Stela
| Object Number: | E16021 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Abydos |
| Locus: | Osiris Temple Area |
| Period: | Second Intermediate Period |
| Date Made: | 1630-1523 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1631 |
| Late Date: | -1522 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Limestone |
| Inscription Language: | Hieroglyphic |
| Height: | 58 cm |
| Width: | 51.5 cm |
| Depth: | 17 cm |
| Credit Line: | Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, William Flinders Petrie, 1903 |
Description
Round-topped limestone stela with a winged sun disc in the lunette. The sun disc is labeled as the "Behdetite, the Great God." Below a horizontal band is a decorative register with three figures: Osiris stands at the right facing left, King Nubkheperre Intef stands at the center facing right, and at the left stands the Royal Seal Bearer, Retainer, Ahnefer. Traces of a horizontal line of text remain at the broken bottom edge of the stela.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Petrie, William M. 1903. Abydos II.. London. Egypt Exploration Fund Memoir 24. Vol. EEF 24. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 35; PL. XXXII.3 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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