THE FUNERARY STELA OF PTAHMES FROM THE RAMESSIDE PERIOD IN HELIOPOLIS

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1 The Department of History at the Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

2 The Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Sohaj University, Egypt.

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This paper is concerned with the study and publication of a funerary stela of a man named Ptahmes, which was discovered in Heliopolis, and specifically in the eastern area of Ain Shams. It is currently preserved in the magazine of cArab al-Hisn at Matariya under registration N°. 235. It is made of limestone without any traces of color. Despite being in a good condition, some parts of the upper half of the pyramidion and the lower right corner of the stela are missing, and there are some abrasions in the upper register. The stela exhibits average quality of workmanship. It consists of two registers of incised engravings separated by a double horizontal line. The upper register contains a scene of Osiris – the only god in this stela – together with the stela’s owner, Ptahmes, to whom the stela is dedicated. The second register is occupied by a group of individuals, most of whom are members of Ptahmes’ family: Ptahmes himself, his mother iry-r, his father pA-qd, and a woman in a mourning position whose identity has not yet been identified, but who dedicated the stela itself. This article discusses the stylistic features, hieroglyphic texts, and the religious aspects of the pyramidion which tops the funerary stela, and the symbols represented on it. The analysis of the scenes and texts proves with no doubt that this stela can be dated to the New Kingdom, and more precisely to the Ramesside Period.

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لوحة جنائزية لبتاح مس من عصر الرعامسة فى هليوبوليس
تتناول الورقة التالیة دراسة ونشر لوحة جنائزیة لرجل یُدعى بتاح مس، وقد عُثر علیها فى هلیوبولیس وعلى وجه التحدید فى المنطقة التی تقع إلى الشرق من منطقة عین شمس، وهذه اللوحة محفوظة حالیًا فی مخزن عرب الحصن الذى یوجد فى منطقة المطریة وذلک تحت رقم تسجیل 235، وهى لوحة مصنوعة من الحجر الجیرى، وتُعتبر خالیة تمامًا من أى أثار للألوان بها. على الرغم من کون هذه اللوحة فی حالة جیدة من الحفظ إلا أنه یوجد بها بعض الأجزاء المفقودة، وتتمثل هذه الأجزاء فیما یلى ذکره: النصف العلوى من الشکل الهرمى والرکن السفلى الأیمن للوحة، هذا الإضافة إلى أنه توجد بعض الأجزاء الأُخرى المهشرة فی الصف العلوى. تتکون اللوحة قید الدراسة من صفین من النقوش الغائرة المحززة یفصل بینهما خط أفقى مزدوج، وهی تُمثل مستوى متوسط من حیث جودة الفن. یشمل الصف العلوى من اللوحة منظر للإله أُوزیر-وهو الإله الوحید الذی تم تمثیله فى هذه اللوحة-وکذلک منظر لصاحب اللوحة وهو بتاح مس الذی کُرست له لوحة الدراسة، بینما یتضمن الصف الثانى مجموعة من الأفراد الذین ینحدر معظمهم من نفس العائلة وهم کالتالى: بتاح مس، والدته إیرى-را، ووالده با قد، وکذلک امرأة قد تم تمثیلها فی وضع الحزن وهو وضع الحداد، وهذه المرأة لم یتم تحدید هویتها، وقد کرست هذه اللوحة لبتاح مس. تناقش المقالة السمات الفنیة والنصوص الهیروغلیفیة والبعد الدینى للشکل الهرمى الذى قد تم تمثیله أعلى اللوحة الجنائزیة وکذلک الرموز الواردة به. تبین بشکل واضح من خلال تحلیل المناظر والنصوص الهیروغلیفیة الواردة بلوحة الدراسة أن هذه اللوحة یمکن أن یعود تأریخها إلى فترة عصر الدولة الحدیثة، وعلى وجه الدقة عصر الرعامسة.

Highlights

  • INTRODUCTIO
  • DESCRIPTION
  • COMMENTARY
  • DATING OF THE STELA

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