Stela
- Hilton Price Number
- HP2022
- Current Location
- The British Museum
- Museum Accession Number
- BM EA 22918
- Object Type
- Architecture, Architectural element, Stela
- Period
- Late Period
- Dynasty
- Twenty-sixth Dynasty
- Material
- Wood
- Measurements
- Height: 13½ inches | Width: 9 inches
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Divine Name
- Amun-Re | Duamutef | Hapy (son of Horus) | Imsety | Isis | Qebehsenuef | Re-Atum
Licensing details
- Description
-
Sepulchral Tablet, with round top, in three divisions. The first division contains the Beḥuṭet or disk with uræi on each side, and wings expanded, with a short dedication to the deity enclosed in a parallelogram ; then follows a horizontal line of hieroglyphics ; the centre is occupied by a picture of the deceased standing before an altar in front of Rā, hawk-headed, wearing the disk, who is supported by Isis, with her wings outspread towards him ; behind Isis are the four genii of Ȧmenti. The third division is occupied by four horizontal lines of hieroglyphics, consisting of a suten ṭā ḥetep for festivals, tehefau food and all things good and pure upon which a god lives for the Osiris Seshemt en Ȧmena Mau, for whom it was made, whose mother's name was Seshemt ta Ȧmen ata. 13½ in. X 9 in. Wood, painted in tempera upon yellow ground. XXVIth dynasty.
- Bibliography
-
Price, Frederick George Hilton (1897) A catalogue of the Egyptian antiquities in the possession of F. G. Hilton Price. London: Quaritch. Anonymous (1911). Catalogue of the important and extensive collection of Egyptian antiquities, the property of the late F. G. Hilton-Price, Esq. [...] : which will be sold by auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge [...] on Wednesday, 12th July, 1911, and two following days, and on Monday, the 17th of July, and four following days. London: Davy.
- Former Owner
- Frederick George Hilton Price (1842–1909)
- Last modified: 13 Sep 2021