Wall Painting of Ptah, Tomb of Merenptah

Item Overview

Title

Wall Painting of Ptah, Tomb of Merenptah

Photographer

Wilkinson, Richard H.

Collection

UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (UEE)

Notes

Description

Low Relief
Article: Anthropomorphic Deities
Partial
Painted

Caption

Figure 8. The god Ptah, Tomb of Merneptah, Valley of the Kings. The fact that the creativeaccomplishments of Ptah were effected by means of deliberative thought and executive speech underscores the essentially anthropomorphic nature of that god’s divine role according to the Memphite Theology.

Physical Description

Medium

paint
Plaster

Keywords

Genre

Wall painting

Subject Geographic

Valley of the Kings

Subject Temporal

New Kingdom
19th Dynasty
Reign of Merenptah

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Religion
Supernatural Beings
Categories of Deities
Anthropomorphic Deities