Stela Fragment

E17746A

From: Egypt | Dendereh

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E17746A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Dendereh
Locus Tomb of Mereri
Period First Intermediate Period | Seventh Dynasty
Date Made 2170 - 2130 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Limestone
Iconography Man | Woman | Offering Table | Birds
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

Fragment, lower right portion of limestone stela showing the deceased and his wife seated at a table of offerings, facing right, with three offering bearers (two male and one female) bringing birds.

Credit Line Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, William Flinders Petrie, 1898

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