Stele / fragment

Description

Silstone stela fragment, upper portion only, incised on one side with Isis before a shrine and on the other with the owners, a man named Paenmehyt and a woman named Tanetmennefer, with their arms raised in adoration: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Hierakonpolis, Temple area at Kom el-Ahmar, late New Kingdom, c. 1230 - 1069 BC

Museum reference

A.1956.344

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Stele / fragment

Production information

Unknown
Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Style / Culture

New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Stone

Collection place(s)

Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa
Kom el-Ahmar, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Excavator: J. Quibell

Exhibitions

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

References

Adams, B. (1974) ANCIENT HIERAKONPOLIS (Supplement), Wilts: Aris & Phillips Ltd, pp.160,166

Murray, M. (1900) CATALOGUE OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES, Edinburgh , p.52, cat. 981

On display

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