Limestone stela of Imasahure
Limestone stela of Imasahure; raised relief, standing male figure (facing right), holding two vertical objects (rolls of linen ?); remains of blue paint on some hieroglyphs.
Details
- ID
- HM_6-19829
- Alternate IDs
- 6-19829; HM_6-19829
- Department
- Hearst Museum, Berkeley
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Stelae
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4 to Dynasty 5
- Entry Date
- 1903–1904
- Title
- Limestone stela of Imasahure
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 67.5 x 31 cm (26 9/16 x 12 3/16 in)
- Credit Line
- Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
- Provenance
- Giza (provenance unknown)
- Bibliography
- Lutz, Henry F. Egyptian Tomb Steles and Offering Stones of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology of the University of California. University of California Publications. Egyptian Archaeology 4. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1927, pp. 2, 15, pl. 9.16. Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 178.
