Stela

E16021

From: Egypt | Abydos

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E16021
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Abydos
Locus Osiris Temple Area
Period Second Intermediate Period
Date Made 1630-1523 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Limestone
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

Round-topped limestone stela with a winged sun disc in the lunette. The sun disc is labeled as the "Behdetite, the Great God." Below a horizontal band is a decorative register with three figures: Osiris stands at the right facing left, King Nubkheperre Intef stands at the center facing right, and at the left stands the Royal Seal Bearer, Retainer, Ahnefer. Traces of a horizontal line of text remain at the broken bottom edge of the stela.

Height 58 cm
Width 51.5 cm
Depth 17 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, William Flinders Petrie, 1903

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