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Limestone stela

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza

Rectangular limestone stela with pointed top; recumbent jackal, Anubis, at top, standing male figure (facing right) with upraised arms, vertical columns of inscription, inscription has blank for insertion of name, then "of Memphis (Mennefer)".

Details

  • ID
    HM_6-19804
  • Department
    Hearst Museum, Berkeley
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Stelae
  • Findspot
    Giza (provenance unknown) purchased
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    23 x 10 cm (9 1/16 x 3 15/16 in)
  • Credit Line
    Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
  • Period
    New Kingdom or later
  • Date of Register Entry
    1903–1904
  • Object owned by
    Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Published Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Lutz, Henry F. Egyptian Tomb Steles and Offering Stones of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology of the University of California. University of California Publications. Egyptian Archaeology 4. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1927, pp. 9, 14, 22, pl. 45.88.

Institutions 1