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Caption

False Door Stela, 6th century B.C.E.. Limestone, 11 15/16 × 9 7/16 × 2 15/16 in. (30.3 × 24 × 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1354E.

Title

False Door Stela

Date

6th century B.C.E.

Period

Persian Period

Geography

Reportedly from: Memphis, Egypt, Reportedly from: Saqqara, Egypt

Medium

Limestone

Classification

Funerary Object

Dimensions

11 15/16 × 9 7/16 × 2 15/16 in. (30.3 × 24 × 7.5 cm)

Inscriptions

I am (the monument) of Exekestos, the son of Charon.

Credit Line

Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Accession Number

37.1354E

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