Stela

E248

From: Egypt | Illahun

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E248
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Illahun
Locus Shrine of Princess Atum-Neferu
Period Middle Kingdom | Twelfth Dynasty
Date Made 1938 - 1759 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Limestone
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic | Hieroglyphic
Description

Limestone false-door stela. Cavetto cornice at the top is painted in alternating white, yellow and red. Below the cornice is a rounded dado with traces of black line decoration. Inside the rounded dado is a single line of text recording a generic offering formula: "[An offering that the king] gives to Geb (and) Osiris, Lord of Busiris." Below the text is the face of a woman in raised relief, facing left. Her hair is painted black, and her skin is yellow. From Shrine of Princess "Atum-Neferu."

Height 17.5 cm
Width 14.5 cm
Depth 7.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from William Flinders Petrie, 1890
Other Number ES248 - Original Number

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