Artist:Egyptian
Medium: Limestone, pigment
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Dates:ca. 760–525 B.C.E.
Dimensions: 10 3/8 x 8 3/8 x 2 1/2 in., 13 lb. (26.4 x 21.3 x 6.4 cm, 5.9kg)
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Accession Number: 37.588E
Image: 37.588E_PS1.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Round-topped stela in painted limestone of the lady Nhm.s r’.t3wy. The stela is divided into three registers, each separated from the next by a border of alternating red and white rectangles, separated from one another by a white square halved vertically by a black line. The whole is bordered in black lines. The exterior border of the stela consists of a red band, a thin black line, a white band, a band identical to that which divides the registers, another white band edged within by a thin black line. A painted Behedite occupies the whole of the cintre. The wings are outlined and detailed in black and the disc is painted red. Two uraei descend from the disc. The next register consists of three vignettes. At the left stands Re-Horakhty with Osiris behind him, both facing the center. The former is outlined in black, surmounted by a disc painted red. The latter is outlined in black, his mummiform figure painted red. Separated from this vignette by a single column of hieroglyphs is the scene of an offering table bearing a jar and a lotus. Two tall jars flank the table. The vignette at the far right, separated from the center by three columns of hieroglyphs, shows the owner with hands raised in the pose of adoration. She wears a tri-partite wig and an ankle-length garment which bears a double-border in black. The garment covers her upper arms and hangs free from the elbows. She is wearing a wsh-collar outlined by two black bands. Condition: Generally good. The bottom corners are chipped and the paint has faded and flaked away in places, particularly on the upper part of the stela.