Tablet

E119

From: Egypt | Bubastis

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E119
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ptolemaic
Provenience Egypt | Bubastis
Period Ptolemaic Period | Thirty-Third Dynasty
Date Made 305 - 30 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Limestone
Technique Inscribed
Iconography Cleopatra VII
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

Limestone Commemorative/Votive Tablet inscribed with the name of Cleopatra. The inscription is corrupt, with Cleopatra's name being misspelled, and the cartouche engraved backwards. Inscription reads "The Ruler, Lady of the Two Lands |(Qlwaptris)." Broken.

Credit Line Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1890
Other Number E 119 - Original Number

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