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Limestone stela

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Title/s	Limestone stela
Category	architectural element
Name	stelae
Description	woman, seated, viewed frontally. The deceased woman sits in a shrine, with an image of Anubis.
Field Collection	Kom Abu Billou Egypt
Dimensions	depth 17.5 cm length 29.4 cm width 17.5 cm
Period	Coptic
Date	circa A.D. 150 — A.D. 200
Documentation	Parlasca, K. (1970) [Unknown: MDAIK 26 (1970)] (1970) [page: ] Source title: Mitteilungen des Deutschen archäologischen Instituts. Abt. Kairo ( [comments: p.173-198] Hooper, A. Funerary Stelae From Kom Abou Billo [page: ] [comments: p.196] Ashton, S.A. (2004) Roman Egyptomania , London : Golden House Publications (2004) London: Golden House Publications [page: 146 & 147] Martin, G.T. (2005) Stelae from Egypt and Nubia in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, c. 3000BC - AD1150 , Cambridge (Cambs.) : Cambridge University Press (2005) Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Press [page: 181]
Material/s	limestone
Accession Number	E.83.1975 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 63096; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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Limestone stela