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Stele for Tjembu

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In the round top of the stele, the shenu flanked by two udjat-eyes is shown. In the central register are Tjembu and his wife, sitting on a high-backed seat. The man has his left arm around the shoulders of the woman, who is holding a lotus flower to her face. Both are holding a ribbon in their right hand. In front of them is an offering table on the other side of which is a female figure pouring drink from a heset-vase. Two horizontal lines of hieroglyphs are incised under the scene.

Present location

MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE

Inventory number

2511

Dating

18TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site

UPPER EGYPT

Category

STELA

Material

LIMESTONE

Technique

LOW RELIEF; INCISION; PAINTED

Height

22.5 cm

Width

17.5 cm

Translation

Tjembu, Uri, Sennu.
An offering that the king gives to Osiris, the great god, that he may grant bread, beer, oxen, fowls, alabaster vases, clothes, incense and unguent, every pure thing for the ka of Tjembu. His daughter, who causes his name to live, Sennu.

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