AN OLD KINGDOM FUNERARY SLAB STELA OF A MAN IN ALEXANDRIA NATIONAL MUSEUM

AMAN, Marzouk

doi:10.21608/shedet.005.05

	AN OLD KINGDOM FUNERARY SLAB STELA OF A MAN IN ALEXANDRIA NATIONAL MUSEUM
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Article 5, Volume 5, Issue 5, 2018, Page 48-63 PDF (1.39 MB)
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DOI: 10.21608/shedet.005.05
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Author
Marzouk AMAN
Abstract
Publication of an old Kingdom slab stela exhibited in Alexandria National Museum (inventory number 20 (formerly Cairo Museum CG 1661=JE 15569), including comments on the style, iconography, paleography, and dating criteria. It was excavated by the Egypt Exploration Fund at Dendera in 1898. It was transferred to Alexandria National Museum 2003.
Keywords
Dendera; Seshemneferpepy; Titles; Offering list; Economical; medical and priestly careers; Social status of the owner


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AN OLD KINGDOM FUNERARY SLAB STELA OF A MAN IN ALEXANDRIA NATIONAL MUSEUM

- Gardiner (Alan Henderson), Ancient Egyptian Onomastica, I, Oxford, 1947.

- Griffiths (John Gwyn ), The Origins of Osiris and His Cult, in: Van Voss M. H., Sharpe E.J., Werblowsky R.J.Z. (eds.), Studies in the History of Religions, XL, Leiden, 1980.