A rare Egyptian Bronze Statue of Ptah-Tatenen, Late - Early Ptolemaic Period, ca. 350 - 300 BCE Holy Land New York after 1989

New York  after 1989

thereafter in a New Jersey collection

while a suspension hole drilled through the center of the body allowed the piece to be worn in antiquity

There is also the possibility that it was applied in lithotomy operations to help remove stones from the urethra (Jackson 1994b: 181

the other Tirthankaras mentioned in the Jain scriptures cannot be considered historical figures

A rare Egyptian Bronze Statue of Ptah-Tatenen, Late - Early Ptolemaic Period, ca. 350 - 300 BCE Holy Land New York after 1989A rare mummiform bronze figure of Ptah Tatenen standing frontally with feet together, wearing a composite headdress with rams horns and a crown of two ostrich feathers with a sun disk (now missing), the arms held forward holding a scepter incorporating the ankh (life), djed (stability), and was (power). Ptah Tatenen is one of the most important gods in ancient Egyptian religion, especially in the city of Memphis. His figure represents the combination