Stela fragments

Museum number:
6-23511a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210623511a@2cb
Alternate number:
6-2442 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Stela fragments; overall measurement 27 x 22 cm. Sunk and raised relief. A) 27 x 14 x 4 cm. Hand, painted red (with 6 fingers) and staff in raised relief. Glyphs in sunk relief. B) 27 x 23 x 5cm. Glyphs in sunk relief. Inscription: [Htp di nsw Wsir...] “ A boon which the king gives (to) Osiris...in all his (beautiful) places.... [m swt f nb...]
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 4746 (1246), Cemetery 3500, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
Cemetery 3500 Tomb 4746
Culture or time period:
6th Dynasty of Egypt (2345–2181 BC), 7th & 8th Dynasties of Egypt (2181–2160 BC), and 9th & 10th Dynasties of Egypt (2160–2055 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Limestone
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Stelae
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stela fragments, accession number 6-23511a,b, described as Stela fragments; overall measurement 27 x 22 cm. Sunk and raised relief. A) 27 x 14 x 4 cm. Hand, painted red (with 6 fingers) and staff in raised relief. Glyphs in sunk relief. B) 27 x 23 x 5cm. Glyphs in sunk relief. Inscription: [Htp di nsw Wsir...] “ A boon which the king gives (to) Osiris...in all his (beautiful) places.... [m swt f nb...]Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stela fragments, accession number 6-23511a,b, described as Stela fragments; overall measurement 27 x 22 cm. Sunk and raised relief. A) 27 x 14 x 4 cm. Hand, painted red (with 6 fingers) and staff in raised relief. Glyphs in sunk relief. B) 27 x 23 x 5cm. Glyphs in sunk relief. Inscription: [Htp di nsw Wsir...] “ A boon which the king gives (to) Osiris...in all his (beautiful) places.... [m swt f nb...]

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