A rare Egyptian Bronze Statue of Ptah-Tatenen, Late - Early Ptolemaic Period, ca. 350 - 300 BCE Gods & Goddesses Medium: Gold plate

Medium: Gold plate

Exhibited: Ancient Forms For The Modern Eye

or later funerary objects

while a suspension hole drilled through the center of the body allowed the piece to be worn in antiquity

possibly acquired from Giovanni d’Anastasi

A rare Egyptian Bronze Statue of Ptah-Tatenen, Late - Early Ptolemaic Period, ca. 350 - 300 BCE Gods & Goddesses Medium: Gold plateA rare mummiform bronze figure of Ptah Tatenen standing frontally with feet together, wearing a composite headdress with rams horns and a crown of two ostrich feathers with a sun disk (now missing), the arms held forward holding a scepter incorporating the ankh (life), djed (stability), and was (power). Ptah Tatenen is one of the most important gods in ancient Egyptian religion, especially in the city of Memphis. His figure represents the combination