stela

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Object Type: stela
Museum number: EA930
Description: Round-topped limestone stela divided into three registers: 1 - Wedjat-eyes. 2 - Seated figure before an offering-table; standing figure to the right. 3 - Central offering-table flanked by two kneeling female figures. Rows and columns of Hieroglyphic text.
Cultures/periods: Middle Kingdom (late)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Egypt
Materials: limestone
Dimensions: Height: 40.50 centimetres (case); Width: 28 centimetres (case)
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Curator's comments: Published: HTBM 4: Plate 41
Bibliographic references: Hall 1913 / Catalogue of Egyptian scarabs, etc. in the British Museum (pl.41)
Location: Not on display
Condition: fair
Subjects: eye of horus
Acquisition name: Donated by: Royal Institution; Donated through: Dr Henry Bence Jones
Acquisition date: 1870
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA930
Registration number: 1870,1210.2

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