Cult Image of the God Ptah

“This piece spoke to me when I realized, you don’t need a single written word, three thousand years later, we can understand the same language.”

Cult Image of the God Ptah, Third Intermediate Period–early Dynasty 26, c. 945–600 B.C.E., lapis lazuli, Egypt (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Title Cult Image of the God Ptah
Artist(s) Unrecorded artist
Dates c. 945–600 B.C.E.
Places Africa / North Africa / Egypt
Period, Culture, Style Ancient Egyptian / Third Intermediate Period
Artwork Type Sculpture
Material Lapis lazuli
Technique Carving

Cite this page as: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Cult Image of the God Ptah," in Smarthistory, August 6, 2021, accessed May 21, 2025, https://smarthistory.org/cult-image-god-ptah/.