Limestone stela of Ahmes
Round-topped limestone stela, showing couchant sphinx; with Ahmes, born of Wernara, offering incense; six lines of inscription.
Details
- ID
- GEM_18526
- Alternate IDs
- GEM_18526; 18526; EMC_JE_72278; JE_72278; EMC_SR_3/10098; SR_3/10098; SH_exc_1842; exc_1842
- Department
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Freestanding stelae and obelisks
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Title
- Limestone stela of Ahmes
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 23.6 x 5.8 x 17.5 cm; 3426 g
- Credit Line
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Provenance
- North of Sphinx
- Bibliography
- Hassan, Great Sphinx 251 fig. 189; Zivie, Giza au Deuxieme Millenaire, pp. 225-226.
- Notes
- From excavations of Selim Hassan, 1937.
- Remarks
- RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Selim Hassan; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_72278; EMC_SR_3.10098; SH_exc_1842
