| Object Number |
E9499 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
Egypt | Abydos |
| Locus |
Tomb of Djer (Tomb O) |
| Period |
Egyptian Early Dynastic | First Dynasty |
| Date Made |
3000-2800 BCE |
| Section |
Egyptian |
| Materials |
Limestone |
| Inscription Language |
Hieroglyphic |
| Description |
Round-topped funerary stela with the name of the owner, Ded, inscribed in raised relief. Below the name there is a determinative (?) or a figure of an individual with dwarfism. |
| Height |
65 cm |
| Width |
31 cm |
| Depth |
11 cm |
| Credit Line |
Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1901 |
| Other Number |
AES2120 - Other Number | EEF58 - Other Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Wegner, Jennifer H. "Hidden Treasures: Abydos in the Basement." Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 56, no. 1. (2014): 42-51. Page/Fig./Plate: 45, fig9 |
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| Patch, Diana C. The Dawn of Egyptian Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. Page/Fig./Plate: 275 Page/Fig./Plate: 120/121/cat.100 |
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| Horne, Lee C. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1985. Page/Fig./Plate: 18/2 |
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| Petrie, William M. The Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties, pt. 2. Memoir 24. Egypt Exploration Fund, 1901. See: pl26,28:58 |
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