Stela Fragment

29-87-448

From: Egypt | Dra Abu El-Naga

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number 29-87-448
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Dra Abu El-Naga
Locus court of tomb 159
Section Egyptian
Materials Limestone
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

Lower portion of a stela. Broken top retains the lower portions of a standing male at the right, facing left. In front of him is a ring stand, offering table, and second ring stand. At the left are the feet of a seated individual. Below the decorated register are three horizontal lines of incised hieroglyphs, read from right to left. The text is an offering formula naming Osiris, Khentiamentiu, The Great God, Lord of Abydos... The owner of the stela bears the title "Skipper of Amun," but his name is broken. The final line contains two further names.

Length 23.4 cm
Thickness 5.2 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Drah abu el Naga (Thebes), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1921-1923
Other Number 424 - Field No SF | T159 - Other Number

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