Stele

1914.05.0003

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Stele (1914.05.0003)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifacts : Funerary Objects
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Africa, North : Egypt : Northern Upper Egypt, Governorate of Sohag ; Abydos Cemetary
Period	Hellenistic?
Date	330 – 25 BCE?
Culture	Hellenistic?, Graeco-Roman

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height)	43.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Width)	33.8 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth)	8.0 cm
Weight	15900 g
Measuring Remarks	Under Review
Materials	Stone--Limestone
Manufacturing Processes	Carved

Research Remarks

Description	Under Review
Published Description	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

Credit Line/Dedication	N/A
Reproduction	No

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