A MIDDLE KINGDOM LIMESTONE STELE OF THE PASTRY CHEF SEN-ANCH OF ABYDOS

DYNASTY XII, 1991-1783 B.C.

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A MIDDLE KINGDOM LIMESTONE STELE OF THE PASTRY CHEF SEN-ANCH OF ABYDOS
dynasty xii, 1991-1783 b.c.
Dome topped, sculpted in shallow sunk relief, the lunette containing the date "Reginal Year 27", most likely of Pharoah Amenemhet III, followed by six lines of hieroglyphic text containing the offering formula for Sen-anch and his wife, Hepu, commissioned by their loving son, Antef, followed by three registers showing individuals of varying professions, not all related to the owner
20 in. (50.8 cm) high

Lot Essay

For a similiar title of irw-brijt here translated "pastry chef", see no. 559 in Ward, Index of Egyptian Administration and Religious Titles of the Middle Kingdom; for the association of the year date with Amenemhet III see no. 15 in Janssen, De traditioneele Egyptische Autobiografie vour het Nieuwe Rijk; for a comparable stele in The Egyptian Museum, Cairo see pl. 41 in Stewart, Egyptian Stelae, Reliefs and Paintings from the Petrie Collection, II.

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