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261. Talbot Stela 5

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

262. Talbot Stela 6

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

263. WD1393/1

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1393/1
Title:
Casket containing the miniature portrait of John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune WD1393. The ivory miniature was formerly mounted in the lid of a carved oak casket made from a tree felled on Bethune's estate in 1851, the year of his death
Scope & Content:
Casket containing the miniature portrait of John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune WD1393. The ivory miniature was formerly mounted in the lid of a carved oak casket made from a tree felled on Bethune's estate in 1851, the year of his death
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 Item