Stela
E2983
From: Egypt | Upper Egypt | Dendereh
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E2983 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Greco-Roman |
| Provenience | Egypt | Upper Egypt | Dendereh |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Date Made | 332-30 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Sandstone |
| Technique | Sunk Relief |
| Iconography | Funeral |
| Inscription Language | Demotic |
| Description | Round-topped funerary stela with a winged sun disk at the top with two pendant uraei. Below this is a scene of the deceased on a lion-shaped funerary bed. Anubis holding a cup attends to the deceased. On either side, kneeling goddesses (Isis and Nephthys) hold the mourning position. Below are four lines of Demotic. |
| Height | 30.5 cm |
| Width | 22.9 cm |
| Depth | 6.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, William Flinders Petrie, 1898 |
| Other Number | ES2983 - Original Number |
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