stela

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Object Type: stela
Museum number: EA1163
Description: Roughly triangular limestone stela of Sobekhotep with painted and incised Hieroglyphic texts including the cartouches of Sobekemsaf II and figured scenes on the four sides.
Cultures/periods: 17th Dynasty
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Egypt
Materials: limestone
Technique: incised; painted
Dimensions: Height: 72 centimetres; Width: 40 centimetres; Depth: 23 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Published: HTBM 4: Plates 18-21 PM I Part 2: p.847
Bibliographic references: Hall 1913 / Catalogue of Egyptian scarabs, etc. in the British Museum (pl.18-21)
Location: Not on display
Condition: fair
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Sobekhotep; Named in inscription: Sobekemsaf II
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Rev Chauncey Murch
Acquisition date: 1895
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA1163
Registration number: 1895,0511.52

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