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Fragment of limestone stela

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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

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 (...)

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