Image code: 23787

Stele of Bay

The figurative field is divided into two registers. In the upper one appear, facing each other, two rams with a headdress with two feathers and a sun disk in the centre, and an uraeus; between the two is an aquamanile on a support; at the base is a mat that together with the support and the aquamanile can be interpreted as the hieroglyphic hetep, offering. The underlying register is divided into two parts. The left one depicts the dedicator, Bay, kneeling and with his hands raised. In the right part of the register three pairs of ears are depicted: blue (Amon-Ra god related to moisture and air), yellow (Amon-Ra god related to the sun), green (Amon-Ra god related to vegetation and water), the ears recall the deity listening to prayers. Bay wears a pleated skirt and a necklace.

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