Stele
1914.05.0003
Detailed Images
Basic Information
Artifact Identification | Stele (1914.05.0003) |
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Classification/ Nomenclature |
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Artist/Maker | None |
Geographic Location | |
Period/Date | Hellenistic?, 330 – 25 BCE? |
Culture | Hellenistic?, Graeco-Roman |
Physical Analysis
Dimension 1 (Height) | 43.5 cm |
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Dimension 2 (Width) | 33.8 cm |
Dimension 3 (Depth) | 8.0 cm |
Weight | 15900 g |
Measuring Remarks | Measured while on display |
Materials | Stone--Limestone |
Manufacturing Processes | Carved |
Munsell Color Information | Light Grayish Brown (7.5YR 6/2) -ns |
Research Remarks
Published Description | N/A |
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Description | N/A |
Comparanda | N/A |
Bibliography | Abdalla, Aly. Graeco-Roman Funerary Stelae from Upper Egypt. Liverpool University Press: Liverpool, 1992. Catalog No. 108. Baines & Málek. Atlas of Ancient Egypt. Oxford: Phaidon, 1980. Bommas, Martin. "Brief Communications: A hitherto unlocated Roman funerary stela from Abydos rediscovered." London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2015. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 100, pp. 493-496. PETRIE, W. M. F., Abydos, Part I, 1902. Twenty-Second Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1902. PETRIE, W. M. F., Abydos, Part II, 1903. Twenty-Fourth Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1903. AYRTON, E. R., CURRELLY, M. A. and WEIGALL, A. E. P. Abydos, Part III, 1904. Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1904. NAVILLE, E., “Excavations at Abydos”, ArchRep 1909-1910, Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1910, p.1-7. NAVILLE, E., “Excavations at Abydos”, ArchRep 1910-1911, Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1911, p.1-4. NAVILLE, E., “Excavations at Abydos”, ArchRep 1911-1912, Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1912, p.1-8. NAVILLE, E., The Cemeteries of Abydos, Part I. 1909-1910. The Mixed Cemetery and Umm el-Ga’ab. Thirty-Third Memoir of the Exploration Fund, London, 1914. ERIC PEET, T. The Cemeteries of Abydos, Part II. 1911-1912. Thirty-Fourth Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1914. ERIC PEET, T. and LOAT, W. L. S., The Cemeteries of Abydos, Part III. 1912-1913. Thirty-Fifth Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1913. |
Artifact History
Archaeological Data | Abydos Tomb 216 |
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Credit Line/Dedication | N/A |
Reproduction | No |
Reproduction Information | N/A |