stela

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Object Type
Museum number: EA438
Description: Limestone stela inscribed with Greek text including the names of Flavius Titianus and Lucceius Ophellianus and commemorating the restoration of an altar or the walls surrounding the Sphinx (?) at Giza in the 6th year of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and Lucius Verus (166AD), in the praefecture of Flavius Titianus and generalship of Lucceius Ophellianus and nomarchy of Theon.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 166; 10th May (15th of the month of Pachon)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Sphinx (Giza) (before)
Materials
Dimensions: Height: 69.40 centimetres; Weight: 29 kilograms; Width: 35.60 centimetres; Depth: 6.90 centimetres
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Inscription subject
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Condition: fair
Associated names: Named in inscription: Flavius Titianus; Named in inscription: Lucceius Ophellianus; Named in inscription: Antoninus Pius; Named in inscription: Lucius Verus
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1817
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA438
Registration number: .438
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: BS.438 (Birch Slip Number)

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