Limestone stela of Amenwashu
Limestone stela, showing Amenwashu and his wife Mutemwia adoring a crowned sphinx. Twelve lines of inscription above; damaged below. Photograph: yes.
Details
- ID
- EMC_JE_72262
- Alternate IDs
- EMC_JE_72262; JE_72262; SH_exc_1850; exc_1850; EMC_SR_4/11882; SR_4/11882
- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Freestanding stelae and obelisks
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Title
- Limestone stela of Amenwashu
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- H 89.5 cm
- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Provenance
- Temple of Amenhetep II, near stela of Amenhetep II
- Notes
- From excavations of Selim Hassan, 1937.
- Remarks
- RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_XV_Sp146LR; RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Selim Hassan; Amenwashu (in Temple of Amenhetep II); Mutemwia (in Temple of Amenhetep II); RELATED SITE(S): Temple of Amenhetep II; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): SH_exc_1850