Fragmentary dish with inscription for Hathor from Peteharsomtous
This fragment of a small silver dish bears an inscription to Hathor of Dendera. The dedicator was one Peteharsomtus whose father's name is cut off at the break. The inscription is duplicated on a silver bottle.in the museum's collection.
Artwork Details
- Title: Fragmentary dish with inscription for Hathor from Peteharsomtous
- Period: Ptolemaic Period
- Date: 332–30 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt; Probably from Northern Upper Egypt, Dendera
- Medium: Silver
- Dimensions: H. 8.3 × W. 9.4 (3 1/4 × 3 11/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1926
- Object Number: 26.2.46
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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