the base and all four sides inscribed for the deities "Ptah-Sokar-Osiris" and "Ptah-who-is-South-of-his-wall," containing prayers so that the name of the deceased, Astcheritcher, who served as a wab (or purification) priest, "might live forever" that "his spirit might go forth" and that he "might be granted a goodly burial provisioned with bread and beer, oxen and fowl, incense and cool water offerings..." 7½ in. (19 cm.) high
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