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Sandstone or limestone stela. Vaulted top with a winged solar disc flanked by two uraei in the lunette. Under the solar disc, a tableau flanked by two wAs scepters shows an emperor and empress with empty cartouches standing before Min, Horus and lion-headed Sekhmet, to whom the emperor offers Maat seated on a nb sign. The lower register contains papyrus stalks, alternating between buds and open blossoms.

Details

  • ID
    EMC_JE_37572
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Freestanding stelae and obelisks
  • Findspot
    Giza
  • Material
    JE: sandstone; CG: limestone
  • Dimensions
    54 x 31 cm
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Catalogue General number
    EMC_CG_22194
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_5/9921
  • Period
    Graeco-Roman Period
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Remarks
    RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_VII_Sp103LR; EMC_CG_022001-022238_191LR; EMC_CG_022001-022238_Pl067LR; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_CG_22194

Full Bibliography

  • Kamal, Ahmed Bey. Catalogue general des antiquites egyptiennes du Musee du Caire. Nos. 22001-22238. Steles hieroglyphiques d'epoque ptolemaique et romaine. Vol. 1. 1905. 191.

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