Egypt Postcard 251

Egypt postcard #: Egypt Postcard 251
Orientation: Vertical
Image Type: Illustration (anything other than a photograph)
Color: Color
Printed text on the Obverse of the card: Goddess Isis nursing King Set I.
God Ptah
Site/Location: Not Applicable
Keywords: Deity; Pharaoh; Hieroglyphic inscription
Studio: Unspecified
Reverse Header: Post Card Egypt
Language(s) used: English
Serial No./Inventory Number: 321
Address Line(s) (Reverse): Yes
Presence of Stamp Box: Yes
Presence of Center Divider: Yes
Reverse textual description of the image: King Set I, XIX TH Dynasty, 1318-1292 B.C., Suckled by the Goddess Isis who is wearing the headdress of the divine mothers she is giving him the ruby life stability, prosperity, health and with them all the temples of the North, to be like Ra himself.
Ptah, the God of the masons who constructed the world, founder of his own profession and patron of artists he is seen in his shrine, in the form of a mummy. Holding the scepter which bears the symbols of stability, and life and the seal of eternity.
Presence of a Postage Stamp: No