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Stele of the High Priest of Ptah, Shedsunefertem, 945-924 BC (limestone)
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Stele of the High Priest of Ptah, Shedsunefertem, 945-924 BC (limestone)
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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Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust / Bridgeman Images