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stela
Object Type
stela
Museum number
EA1247
Description
Round-topped limestone stela divided into four registers: 1 - Four rows of Hieroglyphic text. 2 - Scene of an offering-table flanked by two seated figures. 3 - Four kneeling female figures beneath a row of Hieroglyphic text. 4 - Four kneeling figures and a table; Hieroglyphic text above.
Cultures/periods
Middle Kingdom
(?)
Second Intermediate
(?)
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Egypt
Materials
limestone
Dimensions
Height:
50 centimetres
Weight:
21.50 kilograms
Width:
32 centimetres
Depth:
8 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published: PM V: p. 129.
Bibliographic references
Hall 1912 / Hieroglyphic texts from Egyptian stelae, etc., in the British Museum, Part 3.
(pl.9)
Location
Not on display
Condition
fair
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Morgan Stuart Williams
Acquisition date
1898
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA1247
Registration number
1898,0314.4