Stele

Description

Round-topped limestone stela dedicated to the priest of Horus, Hornakht, and his wife Ahmose, by their son, lunette with shen-sign between two wadjet eyes above offering scene in shallow raised relief, with an inscription in sunk relief below, surface partly eroded by moisture: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Hierakonpolis, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c. 1550 - 1292 BC

Museum reference

A.1956.348

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Stele

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Style / Culture

18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Limestone, yellow

Collection place(s)

Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Excavator: Quibell, James Edward, 1867 - 1935

Exhibitions

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

References

Adams, B. (1974) ANCIENT HIERAKONPOLIS (Supplement), Wilts: Aris & Phillips Ltd, pp.160, 169.

Murray, M. (1900) CATALOGUE OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES, Edinburgh , p.52, cat. 991

W.V. Davies, ‘Sun Worship at Hierakonpolis: Insights from Edinburgh’, Nekhen News 24 (2012), p. 27.

On display

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