Stela

Description

Limestone stela depicting the seated figures of Hetepi and his wife Kau before an offering table : Ancient Egyptian, Dendera, 1st Intermediate Period, 9th-11th Dynasty, c.2160-2055 BC

Museum reference

A.1910.95

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Stela

Production information

Unknown
Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

1st Intermediate Period, Ancient Egyptian

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Limestone

Collection place(s)

Dendera, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

References

H G Fischer 'Dendera', 1968, pp. 195, 213.

Brovarski, 'Abydos in the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period, Part II', in For His Ka: Essays Offered in Memory of Klaus Baer, 1994, p. 34, fig. 2.5h.

On display

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world cultures, ancient egypt rediscovered