An Egyptian Limestone Round-Topped Stele Height 6 inches (15 cm).
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An Egyptian Limestone Round-Topped Stele
Ptolemaic Period, 304-30 B.C.
Height 6 inches (15 cm).
Property from a Private Florida Collection
Provenance:Noelle and Rob Mele, Connecticut, 1987.
Note:
Atop this stele is a lunette with winged solar disk, kneeling adorant, and Apis bull. Hieroglyphs to the right of the adorant read: 'The Living Apis'. The four horizontal registers of hieroglyphs below the lunette are fragmented and read:. '[A]pis, the Osiris, the King's Acquaintance, Sole Companion, Controller of Those Who Are In the Temple'; '..[Pedi]-Osiris-Wennofer, son of Ptah-ir-dis(u)'; '.. who salys]: O Apis';'...to (?)..do/make (?)...'
Ptolemaic Period, 304-30 B.C.
Height 6 inches (15 cm).
Property from a Private Florida Collection
Provenance:Noelle and Rob Mele, Connecticut, 1987.
Note:
Atop this stele is a lunette with winged solar disk, kneeling adorant, and Apis bull. Hieroglyphs to the right of the adorant read: 'The Living Apis'. The four horizontal registers of hieroglyphs below the lunette are fragmented and read:. '[A]pis, the Osiris, the King's Acquaintance, Sole Companion, Controller of Those Who Are In the Temple'; '..[Pedi]-Osiris-Wennofer, son of Ptah-ir-dis(u)'; '.. who salys]: O Apis';'...to (?)..do/make (?)...'
Condition
Height with stand 8 inches (20.3 cm); Width 5 11/16 inches (14.5 cm).
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An Egyptian Limestone Round-Topped Stele Height 6 inches (15 cm).
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