stela

This stela shows the owner, whose barely visible name appears to be Tarun(et), playing the tambourine before Hathor. The latter is seated on a dais decorated with vegetation and delicately coloured, like all of the stela, mainly in sombre blue and turquoise. The object can be dated to the 18th Dynasty on precise stylistic grounds.

Present location	INSTITUT DE PAPYROLOGIE ET D'ÉGYPTOLOGIE, UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE III [02/049] LILLE
Inventory number	L 1536
Dating	18TH DYNASTY
Archaeological Site	MIRGISSA
Category	STELA
Material	LIMESTONE
Technique	HEWN
Height	21 cm
Width	18 cm
Depth	3.5 cm

Bibliography

• Karlin C., "Le sanctuaire d'Hathor", dans J. Vercoutter, Mirgissa I, Paris, 1970, p.321-322 et p.319, fig.17.
• Cabrol Agnès, Nubie, les cultures antiques du Soudan, catalogue d'exposition, Lille, 1994, p.127-128, n°173