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Amuletic plaque of Paser, the Vizier of Seti I and Ramesses II

A steatite amuletic plaque bearing Paser's name and titles as the mayor of the town (Thebes) and the (southern) vizier on one side, and portraying him adoring Ptah on the other.

Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1905

c. 1294-1213 B.C.
Faience
0.7 x 0.4 x 0.2 in
05.3.274
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020

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