Stela
| Object Number: | E16012 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Abydos |
| Maker: | Ankhtyfy |
| Period: | Middle Kingdom Thirteenth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 1759-1650 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1759 |
| Late Date: | -1650 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Limestone |
| Iconography: | Sasopedu-iienhab Priest offering table |
| Inscription Language: | Hieroglyphic |
| Length: | 50.8 cm |
| Width: | 26.7 cm |
| Credit Line: | Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1902 |
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.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Memory Keepers: Why Objects Matter (28 Mar 2019 - Mar 2020) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| In the Artifact Lab: Conserving Egyptian Mummies (30 Sep 2012 - 03 Apr 2017) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 102, fig. 91 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 278-79 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 36, fig. 19 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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