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Ptah on the left, seated under a canopy ı͗n the right, in front of Ptah a large offering table in the lunette kꜣ-arms with 4 ears (D18) to the left and 2 eyes (D7A) to the right

    Ptah on the left, seated under a canopy
     
     
     
     
    ı͗n the right, in front of Ptah a large offering table
     
     
     
     
    in the lunette kꜣ-arms with 4 ears (D18) to the left and 2 eyes (D7A) to the right
     
     
     
     
Dating (time frame): Ramses II. Usermaatre-Setepenre
Author(s): Elizabeth Frood; with contributions by: Peter Dils (Text file created: 11/12/2022, latest changes: 11/13/2022)
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  • Inscribed above the scene is the hieroglyphic sign of two outstretched arms with a loaf of bread resting between them, which writes the Egyptian word ka, “life-force”, and may represent this aspect of the god. The sign is flanked by four ears on the left and two eyes on the right. Pinch (1993, 246–64, esp. 258) suggests these probably symbolize Ptah’s capacity to see and hear. This is almost certainly the case for hearing (e.g. Morgan 2004; Toye-Dubs 2016), but the eyes are probably meant to be those of Neferabu himself, given their position in the lunette to the right where an owner would normally be, and the emphasis on the loss and regaining of sight in the text.

    Commentary author: Elizabeth Frood; Data file created: 11/12/2022, latest revision: 11/12/2022

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Elizabeth Frood, with contributions by Peter Dils, Sentence ID ICIDFhj2BLXwakX9jIG6c415W94 <https://thesaurus-linguae-aegyptiae.de/sentence/ICIDFhj2BLXwakX9jIG6c415W94>, in: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae, Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.4, 6/27/2023, ed. by Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning on behalf of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils on behalf of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig (accessed: xx.xx.20xx)
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