Reproduction
Object Category
stelae
Description
Limestone stelewith raised relief depiction of Shenu and Hedjeret below eight lines of incised hieroglyphic inscription; Hezert and Shenu shown seated facing right, with daughter Amenu standing behind, all facing table of offerings; traces of blue in hieroglyphs, man's skin red. From Abydos, found in a ruined tomb pit in the square of subsidiary graves around the funerary cult enclosure of Dynasty I king Djet.
Collection Place
Abydos
Publications
- Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Tombs of the Courtiers and Oxyrhynkhos, pl. XXVII. Line drawing of pl. XXVII
Production Period
early 12th Dynasty
Material
Dimensions
inscribed surface height: 94 cms
width: 63 cms
Accession Number
LDUCE-UC14334
Administration Name
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
