The Rectangular Abydene Limestone Stela of Nfr-Hb and Htp-Hqt at the Cairo Museum (CG 1594) | ||
| مجلة البحوث والدراسات الاثرية | ||
| Article 13, Volume 17, Issue 1 - Serial Number 17, September 2025, Pages 1-30 PDF (1.55 M) | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/archmu.2025.422399.1334 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ahmed Hamdy Abdelmoniem Mohammed Hussein* | ||
| Department of History, Egyptian and Islamic Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This Article examines the stela CG 1594, housed in the Egyptian Museum Cairo. The stela was unearthed in Abydos but the date of its discovery and its actual location were unknown. The stela belongs to Nefer-Heb, who was “overseer of the Hm(w)-nTr priests of Hathor”, “Sealer of the king of Lower Egypt” and “Sole Companion”. The main inscription of the stela follows a standard offering formula dedicated to Anubis. The inscription ended with the name of the owner of the stela and his titles. The stela depicts Nefer-Heb’s wife who was called “Hetep-heket” and mentions her only title “sole ornamented one of the king”. Alongside Nefer-Heb and his wife Hetep-heket”, his eldest son “Ihey” appears on the stela who bore as well a sole title which is the sole companion. This article includes a detailed description of the stela, its artistic features and the figures represented on it, as well as an artistic commentary on them, followed by a reading and translation of the texts carved on the stela, as well as the names and titles of the individuals mentioned on it. This was followed by a commentary on the epigraphic and orthographic features carved on it. Based on stylistic, epigraphical and orthographical analysis of the stela’s features, it is estimated to date it from the very late Old Kingdom to early Heracleopolitan Period (from the Eighth dynasty to the beginning of the Ninth dynasty). | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Abydene Stela; Heracleopolitan Period; Late Old Kingdom; Nefer-Heb; Sole ornamented of the king | ||
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