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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

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