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品名（中）	Ptah公司
品名（英）	Ptah
入馆年号	1904年，04.2.409
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 664 - 公元前 30
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	高 8.5 厘米 (3 3/8 英寸); 宽 2.9 厘米 (1 1/8 英寸); 深 2.8 厘米 (1 1/8 英寸)
介绍（中）	这尊小雕像描绘了埃及首都孟菲斯的首席神、众神的工匠大师Ptah。面部特征有些不平衡，尤其是宽阔的眼睛和雕刻不均匀的眼睛；尽管如此，Ptah还是很容易辨认出来，因为他那顶紧身的帽子，后面系着一条飘带，他的直胡子（不同于其他神身上通常弯曲的神胡子），还有一件包裹着木乃伊的衣服。这件衣服的颈背有一个浅而坚硬的上边缘，这一特征在奥西里斯雕像上也有一定的规律，但其含义尚不清楚。通常，Ptah持有一把权杖，它结合了生命（ankh）、统治（was）和稳定（djed）的象征，但在这里，他只持有was权杖，回顾了早期对上帝的描述。托塔是一位仁慈而平易近人的神，这些特征可能激励了他的信徒在晚期和托勒密时期为他奉献了无数的代表。
介绍（英）	This statuette depicts Ptah, the chief god of Egypt's capital city Memphis and master craftsman of the gods. The facial features are somewhat unbalanced, particularly the wide-set and unevenly carved eyes; nonetheless Ptah is easy to identify by his tight-fitting cap, here with a streamer attached at the back, his straight beard (different from the usual curved divine beard on other gods), and enveloping mummiform garment. The garment has a shallow stiff upper edge along the back of the neck, a feature that occurs with some regularity also on Osiris statuettes, but its meaning is unclear. Commonly Ptah holds a scepter that combines the symbols for life (ankh), dominion (was), and stability (djed), but here he holds only the was scepter, hearkening back to earlier representations of the god. Ptah was a benevolent and approachable god, characteristics that may have inspired his devotees to dedicate numerous representations of him in the Late and Ptolemaic Periods.