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Limestone false-door stela | |
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Title/s | Limestone false-door stela |
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Name | |
Description | false-door type, with inscription written in Carian. This stela was reused in the Baboon galleries at Saqqara. The form of stela is that of a false door, a traditional Egyptian form of stela. |
Field Collection | SE of Nectanebo temple Saqqara Egypt |
Technique Description | inscribed |
Dimensions |
depth 0.7
cm |
Period | |
Date | 600 B.C. 500 B.C. |
Provenance | given: The Egypt Exploration Society 1971 (Filtered for: Antiquities) |
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Material/s | |
Accession Number | E.2.1971 (Antiquities) |
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