stela
- Museum number
- EA349
- Description
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Sandstone stela of Bakenamun: the stela consists of an inner round-topped stela of three registers surmounted by a pyramidal projection on which a jackal is depicted. All texts are incised and figures are carved in sunk relief. In the upper register of the stela Osiris is seated on a throne on the left and behind him stands Isis with one arm raised. In front of Osiris stands an altar heaped with food offerings. On the right stands the table-scribe of the wine cellar Bakenamun, with his arms raised in worship, and behind him his wife, the lady of the house and chantress of Amun Weretwahsu, is shown holding a sistrum in one hand. The lower registers depict a series of male and female figures standing in an attitude of worship. The women usually have a sistrum on a lotus flower in one hand, but in one case both are carried and in one instance the lady holds a vessel. In the second register the individuals are named as the 'wrb'-priest of Amun of the wine cellar Amenemipet, father of Bakenamun; his (Bakenamun's) mother, the chantress Inihay; his son, the w‘b-priest Paraemheb; his son, the workman Paser, and his son, the workman Amenkhau. In the third register appear his son, the workman Huy; his daughter, the chantress Nefertiri; his daughter, the chantress Ast; his daughter, the chantress Takaret; his daughter Mutemiunu; and his daughter, the chantress Khatbahet. There are no traces of colour.
- Dimensions
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Height: 71 centimetres
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Weight: 37 kilograms
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Width: 39 centimetres
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Depth: 9 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Bibliography:
J. Lieblein, ‘Dictionnaire de noms hiéroglyphiques en ordre généalogique et alphabetique’ (Christiania, 1871-1891), no. 679;
The British Museum, 'A guide to the Egyptian galleries (Sculpture)' (London, 1909), 206 (no. 751).
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- The stela is in an excellent state of preservation.
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA349
- Registration number
- .349
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: BS.349 (Birch Slip Number)
