Stela

Description

Limestone stela carved in relief depicting the seated Sole [Royal] Friend, Overseer of horned and hoofed animals and his wife Bebi receiving offering: Ancient Egyptian, excavated at Dendera, 1st Intermediate Period

Museum reference

A.1898.382.3

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Stela

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

1st Intermediate Period

Materials

Limestone

Physical description

Limestone; carved in sunk relief

Collection place(s)

Dendera, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Depicted: Bebi

References

Petrie, W. M. F. 1900. Dendereh 1898, p. 50, pl. 11c

Aldred, C. 1961.The Egyptians. Fig. 82, p. 122

Fischer, H. G. 1968. Dendera, p. 83 footnotes 365 and 366

Mussachio, T. 2006. 'An Epigraphic Reanalysis of Two Stelae...', Antiguo Oriente, vol. 4, p. 75

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