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Talbot Stela 1
- Record Id:
- 041-003380383
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 033-003380379
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100048419441.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Talbot Stela 1
- Title:
- Early 18th Dynasty Egyptian stela
- Scope & Content:
-
Round topped stela with two registers. Register 1 contains a scene in lightly raised relief, with no accompanying text. The scene is topped by Sn (shen) ring and two wedjat eyes. Below this is a scene with an offering table in the middle, figures of a seated man and woman on the left and a man, wearing an animal skin, offering libations on the right. Register 2 contains a 9-line incised inscription offering formulae and wishes for the afterlife.
Main persons shown: deceased couple and their eldest son, names not preserved: deceased owner, nsw... Nesu...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Talbot Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003303408
033-003380379
040-003380381
041-003380383 - Is part of:
- Talbot Photo : Talbot Collection
Talbot Egy : Talbot Collection: Egyptiana.
Talbot Stelae : Talbot Collection: Egyptiana (stelae)
Talbot Stela 1 : Early 18th Dynasty Egyptian stela - Hierarchy:
- 032-003303408[0040]/033-003380379[0001]/040-003380381[0001]/041-003380383
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Talbot Photo
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- -1499
- End Date:
- -1400
- Date Range:
- 15th century BC
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
- Limestone stela, measuring 44 cm (height) x 29 cm (width) x 6 cm (depth)
- Material Type:
- Artefacts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Talbot, William Henry Fox, photographer, 1800-1877
- Subjects:
- Stelae
- Places:
- Egypt, Africa