Votive Stela
E13593
From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Number | E13593 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | Mit-Rahineh |
Locus | South Portal |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Limestone |
Iconography | Ape | Sun | Barque |
Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
Description | Round-topped stela with winged sun disc at the top, executed in sunk relief. Below the sun disc is a solar boat with twin recurved prow, rendered in raised relief. Inside the boat is a round sun disc. At the bottom of the stela is a tripartite register. At the left and right are standing baboons in sunk relief. Their arms are up in a gesture of praise. They have no internal detail, but are simply painted red. At the center of the register is a single column of hieroglyphs. The text is unintelligible. |
Height | 29 cm |
Width | 21 cm |
Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1915 |
Other Number | M2733 - Field No SF |
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