Stela
E7076
From: Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Number | E7076 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Meroitic |
Provenience | Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery |
Locus | G 140 |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Sandstone | Pigment |
Technique | Painted |
Inscription Language | Meroitic Language |
Description | Painted sandstone stela. A nude male figure painted in red on a white ground facing left. The left hand holds a black and yellow object, perhaps a wreath, the right hand is advanced. Above the head four whole lines and three half lines of Meroitic inscription. Found face cownwards within the approach of tomb G 140. |
Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Karanog, Aniba Cemetery; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1908 |
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