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Stela
| Object Number: | E6878 |
| Current Location: | Egypt (Sphinx) Gallery Currently On Display |
| Provenience: | Egypt Abydos |
| Locus: | Tomb Q (Tomb of King Ka'a, east side, over chamber 3) |
| Period: | Egyptian Early Dynastic First Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 3000 - 2800 BC |
| Early Date: | -3001 |
| Late Date: | -2799 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Basalt |
| Technique: | Carved |
| Iconography: | Serekh Horus |
| Height: | 148cm |
| Width: | 41cm |
| Depth: | 24cm |
| Credit Line: | Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900 |
| Other Number | AES 1695 - Original Number |
Description
Stela of King Qa'a of black quartzite inscribed with the Horus name of the King. This stela is decorated with a serekh (a rectangle with paneled lower half) surmounted by an image of the falcon god Horus. The Horus-name was the oldest element of the pharaoh’s titulary and associated him with the falcon god. The two large pieces of this stela were discovered at Abydos during separate excavations of the Early Dynastic royal cemetery. The fragments were reunited at Penn Museum in 1903.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Wegner, Josef W. & Wegner, Jennifer H. 2015. The Sphinx That Traveled To Philadelphia. 239. : Page/Fig./Plate: 204/8.19 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Article] Wegner, Jennifer H. 2014. Hidden Treasures: Abydos in the Basement. Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 56 (1): 42-51. : Page/Fig./Plate: 44, fig.2 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Book] Thomas, Nancy. The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt. : Page/Fig./Plate: 117/32 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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