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29-66-607

From: Egypt | Dendereh

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number 29-66-607
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Dendereh
Section Egyptian
Materials Limestone
Iconography Male | Lotus
Description

The limestone fragment of the funerary stela depicts the head and torso of a male figure sniffing a lotus flower. The man wears a short wig of horizontal rows of curls and an elaborately carved wesekh collar, both of which have been rendered with rich interior detailing. Part of the line of the upper register is visible and shows traces of the bottom part of hieroglyphic signs.

Length 14.5 cm
Width 13.3 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Dendereh, Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1915-1923
Other Number D2318A - Field No SF

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