Stela

Museum number:
6-2829
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3765 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.54 and Acc.54/56/63/107/195
Description:
Stela of Tjeby, limestone; carved in sunk relief and painted. 56 x 83 cm. A smaller piece of this stela was previously cataloged as 6-1826.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 3765 (265), Cemetery 3500, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
Cemetery 3500; Tomb 265
Culture or time period:
2nd Dynasty of Egypt (2890–2686 BC), 3rd Dynasty of Egypt (2686–2125 BC), and First Intermediate Period (ca. 2160–2055 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Limestone
Person depicted:
Tjeby
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Stelae
Production date:
First Intermediate Period (ca. 2258-2040 BC) fide D. Dunham
Accession date:
October 8, 1902
Context of use:
Tomb stela
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
height 83 centimeters and length 56 centimeters
Comment:
[handwritten: 6-1826 relined 1/9/84 Pat P.]
Loans:
S1979-1980 #54: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (March 31, 1980–December 18, 1981) and S1989-1990 #17: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (March 13, 1990–May 13, 1990)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Stela, accession number 6-2829, described as Stela of Tjeby, limestone; carved in sunk relief and painted. 56 x 83 cm. A smaller piece of this stela was previously cataloged as 6-1826.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stela, accession number 6-2829, described as Stela of Tjeby, limestone; carved in sunk relief and painted. 56 x 83 cm. A smaller piece of this stela was previously cataloged as 6-1826.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stela, accession number 6-2829, described as Stela of Tjeby, limestone; carved in sunk relief and painted. 56 x 83 cm. A smaller piece of this stela was previously cataloged as 6-1826.

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