Stela
| Object Number: | E15994 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Edfu |
| Period: | Late Period Twenty-Sixth Dynasty |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Limestone |
| Inscription Language: | Hieroglyphic |
| Height: | 43.8 cm |
| Width: | 28.8 cm |
| Thickness: | 7 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. William Rambo, 1922 |
Description
Limestone funerary stela of a woman named Irtyru, the daughter of Khonsuirdisu and Asetheb. Inscribed with 6 lines of heiroglyphic text including a funerary prayer. At the top of the stela under the lunette of a winged sun disk with pendant uraei, the deceased is shown on the right in a pose of veneration before four deities (from left: Nephthys, Isis, Atum and Re-Horakhty).
Bibliography:
| [Book] 1985. The Artifacts of Ancient Egypt.. National Museum of History, Republic of China. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 67 | 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. 56 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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