Stone stela
Sandstone or limestone stela. Vaulted top with a winged solar disc flanked by two uraei in the lunette. Under the solar disc, a tableau flanked by two wAs scepters shows an emperor and empress with empty cartouches standing before Min, Horus and lion-headed Sekhmet, to whom the emperor offers Maat seated on a nb sign. The lower register contains papyrus stalks, alternating between buds and open blossoms.
Details
- ID
- EMC_JE_37572
- Alternate IDs
- JE_37572; EMC_JE_37572; EMC_CG_22194; CG_22194; EMC_SR_5/9921; SR_5/9921
- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Freestanding stelae and obelisks
- Period
- Graeco-Roman Period
- Title
- Stone stela
- Medium
- JE: sandstone; CG: limestone
- Dimensions
- 54 x 31 cm
- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Provenance
- Giza
- Bibliography
- Kamal, Ahmed Bey. Catalogue general des antiquites egyptiennes du Musee du Caire. Nos. 22001-22238. Steles hieroglyphiques d'epoque ptolemaique et romaine. Vol. 1. 1905. 191.
- Remarks
- RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_VII_Sp103LR; EMC_CG_022001-022238_191LR; EMC_CG_022001-022238_Pl067LR; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_CG_22194