Stela fragment depicting Pay adoring Re-Harakhty
Pay served in the royal residence in Memphis and placed his tomb in the elite necropolis in Saqqara nearby. Near Pay's tomb and in its vicinity, other parts of the stela were found .The upper part of the stela shows Pay adoring Re and most probably Atum, and its lower part contains hymns to Re, Atum, Thoth, and Maat, and an autobiographical text, in which Pay speaks of his eloquence and his just righteous. Pay's son, Raia, later succeeded his father in his role, and he continue to build the tomb and was also buried in it.
Artwork Details
- Title: Stela fragment depicting Pay adoring Re-Harakhty
- Period: New Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 18
- Reign: reign of Tutankhamun
- Date: ca. 1328–1318 BCE
- Geography: From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara; Probably from Tomb of Pay and Raia
- Medium: Limestone
- Dimensions: H. 64.2 × W. 40.6 cm, 25.4 kg (25 1/4 × 16 in., 56 lb.)
- Credit Line: Gift of Darius Ogden Mills, 1904
- Object Number: 04.2.527
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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