Tablet
| Object Number: | E119 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Ptolemaic |
| Provenience: | Egypt Bubastis |
| Period: | Ptolemaic Period Thirty-Third Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 305 - 30 BCE |
| Early Date: | -306 |
| Late Date: | -29 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Limestone |
| Technique: | Inscribed |
| Iconography: | Cleopatra VII |
| Inscription Language: | Hieroglyphic |
| Credit Line: | Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1890 |
| Other Number: | E 119 - Original Number |
Description
Limestone Commemorative/Votive Tablet inscribed with the name of Cleopatra. The inscription is corrupt, with Cleopatra's name being misspelled, and the cartouche engraved backwards. Inscription reads "The Ruler, Lady of the Two Lands |(Qlwaptris)." Broken.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| World\'s Columbian Exposition Exhibits: Objects from the Flinders Petrie and Egyptian Exploration Fund ( Jan 1893 - Dec 1893) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Loan Exhibition - Objects Used in Religious Ceremonies, and Charms and Implements For Divination (16 Apr 1892) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Journal] Rose, Charlotte. "Childbirth Magic".. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 40 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Culin, Robert S. 1892. Loan Exhibition: Objects Used in Religious Ceremonies and Charms and Implements for Divination.. University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology and Paleontology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 17, #71 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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