Limestone stela
Round-topped limestone stela. Above, winged disk and udjat (eye of Horus); below, man offering incense to a couchant sphinx. At the bottom, one horizontal line of hieroglyphs.
Details
- ID
- GEM_18390
- Alternate IDs
- GEM_18390; 18390; EMC_JE_72267; JE_72267; EMC_SR_3/10088; SR_3/10088; SH_exc_1800; exc_1800
- Department
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Freestanding stelae and obelisks
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Title
- Limestone stela
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 37.5 x 9.0 x 25.5 cm; 12270 g
- Credit Line
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Provenance
- Found somewhere in the vicinity of the Sphinx; JE: near Temple of Amenhetep II; GEM: tomb of Akhre (G 9120).
- Bibliography
- Zivie, Giza au Duexieme Millenaire, pp. 246-247
- Notes
- From excavations of Selim Hassan, 1937.
- Remarks
- RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Selim Hassan; RELATED SITE(S): Akh-re; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_72267; EMC_SR_3.10088; SH_exc_1800