Stela

Description

Stela of wood covered with gesso and painted, showing the Lady of the House Ta-kai worshipping Ra-Horakhty as a falcon-headed god seated on a throne: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, 22nd Dynasty, Third Intermediate Period, c.800-715 BC

Museum reference

A.1956.147

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Stela

Production information

Unknown
Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Third Intermediate Period

Style / Culture

3rd Intermediate Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Wood, Gesso

Physical description

Wood covered with gesso and painted

Collection place(s)

Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Depicted: Ta-Kai
Depicted: Ra-Horakhty
Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863

Exhibitions

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

• The Tomb

• Inspired by Nature (29 Jul 2011 - 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Egyptian Mummies: Immortality in the Land of the Pharaohs (06 Oct 2007 - 24 Mar 2008)
  Landesmuseum Württenberg

On display

national museum of scotland »
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world cultures, ancient egypt rediscovered