Stela
E2043
Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display
From: Egypt | Thebes (Egypt)
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E2043 |
| Current Location | Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display - On Display |
| Provenience | Egypt | Thebes (Egypt) |
| Locus | Ramesseum |
| Period | Third Intermediate Period | Twenty-Second Dynasty |
| Date Made | 945 - 712 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
| Description | Round topped wooden stela belonging to the singer of Amun, Tasheryt. She stands on the right side of the stela wearing a long, sheer dress and has her hands raised in adoration to Re-Horakhty who is seated on the left. Re-Horakhty has a large solar disk on his head and he holds the crook and flail. Before him is a table piled with offerings. Six vertical columns of text above identify the god and the woman. In the lunette are a pair of wedjat eyes and the shen-symbol. |
| Height | 24.8 cm |
| Width | 19.2 cm |
| Depth | 3.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account, 1896 |
| Other Number | ES 2043 - Original Number |
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