Stela

Museum number:
6-19878
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Memorial stone of the monk Joseph; carved with Greek letters and cross within a circle; limestone; 11.5 inches by 10.5 inches; late 4th century AD
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tebtunis, Faiyum region, Lower Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Naga ed Der (revised to Tebtunis by Dr. Ian Begg)
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC)
Collector:
Arthur S. Hunt and Bernard P. Grenfell
Materials:
Limestone
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Stelae
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
width 36 centimeters, depth 4 centimeters, and height 36 centimeters
Comment:
Originally cataloged as being from Naga ed Der, but confirmed as being from Tebtunis by Dr. Ian Begg (Trent University, archivist of the Bagnani papers), ca. 2003.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #103: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (June 11, 1965–August 6, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Stela, accession number 6-19878, described as Memorial stone of the monk Joseph; carved with Greek letters and cross within a circle; limestone; 11.5 inches by 10.5 inches; late 4th century ADHearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Stela, accession number 6-19878, described as Memorial stone of the monk Joseph; carved with Greek letters and cross within a circle; limestone; 11.5 inches by 10.5 inches; late 4th century ADHearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Stela, accession number 6-19878, described as Memorial stone of the monk Joseph; carved with Greek letters and cross within a circle; limestone; 11.5 inches by 10.5 inches; late 4th century ADHearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Stela, accession number 6-19878, described as Memorial stone of the monk Joseph; carved with Greek letters and cross within a circle; limestone; 11.5 inches by 10.5 inches; late 4th century ADHearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Stela, accession number 6-19878, described as Memorial stone of the monk Joseph; carved with Greek letters and cross within a circle; limestone; 11.5 inches by 10.5 inches; late 4th century AD
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stela, accession number 6-19878, described as Memorial stone of the monk Joseph; carved with Greek letters and cross within a circle; limestone; 11.5 inches by 10.5 inches; late 4th century ADDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stela, accession number 6-19878, described as Memorial stone of the monk Joseph; carved with Greek letters and cross within a circle; limestone; 11.5 inches by 10.5 inches; late 4th century ADDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stela, accession number 6-19878, described as Memorial stone of the monk Joseph; carved with Greek letters and cross within a circle; limestone; 11.5 inches by 10.5 inches; late 4th century AD

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