Screen slab of King Psamtek I

This is a screen slab showing King Psamtek I. On this side Psamtek kneels making offerings to fearsome-looking deities, including a double-headed bull god and a snake. The majority hold long knives, as they were meant to guard a sacred space located behind this wall. Most Egyptian depictions of people are high idealised, but here the king's unflattering features suggest a rare attempt at true portraiture. This deviation from the norm is repeated on a similar screen slab made three centuries later. Both slabs were part of one structure in the temple of Atum at Heliopolis. The bottom design is a 'palace facade'. The frieze of cobras at the top represents Wadjyt, heraldic goddess of Lower Egypt. The reverse had a frieze of vultures: Nekhbet of Upper Egypt. That side also showed Psamtek offering, but there his figure, now effaced, was more prostrate.此为展现普萨美提克一世（Psamtek I）形象的嵌板石板。此面中，普萨美提克一世跪姿向一众形貌威严的神祇献祭，其中包含双头牛神与蛇形神祇。多数神祇手持长刃，其设定为守卫该嵌板后方的神圣空间。古埃及艺术中多数人物形象均经过高度理想化处理，但此件中国王的面部特征并不符合传统审美范式，展现出罕见的写实肖像创作尝试。这种脱离常规的创作手法，在三百年后制作的同款嵌板石板中也得到了沿用。两件嵌板石板均为赫利奥波利斯（Heliopolis）阿托姆（Atum）神庙某一建筑构件的组成部分。石板底部的纹饰为“宫殿立面”图案。顶部的蛇形饰带代表下埃及的守护女神瓦吉特（Wadjyt）。石板背面则饰有秃鹫饰带，即上埃及守护女神涅赫贝特（Nekhbet）。该面同样展现了普萨美提克一世献祭的形象，但如今其身形已被磨损殆尽，且姿态更为恭谨匍匐。