Head of a Statuette of Ptah

Head of a Statuette of Ptah

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

God of the city of Memphis, Ptah was primarily associated with arts and crafts. It is assumed that he acquired his designation as the creator god because of this close connection with crafstmen, builders, and artists. Small votive divine figures in faience, as well as in bronze, were deposited as offerings within Egyptian temples in order to please the gods. Concerning Ptah, the phenomenon is well known, with numerous examples of such statuettes discovered in Mit Rahina were his main temple was erected in ancient times.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.