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Stele for Djehutira and his mother Takemet

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A round-top stele divided in two sections. In the upper one there is a hieroglyphic inscription of four horizontal lines also occupying the round-top part. In the lower section, a woman is shown at the center and two men at her sides. They are all standing and facing right. The men wear a plain wig, a necklace, the shendit, and bracelets; the man on the left holds a ribbon. The woman wears a plain wig and a long and clinging dress.

Present location

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

Inventory number

2547

Dating

MIDDLE KINGDOM (not before); MIDDLE KINGDOM; 2ND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD (not after)

Archaeological Site

UNSPECIFIED

Category

STELA

Material

LIMESTONE

Technique

INCISION; PAINTED

Height

20 cm

Width

11 cm

Translation

An offering that the king gives to Osiris, lord of Abydos, to the gods and goddesses, that they may grant an offering consisting of bread, beer, oxen, fowls, for the ka of Djehutira and the ka of his mother Takemet. Inenu causes their names to live.

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