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Project / Collection Talbot Collection Level [41] Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Stela 5
Title:: Mid 18th Dynasty Egyptian stela (reign of Amenhotep III).
Scope & Content:: Small round-topped votive stela showing the owner making offerings to the creator god Ptah, who is based in the city of Memphis. Main person shown: owner/dedicator, nfr-xa - Neferkha.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1390-1352 BC
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Stela 6
Title:: 17th Dynasty Egyptian stela
Scope & Content:: Section from a stela bearing a hymn to Osiris, broken at top. 17 lines of text survive. This limestone stela shows classical hieroglyphs from 3,600 years ago. It contains a hymn to the god of the netherworld, Osiris, and is currently the oldest object in the British Library collection.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Egyptian (Ancient)
Date Range:: c. 1600 BC
Extent:: 1 item

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