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<em>Stela of User-pekhty-nisu and his wife, Pa-netjer</em>, ca. 1539-1458 B.C.E. Limestone, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (36.8 x 24.8 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1353E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1353E_SL3.jpg)
Stela of User-pekhty-nisu and his wife, Pa-netjer, ca. 1539-1458 B.C.E. Limestone, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (36.8 x 24.8 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1353E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1353E_SL3.jpg)
<em>Stela of User-pekhty-nisu and his wife, Pa-netjer</em>, ca. 1539-1458 B.C.E. Limestone, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (36.8 x 24.8 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1353E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1353E_SL3.jpg)

Stela of User-pekhty-nisu and his wife, Pa-netjer, ca. 1539-1458 B.C.E. Limestone, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (36.8 x 24.8 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1353E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1353E_SL3.jpg)

<em>Stela of User-pekhty-nisu and his wife, Pa-netjer</em>, ca. 1539-1458 B.C.E. Limestone, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (36.8 x 24.8 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1353E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1353E_reference_SL1.jpg)

Stela of User-pekhty-nisu and his wife, Pa-netjer, ca. 1539-1458 B.C.E. Limestone, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (36.8 x 24.8 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1353E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1353E_reference_SL1.jpg)

<em>Stela of User-pekhty-nisu and his wife, Pa-netjer</em>, ca. 1539-1458 B.C.E. Limestone, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (36.8 x 24.8 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1353E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1353E_wwgA-2.jpg)

Stela of User-pekhty-nisu and his wife, Pa-netjer, ca. 1539-1458 B.C.E. Limestone, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (36.8 x 24.8 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1353E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1353E_wwgA-2.jpg)

<em>Stela of User-pekhty-nisu and his wife, Pa-netjer</em>, ca. 1539-1458 B.C.E. Limestone, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (36.8 x 24.8 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1353E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1353E_NegA_glass_bw_SL4.jpg)

Stela of User-pekhty-nisu and his wife, Pa-netjer, ca. 1539-1458 B.C.E. Limestone, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (36.8 x 24.8 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1353E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1353E_NegA_glass_bw_SL4.jpg)

<em>Stela of User-pekhty-nisu and his wife, Pa-netjer</em>, ca. 1539-1458 B.C.E. Limestone, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (36.8 x 24.8 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1353E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1353E_negB_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Stela of User-pekhty-nisu and his wife, Pa-netjer, ca. 1539-1458 B.C.E. Limestone, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (36.8 x 24.8 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1353E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1353E_negB_bw_IMLS.jpg)

<em>Stela of User-pekhty-nisu and his wife, Pa-netjer</em>, ca. 1539-1458 B.C.E. Limestone, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (36.8 x 24.8 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1353E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1353E_mummychamber.jpg)

Stela of User-pekhty-nisu and his wife, Pa-netjer, ca. 1539-1458 B.C.E. Limestone, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (36.8 x 24.8 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1353E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1353E_mummychamber.jpg)

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Stela of User-pekhty-nisu and his wife, Pa-netjer

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

The deceased and his wife sit at an offering table while their son stands making offerings. Unusually, their daughter sits behind the son. The standard offering prayer below is carved in hieroglyphs in a different style from the caption above, and some places in the inscription have been recarved. These features suggest that this stela was originally carved for a different couple and was later reused, a common practice for people who could not afford to commission a new stela.
MEDIUM Limestone
  • Place Made: Saqqara, Egypt
    • DATES ca. 1539-1458 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY early XVIII Dynasty
    PERIOD New Kingdom
    DIMENSIONS 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (36.8 x 24.8 x 7.5 cm)  (show scale)
    INSCRIPTIONS Inscribed
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
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    ACCESSION NUMBER 37.1353E
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
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    CAPTION Stela of User-pekhty-nisu and his wife, Pa-netjer, ca. 1539-1458 B.C.E. Limestone, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (36.8 x 24.8 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1353E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1353E_SL3.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 37.1353E_SL3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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    <em>Stela of User-pekhty-nisu and his wife, Pa-netjer</em>, ca. 1539-1458 B.C.E. Limestone, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (36.8 x 24.8 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1353E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1353E_SL3.jpg)

    TAGS

    1539-1292 B.C.E.
    African
    carved
    Dynasty 18
    Egypt
    egyptian
    eternity
    eye of Horus
    family in profile
    Female
    health
    hieroglyphs
    Horus
    Inscribed
    inscriptions
    limestone
    lion-legged chair
    Lotus flower
    magic
    Male
    marker
    New Kingdom
    offering table
    offerings
    Pa-netjer
    Paint
    prayer
    prosperity
    protection
    rejuvenation
    relief
    relief scene
    round top
    Saqqara, Egypt
    sculpture
    shen
    Sistrum
    stela
    stone
    sun-disk
    symbol
    Unfinished
    User-pekhty-nisu
    wadjet
    wadjet-eyes
    wife

    TAGS

    1539-1292 B.C.E.
    African
    carved
    Dynasty 18
    Egypt
    egyptian
    eternity
    eye of Horus
    family in profile
    Female
    health
    hieroglyphs
    Horus
    Inscribed
    inscriptions
    limestone
    lion-legged chair
    Lotus flower
    magic
    Male
    marker
    New Kingdom
    offering table
    offerings
    Pa-netjer
    Paint
    prayer
    prosperity
    protection
    rejuvenation
    relief
    relief scene
    round top
    Saqqara, Egypt
    sculpture
    shen
    Sistrum
    stela
    stone
    sun-disk
    symbol
    Unfinished
    User-pekhty-nisu
    wadjet
    wadjet-eyes
    wife
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