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MIDDLE KINGDOM, REIGN OF AMENEMHAT III, CIRCA 1853-1906 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE STELE FOR SENBEF
MIDDLE KINGDOM, REIGN OF AMENEMHAT III, CIRCA 1853-1906 B.C.
Round-topped, carved in sunk relief with two registers and five lines of hieroglyphic inscriptions separated in two parts, the first register with winged sun-disc with two uraei above a standing Osiris to the left, holding a was-djed sceptre and Wepwawet on his standard to the right, flanking the cartouche of Amenemhat III (Nymaatre), the second register with three seated figures and an offering table in the middle, two lines of text below with an offering formula for Senbef, born of Reneseneb, son of the Overseer of the army Neketpu
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high
MIDDLE KINGDOM, REIGN OF AMENEMHAT III, CIRCA 1853-1906 B.C.
Round-topped, carved in sunk relief with two registers and five lines of hieroglyphic inscriptions separated in two parts, the first register with winged sun-disc with two uraei above a standing Osiris to the left, holding a was-djed sceptre and Wepwawet on his standard to the right, flanking the cartouche of Amenemhat III (Nymaatre), the second register with three seated figures and an offering table in the middle, two lines of text below with an offering formula for Senbef, born of Reneseneb, son of the Overseer of the army Neketpu
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by Charles-Mélchior, Marquis de Vogüé (1829-1916), France, prior to 1910; thence by decsent to the present owner.
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