Object Number |
E16012 |
Current Location |
Collections Storage |
Provenience |
Egypt | Abydos |
Creator |
Ankhtyfy |
Period |
Middle Kingdom | Thirteenth Dynasty |
Date Made |
1759-1650 BCE |
Section |
Egyptian |
Materials |
Limestone |
Iconography |
Sasopedu-iienhab | Priest | offering table |
Inscription Language |
Hieroglyphic |
Description |
Four sided stela of the purification priest Sasopedu-iienhab. This is an unusual free standing stela with a flat top. All four sides and the top are inscribed and traces of grafitti and paint remain. The figures named on the stela are the priest, his mother Serefka, his father Neferakhu and their daughter Satserefka The name of the sculptor, Ankhtyfy son of Satsenneferu is also given. There is the lector priest Sehetepibresoneb son of Horemhet who commissioned the monument. Traces of paint. |
Length |
50.8 cm |
Width |
26.7 cm |
Credit Line |
Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1902 |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Miller, Philippus. "A Family of Stela in the University Museum, Philadelphia." The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 23, no. 1. (1937): 1-6. See: B-6/pl1,2,3 |
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Quick, Jennifer. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 1st ed. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2004. See: p. 102, fig. 91 |
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Silverman, David P. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Cornell University Press, 1997. Page/Fig./Plate: 278-79 |
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Ranke, Hermann. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections." The University Museum Bulletin 15, no. 2-3. (1950): 21-109. See: p. 36, fig. 19 |
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Miller, Philippus. "STELA OF SISOPDUYENHAB AND HIS RELATIVES." 6, No. 5. ( Nov 1936): 7-10. Page/Fig./Plate: 6-10/p I, II |
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