Fragment of limestone stela

Fragment of limestone stela

Fragment of a round-topped limestone stela showing the upper parts of two figures, a shaven-headed man and a woman, facing left with their arms raised in worship before a god, missing except for one of his hands holding a was sceptre. Above the figures is an incomplete hieroglyphic text in five vertical columns, separated by carved lines.

Present location MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARQUEOLOGIA [46/003] LISBON

Inventory number E 45 (n. cat. 67)

Dating NEW KINGDOM

Archaeological Site UNKNOWN

Category RELIEF

Material SANDSTONE

Technique HEWN

Height 38 cm

Width 27 cm

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Translation

(May he give?) a beautiful tomb

in Thebes, for the Ka of

the overseer of craftsmen

Ipi (and for the) Lady of the House (...)

Bibliography•Antiguidades Egípcias I, Lisboa, 1993