A GREY GRANITE FOUNDATION STONE OF SETI I

DYNASTY XIX, REIGN OF SETI I (1291-1278 B.C.)

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A GREY GRANITE FOUNDATION STONE OF SETI I
DYNASTY XIX, REIGN OF SETI I (1291-1278 B.C.)
Of deep 'dovetail' form, incised with a cartouche, the hieroglyphs reading: "The good god, Men-maat-re"
13¾ x 7½ in. (35 x 19 cm.); 4 in. (10.2 cm.) deep max.

Lot Essay

Cf. D. C. Patch, Reflections of Greatness: Ancient Egypt at The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, 1990, p. 65, no. 51 for a similar wood dovetail or cramp incised with a cartouche of Men-maat-re.

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