Stela

Description

Stela of wood covered with gesso, round topped and painted showing the Lady of the House Shepset-ireru worshipping Re and Atum: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, 26th Dynasty, Late Period

Museum reference

A.1956.146

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Stela

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

664 - 525 BC

Style / Culture

Late Dynastic Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Wood, Gesso

Collection place(s)

Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Previous owner: Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863
Depicted: Shepset-ireru, Housemistress
Depicted: Re
Depicted: Atum
Depicted: Edfu

Exhibitions

• Inspired by Nature (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Murray, M. 1900. Catalogue of Egyptian Antiquities in the National Museum of Antiquities Edinburgh, p. 25‒6

Munro, P. 1973. Die spätägyptischen Totenstelen, p. 197

On display

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