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stela
Object Type
stela
Museum number
EA1367
Description
Round-topped limestone stela; two wedjat-eyes and an ankh-symbol at the top; fourteen rows of Hieroglyphic text; representation of the deceased in the lower left-hand corner.
Cultures/periods
Middle Kingdom
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Egypt
Materials
limestone
Dimensions
Height:
51 centimetres
Weight:
21 kilograms
Width:
32 centimetres
Depth:
8 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Translation: Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Autobiographies (OBO 84): p.126-127 PM I Part 2: p.807
Bibliographic references
Hall 1912 / Hieroglyphic texts from Egyptian stelae, etc., in the British Museum, Part 3.
(pl.28)
Location
Not on display
Condition
fair
Subjects
eye of horus
Acquisition name
Purchased through:
Rev Chauncey Murch
Purchased from:
Mohammed Mohassib
Acquisition date
1902
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA1367
Registration number
1902,0412.207