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stela
Object Type
stela
Museum number
EA233
Description
Upper part of a curved-topped limestone stela; at the top is the prenomen of Amenemhat III flanked by Osiris and Wepwawet; below are ten(surviving) rows of Hieroglyphic text.
Cultures/periods
12th Dynasty
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Malta
, Bighi
Materials
limestone
Dimensions
Height:
31.50 centimetres
Weight:
7.50 kilograms
Width:
28.50 centimetres
Depth:
9 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
PM VII: 406 Published: HTBM 4: Plate 14. See now A. Meza, Ancient Egypt in Malta in Egyptology at the Dawn of the 21st Century III, 307-314. See also C. Testa, in Heritage 74: an encyclopaedia of Maltese culture and civilisation, 1473-7. PM VII, p. 406
Bibliographic references
Hall 1913 / Catalogue of Egyptian scarabs, etc. in the British Museum
(pl.14)
Young et al 2009 / Egyptian stelae from Malta
(p.23-30, p.24, fig.1, p.26, fig.6, p.28, fig.7a)
Location
Not on display
Condition
incomplete - lower part lost
Subjects
ancient egyptian deity
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Amenemhat III
Representation of:
Osiris
Representation of:
Wepwawet
Acquisition name
Donated by:
J B Collings
Acquisition date
1836
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA233
Registration number
.233
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
BS.233
(Birch Slip Number)