Gift of the Newark Free Public Library, 1959 59.433
Most Egyptians were not regularly allowed into temples, which were reserved for priests and the high elite. Instead, they erected steles (inscribed stones) outside temple walls, hoping that their prayers would reach the gods within. This is the top half of a stela, depicting a mummiform god seated at left before a table heaped with offerings. Hieroglyphs identify him as “the god Ptah, the Lord of Truth, the King of the Two Lands, the One who is over the Great Seat.”]
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https://collections.newarkmuseumart.org/objects/41024/ear-stela-dedicated-to-ptah
[display description](https://i.ibb.co/qFy0ByTd/20250525-144511.jpg)
[7. Ear stela dedicated to Ptah
Egypt, Dynasty 19-20, ca. 1295-1070 BCE
Limestone
Gift of the Newark Free Public Library, 1959 59.433
Most Egyptians were not regularly allowed into temples, which were reserved for priests and the high elite. Instead, they erected steles (inscribed stones) outside temple walls, hoping that their prayers would reach the gods within. This is the top half of a stela, depicting a mummiform god seated at left before a table heaped with offerings. Hieroglyphs identify him as “the god Ptah, the Lord of Truth, the King of the Two Lands, the One who is over the Great Seat.”]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptah
Are those ears?
So was the meaning of the ears that he was praying for relief from an ear issue? Like bad hearing or maybe an infection?