Magical stela: Pataikos on crocodiles
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1145
ID-Number:
US-NY-MMA-EG_30.8.87
Collection:
US_New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Egyptian Art
Inventory:
30.8.87
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 252
Former Collections:
Davis, Theodore M. (1838–1915)
Material:
steatite (?); faience, brown
Dimensions:
77 (height) x 60 (width of base) mm
Dating:
ca. 1070–525 BC (Met)
Iconography:
Isis; hieroglyph, name (Is.t); solar disk; feather; bird: falcons (2); wig; clothing: garment; Pataikos; Maat; Nephthys; hieroglyph, name (Nb.t Hw.t)
A: Nude Pataikos standing to front upon two crocodiles facing each other, their tail coiling round the edges and back of the stela. A small falcon is perched upon each shoulder of the figure.
B: The goddess Maat (Bonner: Mut) wearing a long robe and tripartite wig, standing to right, her arms slightly raised and exposing her wings. On her head, a feather and the solar disk.
C: Isis standing to front in a long robe, her head crowned with the hieroglyph of her name.
D: Nephthys standing to front in a long robe, her head crowned with the hieroglyph of her name.
Perforated for suspension near the upper corners. Bonner: steatite; Met: faience.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1145
CBd-1145 in the Metropolitan Museum Collections website
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CBd-1145. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
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