An Egyptian limestone funerary stele, incised with the seated figure of Amen-re, holding an ankh-sign and was-sceptre before lotus flowers, and beer(?) pots beneath an altar piled high with offerings which include bread, fowl, oxen and vegetables, with winged sun disc above two columns of hieroglyphs which read: "Amen-re, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands, Lord of Heaven, Ruler of Thebes" -- 11½ x 9½in. (29 x 24.3cm.), late New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.)

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An Egyptian limestone funerary stele, incised with the seated figure of Amen-re, holding an ankh-sign and was-sceptre before lotus flowers, and beer(?) pots beneath an altar piled high with offerings which include bread, fowl, oxen and vegetables, with winged sun disc above two columns of hieroglyphs which read: "Amen-re, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands, Lord of Heaven, Ruler of Thebes" -- 11½ x 9½in. (29 x 24.3cm.), late New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.)
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