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Funerary stela of Intef

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The stela is rectangular. The top corners are slightly rounded, but this is probably due to wear. The representation is executed in bas-relief. The left side features a standing male figure, facing right and wearing a short curly wig, a simple broad necklace and a triangular protruding kilt. The left hand holds a long staff, the right hand a sceptre. On the offering-table in front of him are three sealed jars, a shin of beef, a piece of fowl and two more pieces of meat. Under the offering-table is a basin with a cloth over it. The text is in two horizontal lines above the scene.

Present location

ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM

Inventory number

APM 8789

Dating

11TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site

UNKNOWN

Category

STELA

Material

LIMESTONE

Technique

LOW RELIEF

Height

28.6 cm

Width

18.5 cm

Depth

5 cm

Translation

(1) The king gives a boon: the boon, which has been given to Osiris, lord of the West, (that he may give) an invocation offering consisting of oxen and fowl, a thousand pieces of alabaster and clothing,
(2) and all good and pure things, to the revered Intef, borne by Ini.

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