Funerary Stela
| Object Number: | E9499 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Abydos |
| Locus: | Tomb of Djer (Tomb O) |
| Period: | Egyptian Early Dynastic First Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 3000-2800 BCE |
| Early Date: | -3000 |
| Late Date: | -2800 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Limestone |
| Inscription Language: | Hieroglyphic |
| Height: | 66 cm |
| Width: | 30 cm |
| Depth: | 10 cm |
| Credit Line: | Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1901 |
| Other Number: | AES2120 - Other Number EEF58 - Other Number |
Description
Round-topped funerary stela with the name of the owner, Ded, inscribed in raised relief. Below the name there is a determinative (?) or a figure of an individual with dwarfism.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Lower Egyptian Gallery (1983 - 1996) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Article] Wegner, Jennifer H. 2014. "Hidden Treasures: Abydos in the Basement". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 56. no. 1. pg. 42-51 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 45, fig9 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Patch, Diana C. 2011. The Dawn of Egyptian Art.. New Haven. Yale University Press. pg. 275 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 120/121/cat.100 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Horne, Lee C. 1985. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 18/2 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Petrie, William M. 1901. The Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties, pt. 2.. Egypt Exploration Fund. Vol. Memoir 24. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pl26,28:58 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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