Stela Fragment
E13600
From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Number | E13600 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | Mit-Rahineh |
Locus | South Portal |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Limestone |
Technique | Inscribed |
Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
Description | Upper portion of a round-topped stela with incised decoration, and border line. At the left is the upper portion of a seated (?) man whose right arm hangs by his side, and his left crossed over his chest. Upon his head is a funerary cone, and he wears a shoulder-length pointed wig. At the right is an image of another man, facing left, who wears a similar pointed wig and wesekh collar. In his right hand he offers liquid from a Hes vase to the deceased. There is no winged sun disc in the lunette, but instead are six columns of weathered text. ibed. The text records an offering of all good things for the Ka of the [---] Ya---, by the scribe of the Temple of Amun of Thebes, Neba---. |
Height | 8.5 cm |
Width | 9.7 cm |
Thickness | 2 cm |
Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1915 |
Other Number | M2771 - Field No SF |
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